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Liquid Crystal Surface Alignment

Liquid Crystal Surface Alignment is a process in which the orientation of liquid crystal molecules at a substrate interface is controlled through specific surface treatments or patterning techniques to achieve a desired macroscopic alignment, distinguishing it from bulk alignment methods by its reliance on interfacial molecular interactions and anisotropic surface forces.

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Surface-mediated alignment of nematic liquid crystals with polarized laser light

Wayne M. Gibbons, Paul J. Shannon, Shao-Tang Sun et al. · Nature · 1991 · 1.2K citations

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Surface effects and anchoring in liquid crystals

Bruno Jérôme · Reports on Progress in Physics · 1991 · 902 citations

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Solid Surface Shape and the Alignment of an Adjacent Nematic Liquid Crystal

Dwight W. Berreman · Physical Review Letters · 1972 · 890 citations

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Optical patterning of multi-domain liquid-crystal displays with wide viewing angles

Martin Schadt, Hubert Seiberle, Andreas Schuster · Nature · 1996 · 782 citations

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Reversible change in alignment mode of nematic liquid crystals regulated photochemically by command surfaces modified with an azobenzene monolayer

Kunihiro Ichimura, Yasuzo Suzuki, Takahiro Seki et al. · Langmuir · 1988 · 704 citations

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    Dae‐Shik Seo

    Yonsei University, South Korea

    29 publications · 806 citations

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    Hiroshi Yokoyama

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    15 publications · 1K citations

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    Nicholas L. Abbott

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    13 publications · 663 citations

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    Noel A. Clark

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    12 publications · 852 citations

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    Shunsuke Kobayashi

    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

    13 publications · 543 citations

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  1. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    20 h-index

    115 publications

    3K citations

  2. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    19 h-index

    94 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. Yonsei University

    Seoul, South Korea

    16 h-index

    136 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Institute of Physics

    Kyiv, Ukraine

    15 h-index

    53 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Crystal Research (United States)

    Olympia, United States

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Pohang University of Science and Technology

    Pohang, South Korea

    12 h-index

    65 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Laboratoire de physique des Solides

    Orsay, France

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Applied Physics Letters

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  2. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

    JJAP · 60 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Physics

    36 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Liquid Crystals

    52 publications · 1.4K citations

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