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7629027 Method for making chromonic nanoparticles  
A chromonic nanoparticle mixture prepared by combining (i) a continuous water-soluble polymer phase and (ii) a discontinuous chromonic phase comprising a chromonic material; and non-covalently...
7622166 Optical element, process for producing the same, substrate for liquid crystal alignment, liquid crystal display device, and birefringent material  
An optical element and a process for producing the optical element are provided. The optical element includes a light transparent substrate and a first birefringence layer provided on the...
7615263 Method of forming alignment layer for liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display fabricated using the same  
A method for forming an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The method includes preparing a substrate and depositing an alignment layer on the substrate. The method also...
7566407 Method of liquid-crystal polymer film production  
The invention relates to the production of liquid-crystal films and coatings from substituted poly-para-xylylenes to be used as alignment layers in different electrooptical devices (alphameric...
7537812 Aligning agent for liquid crystal and liquid-crystal alignment film obtained with the same  
To provide a liquid crystal aligning agent which gives a coating film with good uniformity regardless of drying temperature after coating, and a liquid crystal alignment film having good coating...
7494698 Polymers with high internal free volume  
Shape-persistent organic materials, including polymers, with large degrees of interior free volume are described, along with behaviors and phenomena enabled by their unique properties. One class of...
7473448 Photoalignment of liquid crystals using poly(vinylstilbazolium) polymers  
The present invention relates to a photoalignable material comprising a photoactive stilbazolium-containing polymer of formula I: wherein, M a , M b , M c are monomer units making up the...
7435357 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...
7416683 Liquid crystal mixed composition and retardation film using same  
The invention relates to a liquid crystal mixed-composition comprising one or more cellulose derivatives and one or more liquid crystal compounds (preferably low-molecular liquid crystal compound)...
7416682 Photochromic liquid crystals  
The invention relates to novel photochromic liquid crystal materials which may be used in various electro-optic devices including liquid crystal devices. The materials can be converted into another...
7364671 Optical component, orientation layer, and layerable polymerisable mixture  
A polymerisable mixture that can be applied as a layer, an orientation layer of the mixture, and an optical component, such as a retarder or a liquid crystal display, having a layer of which the...
7351454 Composition for forming liquid crystal alignment layer of liquid crystal display  
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment layer of a liquid crystal display that can minimize drop blemishes of liquid crystal in the ODF process. The present invention provides a...
7279203 Liquid crystal panel  
A liquid crystal panel is provided that has a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal and a cross-linked resin, the...
7193087 4-Aminopyridinium compound  
A 4-aminopyridinium compound is represented by the formula (I) or (II). in which each of L 1 and L 3 is —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CH═N—, —N═CH— or...
7122226 Liquid crystal aligning agent  
To provide a liquid crystal aligning agent which can provide a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal alignment film provided with alignability for liquid crystal molecules by...
7118787 Liquid crystal alignment layer  
There is provided a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising an alignment layer; and chemically bound to said alignment layer, a transport material. Also provided are methods for forming the...
7097888 Aligned liquid crystal layer containing azolium salts and process for increasing the tilt  
Disclosed is a multilayer film comprising a substrate bearing an aligned liquid crystal layer wherein the aligned liquid crystal layer contains an azolium salt represented by formula (I): ...
7074344 Liquid crystal aligning agent and liquid crystal display element  
The present invention provides a liquid crystal aligning agent which provides a liquid crystal alignment film having surface anchoring force and pretilt angle development stability by an optical...
7041910 Emissive, high charge transport polymers  
The present invention generally relates to stable emissive aggregates of polymers. The aggregates are composed of various polymer molecules arranged in such a way as to allow extended electronic...
7018687 Liquid crystal display device  
The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises first and second substrates, a first alignment layer on the first substrate, wherein the first alignment layer includes...
7014892 Alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device  
The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises first and second substrates; a first alignment layer on the first substrate, wherein the first alignment layer includes ...
6875483 Liquid crystal composition comprising liquid crystal molecules and alignment promoter  
A liquid crystal composition comprises liquid crystal molecules and an alignment promoter. The alignment promoter is represented by the formula (I):
6824837 Liquid crystal switching mechanism  
The invention provides liquid crystal switching devices, liquid crystal cells made from the switching devices, and electrooptical cells made from the switching devices. The invention further...
6797344 Aromatic diamine derivatives, the preparation thereof and alignment film materials containing same for liquid crystal display cell  
New aromatic diamine derivatives and the preparation thereof are disclosed. The diamine derivatives of the present invention can be added to conventional polymerization reactions of tetracarboxylic...
6793987 Photoalignment materials and liquid crystal display fabricated with such photoalignment materials  
An aromatic polyamide photoalignment material prepared by a reaction from a diamine compound with a side branch and a photosensitive dicarboxylic acid. Furthermore, liquid crystal display devices...
6726966 Process for vertical alignment of rod-like liquid crystal molecules  
A process for alignment of rod-like liquid crystal molecules comprises the steps of: forming an orientation layer for vertical alignment on a support; and forming a liquid crystal layer containing...
6645578 Liquid crystal materials and alignment structures and optical devices containing same  
An alignment structure useful in a liquid crystal display device comprising a substrate having disposed thereon an oriented film of a lyotropic nematic liquid crystalline material. Particularly...
6572939 Liquid crystal display device  
A liquid crystal display device comprises first and second substrates, an alignment layer including a pyranose polymer or a furanose polymer on at least one of the first and second substrates, and...
6527977 Liquid crystalline filter dyes for imaging elements  
This invention comprises dispersion comprising a solvent having dispersed therein a liquid-crystal forming dye of structural Formula I: [D-(X) m ]-(Y) n wherein: D is a light-absorbing...
6495221 Chemisorptive substance, aligned liquid-crystal film and liquid-crystal display element both made by using the same, and processes for producing these  
The present invention provides a new chemical adsorbent which can form an extremely thin and transparent film in nanometer order which is fixed uniformly and firmly on a substrate, and give an...
6451392 Chemical adsorbate compound, organic film, liquid crystal alignment film, and liquid crystal display device utilizing the chemical adsorbate compound  
A novel chemical adsorbate compound capable of forming a monomolecular thin film is provided. The chemical adsorbate compound is transparent and stable in the visible light range, and has a...
6338808 Liquid crystal composition comprising liquid crystal molecules and alignment promoter  
A liquid crystal composition comprises liquid crystal molecules and an alignment promoter. The alignment promoter is represented by the formula (I). (Hb—) m L(—Bu) n (I) In the formula (I),...
6333081 Liquid crystal device  
A liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of substrates each provided with an axis for aligning liquid crystal molecules in a uniaxial aligning direction, and a liquid crystal composition...
6312769 Liquid crystal alignment layer, production method for the same, and liquid crystal display device comprising the same  
A method of producing a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising exposing an organic film to polarized pulse laser beam to align molecules in a surface portion of the organic film. There is...
6224788 Liquid crystal aligning agent and process for producing liquid crystal alignment film using the same  
A liquid crystal aligning agent composed of a polymer containing a moiety having two aromatic nuclei and an ethylene carbonyl group therebetween. The liquid crystal aligning agent is converted to a...
6218501 Polymaleimide and polyimide photo-alignment materials for LC display  
The present invention relates to a cinnamatic photo-polymerization type homopolymeric or copolymeric alignment material, in which polymaleimide is singly used as the main chain, or is combined with...
6200655 Process for materials for aligning liquid crystals and liquid crystal optical elements  
A process for aligning liquid crystals adjacent to a surface of an optical alignment layer comprising: exposing at least one optical alignment layer, comprising anisotropically absorbing molecules,...
6156232 Liquid crystal composition and alignment layer  
A surface for the alignment of liquid crystals containing directionally-linked groups and compounds useful for preparing such surfaces are disclosed.
6153272 Liquid crystal alignment by covalently bound anisotropes  
A polymer surface in contact with a liquid crystal medium is exposed to polarized light, whereby a covalently bound anisotropic component of the polymer surface aligns in response to the polarized...
6139927 Liquid crystal device  
A liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of substrates each provided with an electrode, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition disposed between the substrates. At least one of the...
6139917 Liquid crystal aligning agent  
A treating agent for liquid crystal alignment, which comprises a polyimide precursor containing repeating units of the formula (1) and having a polymerization degree of from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g as...
6139926 Polyimide photo alignment film from 3,3,4,4-benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride and ortho-substituted aromatic diamines for liquid crystal displays  
The present invention relates to polyimide photo alignment films for liquid crystal display devices comprising an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride component containing 3,3',4,4'-benzophenone...
6120702 Aligning agent for liquid-crystal cells  
An alignment treating agent for a liquid crystal cell, which is composed mainly of a polyimide and/or a polyimide precursor made by a reaction for polymerization of a tetracarboxylic acid...
6074708 Photoinitiator photopolymerizable resin composition, polymer and liquid crystal display device  
A photoinitiator is represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## where n is an integer of 1 or greater; A and B are each a trans cyclohexane ring or a benzene ring, the benzene ring being allowed...
6067139 Multi-domain STN LCD comprising fluorinated polyimide alignment layers  
The present invention provides a STN LCD device having at least two domains per pixel, comprising: a) a liquid crystal layer having opposite sides; b) a set of electrodes on either side of...
6001277 Liquid-crystal alignment film  
Related to a liquid-crystal alignment film that can align liquid-crystal molecules without resort to the rubbing. The liquid-crystal alignment film of the present invention comprises a resin (e.g.,...
6001276 Liquid crystal device  
A liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of transparent substrates each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition lacking cholesteric phase...
5969055 Liquid crystal alignment agent  
A liquid crystal alignment agent containing at least two kinds of polymers selected from the group consisting of polyamic acids and imidized polymers and having a structure obtained by dehydration...
5958293 Process for inducing alignment of liquid crystals and liquid crystal optical elements  
A process for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium adjacent to a surface of an optical alignment layer comprising: exposing at least one optical alignment layer to polarized light; the...
5954999 Treating agent for liquid crystal alignment  
A treating agent for liquid crystal alignment useful for formation of a liquid crystal alignment film obtained by coating a film on a substrate equipped with transparent electrodes, baking the...
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