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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 39, Issue 5, 553(2024)

Photoalignment repeatability of azobenzene sulfonic films

Xiaodong YANG^**, Zenghui PENG^*, Quanquan MU, and Huaiyu LIU

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Changchun Institute of Optics，Fine Mechanics and Physics，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Changchun 130033，China

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Xiaodong YANG, Zenghui PENG, Quanquan MU, Huaiyu LIU. Photoalignment repeatability of azobenzene sulfonic films[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2024, 39(5): 553

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jan. 8, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jul. 8, 2024

The Author Email: Xiaodong YANG (605821703@qq.com), Zenghui PENG (peng@ciomp.ac.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0008

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