In this hot Feature Article Oleg Yaroshchuk and Yuriy Reznikov discuss the basis and recent achievements of photoalignment of liquid crystals. They provide an update on the classification of photoaligned materials and exposure schemes, and they analyze the relationship between the molecular structure of the materials and characteristics of liquid crystal alignment. Read the article for free until 9th February (free registration required)
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