Polyimide aligned ferroelectric smectic C liquid crystals
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 4 (6) , 637-641
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678298908033198
Abstract
27 alkyl-aromatic polyimides have been synthesized and tested as alignment layers for surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals with a number of room temperature ferroelectric mixtures. The cone angles are used as a quantitative measure of the bistability obtained in these cells. The effect of the structure of the polyimides on the cone angles obtained and the stability of the alignment is discussed.Keywords
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