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Reflective film

US6319963A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateAug 26, 1999
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133536
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a process as described in claim of preparing a reflective film comprising a layer of a polymerized mesogenic material with helically twisted structure, wherein the helix axis is perpendicular to the film plane, and containing regions with varying helical pitch, to a reflective film obtainable by such a process, to the use of such a reflective film as reflective broadband or notch polarizer or as a multicolored film or image in liquid crystal displays, as color filter, in effect pigments, for decorative or security applications, and to a liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal cell and a reflective polarizer as described in the foregoing and the following, and optionally further comprising one or more compensaters or polarizers.

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