Abstract:
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a polymerizable compound, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in an LC display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to an LC display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.
Abstract:
The invention relates to compounds of the formula IA and to a liquid-crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula IA, in which RA, XA and Y1-6 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, in particular for shutter glasses, 3D applications, in TN, PS-TN, STN, OCB, ECB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, PS-FFS and PS-VA-IPS displays.
Abstract:
A method of making a wide temperature-range smectic liquid crystal material comprises taking a wide temperature-range nematic mixture and doping this with a mesogenic silicon-containing material. Aspects of the invention provide wide temperature-range smectic materials and devices using the smectic materials.
Abstract:
A method of making a wide temperature-range smectic liquid crystal material comprises taking a wide temperature-range nematic mixture and doping this with a mesogenic silicon-containing material. Aspects of the invention provide wide temperature-range smectic materials and devices using the smectic materials.
Abstract:
The invention refers to a composition comprising a liquid crystal material and an additive, preferably a dopant capable of forming a complex with said LC material, to a liquid crystal cell comprising this composition, uses thereof and to a method of improving the response time of a liquid crystal.
Abstract:
An aligned film comprises a dried mixture of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal material and a dopant selected from the group consisting of dyes having a molecular weight within one order of magnitude of the liquid crystal material and block co-polymers. An example of an aligned film may be transparent to visible light but not transparent to polarized light in the ultraviolet and/or infra-red portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A method of making an aligned lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal-based film comprises providing a mixture of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal material and a dopant in a solvent for the liquid crystal material, applying the mixture to a substrate, and removing the solvent to produce an aligned lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal-based film.
Abstract:
A cholesteric display including a liquid crystalline mixture having a dipolar dopant dissolved in the liquid crystalline mixture and the resulting mixture is reflecting light in the visible range of the spectrum when in planar state. In accordance with another aspect, a process includes forming a composition with a dipolar molecule to result in a liquid crystal dipolar dopant, and liquid crystal is added to the composition. In accordance with still another aspect, a device includes a liquid crystal composition includes a cholesteric liquid and a dipolar dopant. The liquid crystal composition is switchable between a focal-conic state and a planar state in the presence of an electric field and is stable in the respective state when the electric field is removed.
Abstract:
Liquid crystal mixture comprising one or several compounds of formula (I) (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, M1, M2, X, A, and m are defined herein.
Abstract:
A smectic liquid crystal mixture comprising a smectic liquid crystal base mixture and at least one dopant, which is either a complex ligand or an organic material, in a concentration of 0.01 to 5.0 weight percent.
Abstract:
The invention relates to improved STN displays of which the nematic liquid crystalline medium comprises compounds of formulae I1, I2, II1 and/or III1 ##STR1## wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently alkyl with 1 to 8 C atoms, ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl or alkoxy with 1 to 8 C atoms, ##STR3## wherein R2 is oxaalkyl, alkenyl with up to 8 C atoms.