摘要:
A guest-host liquid crystal dye mixture comprising a calamatic, thermotropic liquid crystal as host and a dichroic fluorescent dye as guest, characterized in that the dichroic fluorescent dye is a multichromophoric dye containing at least a group with the general formula Ry-X1—C1, wherein Ry is a chromophore from the rylene family, C1 is a second chromophore and X1 is a spacer that interrupts the conjugation between Ry and C1, the spacer X1 is selected such that it introduces rigidity against bending or folding over an axis perpendicular to the length of the molecule.
摘要:
There is provided a process for forming a light emitting polymer comprising photopolymerization of a reactive mesogen having an endgroup which is susceptible to photopolymerization e.g. by a radical polymerization process. Also provided are methods for using the light emitter in displays, backlights, electronic apparatus and security viewers.
摘要:
A dichroic guest-host polarizer comprises an oriented polymerized liquid crystal host and aligned therewith a dichroic guest. The dichroic ratio of the polarizer is about 15 or more. The polarizer may have a small thickness, be manufactured using a wet deposition method, optionally in accordance with a desired pattern, and be provided on the inside of a liquid crystal cell. Polymerizable liquid crystals having a highly ordered mesophase which may be suitable used to obtain highly oriented polymer films such as polarizer films are disclosed.
摘要:
There is provided a process for forming a light emitting polymer comprising photopolymerization of a reactive mesogen having an endgroup which is susceptible to photopolymerization e.g. by a radical polymerization process. Also provided are methods for using the light emitter in displays, backlights, electronic apparatus and security viewers.
摘要:
There is provided a process for forming a light emitting polymer comprising photopolymerization of a reactive mesogen having an endgroup which is susceptible to photopolymerization e.g. by a radical polymerization process. Also provided are methods for using the light emitter in displays, backlights, electronic apparatus and security viewers.
摘要:
A process of aligning or realigning a liquid crystal medium adjacent to a coated or uncoated substrate comprising exposing anisotropically absorbing molecules to linearly polarized light of a wavelength or wavelengths within the absorption band of the anisotropically absorbing molecules, wherein (a) the exposed anisotropically absorbing molecules induce alignment of the liquid crystal medium at an angle + and -.theta. with respect to the direction of the linear polarization of the incident light beam and along a surface of the liquid crystal medium and (b) the liquid crystal medium comprises liquid crystals having a molecular weight of less than 1500, and liquid crystal cells and devices prepared by this process, are disclosed.
摘要:
A dichroic dye for coloring liquid crystal compositions are disclosed which is represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## in which Dye 1 and Dye 2 each represents a group of atoms necessary to form a linear dye structure containing an azo, azomethine or ester group; X represents a halogen atom; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 10. The dye is suited for use in color liquid crystal display devices, e.g., of guest-host type.
摘要:
An electro-polarizable compound has the following general formula: Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having two-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, R1 is a dopant group connected to Core1; a number m of R1 groups is 1, 2, 3 or 4. R2 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core1; a number p of ionic groups R2 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE has a nonlinear polarization effect. Core2 is an electro-conductive oligomer self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, a number n of such oligomers is 0, 2, or 4. R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core2; a number s of the ionic groups R3 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. R4 is a resistive substituent providing solubility of the compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other. A number k of substituents R4 is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.
摘要:
The application relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one dichroic dye having a rylene structure which absorbs red light. The application furthermore relates to a device, preferably a device for the regulation of the passage of energy through a light-transmitting area, which contains the liquid-crystalline medium.
摘要:
A coating liquid comprising: a lyotropic liquid crystalline compound having a π-conjugated system planar skeleton moiety and one or plural nitrogen-containing heterocyclic cation moiety or nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic cation moiety bonded to the planar skeleton moiety; and a solvent, an optical anisotropic film obtained by applying the coating liquid on a developing surface to form a coated film and solidifying this coated film, and an image display device provided with the optical anisotropic film are disclosed.