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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2019.32.5.357

A Study on the Liquid Crystal Orientation Characteristics of the Inorganic NiOx Film with Aligned Nanopattern Using Imprinting Process  

Oh, Byeong-Yun (BMC Co., Ltd.)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.32, no.5, 2019 , pp. 357-360 More about this Journal
Abstract
We demonstrate an alignment technology using an imprinting process on an inorganic NiOx film. The aligned nanopattern was fabricated on a silicon wafer by laser interference lithography. The aligned nano pattern was then imprinted onto the sol-gel driven NiOx film using an imprinting process at an annealing temperature of $150^{\circ}C$. After the imprinting process, parallel grooves had been formed on the NiOx film. Atomic force microscopy and water contact angle measurements were performed to confirm the parallel groove on the NiOx film. The grooves caused liquid crystal alignment through geometric restriction, similar to grooves formed by the rubbing process on polyimide. The liquid crystal cell exhibited a pretilt angle of $0.2^{\circ}$, which demonstrated homogeneous alignment.
Keywords
Nickel oxide; Sol-gel; Imprinting; Liquid crystal alignment;
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