ATOMIC BEAM ALIGNMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTALS

    公开(公告)号:HK1015400A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-15

    申请号:HK99100351

    申请日:1999-01-27

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: Liquid crystals on a polymer (eg polyimide) surface are aligned by exposure to a low energy and neutral Argon ion beam. The energy of the incident ions were varied between 75 and 500 eV, the integrated current density from 100 mu A/cm to 500mA/cm , and the angle of incidence over which alignment was measured was between 10 and 80 degrees. The pretilt angle of the liquid crystals could be varied between 0 and 8 degrees, by controlling the processing conditions. Degradation of the polyimide, which leads to charge migration, can be avoided by operating at low accelerating voltages.

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    公开(公告)号:DE68901980T2

    公开(公告)日:1993-02-25

    申请号:DE68901980

    申请日:1989-01-19

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: High-Tc superconducting devices are described in which controlled grain boundaries (GB) in a layer (12) of the superconductors form a weak link or barrier between superconducting grains (A, B) of the layer (12). A method is described for reproducibly fabricating these devices, including first preparing a substrate (10) to include at least one grain boundary (GB) therein. A high-Tc superconductor layer (12) is then epitaxially deposited on the substrate (10) in order to produce a corresponding grain boundary (GB) in the superconducting layer (12). This superconducting layer (12) is then patterned to leave at least two regions on either side of the grain boundary (GB), the two regions functioning as contact areas for a barrier device including the grain boundary (GB) as a current flow barrier. Electrical contacts (16) can be made to the superconducting regions (A, B) so that bias currents can be produced across the grain boundary (GB) which acts as a tunnel barrier or weak link connection.

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