Abstract:
An electrophoretic display device includes a display layer of a multiplicity of individual microcapsules containing a display medium therein and conductive substrates, at least one of the conductive substrates being transparent, wherein the display layer is located in between the conductive substrates, and wherein the display medium includes one or more set of colored particles in a dielectric fluid and has an electric conductivity of about 10−11 to about 10−15 S/m. The microcapsules may be made by encapsulating the display medium in the wall forming material of the microcapsules, and for example a complex coacervation process may be used.
Abstract translation:电泳显示装置包括多个单独的微胶囊的显示层,其中包含显示介质和导电衬底,所述导电衬底中的至少一个是透明的,其中所述显示层位于所述导电衬底之间,并且其中所述显示介质 在电介质流体中包括一组或多组着色颗粒,并且具有约10 -6至约10 -15 S / m 2的电导率。 可以通过将显示介质包封在微胶囊的壁形成材料中来制备微胶囊,并且可以使用例如复合凝聚方法。
Abstract:
Set forth is a display device, including an electrophoretic display portion and a domain controlled liquid crystal portion, wherein the display device has a structure wherein either the electrophoretic display portion is arranged over the domain controlled liquid crystal portion or the domain controlled liquid crystal portion is arranged over the electrophoretic display portion. The display device is reimageable and can efficiently display full color images. Methods of reimageably displaying images with the display device are also included.
Abstract:
An image forming medium including at least a polymer and a photochromic compound such as spiropyran embedded in the polymer, wherein spiropyran molecules of the spiropyran compound are chelated by a cation.
Abstract:
A method of displaying an image in an electrophoretic display device having at least one display layer including a multiplicity of individual reservoirs containing a display fluid between conductive substrates, wherein the display fluid comprises at least two sets of particles in a liquid medium, the at two sets of particles each exhibiting a different color, wherein a first set of particles and a second set of particles have a same charge polarity and the first set of particles has a higher average charge than the second set of particles, includes applying an electric field to selected ones of the multiplicity of reservoirs to effect movement of one or more of the differently colored sets of particles in the display fluid therein to display a desired color derived from among the sets of differently colored particles, wherein the applying to display a color of the second set of particles involves pulsing an electric field through the conductive substrates for a time sufficient to attract the first set of particles away from a front viewing conductive substrate and past the second set of particles.
Abstract:
A device composed of: (a) a first liquid crystal composition including a first liquid crystal and a first liquid crystal domain stabilizing compound, wherein the first liquid crystal composition switches between a strongly scattering state of a first plurality of smaller liquid crystal domains that strongly scatters a predetermined light and a weakly scattering state of a second plurality of larger liquid crystal domains that weakly scatters the predetermined light; and (b) a second liquid crystal composition including a second liquid crystal and a second liquid crystal domain stabilizing compound, wherein the second liquid crystal composition switches between a strongly scattering state of a first plurality of smaller liquid crystal domains that strongly scatters the predetermined light and a weakly scattering state of a second plurality of larger liquid crystal domains that weakly scatters the predetermined light, wherein the second liquid crystal composition and the first liquid crystal composition are in a stacked arrangement.
Abstract:
An ink set is made up of at least three differently colored phase change inks, for example cyan, magenta and yellow, wherein at least one of the colored phase change inks is a photochromic ink that contains a photochromic material. Upon exposure to activating radiation such as ultraviolet light, the at least one photochromic ink changes to a color different from the color of the photochromic ink prior to exposure to the activating radiation.
Abstract:
An reimageable medium composed of: a substrate; and a photochromic material, wherein the medium is capable of exhibiting a color contrast and an absence of the color contrast, wherein the medium has a characteristic that when the medium exhibits the absence of the color contrast and is then exposed to an imaging light corresponding to a predetermined image to result in an exposed region and a non-exposed region, the color contrast is present between the exposed region and the non-exposed region to form a temporary image corresponding to the predetermined image that is visible for a visible time, wherein the medium has a characteristic that when the temporary image is exposed to an indoor ambient condition for an image erasing time, the color contrast changes to the absence of the color contrast to erase the temporary image in all of the following: (i) when the indoor ambient condition includes darkness at ambient temperature, (ii) when the indoor ambient condition includes indoor ambient light at ambient temperature, and (iii) when the indoor ambient condition includes both the darkness at ambient temperature and the indoor ambient light at ambient temperature, and wherein the medium is capable of undergoing multiple cycles of temporary image formation and temporary image erasure.
Abstract:
A reimageable recording medium includes a substrate, a display layer, and a protective layer. The protective layer comprises a microencapsulated diarylethene material that is capable of switching between a UV absorbing and UV transparent state. During an imaging process, the protective layer is switched from a UV absorbing state to a UV transparent state to allow UV light of a sufficient wavelength to convert a photochromic material of the display layer to a colored state to form an image. The protective material is then switched back to a UV absorbing state to prevent the UV light component from a reading source to convert unimaged areas of the display layer to change color, which would reduce the contrast and resolution of the imaged medium.
Abstract:
A cholesteric display including a cholesteric liquid crystal, and a dipolar dopant having limited miscibility in the cholesteric liquid crystal is provided. In accordance with another aspect, a process is provided for forming a cholesteric liquid crystal composition by dissolving a dipolar dopant having limited solubility into a cholesteric liquid crystal. The liquid crystal composition can be utilized to produce a cholesteric display. The liquid crystal domains in the liquid crystal composition rotate away from a planar state in the presence of an applied electric field and the degree of rotation is a function of the applied electric field strength. The reflected color is then a function of the applied electric field.
Abstract:
A cholesteric display is provided including a bistable liquid crystalline mixture contained between a first substrate and a second substrate of a liquid crystal cell, and a polymer network orthogonally oriented with respect to the substrates, thereby defining liquid crystal domains, with a dipolar dopant dissolved in the liquid crystalline mixture. A process for producing a cholesteric display is also provided.