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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Volume 72, 1981 - Issue 4
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Alignment of Liquid Crystals on the Stretched Polymer Films

Hiroshi Aoyama Department of Electronic Engineering (Division of Engineering Sciences), Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei, Tokyo, 184, Japan; Pioneer Co., Ltd
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Yoshifumi Yamazaki Department of Electronic Engineering (Division of Engineering Sciences), Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei, Tokyo, 184, Japan
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Naoki Matsuura Department of Electronic Engineering (Division of Engineering Sciences), Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei, Tokyo, 184, Japan
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Hitoshi Mada Department of Electronic Engineering (Division of Engineering Sciences), Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei, Tokyo, 184, Japan
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Shunsuke Kobayashi Department of Electronic Engineering (Division of Engineering Sciences), Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei, Tokyo, 184, Japan
Pages 127-132 | Received 10 Aug 1981, Published online: 21 Mar 2007
 
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Abstract

Several kinds of the stretched polymer films, such as those of cellulose, polyvinylalcohol, and polyethylene are shown to have aligning capability for nematic liquid crystals (a mixture of cyanobiphenyls) in the direction of the stretching when the films are stretched over about 100%. Among them polyethylene is only one exceptional case where the initial aligning property lasts only for several days at room temperature.

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