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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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