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Original Articles

Vertical alignment of liquid crystal using an in situ self-assembled molecular layer on hydrophilic ITO electrodes

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Pages 174-180 | Received 28 Jun 2015, Accepted 25 Nov 2015, Published online: 16 Mar 2016

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