Aliphatic polyimides as alignment layers for surface stabilized ferroelectric smectic C liquid crystal cells
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 7 (2) , 261-263
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299008029212
Abstract
Eight aliphatic polyimides have been synthesized and tested as alignment layers for surface stabilized ferroelectic 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 is discussed. It is shown that the structure of the polymer alignment layer strongly influences the cone angle found between the relaxed states in a surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cell. Highly crystalline polymers give a larger cone angle than less crystalline homologues.Keywords
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