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Dye-containing polarizing film

US5354512A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1992
Grant dateOct 11, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/3033
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dye-containing polarizing film comprising a polarizing film material and a metal-containing dye represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Me is a transition metal selected from copper, nickel, zinc and iron; PA0 Z is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, sulfo or amino which is unsubstituted or substituted; PA0 Q is a 1-naphthol or 2-naphthol residue which is unsubstituted or substituted and has no or an additional phenylazo or naphthylazo group unsubstituted or substituted and in which a hydroxy group is adjacent to the azo group bonding to the benzene ring having Z and is linked with the transition metal denoted by Me to form the complex; PA0 when Q is the naphthol residue having no additional azo group, then T is naphthyl which is unsubstituted or substituted; and PA0 when Q is the naphthol residue having an additional azo group, the T is a phenyl or naphthyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted, which film exhibits comparable high polarizing activity with film using iodine and superior durability.

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