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Viscoelastic PS brush surface offering strong anchoring at low temperature and near-zero anchoring at high temperature for LC molecules

Osamu Sato Japan Laboratory, LG Display Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Takahiro Kasai Department of Organic and Polymeric Material, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Akihiro Nomura Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Yoshinobu Tsujii Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Sungmin Kang Department of Organic and Polymeric Material, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masatoshi Tokita Department of Organic and Polymeric Material, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Junji Watanabe Department of Organic and Polymeric Material, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Pages 221-227 | Received 17 Aug 2012, Accepted 01 Oct 2012, Published online: 22 Oct 2012

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