Atomic beam alignment of liquid crystals

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作者
Chaudhari, P [1 ]
Lacey, JA [1 ]
Lien, SCA [1 ]
Speidell, JL [1 ]
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[1] IBM Corp, Div Res, TJ Watson Res Ctr, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 USA
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LCD; liquid crystal display; alignment; atomic beam alignment; ion beam alignment;
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10.1143/JJAP.37.L55
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have found that liquid crystals can be aligned on a polyimide surface exposed to a low energy and neutral argon ion beam. The energy of the incident ions was varied between 75 eV and 500 eV, the integrated current density from 20 mu A/cm(2) to 500 mu Al/cm(2), and the angle of incidence over which alignment was measured war between 10 degrees and 80 degrees. The pretilt angle of the liquid crystals could be varied between 0 degrees and 10 degrees, by controlling the processing conditions.
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页码:L55 / L56
页数:2
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