Electrooptical liquid crystal system
US6565769B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09K2323/057
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
To improve switching times, especially at low temperatures, one or more reactive liquid crystalline compounds is added to a liquid crystal mixture used in an electrooptical system. The electrooptical system comprisesa PDLC film comprising a liquid crystal mixture forming micro- droplets in an optically isotropic, transparent polymer matrix between 2 electrode layers,one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture is matched to the refractive index of the polymer matrix,the PDLC film exhibits an electrically switching transparency essentially independent of the polarization of the incident light,the precursor of the PDLC film comprises one or more monomers, oligomers and/or prepolymers and a photoinitiator, and is cured photoradically,the liquid crystal mixture comprises one or more compounds of the formula I  wherein R, A1, A2, Z1, Z2, X1, X2, Q, Y and n are as defined herein.
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