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Circular UV polarizer

US5989461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 1997
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/3016
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a circular UV polarizer based on a polymerized mesogen being obtainable by curing by actinic radiation or by heat of a polymerizable composition which comprises the following components: PA1 a) a liquid mesogenic component A composed of one or more achiral mesogenic compounds having at least one polymerizable end group optionally linked via a spacer group to the mesogenic core, PA1 b) a component B composed of one or more chiral compounds in such an amount that the maximum wavelength of reflection (.lambda..sub.max) of the composition is between 320 and 440 nm, inclusive, and PA1 c) a photoinitiator or thermal initiator component C.

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