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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional molecular element capable of reducing contact resistance in an interface between an organic molecule and an electrode; a manufacturing method thereof; and a functional molecular device. SOLUTION: This functional molecular element 10 is composed of electrodes 5 and 6 each formed of pSi (polysilicon) and facing each other, and a molecule arrangement structure 7; and the molecule arrangement structure includes interface modifying molecules 2 covalently bonded with surfaces of the electrodes 5 and 6 and modifying the surfaces, and drive part molecules 1 repeatedly stacked thereon in one direction. The interface modifying molecule has a nearly-disc-shaped skeleton part composed of a π-electron conjugated system, and a side chain part, and a surface forming the skeleton part is arranged nearly parallel to the surfaces of both the electrodes, and covalently bonded with Si of both the electrodes in the side chain part. The drive part molecule is composed of a π-electron conjugated system, wherein its structure or orientation is varied by electric field application to change permittivity, that is, to change conductivity, and is a functional molecule composed of a complex having a Zn ion generally at the center part. Each interface modifying molecule and each drive part molecule, and the drive part molecules are stacked on one another by inter-molecule π-π stacking. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing functional molecular elements that can discriminatingly manufacture a first functional molecular element having a bias voltage region showing negative differential resistance and a second functional molecular element having diode characteristics, to provide a method of manufacturing a functional molecular device, and to provide a method of manufacturing an integrated element comprising a plurality of kinds of functional molecular elements. SOLUTION: In the method, π electron conjugated molecules 1 each of which is a kind of linear tetra-pyrrole and has a nearly discoidal center frame part 2 and a flexible side chain part 3 composed of an alkyl group are dissolved in 4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl and adjusted to a suitable concentration. The solution is stuck to electrodes 5, 6 and liquid crystal solvent molecules are evaporated from the solution to form an array structure 4 of the π electron conjugated molecules 1 in a self-organizing manner. In this case, the first functional molecular element or a second functional molecular element is discriminatingly manufactured by setting the evaporation temperature to temperature at which liquid crystal solvent molecules form a liquid crystal phase or to temperature at which liquid crystal solvent molecules form a liquid phase. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional molecule in which its function is controlled by an electric field, based on a new principle. SOLUTION: A functional molecular element develops function, by changing the conformation of an organometallic complex molecule 1 nearer to the shape of a disk-like about a columnar arrangement structure with the impression of an electric field. If electric field is impressed to a space in parallel (vertical directions in Figure), the structure of the organometallic complex molecule 1 is changed, and the dielectric constant anisotropy is changed. Therefore, the conductivity between the measuring electrodes is switchable, three or more kinds of the stable values exist, and the multiple value memory nature is applicable. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical device using a liquid crystal device as an optical switch with the efficiency significantly improved in such an optical device that is excited only by the intensity of light without using an electric field or current but can control the light, that has a high-quality display function with a high contrat ratio, that can be made a large screen, and that can perform integrated light emission operation. SOLUTION: The device has an optical waveguide (optical fiber) 1, a transparent substrate 2 crossing the optical waveguide (optical fiber) 1, and a liquid crystal device 3 disposed in the crossing part of these. The liquid crystal device 3 has a ferroelectric liquid crystal with
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical waveguide type optical device as, for example, a display, constituted in such a manner that the contrast ratio of the exit light led out of an optical waveguide to the outside is increased and that a bright and clear image can be obtained, and to provide a manufacturing method which makes it possible to obtain a high-quality optical device by repairing distortion, crack, burring, etc., which occur in cutting when a transparent substrate or a laminate of a transparent fiber and a transparent electrode as the component thereof is manufactured. SOLUTION: This optical device is regulated at the angle formed by the longitudinal direction of the incident surface 1Z of the optical waveguide 1 or a fiber arraying direction and a polarization direction of incident light to
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely control alignment of liquid crystal molecules by three-dimensionally controlling the alignment of liquid crystal molecules in three or more directions. SOLUTION: A cell filled with a ferroelectric liquid crystal is provided with upper and lower alignment films 1, 2, front and back alignment films 3, 4, and left and right alignment films 5, 6 to three-dimensionally control the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules. Specifically, the upper and lower alignment films 1, 2 are composed of polyvinylalcohol alignment films, the front and back alignment films 3, 4 are composed of non-fluorine-based alignment films, and the left and right alignment films 5, 6 are composed of fluorine-based alignment films. With such a constitution, a ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules 7 have good wettability with the front and back alignment films 3, 4 but have low wettability with the left and right alignment films 5, 6 so that the molecules are aligned horizontally with the major axis of the liquid crystal molecule directs along the front and back alignment films 3, 4. In this method, the ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules 7 are aligned and controlled in the four directions of front, back, left and right, and its stable state is uniquely determined and turns into a monostable state. Therefore, voltages are applied stepwise in a stepwise pulse waveform.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical device which is excited only by the intensity of light to control the light itself without using an electric field or current, which has a function to display with high contrast ratio and high quality, which can be produced into a large screen, and moreover, which can emit light or operate in an integrated state. SOLUTION: The device is equipped with a plurality of first optical waveguides (or optical fibers) 1, a plurality of second optical waveguides (or optical fibers) 2 perpendicular or almost perpendicular to the first optical waveguides (or optical fibers). An exciting element 3 is disposed at each crossing part of the first and second optical waveguides (or optical fibers) 1, 2 so that the element 3 is excited by the intensity of light 4, 5 introduced through the respective optical waveguides (or optical fibers). The exciting element 3 is selected for each line by the intensity of light 5 in the first optical waveguide (optical fiber) 1 as the horizontal waveguide (or optical fiber), while the data signal light 4 with modulated intensity in the second optical waveguide (optical fiber) 2 as the perpendicular waveguide (or optical fiber) is taken out to the outside through the selected excited element 3.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to embody a display device which is capable of displaying white as white and black as black, is high in a contrast ratio, allows high-speed switching of display and is further capable of making multicolor display (color display). SOLUTION: The display device 1 consists of the device formed by packing microcapsules (display media) 6 having colorless and transparent dispersion media 4 and many two-color ball type particles 5 (two-color ball type electrophoresis particles) dispersed into the dispersion media 4 between a transparent substrate 2 and counter substrate 3 facing each other. The two-color ball type particles 5 are driven by applying electric fields to the microcapsules 6, by which the required display operation is carried out. The device is provided with a control means for controlling the time to apply the electric fields in such a manner that the electric fields are applied to the microcapsules 6 during the time before the two-color ball type particles 5 existing on the transparent substrate 2 side or the counter substrate 3 are inverted but are not yet completely moved to the counter substrate 3 side or the transparent substrate 2 side.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the image quality and to realize a smoothly animation image display by forming a liquid crystal orienting film with low polarization which has a property to relax polarization on the interface with a liquid crystal. SOLUTION: The liquid crystal oriented film is composed of an orienting film which has a property to relax polarization on the interface with a liquid crystal, especially an orienting film having high conductivity. In this case, it is preferable that the liquid crystal orienting film consists of a SiOX oblique vapor deposition film (wherein x is positive number
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten memory time and to eliminate hysteresis by making a frame rate by selection electrodes faster than the intrinsic value in such a manner that the driving of the next line is started before the memory characteristic of liquid crystals falls to a prescribed value. SOLUTION: Data pulses are impressed on the liquid crystal display element by changing the time when the memorization in the intrinsic driving waveforms (A) of an NTSC system is executed under crossed nicols, i.e., the frame rate (corresponding to one field component as an interlace system in this case) from, for example, 16.7msec to 8.4msec (B) and 4.2msec (C) respectively. The hysteresis is affected by the frame rate time. The hysteresis is decreased if the frame rate time is made shorter than the intrinsic value and is set particularly at