摘要:
A liquid crystal device is constituted by disposing a display layer between a pair of electrode plates. The display layer comprises a polymer having a surface energy of 25 dyn/cm or below and a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound incompatible with the polymer. The display layer also comprises a porous film material having open pores and a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound impregnating the porous film material, wherein the porous film material has a surface energy of 25 dyn/cm or below and is incompatible with the low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound.
摘要:
A display device is constituted by disposing a first display layer and a second display layer between a pair of electrode plates including at least one transparent electrode plate. The first display layer contains a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound dispersed in or impregnating a polymer matrix. The second display layer is formed by disposing a diffraction grating and being filled with the low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound. The display device is incorporated in a display apparatus to effect a good display with a high contrast ratio.
摘要:
A liquid crystal device is constituted by disposing a display layer between a pair of electrode plates. The display layer comprises a mesomorphic polymer and a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound. The mesomorphic polymer may preferably be a main chain-type mesomorphic polymer having an ester linkage or a mesomorphic polymer derived from a polymerizable mesomorphic compound. The display layer may preferably comprise a mesomorphic polymer having a dielectric anisotropy .DELTA..epsilon. of -3.0 or below and a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound incompatible with the mesomorphic polymer and having a positive dielectric anisotropy.
摘要:
A mesomorphic polymer comprises recurring units of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein U denotes a polymer main chain unit; V denotes --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- or --((CH.sub.2).sub.2 --O).sub.m -- each capable of having a substituent selected from alkyl group, halogen atom, amino group or carbonyl group substituting one or more of the hydrogen atoms wherein m is an integer of 0-30; W denotes a single bond, --O--, --OCO--, --COO--, CONR.sup.1 --, --CO-- or --NR.sup.1 -- wherein R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen atom or alkyl group; X denotes a mesogen unit comprising at least two rings selected from aromatic carbon rings, aromatic heterocyclic rings and alicyclic rings each capable of having a substituent and connected with a single bond, --O--, --OCO--, --COO--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, --N.dbd.N--, --(CH.dbd.CH).sub.m --, --CH.dbd.N--, --N.dbd.CH--, --(C.ident.C).sub.n 13 , --CONR.sup.1, --(CO).sub.n -- or NR.sup.1 -- wherein R.sup.1 is the same as defined above and n is an integer of 1-10; Y denotes --COOCH.sub.2 --, --OCH.sub.2 -- or --OCO--; Z denotes --R.sup.2 or --COR.sup.2 wherein R.sup.2 denotes hydrogen atom or alkyl group capable of having a substituent; and * denotes the location of an asymmetric carbon atom.
摘要:
Provided is a polymeric liquid crystal copolymer compound having a repeating unit represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein A represents a polymeric main chain of a carbon type; and B represents a polyoxyalkylene group or ##STR2## wherein D represents ##STR3## b and c each representing an integer of 0 to 20; R represents an alkyl group, a phenyl group, a siloxy group or a polysiloxy group; R' represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group; and a represents an integer of 0 to 50.
摘要:
A chain polymeric liquid crystal compound having a structure expressed by the following general formula [I] as a flexible spacer and a chain polymeric liquid crystal copolymer compound, a polymeric liquid crystal composition containing at least one of their compounds and at least any one of a polymeric compound, a polymeric liquid crystal compound, a low molecular weight liquid crystal compound and a low molecular weight liquid crystal compound, a polymeric liquid crystal device which uses the same, and an apparatus and a method which use the polymeric liquid crystal device: ##STR1## (where X is --O--, --O--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --O--CH.sub.2 --, ##STR2## Y is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- (n=1 to 18), Z is a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, and * is an asymmetric carbon atom).
摘要:
The present invention provides a polymeric liquid-crystal compound having a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) ##STR1## wherein U represents a polymer main chain; V represents --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --, --((CH.sub.2).sub.2 --O).sub.m -- or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --((CH.sub.2).sub.2 --O).sub.p --, one or more of methylene hydrogen atoms of which may be substituted with an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group or a carbonyl group, and m, n and p each represents an integer of 0 to 30; W represents a single bond, --O--, --OCO--, --COO--, --CONR.sup.1 --, --CO-- or --NR.sup.1, where R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; X represents two or more rings of a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic ring or aromatic ring of benzene ring, heteroaromatic ring or condensed ring, which rings are bonded through a single bond, --O--, --OCO--, --COO--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.q --, --N.dbd.N--, --(CH.dbd.CH).sub.q --, --CH.dbd.N--, --(C.tbd.C).sub.q --, --CONR.sup.1 --, --(CO).sub.q --, or --NR.sup.1 --, where q represents an integer of 1 to 10; Y represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; and the mark * represents an asymmetric carbon atom.
摘要:
Provided is a polymeric liquid-crystalline compound having in its repeating unit a moiety represented by the following formula (M)X.sub.1 --A--X.sub.2 --B (M)wherein A represents a bicyclic mesogen; B represents a flexible group represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, provided that X is not the same as Y, k is 0 or 1, and m1 is 1 to 18,or ##STR2## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, provided that X is not the same as Y, k is 0 or 1, m2 is 2 to 10 and m3 is 2 to 5; andX.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represent a group containing any one of an ester bond, an ether bond and a carbonate bond, and may be the same or different from each other.
摘要:
A nonlinear optical material is provided by mixing a polymer liquid crystal having a chiral center and a nonlinear optical compound. The polymer liquid crystal may be a ferroelectric polymer liquid crystal. The nonlinear optical material is preferably in the form of a solid solution. A nonlinear optical device is formed by orienting the nonlinear optical material to provide an optical member.
摘要:
A light emitting device is composed of a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer interposed between the electrodes. In the organic compound layer is used a organic compound shown by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a halogen atom, R.sup.2 is X--Ar.sup.1 ; X is NH, O or S, Ar.sup.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring having a partial structure shown by the following formula (2): ##STR2## or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring; each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring; each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring.