Gels with thermotropic properties

US5587404A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Hubertus Kroner · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Ekkehard Jahns · Weinheim, DE
• Manfred Mielke · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 24, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K9/02
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Gels for thermotropic layers, obtainable by irradiation of a mixture comprising PA1 a) an uncrosslinked polymer, PA1 b) monomers capable of free-radical polymerization and PA1 c) water or an organic solvent or mixtures thereof, with high-energy light.