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Stock Material Or Miscellaneous Articles > Liquid Crystal Optical Display Having Layer Of Specified Composition Liquid Crystal Optical Display Having Layer Of Specified CompositionLiquid Crystal Optical Display Having Layer Of Specified Composition patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.06/07/07 - 20070128376 - Resin sheet, liquid crystal cell substrate, liquid crytal display device, substrate for an electroluminescence display device, electroluminescence display device, and substrate for a solar cell There is provided a resin sheet that achieves improvement in lightweight, low-profile and high impact characteristics, suppresses thermal shrinkage and expansion and is excellent in light transparency so as to prevent the display quality or the like of a display device from being deteriorated, as well as a substrate for ... 05/31/07 - 20070122565 - Polymerizable optically active compound and composition thereof wherein R1 is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; A1 is 1,4-phenylene, biphenyl-4,4′-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl or pyridine-2,5-diyl, provided that in the 1,4-phenylene arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by chlorine, bromine or fluorine, and in the biphenyl-4,4′-diyl arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by chlorine, bromine or fluorine; and ... 05/24/07 - 20070116898 - Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display employing the same Rt={(nx+ny)/2−nz}×d formula (2) ... 05/24/07 - 20070116897 - Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus, which has a color filter, is characterized in that the color filter is doped with a spectrum absorbing material. The spectrum absorbing material at least has an absorbing peak between 560nm and 590nm. ... 05/24/07 - 20070116896 - Method for manufacturing front scattering film having no wavelength dependency Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a front scattering film that provides uniform scattering characteristics for lights emitted from light sources having different wavelengths. The front scattering film is used for backlight units, includes an optically transparent binder having a plurality of spherical dielectric particles dispersed therein, receives lights ... 05/24/07 - 20070116895 - N,n'-dicycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-based tetracarboxylic diimide compounds as n-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic ring system, optionally substituted with electron donating groups. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact ... 05/17/07 - 20070110921 - Patterns of electrically conducting polymers and their application as electrodes or electrical contacts Electronic devices having patterned electrically conductive polymers providing electrical connection thereto and methods of fabrication thereof are described. Liquid crystal display cells are described having at least one of the electrodes providing a bias across the liquid crystal material formed from a patterned electrically conductive polymer. Thin film transistors having ... 05/17/07 - 20070110920 - Method of forming vertical inorganic alignment layer and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. The first and second display substrates include first and second vertical inorganic alignment layers, respectively, to vertically align liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer. The first and ... 05/10/07 - 20070104895 - Liquid crystal optical modulation element and optical head device To provide a liquid crystal optical modulation element capable of stably modulating a laser beam having a wavelength of at most 500 nm for a long period of time. A liquid crystal optical modulation element to modulate a laser beam having a wavelength of at most 500 nm, which comprises ... 05/10/07 - 20070104894 - Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, liquid crystal composition, optical anisotropic material and optical element k, m, n: each independently 0 or 1, provided that when k is 1 and L is -Cy-COO—, -Cy-OCO—, -E6-(CH2)2—, -E7-CH2O— or -E8-O—, at least one of m and n is 0. ... 05/10/07 - 20070104893 - Manufacturing apparatus for liquid crystal device, manufacturing method for liquid crystal device, liquid crystal device and electronic device A manufacturing apparatus for a liquid crystal device having a pair of substrates facing each other, an oriented film formed on an facing surface of at least one substrate in the pair of the substrates, and a liquid crystal held between the pair of substrates, includes: a film formation chamber; ... 05/03/07 - 20070098920 - Optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display An optical film is provided and has a support and an optically anisotropic layer containing a fluorine-containing polymer and a liquid crystal compound. The relationship between the photoelectron takeoff angle φ(°) and the CFn intensity ratio P(%) obtained by AR-XPS measurement of the optically anisotropic layer gives P of 10% ... 05/03/07 - 20070098919 - Method for fabricating optical compensation film The present invention provides a method of forming an optical compensation film. The method employs biphenyl polyimide without fluorine and combines negative C plate with A plate to be applied to the view-angle compensation film of TFT-LCDs. ... 05/03/07 - 20070098918 - Liquid crystal device and a method for manufacturing thereof The invention relates to a liquid crystal device comprising a liquid crystal bulk layer and a surface-director alignment layer comprising side-chains arranged to interact with the bulk layer, wherein the orientation of the bulk layer molecules and the orientation of said side-chains each is directly controllable by an electric field ... 04/26/07 - 20070092661 - Liquid crystal display device and dielectric film usable in the liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device with high image visibility at low power consumption and produced at low cost by using an interlayer dielectric film, which has low dielectric constant, high heat-resistant property, high optical transmissivity, high film thickness and high flattening property produced at low cost. ... 04/19/07 - 20070087133 - Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive compositions The present invention relates to acrylic adhesive compositions, and more precisely, acrylic adhesive compositions having improved anti-static capacity without damaging durability, transparency and peel strength which are composed of an acrylic copolymer, a hydrophilic complex compound and a hydrophobic complex compound to sufficiently inhibit the development of static electricity, regardless ... 04/19/07 - 20070087132 - Optical compensation films produced by a carrier-web-casting process A method of forming an optical compensation film includes coating one or more first layers and one or more second layers onto a carrier substrate, and stretching the first layers and second layers simultaneously. The one or more first layers include a polymer having an out-of-plane birefringence (Δnth) not more ... 04/12/07 - 20070082145 - Liquid crystal display device with resin black matrix having polarizing function Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device equipped with a resin black matrix, capable of preventing the light leakage phenomenon by improving an OD (optical density) value of the resin black matrix. The LCD device includes an array substrate formed with a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, ... 04/05/07 - 20070077371 - Patterns of electrically conducting polymers and their application as electrodes or electrical contacts Electronic devices having patterned electrically conductive polymers providing electrical connection thereto and methods of fabrication thereof are described. Liquid crystal display cells are described having at least one of the electrodes providing a bias across the liquid crystal material formed from a patterned electrically conductive polymer. Thin film transistors having ... 03/29/07 - 20070071912 - Color filter substrate and fabricating method thereof, lcd panel and lcd device A color filter substrate has a transparent substrate; a color filter layer, disposed on the transparent substrate; an inorganic layer, disposed in a predetermined spatial relationship with the color filter layer; and a patterned conductive layer, disposed with the inorganic layer, wherein the patterned conductive layer has a plurality of ... 03/29/07 - 20070071911 - Liquid crystal element A liquid crystal element in which a liquid crystal layer containing at least two types of dual frequency addressable smectic liquid crystal compositions having different threshold voltage are disposed between one pair of electrodes at least one of them being a transparent electrode. ... 03/29/07 - 20070071910 - Organic insulating film having controlled molecular orientation, and adhesive film, flexible metal-clad laminate, multilayer flexible metal-clad laminate, coverlay film, tab tape, and cof base tape including the organic insulating film A novel organic insulating film, which is continuously manufactured and has specific properties over the entire width an adhesive film, a flexible metal plated stacked board, a multiplayer flexible metal-plated stacked board, a coverlay film, a tape for TAB, a base tape for COF are provided. The continuously manufactured organic ... 03/29/07 - 20070071909 - Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof are disclosed, by which insufficient or excessive filling of liquid crystals can be cured by adjusting a liquid crystal quantity in a liquid crystal display device having the insufficient or excessive filling of liquid crystals generated thereon. The present invention includes ... 03/22/07 - 20070065602 - Optical film, polarizing plate and image display device A light-diffusing film comprises: a transparent plastic film substrate; and a light-diffusing layer comprising at least one kind of active energy ray-cured resin and a light-diffusing particle, wherein a contact angle with water on a surface, on the side opposite to the transparent plastic film substrate, of the light-diffusing layer ... 03/22/07 - 20070065601 - Optical film, and polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device using the same wherein Re_m(550) is an in-plane retardation value (unit: nm) of a uniaxial alignment layer in which the director of the liquid crystalline compound is aligned to be parallel in the plane at a wavelength of 550 nm, and d is the thickness of the uniaxial alignment layer (unit: nm). ... // - 0.09<Re—m(550)/d Formula (2): - ... 03/22/07 - 20070065600 - Barrier coating composition containing a liquid crystalline polymer as well as a device containing this barrier coating composition The present invention relates to a barrier coating composition comprising a liquid crystalline polymer, which is characterized in that the liquid crystalline polymer is formed in that a polymerizable liquid crystalline mixture comprising one or more polymerizable mesogenic compounds is first applied onto a substrate and polymerized afterwards, a method ... 03/01/07 - 20070048457 - Producing method of film having coated layer, film having coated layer, optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display A producing method of a coated film is provided and includes: coating a coating solution that contains a light-transmitting resin and a solvent on a support and, subsequently applying first and second drying steps for drying a coated coating solution. The first drying step is carried out in a drying ... 02/22/07 - 20070042135 - Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. The liquid crystal display of the present invention comprises microcups as display cells, wherein the microcups are formed from a microcup composition and ... 02/22/07 - 20070042134 - Liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal stabilizing layer may be disposed on a substrate, an opposite substrate, or both of a liquid crystal display panel. Additionally, a liquid crystal layer may be sealed between the opposing substrates. The liquid crystal stabilizing layer may have a number of protrusions. The height of the protrusions ... 02/22/07 - 20070042133 - Visual changing ornament The present invention provides a visual changing ornament structure, wherein one layer of a chemical raw material layer filled with chemical agents is disposed between a shell and a protective film. A property of the chemical agents enables morphological physical changes produced in the chemical agents to transform the original ... 02/08/07 - 20070031612 - Method for producing cellulose ester film and liquid crystal display using the same A method of producing of cellulose ester film, comprises steps of casting a dope containing a cellulose ester and an additive for reducing a retardation onto a support to form the film, peeling the film from the support, a stretching process of stretching the peeled film by a tenter, post- ... 02/01/07 - 20070026166 - Reduced-pressure drying method, method of manufacturing functional film, method of manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, liquid crystal display device, organic el display device, and electronic apparatus A reduced-pressure drying method includes: decompressing a second chamber communicated with a first chamber housing a base material coated with a liquid substance containing a solvent to predetermined operative pressure by a decompressing device; leaving the first chamber closed in response to reaching the predetermined operative pressure until the evaporated ... 02/01/07 - 20070026165 - Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method of same A main object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display using a ferroelectric liquid crystal, with the ferroelectric liquid crystal in the mono-stability state and the excellent alignment stability. To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display comprising: a reactive liquid ... 02/01/07 - 20070026164 - Liquid crystal display The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display unit of an electronic apparatus and provides a liquid crystal display which can achieve high display quality. The liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other, a liquid crystal having negative dielectric constant ... 02/01/07 - 20070026163 - Polymerization-encapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal for bistable reflective displays A liquid crystal polymer dispersion is formed where liquid crystal encapsulation is produced by a process in which a reactive additive formulation is mixed and photo-polymerized. The polymerizable additive formulation includes monofunctional, multifunctional and photoinitiator compounds in specific composition. The polymerizable additive formulation enhances the control of deformed globule or ... 01/18/07 - 20070014935 - Manufacturing apparatus for liquid crystal device, manufacturing method for liquid crystal device, liquid crystal device and electronic device A manufacturing apparatus for a liquid crystal device having a pair of substrates facing each other, an oriented film formed on an facing surface of at least one substrate in the pair of the substrates, and a liquid crystal held between the pair of substrates, includes: a film formation chamber; ... 01/18/07 - 20070014934 - Substituted anthracenes The invention relates to novel 9- and/or 10-substituted anthracenes, to their use in liquid crystal, light-emitting or semiconducting materials and devices, in anisotropic polymers, optical, electrooptical, decorative, security, cosmetic, diagnostic, electric, electronic, charge transport, semiconductor, optical recording, electroluminescent, photoconductor or electrophotographic applications, and to liquid crystal, light-emitting and semiconducting materials, ... 01/11/07 - 20070009674 - Transparent film for display substrate, display substrate using the film and method of manufacturing the same, liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescence display, and touch panel A transparent film for display substrate containing a cellulose ester, a plasticizer content in an amount of less than 1 percent, the aformentioned film being drawn 3 through 100 percent both in the direction of conveyance and across the width. ... 12/28/06 - 20060292313 - Methods of forming a more highly-oriented silicon layer and substrate having the same Provided are methods of forming a more highly-oriented silicon thin layer having a larger grain size, and a substrate having the same. The methods may include forming an aluminum (Al) layer on a base substrate, forming a more highly-oriented Al layer by recrystallizing the Al layer under vacuum, forming a ... 12/21/06 - 20060286311 - Composition for nonlinear optical material, optical element, nonlinear optical material, and process for producing the same A novel nonlinear optical material is disclosed. The nonlinear optical material comprises a nonlinear optically-responsive layer formed by exposing a layer of a composition to light under an external electric field or an external magnetic field. The composition comprises a liquid crystalline/nonlinear optically-responsive compound having a polymerizable group and a ... 12/21/06 - 20060286310 - Liquid crystal panel and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate; a second substrate which opposes to the first substrate; a first alignment film which is provided on the first substrate; a second alignment film which is provided on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first ... 12/21/06 - 20060286309 - Display comprising liquid crystal droplets in a hydrophobic binder The present invention relates to a display comprising at least one substrate and at least one electronically modulated imaging layer and at least one electrically conductive layer, wherein the electronically modulated imaging layer comprises a self-assembled, close-packed, ordered monolayer of domains of electrically modulated material in a water insoluble, hydrophobic ... 12/21/06 - 20060286308 - Mesogenic compounds, medium for electro-optical displays and electro-optical display wherein the parameters have the meanings given in the text. It also relates to the compounds as such and to mesogenic or liquid crystalline mixtures comprising these compounds. ... 12/14/06 - 20060280880 - Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same An LCD device includes first and second substrates, an alignment layer formed over at least one of the substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the substrates. The alignment layer is formed of a mixture of rubbing alignment and UV alignment materials. A method of fabricating the LCD device ... 12/14/06 - 20060280879 - Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes preparing at least a first substrate, coating an alignment material on at least the first substrate, aligning a main chain of the alignment material in a predetermined direction, and irradiating polarized ultraviolet (UV) rays onto the alignment material whose ... 12/14/06 - 20060280878 - Column spacer, liquid crystal display element and curable resin composition for column spacer An object of the present invention is to provide the column spacer capable of forming a liquid crystal display element which does not produce the color irregularity due to gravity defect and the cold bubbling and exhibits the high durability when the column spacer is used as a spacer for ... 12/07/06 - 20060275557 - Liquid crystal composition containing at least two kinds of gelling agents and liquid crystal display device using the same A liquid crystal composition including at least two kinds of gelling agents and a liquid crystal. The liquid crystal shows a liquid crystal phase at room temperature. A liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition also is provided. ... 11/30/06 - 20060269696 - Liquid crystal composition and display device wherein Het is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; B1 and B2 each independently represent an arylene group, a heteroarylene group, or a divalent cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group; Q1 represents a divalent linking group; C1 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an ... 11/23/06 - 20060263544 - Liquid-crystalline medium and L1-6 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, is described. Also described is the use thereof for an active-matrix display based on the ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect. ... 11/23/06 - 20060263543 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal element A novel smectic liquid crystal composition is disclosed. The smectic liquid crystal composition comprises at least, a dichroic dye, a dual-frequency switchable nematic liquid crystal and a smectic liquid crystal. The dielectric anisotropy of the composition changes from a positive value to a negative value with increasing a frequency of ... 11/23/06 - 20060263542 - Compounds for use in liquid crystal media The present invention is related to compounds for use in liquid crystal media, liquid crystal media comprising said compounds, the use of said media in electro-optical devices, said electro-optical devices, and the use of said compounds in mesogenic media for use in electro-optical devices that may be operated in an ... 11/16/06 - 20060257588 - Conductive organic thin film, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic device, electric cable, electrode, pyrrolyl compound, and thienyl compound using the same It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with ... 11/16/06 - 20060257587 - Liquid crystal drop apparatus and method for dropping liquid crystal using the same A liquid crystal drop apparatus for dropping liquid crystal on a substrate includes a liquid crystal container filled with liquid crystal, a nozzle formed at an lower end of the liquid crystal container for dropping the liquid crystal of the liquid crystal container, and a control unit for controlling the ... 11/16/06 - 20060257586 - Anisotropic optical element The present invention provides an anisotropic optical element having optical properties that are anisotropic with respect to a direction of a normal to an element plane, being capable of preventing a projection screen or the like from mirroring a light source. The anisotropic optical element includes an oriented cholesteric liquid ... 11/02/06 - 20060246229 - Optical element obtained by homeotropically orienting liquid crystal molecule, member for liquid crystal display device using the same, and liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide an optical element which can suppress a production cost, has good heat resistance; uniformly maintains the fixed orientation of a liquid crystal polymer in a wide temperature range, shows a low haze with reliability without reducing birefringence property owing to a ... 10/19/06 - 20060233970 - Optical compensation film and liquid crystal display device A novel optical compensation film is disclosed. The optical compensation film comprises a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer, each of which formed of a composition comprising a liquid-crystalline compound, wherein molecules of the liquid-crystalline compound in each of the first and second optically anisotropic layers ... 10/05/06 - 20060222784 - Polymerizable liquid crystal composition and optically anisotropic thin film wherein R is alkyl; each of W1 and W2 is independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine or —CH3; each of W3 and W4 is independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, —CH3 or —CF3; W5 is alkyl having, alkoxy, chlorine, fluorine, —CN or —OCF3; X is a single bond, —CH═CH— or —CH2CH2—; Z is a ... 10/05/06 - 20060222783 - Process for producing optical element There is provided a process for producing an optical element having a patterned quarter-wave retardation for use in a semitransmission reflection liquid crystal display device in a simple and cost-effective manner. The process comprises the steps of: coating a coating liquid comprising a polymerizable liquid crystal onto a base material ... 10/05/06 - 20060222782 - Method for evaluating orientation state of oriented layer, method for manufacturing liquid crystal panel, and method for inspecting liquid crystal panel A method for evaluating an orientation state of an oriented layer, comprising: applying, on the oriented layer, a solution of a light emitting polymer containing a fluorescent material that is capable of being oriented according to an orientation state of an underlying layer; performing a heat treatment on the applied ... 10/05/06 - 20060222781 - Method of producing anisotropic optical element The present invention provides a method of producing simply and precisely an anisotropic optical element having optical properties that are anisotropic with respect to a direction of a normal to an element plane. After forming an uncured film by applying flatwise a radiation-polymerizable cholesteric liquid crystal to a substrate (step ... 09/28/06 - 20060216435 - Optical compensation film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display An optical compensation film is provided and includes a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer. It is characterized in that the first optically anisotropic layer includes discotic liquid crystal and the second optically anisotropic layer has an Re(550) value of 15 to 150 nm and an ... 09/28/06 - 20060216434 - Polymer dispersed liquid crystal device and method of manufacturing the same Syrup in which photo-curable resins and liquid crystals are compound is injected into a liquid crystal cell, and then ultraviolet rays are radiated to the liquid crystal cell to harden the photo-curable resins through photo polymerization. In this case, a material for fluorescing by ultraviolet rays is added to the ... 09/21/06 - 20060210726 - Optical film assembly and display device Microstructured optical films, assemblies of films including at least one microstructured optical film, and (e.g. illuminated) display devices including a single microstructured optical film or assembly. ... 09/21/06 - 20060210725 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device What are provided include a liquid crystal composition that satisfies many characteristics among the characteristics such as a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, a suitable optical anisotropy, a negatively large dielectric anisotropy, and a large specific resistance, a liquid crystal composition that satisfies the characteristics and simultaneously has ... 09/21/06 - 20060210724 - Liquid crystalline medium A2, Z2, A3, L1, L2, X12, m and n have the meanings given in claim 1 and their use in TFT, TN, IPS applications and expecially for devices utilizing electro-optical effects in an optically isotropic state. ... 09/14/06 - 20060204677 - Liquid-crystalline medium in which R, Y1, Y2 and X have the meanings indicated in Claim 1. ... 09/14/06 - 20060204676 - Polymerizable composition comprising low molecular weight organic component Polymerizable compositions comprising particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. ... 09/14/06 - 20060204675 - Display device with improved flexibility The present invention relates to a support for an electrically modulated imaging element and a display made with the support comprising a flexible substrate of nonhomogeneous material and of uniform thickness, which has a less flexible area underlying and more flexible area. The present invention also relates to a support ... 09/14/06 - 20060204674 - Liquid crystalline medium where the proportion of the compounds of the formula I in the medium is at least 18% by weight. ... 09/07/06 - 20060198968 - Chlorofluorobenzene liquid crystal compound, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device wherein Ra and Rb are independently linear alkyl or linear alkoxy, rings A1, A2, B and C are independently trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, Z11, Z12, Z2 and Z3 are independently a single bond or alkylene, and one of X1 and X2 is fluorine, and the other thereof is chlorine. ... 09/07/06 - 20060198967 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 is, for example, alkyl; A1, A2 and A3 is, for example, 1,4-phenylene; Z1 is a single bond, —CH2O— or —COO—; and Z2 is a single bond or —COO—. ... 08/31/06 - 20060194000 - Liquid crystal orientation layer Linearly photopolymerised (LPP) orientation layers for liquid crystals, that is to say liquid crystal orientation layers, are oriented and crosslinked by means of linearly polarised light. The properties of an LPP orientation layer, such as the angle of tilt, surface wetting, voltage holding ratio and anchoring energy, can be adjusted ... 08/31/06 - 20060193999 - Optical film inside a liquid crystal display The invention relates to an optical film for use in a liquid crystal display that is positioned inside the liquid crystal cell of the display comprising the switchable liquid crystal material, and to an LCD comprising such a film. ... 08/31/06 - 20060193998 - Polymerised liquid crystal film with retardation or orientation pattern The invention relates to a polymerised liquid crystal (LC) film comprising at least one photoisomerisable compound and having a pattern of regions with different retardation and/or different orientation of the LC material, to methods of preparing such a film, and to its use as alignment layer, optical retardation film or ... 08/24/06 - 20060188664 - Coating composition for the formation of low refractive index layer, antireflection film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device [wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkyl halide group or an aryl group]. ... 08/24/06 - 20060188663 - Polymerizable dichroic azo dyes The present invention is directed towards polymerizable dichroic azo dyes comprising azo-chromophores having at least one standard mesogenic ring system attached to said chromophores and at least one polymerizable group leading to dyes having sufficient solubilty and a very high order parameter. ... 08/24/06 - 20060188662 - Ionic mesogenic compounds The invention relates to ionic mesogenic or liquid crystal compounds, and to their use in liquid crystal media, liquid crystal devices, anisotropic polymers, optical, electrooptical, decorative, security, cosmetic, diagnostic, electric, electrochemical, electronic, charge transport, semiconductor, optical recording, electroluminescent, photoconductor, electrophotographic and lasing applications, and to liquid crystal media, polymers, optical ... 08/17/06 - 20060182897 - Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device wherein R1 is alkyl or alkenyl; R2 is alkyl or alkoxy; R3 is alkyl or alkoxymethyl; R4 is alkyl; R6 is alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy; A1 and A2 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; A3 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene; Z1 is a single bond or —COO—; and n is 0 ... 08/17/06 - 20060182896 - Optical film, method for producing the same, and image display device using the same An optical film, which includes a laminate of a base and a birefringent layer, and which is excellent in adhesiveness between the base and the birefringent layer, is provided. The birefringent layer is formed on the base by: coating a material of the birefringent layer on the base so as ... 08/10/06 - 20060177604 - Nematic liquid crystal compound, and liquid crystal composition having high speed and high temperature comprising the same The present invention relates to a nematic liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal composition exhibiting a fast response time over a wide temperature range comprising the same, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal composition with fast response characteristics, and having a high phase transition temperature of liquid crystal, ... 08/10/06 - 20060177603 - Benzochromene derivatives in which the various parameters are as defined in the text, and to liquid-crystal media which comprise these compounds, and to the use of the media in electro-optical displays, in particular in VAN LCDs. ... 08/03/06 - 20060172090 - Liquid crystal polyfunctional acrylate derivative and polymer thereof wherein R1 represents a fluorine atom, an alkyl group or the like; Y1 and Y2 each independently represents alkylene or the like; A1, A2, B1 and B2 each independently represents 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like; X1 and X2 each independently represents a single bond, —COO—, —OCO— or the like; m ... 08/03/06 - 20060172089 - Liquid crystal composition A nematic liquid crystal composition includes at least one of liquid crystal compounds containing a trans-4-trifluoromethoxycyclohexyl group in a backbone, in which the number of an intramolecular cyclohexane ring is 2 to 4; at least one of compounds in which Δε is less than 1 in absolute value; and at ... 07/27/06 - 20060165916 - Cyanopyridone derivatives as liquid crystals The invention relates to cyanopyridone derivatives, to their use in liquid crystal media, liquid crystal devices, anisotropic polymers, optical, electrooptical, decorative, security, cosmetic, diagnostic, pharmaceutic, electric, electronic, charge transport, semiconductor, optical recording, electroluminescent, photoconductor and electrophotographic applications, and to liquid crystal media, polymers and displays comprising them. ... 07/27/06 - 20060165915 - Cyclopenta[b]naphthalene derivatives The present invention relates to cyclopenta[b]naphthalene derivatives of the general formula (I) in which Z, A, n, R, L5 and L8 as (II) and (III) are as defined in Claim 1, to the use thereof in liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media, to liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media comprising at least one of ... 07/20/06 - 20060159864 - Electrically switchable polymer-dispersed liquid crystal materials including switchable optical couplers and reconfigurable optical interconnects A new photopolymerizable material allows single-step, fast recording of volume holograms with properties that can be electrically controlled. Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) in accordance with the invention preferably comprise a homogeneous mixture of a nematic liquid crystal and a multifunctional pentaacrylate monomer in combination with photoinitiator, coinitiator and cross-linking agent. ... 07/20/06 - 20060159863 - Single-crystalline film and process for production thereof An organic single-crystalline film useful as a functional film in various devices is produced by selecting a liquid crystal material having a good molecular alignment regularity, disposing the liquid crystal material between a pair of boundaries exerting a thickness regulating force and solidifying the liquid crystal material while imparting a ... 07/20/06 - 20060159862 - Encapsulation structure for display devices An encapsulation structure for a display device, comprising a sealing structure (3) and a stabilisation layer (5) is disclosed. The sealing structure (3) is an essentially water/oxygen impermeable film which covers environmentally sensitive parts (2) and protrusions (4) on the display device. The stabilisation layer (5) covers the display device, ... 07/06/06 - 20060147650 - Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes a first thin film transistor having an active layer, a gate electrode with a double conductive layer structure overlapping the active layer with a gate insulating film there between, a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the active layer through first and ... 07/06/06 - 20060147649 - Photoelectric devices A photoelectric device. The photoelectric device includes a set of electrodes having at least two electrodes, and an electron-transporting layer installed between the set of electrodes, wherein the electron-transporting layer comprises an organic bipolar compound having electron/hole mobility exceeding 10−7 cm2v−1s−1 and a metal-containing material. ... 06/22/06 - 20060134349 - Reflective display based on liquid crystal materials The present invention relates to a high contrast reflective display comprising at least one substrate, at least one electrically conductive layer and at least one close-packed, ordered monolayer of domains of electrically modulated material in a fixed, preferably crosslinked, polymer matrix and a method of making the same. ... 06/22/06 - 20060134348 - Alignment film and lcd made of the same The alignment film 10 includes derivatives of polyimides or polyamides and low molecular thermosetting resins having a viscosity of 1-3000 Poise within the temperature of 25° C. Through the use of the alignment film 10 produced by the thermosetting resin monomers, the ionic impurity is prevented from contact with the ... 06/15/06 - 20060127604 - Optical film An optical film which enables desired optical properties to be obtained easily, and enables the durability to be improved. A metal film 32 is formed on an inner major surface 12a of a glass substrate 12. A plurality of first island structures 33 is formed scattered as islands on an ... 06/15/06 - 20060127603 - Homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film without alignment layer and method for preparing the same Disclosed is a homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film without an alignment layer and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film without using a separate alignment layer to induce a homeotropic alignment of the liquid crystal in which a ... 06/08/06 - 20060121212 - Black/white cholesteric bistable display with increased white reflectivity 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 ... 06/01/06 - 20060115606 - Liquid crystal medium Liquid crystal (LC) media based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy, their use in electro-optical displays, especially those having active matrix addressing based on the ECB (electrically controlled birefringence) or VA (vertically aligned) mode or similar modes, and LC displays of these types, are described. ... 06/01/06 - 20060115605 - Liquid crystal medium Liquid crystal media based on a mixture of polar compounds of formulae I-VIII, their use for electro-optical purposes, and displays containing this medium, are described. ... 06/01/06 - 20060115604 - Liquid crystal microcapsule, method for producing the same, and liquid crystal display device using the same A liquid crystal microcapsule, comprising a liquid crystal and a polyurea film encapsulating the liquid crystal, wherein at least one of an alkyl group and a fluoroalkyl group is bonded directly or indirectly via a urethane bond to the polyurea. A method of producing a liquid crystal microcapsule, comprising: forming ... 06/01/06 - 20060115603 - Fast switching liquid crystal compositions for use in bistable liquid crystal devices The invention is directed to the use of a fast switching liquid crystal composition said composition comprising at least 30 weight % of a component (α) containing one or more compounds having a dielectric anisotropy Δε of at least 25, whereby at least 25 weight % of said compounds have ... 05/25/06 - 20060110548 - Liquid crystal display device The invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which incorporation of an organic compound into liquid crystal due to a display defect can be reduced to a great extent. In the liquid crystal display device, a film containing a hydrocarbon represented by the formula CnH2n+2, in which n is ... 05/25/06 - 20060110547 - Patterning of indium-tin oxide (ito) for precision-cutting and aligning a liquid crystal display (lcd) panel A method of improved patterning of indium-tin oxide (ITO) for precision-cutting and aligning a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes depositing a transparent ITO layer upon a transparent substrate, depositing a non-transparent plating layer upon the transparent ITO layer and depositing a photoresist layer upon the non-transparent plating layer. The ... 05/18/06 - 20060105117 - Biaxial-optical polynorbornene-based film and method of manufacturing the same, integrated optical compensation polarizer having the film and method of manufacturing the polarizer, and liquid crystal display panel containing the film and/or polarizer A method of manufacturing a biaxial-optical polynorbornene-based film is provided, including: preparing a polynorbornene-based polymer containing composition by dissolving a polynorbornene-based polymer in a mixed solvent containing a high-boiling solvent and a low-boiling solvent, with a difference in boiling points of the two solvents of 20° C. or greater and ... 05/18/06 - 20060105116 - Flat panel display and method of fabricating the same A flat panel display and a method of fabricating a flat panel display is provided. The flat panel display includes a first plate, a second plate facing the first plate, a pattern spacer formed between the first and the second plates, and an adhesion promoter disposed overlapping the pattern spacer ... 05/18/06 - 20060105115 - Retardation film and method for producing the same, optical functional film, polarizing film, and display device The main object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable biaxial retardation film without the problems of peeling off of the retardation layer from the base material or the like generated in the case of forming the retardation layer, capable of enlarging the range of the thickness ... 05/11/06 - 20060099353 - Abstract color change pattern configuration The present invention provides an abstract color change pattern configuration, which is primarily structured to comprise a transitional layer and a protective layer. The transitional layer is fabricated from a plurality of temperature variant microcapsule liquid crystal materials, wherewith a plurality of mixing layers of color change microcapsule liquid crystal ... 05/04/06 - 20060093757 - Method of varying wavelengths of liquid crystals The present invention relates to a method of generating a second peak wavelength of reflected light from a cholesteric liquid crystal having a first peak wavelength of reflected light comprising by exposing or conditioning the cholesteric liquid crystal to a high temperature or a high humidity. The invention also relates ... 04/27/06 - 20060088667 - Device with multiple liquid crystal layers 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 ... 04/20/06 - 20060083866 - Liquid crystalline film with broadened reflection bandwidth and process for preparation thereof Reflective liquid crystalline polymer films having increased bandwidth have a single layer of liquid crystalline material with short, long, and medium pitch of the helical molecular structure of the liquid crystalline polymer. The films are easily produced by a readily reproducible and economic process of low complexity. ... 04/20/06 - 20060083865 - Liquid crystal display The main object of the present invention is to control the alignment of the ferroelectric liquid crystal by a simple method without the need of an alignment process such as the rubbing process and the photo alignment process in a liquid crystal display using a ferroelectric liquid crystal; to solve ... 03/30/06 - 20060068128 - Optical films and process for making them A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, resin films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier substrate having low surface energy. After solvent removal, the resin films ... 03/23/06 - 20060062932 - Anisotropic films based on 1,8-naphthoylene-1'2'-benzimidazole sulfonates and lyotropic liquid crystal systems and methods for making Optically anisotropic films based on sulfoderivatives of 1,8- naphthoylene-1′,2′-benzimidazole are disclosed. These compounds form stable lyotropic liquid crystal systems that exhibit excellent optical properties with films that are significantly thinner that the current state of the art. The lyotropic liquid crystal systems may be deposited on substrates for use in ... 03/09/06 - 20060051523 - Sptical compensatory sheet and method for preparing optically anisotropic layer A novel optical compensatory sheet is disclosed. The sheet comprises an optically anisotropic layer thereon comprising at least one compound represented by Formula (I) (R1—X1—)mAr1(—COOH)p, Formula (II): (R2—X2—)nAr2(—SO3H)q or Formula (III): (R—)sAr(—Y)r; where Ar1 denotes an aromatic heterocyclic group or aromatic condensed carbocyclic group, X1 denotes a single bond or ... 03/02/06 - 20060045991 - Display medium A rewritable display containing a substrate having thereon one or more constitution layers, one of the constitution layers being a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition which is dispersed in a binder, and one of the constitution layers containing a compound selected from the group constituted of: (a) ... 03/02/06 - 20060045990 - Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive having antistatic property The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition for the production of a polarizer, which has excellency in major characteristics including durability and antistatic property, more precisely, an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing ester plasticizer having one or more ether bonds and alkali metallic salt, a ... 03/02/06 - 20060045989 - Optical filter, display unit and touch panel unit To provide an optical filter, which has good repeeling properties and does not generate thermally decomposed products from an adhesive layer adhered to a part decomposed products which hardly remain, even when the optical film is In an optical filter comprising an optical film and containing an adhesive for adhering ... 02/16/06 - 20060035037 - Composition, optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display A novel optical film is disclosed. The film comprises an optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound and at least one polymer having a fluoro-aliphatic group and a hydrophilic group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group (—COOH), a sulfo group ... 02/16/06 - 20060035036 - Anisotropic conductive adhesive for fine pitch and cog packaged lcd module Provided are an anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) for a fine pitch including conductive particles and non-conductive particles, and a chip-on-glass (COG) packaged liquid crystal display (LCD) module including the ACA. The sizes of the conductive particles and non-conductive particles in the ACA are adjusted according to a gap between electrodes ... 01/19/06 - 20060013967 - Transparent conductive laminate, touch panel and liquid crystal display unit with touch panel The transparent conductive laminate of the invention is a laminate comprising a film made of a polymer with a photoelastic constant of no greater than 70×10−12 Pa−1, a light-scattering layer with a haze value in the range of 0.2-1.4% formed on one side thereof, and a transparent conductive layer formed ... 01/12/06 - 20060008596 - Optical film coating A low fringing film coating includes a transparent polymeric layer having a surface, and a plurality of projections extending away from the surface. The projections have a mean height of 0.05 to 1 μm and a mean distance between projections of 0.5 to 2 mm. The coating can be produced ... 12/15/05 - 20050276933 - Method to form a conductive structure Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems to form a conductive structure are described. ... 12/08/05 - 20050271832 - Manufacturing method and manufacturing system of liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display, and electronic apparatus Aspects of the invention can provide a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device of a liquid crystal display for forming an even alignment layer by changing a coating quantity of an alignment layer material for each preset area on a substrate. In the method, a substrate conveyed by a belt ... 12/01/05 - 20050266176 - Anti-reflective structure, anti-reflective film having the same, light guide, illumination device, and liquid crystal display device An anti-reflective structure has multiple micro holes, each hole having an opening at a first surface and a bottom surface facing a second surface opposite to the first surface and each hole extending from the opening to the bottom surface, and convex portions provided on the first surface between adjacent ... 12/01/05 - 20050266175 - Retardation coating An optical body includes an optical element, an alignment layer disposed on the optical element, and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer has a retardation (R) at all wavelengths (λ) from 400 nm to 700 nm equal to a formula R=λ/4±20 nm. The ... 11/24/05 - 20050260358 - Optically active compound and liquid crystal composition containing the compound wherein n is an integer of 4 to 8, X is -Ph-COO-Ph-Ph-, -Ph-Ph-COO-Ph-, -Ph-OC-Ph-Ph-, -Ph-Ph-OC-Ph-, -Ph-Ph-Ph-, -Cy-COO-Ph-Ph-, -Ph-Ph-OC-Cy-, -Ph-OC-Ph-COO-Ph-, -Ph-OC-Cy-COO-Ph-, -Ph-OC-Np-COO-Ph-, -Np-OC-Ph- or -Ph-COO-Np- in which -Ph- is a 1,4-phenylene group, -Cy- is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group and -Np- is a 2,6-naphthylene group, and C* is an asymmetric carbon, and a ... 11/17/05 - 20050255258 - Polyfluorinated fused aromatics and their use in liquid-crystal mixtures A1 is 1,4-phenylene in which one or two hydrogen atoms may be replaced by F, Cl, CN and/or OCF3 or three hydrogen atoms may be replaced by fluorine, 1,4-cyclohexylene in which one or two hydrogen atoms may be replaced by CH3 and/or F, 1-cyclohexene-1,4-diyl in which one hydrogen atom may ... 11/10/05 - 20050249890 - Optical laminate Provided are: a long optical laminate prepared by laminating two obliquely stretched long phase-difference films so that the respective delayed-phase axes cross each other at a specified angle, while at least one of the two phase-difference films is a film containing residual volatile component by 1000 ppm or less; a ... 11/10/05 - 20050249889 - Flakes comprising non-chiral liquid crystal material The invention relates to liquid crystal flakes, to methods of their preparation and to their use as pigments for security or decorative applications or optical elements. ... 11/03/05 - 20050244590 - Polymer/cholesteric liquid crystal dispersion, method of producing the same and liquid crystal display element using the same A polymer/cholesteric liquid crystal dispersion including a cholesteric liquid crystal dispersed in a polymer. A perpendicular aligning component that aligns the cholesteric liquid crystal in a direction perpendicular to the boundary between the cholesteric liquid crystal and the polymer is provided at least one of at the boundary between the ... 11/03/05 - 20050244589 - Polymers for orientation and stability of liquid crystals An electro-optically active polymer gel material comprising a high molecular weight alignment polymer adapted to be homogeneously dispersed throughout a liquid crystal to control the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and/or confer mechanical stability is provided. The electro-optically active polymer gel comprises a homogenous gel in which the polymer ... 10/27/05 - 20050238820 - Cellulose ester film, production method of the same, film employed in liquid crystal display member, and polarizing plate A film employed in a liquid crystal display member is disclosed. The film has film thickness of 20 to 60 μm and variation in the film thickness within ±3.0 percent of the standard film thickness. ... 10/20/05 - 20050233095 - Optical compensation film, polarizing plate, displaying apparatus, method for producing optical compensation film and method for producing polarizing plate A method for producing a roll of an optical compensation film, in the effective width of which an angle of the slow axis in the film face with the width direction of the film is within the range of ±1° and an angle of the fast axis in the film ... 10/20/05 - 20050233094 - Liquid crystal displays A main object of the invention is to provide liquid crystal displays using a ferroelectric liquid crystal, which can give mono-domain alignment of the ferroelectric liquid crystal without forming orientation defects such as zigzag defects, hairpin defects and double domains and which is so remarkably good in orientation stability that ... 10/13/05 - 20050227021 - Polymerisable cinnamates with lateral substitution The invention relates to new polymerisable mesogenic or liquid crystalline compounds comprising a laterally substituted cinnamate group, to polymerisable mesogenic or liquid crystalline mixtures and anisotropic polymers prepared thereof, and to the use of the new compounds and the mixtures and polymers prepared thereof in optical and electrooptical devices, adhesives, ... 09/29/05 - 20050214480 - Nano-powder-based coating and ink compositions Nano-powder-based coating and ink compositions, methods for producing and using these compositions, and articles prepared from these compositions are described. ... 09/29/05 - 20050214479 - Compound for optical materials and methods of fabrication wherein M is independently at each occurrence a metal selected from group 14 of the periodic table of the elements; and R is independently at each occurrence a bond, a hydrogen, an aliphatic group, a cycloaliphatic group, or an aromatic group. The polycyclic or monocyclic compound comprises at least two ... 09/22/05 - 20050208230 - Antireflection film, production process of the same, polarizing plate and image displaying apparatus An antireflection film comprising: a transparent support; and a low refractive index layer as an outermost layer, wherein the low refractive index layer comprises a crosslinkable compound capable of forming a cured film having a universal hardness of 75 N/mm2 or more. A polarizing plate has the antireflection film as ... 09/08/05 - 20050196552 - Anti-reflective optical film for display devices The invention provides an optical film comprising a transparent support with an antireflection layer substantially conformed in shape to the surface underlying the layer, the antireflection layer containing a binder polymer having dispersed polymer particles which are nanovoided so as to have a surface area greater than 50 m2/gm and ... 09/08/05 - 20050196551 - Matrix liquid crystal display The invention relates to a matrix liquid crystal display containing integrated non-linear elements and a liquid crystal mixture which has a particularly high resistivity. ... 09/08/05 - 20050196550 - Compensator for liquid crystal display A compensator element for a liquid crystal display is provided comprising at least one layer of negative biaxial burefringement material formed by at least one polycyclic organic compound. ... 08/25/05 - 20050186360 - Cellulose acylate film (In the expressions, A denotes the degree of substitution by acetyl, and B denotes the total of the degrees of substitution by acyl groups other than acetyl). There is also provided a process for producing the cellulose acylate film, the process including a step of preparing a solution that includes ... // - 2.5≦A+B≦3.0 - ... 08/25/05 - 20050186359 - Method for manufacturing conductive element substrate, conductive element substrate, method for manufacturing liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display and electronic information equipment A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display which employs an active matrix substrate including a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix on a substrate and reflecting electrodes formed in the pixels, respectively. The method comprises (a) a laminated conductive film formation step of sequentially forming a conductive metal film ... 08/18/05 - 20050181144 - Optically anisotropic element comprising discotic compound An optically anisotropic element comprises a discotic compound. The discotic compound has an oriented discotic plane. The discotic compound has a molecular structure represented by the formula (I) of D(—O—CO—CR1═CR2—X—R3)n. In the formula (I), D is a discotic core, n is an integer of 3 to 20, each of R1 ... 07/28/05 - 20050163941 - Optically anisotropic element comprsing discotic compound An optically anisotropic element comprises a discotic compound. The discotic compound has an oriented discotic plane. The discotic compound has a molecular structure including a discotic core and 3 to 20 combinations of ester bonds (—O—CO—) and 1- or 2-alkenyl groups. The alkenyl group can have a polymerizable group as ... 07/28/05 - 20050163940 - In mold manufacture of an object with embedded display panel This invention relates to an object having a display panel embedded in its top surface and processes for its manufacture. ... 06/30/05 - 20050142301 - Combination of optical elements The present invention relates to a method of preparing a film that includes at least one layer of anisotropic polymer material. The method can include polymerizing a mixture of a filtered polymerizable mesogenic material. ... 06/30/05 - 20050142300 - Pyrans as liquid crystals —F, —Cl, —OCHF2, —OCF3, —CF3, —OCHFCF3, —OCF2CHFCF3, SF5, or —OCF2CF3; a process for preparing said tetrahydropyran derivatives, and the use of said tetrahydropyran derivatives as a component in a liquid crystal composition. ... 06/23/05 - 20050136196 - Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacture of same In a method for manufacture of a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal composition is placed between two substrates, after which ultraviolet irradiation is performed to form a liquid crystal layer, a specific polymerizable compound is used, or specific ultraviolet irradiation conditions are adopted, or processing is ... 06/23/05 - 20050136195 - Methods and devices utilizing adsorption of chiral molecules at a surface or interface The present invention is concerned with the adsorption of chiral molecules at surfaces or interfaces, with the arrangement and properties of adsorbed chiral molecules, and with devices and methods based thereupon. In particular, an apparatus allows the influence of the magnetic environment of the adsorbed chiral molecules by means of ... 06/16/05 - 20050129874 - Aligned liquid crystal layer containing azolium salts and process for increasing the tilt each Z is independently N, N—R, C—(R)(R), 0, S, S02, SO, C═O, C═S, or C═NR; each R group is independently hydrogen or a substituent; and Y is a charge balancing anion, which may be a separate moiety or part of an X, Z, or R; provided two or more X, ... 06/16/05 - 20050129873 - Aligned liquid crystal layer containing lewis acids and process for increasing the tilt Disclosed is a multilayer film comprising a substrate bearing an aligned liquid crystal layer wherein the liquid crystal layer contains a Lewis acid. Such a film is useful for aligning a liquid crystal material to an increased tilt angle. ... 06/02/05 - 20050118355 - Method of preparing an anisotropic polymer film on a substrate with a structured surface An anisotropic polymer film with improved alignments prepared by coating onto a substrate with a structured surface. The polymer films thereby obtained are useful in optical and electrooptical devices for decorative and security applications. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |