Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1430795 | Materials Science and Engineering: C | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, we investigate the effect of indium tin oxide (ITO) substrate cleaning on the surface properties. Wettability technique was used to measure the contact angle and the surface energy of the different treated ITO substrates. It is found that treatment with the methanol without dehydration gives the lowest water contact angle (most hydrophilic surface) and the highest surface energy compared to other solvents. This result was confirmed by impedance measurements performed on nematic liquid crystal cells with ITO electrodes. Indeed, we check the decrease of ionic entities in the interface ITO/liquid crystal. The polarity and dielectric parameters of the used solvents explain the obtained results.
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Authors
A. Abderrahmen, F.F. Romdhane, H. Ben Ouada, A. Gharbi,