Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.512, 1937-1945, 2009
Alignment Control of Rubbed Polyimide Layers by UV-Irradiation
This investigation demonstrates the feasibility of re-aligning the assembled liquid crystal cells based on rubbed substrates with photoalignment treatment. A pre-exposure process is proposed to achieve the photo-reorientation effectively. This study shows that the fine-tuning on the LC alignment after a cell is assembled by adjusting UV irradiation conditions can be obtained easily.
Keywords:anchoring strength;liquid crystal photoalignment;photo-reorientation;pre-exposure process;twist angle