Liquid Crystal Alignment and Generation of Pretilt Angle by Using Photo-alignment Techniques on Different Polymer Moleculars

광배향기술을 이용한 액정배향의 기구 및 폴리이미드의 분자구조가 프리틸트각에 미치는 영향

  • 황율연 (숭실대학교 공과대학 전기공학과) ;
  • 이창훈 (숭실대학교 공과대학 전기공학과) ;
  • 박지호 (숭실대학교 공과대학 전기공학과) ;
  • 서대식 (숭실대학교 공과대학 전기공학과)
  • Published : 1997.11.01

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated the liquid crystal(LC) alignment and generation of pretilt angle by using photo-alignment techniques on two kinds of polyimide(Pl) surface. It was found that the uniform alignment for nematic(N) LC is obtained in a cell with slanted UV light irradiation on PI surface without side-chain. We successfully observed that the pretilt angle of NLC is generated about 3.3 degrees in a cell with an incidence angle of 70 degrees on PI surface without side chain. It is considered that the pretilt angle generation in NLC is attributed to interaction between the LC molecular and the polymer.

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