Patents and Patent Applications from Kent State University


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5691795 Polymer stabilized liquid crystalline light modulating device and material  
A new liquid crystalline light modulating cell and material are characterized by liquid crystalline light modulating material of liquid crystal and polymer, the liquid crystal being a chiral...
5668614 Pixelized liquid crystal display materials including chiral material adopted to change its chirality upon photo-irradiation  
An improvement in a light modulating chiral nematic liquid crystal adapted to form focal conic and twisted planar textures and a liquid crystal device employing such a material, the improvement...
5543950 Liquid crystalline electrooptical device  
An electrooptical light modulating device includes a liquid crystalline material disposed between first and second opposing cell wall structures and comprising liquid crystal of positive dielectric...
5530566 Polymer dispersed ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal formed by inducing a force during phase separation  
Disclosed is a class of light modulating materials comprising microdomains of ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal dispersed in a light-transmissive polymer medium. The microdomains are formed by...
5529949 Process of making thin film 2H α-sic by laser ablation  
Thin films of 2H α-silicon carbide are produced by pulsed laser ablation.
5504600 Method of making a ferroelectric liquid crystal cell including a cooling step  
An oriented ferroelectric liquid crystal in the chiral smectic C phase with the smectic planes normal to bounding plates of a cell is interspersed with polymer which stabilizes and freezes the...
5453863 Multistable chiral nematic displays  
A light modulating reflective cell comprising a polymer-free chiral nematic liquid crystalline light modulating material is disclosed. The cell includes nematic liquid crystal having positive...
5437811 Liquid crystalline light modulating device and material  
A new liquid crystalline light modulating cell and material are characterized by liquid crystalline light modulating material of liquid crystal and polymer, the liquid crystal being a chiral...
5434685 Ferroelectric liquid crystal cell, a method of making it, and its use  
An oriented ferroelectric liquid crystal in the chiral smectic C phase with the smectic planes normal to bounding plates of a cell is interspersed with polymer which stabilizes and freezes the...
5384067 Grey scale liquid crystal material  
A method of selectively adjusting the intensity of reflection to obtain stable grey scale reflectance of colored light from a light modulating chiral nematic liquid crystal material is disclosed....
5368770 Method of preparing thin liquid crystal films  
A liquid crystalline paste material is formed by polymerization of a solution containing a mesogenic solvent and monomeric material in bulk. The paste provides an improved method of preparing thin...
5321533 Polymer dispersed ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal  
Disclosed is a class of light modulating materials comprising microdomains of ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal dispersed in a light-transmissive polymer medium. The microdomains are formed by...
5315419 Method of producing a homogeneously aligned chiral smectic C liquid crystal having homeotropic alignment layers  
A method for promoting uniform "bookshelf" textures in light modulators using smectic C* liquid crystal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of confining smectic C* phase liquid crystal...
5264950 Light modulating device with polarizer and liquid crystal interspersed as spherical or randomly distorted droplets in isotropic polymer  
The invention provides an improvement in light modulating devices employing birefringent liquid crystal interspersed in isotropic polymer. A polarizer disposed on a surface of the liquid crystal...
5251048 Method and apparatus for electronic switching of a reflective color display  
A light modulating apparatus comprising a liquid crystal light modulating material confined between substrates, elongated electrically-conductive paths supported on opposite sides of the light...
5240636 Light modulating materials comprising a liquid crystal microdroplets dispersed in a birefringent polymeric matri method of making light modulating materials  
A haze-free light modulating polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material is disclosed which comprises a polymer which is birefringent and possesses anisotropic optical properties similar to...
5093735 Infrared modulating material comprising a liquid crystal and a medium  
An infrared modulating material comprising a first infrared transmissive phase dispersed in a second infrared transmissive phase. One of the phases comprises a liquid crystal phase and the other...
5093471 Novel mesogenic amines and liquid-crystalline-side-group polymers incorporating same  
Novel mesogenic amine curing agent for reactive monomers, such as epoxy resins and diisocyanates, comprises a mesogenic moiety, a primary amine, and a flexible alkyl spacer connected between the...
5040877 Low loss liquid crystal modulator for coloring and shaping a light beam  
The invention provides a low loss liquid crystal modulator for coloring and shaping a light beam wherein liquid crystal light modulators provide continuous variation in color and intensity output...
5004323 Extended temperature range polymer dispersed liquid crystal light shutters  
An extended temperature range polymer dispersed liquid crystal light shutter electrically switchable between a transmissive and an opaque state over a working temperature range of about -40° C. to ...
4994204 Light modulating materials comprising a liquid crystal phase dispersed in a birefringent polymeric phase  
A haze-free light modulating polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material is disclosed which comprises a polymer matrix which is birefringent and possesses anisotropic optical properties...
4890902 Liquid crystal light modulating materials with selectable viewing angles  
A light modulating material comprising phase-separated microdroplets of liquid crystal in a light transmissive, synthetic resin matrix wherein the index of refraction np of the matrix is matched or...
4688900 Light modulating material comprising a liquid crystal dispersion in a plastic matrix  
A light modulating material consisting of droplets of liquid crystal in a clear or light transmitting, flexible plastic sheet or film, such as a cured epoxy. The light modulating material is...
3965029 Liquid crystal materials  
Disclosed are alkoxybenzalmethylphenylenediamines and methylbenzalbutylaniline as liquid crystal materials, and eutectic mixtures of these as long life liquid crystal materials.
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