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http://dx.doi.org/10.12772/TSE.2014.51.168

Fabrication of Rubbing Cloths with Various Pile Densities for the LCD Process and Their Effects on Rubbing of Polyimide Alignment Layers  

Lee, Jang-Ju (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Yoo, Dong-Yeon (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Paek, Sang-Hyon (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Textile Science and Engineering / v.51, no.4, 2014 , pp. 168-173 More about this Journal
Abstract
The mechanical rubbing of a polyimide (PI) layer with a velvet cloth has been dominantly used to induce a uniform alignment of liquid crystal molecules in the manufacturing process of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The rubbing process is affected by its process parameters and also by the nature and properties of the rubbing cloth used. We fabricated the rubbing cloths with various pile densities and different weaving structures and then investigated how the parameters were related to the effect of the cloth on the rubbing process and the properties of rubbed PI alignment layers (ALs). As the pile density increases at same rubbing process parameters, the degree of molecular orientation of the rubbed AL and its surface roughness increase with an increase of the contact area between the rubbing cloth and the AL surface. Furthermore, a more uniform rubbing is also achieved. The results in this work showed that higher pile density of the rubbing cloth induces a better rubbing effect, which is indeed more favorable to the LCD process. It was also observed that the weaving can exert some influence on the rubbing process.
Keywords
rubbing cloth; pile density; rubbing process; polyimide; liquid crystal display;
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