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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2021.25.1.64

Patterning of BiLaO film using imprinting process for liquid crystal display  

Lee, Ju Hwan (Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.25, no.1, 2021 , pp. 64-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
We demonstrate an effect of annealing temperature on imprinting process of BiLaO thin film for liquid crystal alignment. BiLaO prepared sol-gel process was deposited by spin coating on a glass substrate, and then transferred to a pre-fabricated aligned pattern which is fabricated on a silicon wafer by laser interference lithography. Thin film was annealed at different temperature of 100, 150, 200, and 250 ℃. From the polarized optical microscopy analysis, the liquid crystal orientation was not uniform at the annealing temperature of 200 ℃ or lower and the uniform liquid crystal alignment characteristics were confirmed at the annealing temperature of 250 ℃. From atomic force microscopy, the pattern was not transferred at a temperature of 200 ℃ or lower. In contrast, the pattern was transferred at 250 ℃. Anisotropy of the thin film was obtained by the alignment pattern transferred at a temperature of 250 ℃, and the liquid crystal molecules could be evenly oriented on the thin film. Therefore, it was confirmed that the liquid crystal alignment process by the imprinting process of the BiLaO oxide film was affected by the annealing temperature.
Keywords
BiLaO film; liquid crystal alignment; sol-gel process; imprinting; atomic force microscopy;
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