Polyimides (PIs) exhibit excellent thermal stability, mechanical, dielectric, and chemical
resistance properties due to their heterocyclic imide rings and aromatic rings on the …

Liquid crystals are valuable materials for applications in beam steering devices. In this
paper, an overview of the use of liquid crystals in the field of adaptive optics specifically for …

Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy and second-harmonic generation have been used
to measure the orientational distributions of the polymer chains and adsorbed 8CB liquid …

Super-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) film is a transparent conductive film composed of
numerous parallel CNTs connected to each other by the van der Waals force. We have …

Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy has been used to probe the chain orientation of
polyvinyl alcohol at the surface after rubbing. The distribution function of the chain …

Single-walled carbon nanotube bundles were deposited onto glass substrates with
controlled nanotube orientation by two methods, self-assembly and dip-coating, generating …

Nanoscaled films of poly {p-phenylene 3, 6-bis [4-(n-butoxy) phenyloxy] pyromellitimide}(C4-
PMDA-PDA PI), a well-defined brush polyimide (PI) composed of aromatic− aliphatic bristles …

We report the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) to characterize quantitatively the
structural anisotropy within ultrathin (thickness of∼ 10 nm) obliquely deposited films of gold …

The influence of unpolarized and linearly polarized UV exposure on previously rubbed as
well untreated thin polyimide (PI) alignment layers was studied. Optical retardation and …

Large scale high yield cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanowires with uniform diameter were
synthesized using a rapid and simple solvo-chemical and hydrothermal route assisted by …