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Alignment Control of a Columnar Liquid Crystal for a Uniformly Homeotropic Domain Using Circularly Polarized Infrared Irradiation†

  1. H. Monobe1,
  2. K. Awazu2,
  3. Y. Shimizu1

Article first published online: 27 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200501762

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 18, Issue 5, pages 607–610, March, 2006

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Monobe, H., Awazu, K. and Shimizu, Y. (2006), Alignment Control of a Columnar Liquid Crystal for a Uniformly Homeotropic Domain Using Circularly Polarized Infrared Irradiation. Adv. Mater., 18: 607–610. doi: 10.1002/adma.200501762

Author Information

  1. 1

    Molecular Materials and Devices Research Group, Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan

  2. 2

    Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 573-0128, Japan

  1. †

    We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). This work was partly supported by an Industrial Technology Research Grant Program in 2003 from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan. We also thank Mr. Shoichiro Kuma for his support in operating the FEL facilities, and Dr. Hironobu Hori, Dr. Yoshihiro Setoguchi, Mr. Shuichi Shinohara, and Mr. Shuichi Okamoto for their support in preparing the materials.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 MAR 2006
  2. Article first published online: 27 JAN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 NOV 2005
  4. Manuscript Received: 23 AUG 2005

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