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Liquid crystalline composites

US4814211A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 1987
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249978
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention provides an optical medium which consists of a composite of homogeneous inorganic oxide glass monolith with a microporous structure containing a liquid crystalline component. In one embodiment this invention provides a sol-gel process for producing a composite of a transparent homogeneous microporous inorganic oxide glass monolith and a liquid crystalline compound.

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