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Liquid crystal device, a method for producing a liquid crystal device and method for controlling a liquid crystal device

US7295272B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 2003
Grant dateNov 13, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133769
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a liquid crystal device, comprising a liquid crystal bulk layer and chiral dopants being inhomogeneously distributed in the bulk layer as a result of being permanently attached to at least one surface, termed chiral surface. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing as well as methods for controlling liquid crystal devices.

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