Control of Pretilt Angle and its Direction in Homeotropic Alignment of Liquid Crystals Using Photoalignment Technique

被引：7
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作者：
Li, Hai Feng [2 ]
Kim, Eung Jin [3 ]
Furue, Hirokazu [1 ]
Ilmura, Yasufumi [4 ]
Kobayashi, Shunsuke [1 ]
机构：
[1] Sci Univ Tokyo Yamaguchi, Inst Liquid Crystal, Yamaguchi 7560884, Japan
[2] Zhejiang Univ, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China
[3] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Taejon 305701, South Korea
[4] Tokyo Univ Agr & Technol, Fac Technol, Tokyo 1840012, Japan
来源：
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 1999年 / 326卷
关键词：
Photoalignment; tilted homeotropic alignment; polyimide; nematic liquid crystal;
D O I：
10.1080/10587259908025418
中图分类号：
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号：
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要：
We have investigated the control of the pretilt angle and its direction appearing in the tilted homeotropic alignment of nematic liquid crystals oriented on polyimide films that are irradiated with an unpolarized obliquely incident UV light. As a result, it is shown that the pretilt angle is well controlled and its value is shown to be determined by the irradiation energy where the direction of pretilt is governed by the temperature of polyimide films during the course of UV irradiation.
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页码：249 / 257
页数：9
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