LIQUID CRYSTALLINE LIGHT MODULATING DEVICE & MATERIAL
    5.
    发明授权
    LIQUID CRYSTALLINE LIGHT MODULATING DEVICE & MATERIAL 失效
    液晶光调制装置和材料

    公开(公告)号:EP0641372B1

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-21

    申请号:EP92925047.0

    申请日:1992-10-30

    摘要: A new liquid crystalline light modulating cell and material are characterized by liquid crystalline light modulating material of liquid crystal and polymer, the liquid crystal being a chiral nematic liquid crystal (16) having positive dielectric anisotropy and including chiral material in an amount effective to form focal conic and twisted planar textures, the polymer being distributed in phase separated domains (15) in the liquid crystal cell in an amount that stabilizes the focal conic and twisted planar textures in the absence of a field and permits the liquid crystal to change textures upon the application of a field. In one embodiment, the material is light scattering in a field-OFF condition and optically clear in a field-ON condition, while in another embodiment, the material is optically clear in a field-OFF condition and light scattering in a field-ON condition. In still another embodiment, the material exhibits stability at zero field in a colored, light reflecting state, a light scattering state and multiple stable reflecting state therebetween, as well as being optically clear in the presence of a field.

    Liquid crystal optical device and process for its production.
    7.
    发明公开
    Liquid crystal optical device and process for its production. 失效
    液晶光学器件及其生产工艺及其操作方法

    公开(公告)号:EP0272585A3

    公开(公告)日:1989-11-29

    申请号:EP87118579.9

    申请日:1987-12-15

    IPC分类号: G02F1/137 C09K19/58

    摘要: A liquid crystal optical device comprising a pair of substrates provided with electrodes and a layer containing a liquid crystal material sandwiched between the pair of substrates, wherein said layer is formed by irradiating light to a solution of a nematic liquid crystal material and a photo-curable vinyl compound selected so that the refractive index of the resulting cured product agrees to either the ordinary refractive index (n₀) or the extraordinary refractive index (n e ) of the nematic liquid crystal material used, or the refractive index (n x ) of the nematic liquid crystal material when it is randomly oriented, held between the pair of substrates provided with electrodes, to cure the photo-curable vinyl compound and fix the resulting phase separation of the nematic liquid crystal material and the cured product.