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- Patent Title: Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal optical device, and method of producing liquid crystal optical device
- Patent Title (中): 液晶组成物,液晶光学元件及液晶光学元件的制造方法
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Application No.: US12344610Application Date: 2008-12-29
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Publication No.: US07864287B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Satoshi Niiyama , Remi Kawakami
- Applicant: Satoshi Niiyama , Remi Kawakami
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-176079 20060627
- Main IPC: C09K19/02
- IPC: C09K19/02 ; G02F1/1333

Abstract:
The present invention provides a liquid crystal optical device showing small haze value in transparent state and being excellent in productivity, a process for producing such a device, and a liquid crystal composition for producing such a device.The liquid crystal composition of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition containing a nematic liquid crystal and at least two types of optically active materials having different optical rotatory directions, wherein one of the optically active materials having different optical rotatory directions is a non-curable compound, the other one of the optically active materials is a curable compound, and the liquid crystal composition as a whole shows a nematic phase. By sandwiching the liquid crystal composition between inner faces of a pair of insulation substrates at least one of which is transparent, and curing the curable compound in a state that the liquid crystal is aligned, it is possible to obtain a liquid crystal optical device showing small haze value in transparent state and being excellent in productivity.
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