… The contact between the alignment layer and the rubbing cloth creates debris, which remains
on the alignment layer and interferes with uniform liquid crystal alignment. The lower local …

… In this study, we directly observe the molecular orientation of nematic liquid crystal
pentylcyanobiphenyl (5CB) evaporated on an alignment layer as a function of the evaporated …

… One crucial element of the twisted-nematic liquid crystal display is the alignment layer,
which is used to induce uniform and planar alignment of the liquid crystal molecules near the …

… method for vertical alignment (VA) of liquid crystals (LCs) without alignment layers by mixing
… as those of a conventional VA cell with VA layers. Moreover, we used the proposed method …

… layer formation to give aligned grooves of surface-grafted siloxane oligomers (Figure 1).
When used in a twisted-nematic liquid crystal … alignment layer and the liquid crystalline matrix. …

… surfaces resulting in replacement of the passive alignment layers in the conventional LCDs
… Switching of the liquid crystal by means of the alignment layers is enriching the spectrum of …

… Both types of alignment layers induce homogeneous alignment in the nematic liquid crystals
used in this study. A staggered cooling/heating scheme with a rate of 0.1 C/min and 1 min …

… However, alignment of smectic liquid crystals with all their … , a knowledge of smectic liquid
crystal alignment could be even … the alignments for both smectic and nematic liquid crystals …

… production of alignment layers for … alignment layers which are compatible with large scale
production techniques. In this chapter a simple and efficient tool for patterning alignment layers …

… used as an alignment layer for nematic liquid crystals, and observations … the alignment of
the liquid crystals was good, as expected, and that the orientation direction of the liquid crystals …