Capacitive latched bi-stable molecular switch
    21.
    发明授权
    Capacitive latched bi-stable molecular switch 失效
    电容锁存双稳分子开关

    公开(公告)号:US07580239B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-25

    申请号:US11478278

    申请日:2006-06-29

    CPC classification number: H01G7/023

    Abstract: A charge storage cell is made up of two electrodes spaced apart by a dielectric layer incorporating a molecular switch. A method of operating a bi-stable, molecular switch charge storage cell encompassing two electrodes spaced apart by a dielectric layer incorporating a molecular switch having an electric dipole is also disclosed. The method involves applying a voltage across said dielectric layer to induce opposing charges on said electrodes that create an electric field across said dielectric layer, wherein molecular dipoles within said dielectric layer align or change in response to said electric field, creating an opposing electric field and a change in state of said molecular switch from a first state to a second state; and applying a voltage of reverse polarity across said dielectric aver to change said state of said molecular switch from said second state to said first state.

    Abstract translation: 电荷存储单元由两个电极组成,两个电极由并入有分子开关的电介质层隔开。 还公开了一种操作双稳态分子开关电荷存储单元的方法,所述双稳态分子开关电荷存储单元包含由掺有具有电偶极子的分子开关的电介质层隔开的两个电极。 所述方法包括在所述电介质层上施加电压以在所述电极上产生相反的电荷,所述电荷在所述电介质层上产生电场,其中所述电介质层内的分子偶极子响应于所述电场对准或改变,产生相对的电场, 所述分子开关从第一状态到第二状态的状态变化; 并且在所述介电平均值上施加相反极性的电压以将所述分子开关的所述状态从所述第二状态改变到所述第一状态。

    Polymer-encapsulated pigments and associated methods
    22.
    发明授权
    Polymer-encapsulated pigments and associated methods 有权
    聚合物包封的颜料和相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US07544418B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-09

    申请号:US11496892

    申请日:2006-07-31

    CPC classification number: C09D11/322 Y10T428/24942 Y10T428/2998

    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to polymer-encapsulated pigments and methods of making the same. The method includes providing an emulsion including water and a discontinuous coating phase having a copolymer dissolved in a monomer mix; providing a pigment dispersion including water, surfactant, and pigments dispersed therein; mixing the emulsion with the pigment dispersion under high shear conditions such that the coating phase is deposited on the pigments, thereby forming polymer and monomer coated pigments; and polymerizing the monomers at the surface of the polymer and monomer coated pigments to form polymer-encapsulated pigments dispersed in a fluid medium.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及聚合物包封的颜料及其制备方法。 该方法包括提供包含水的乳液和具有溶解在单体混合物中的共聚物的不连续涂布相; 提供其中分散有水,表面活性剂和颜料的颜料分散体; 在高剪切条件下将乳液与颜料分散体混合,使得涂料相沉积在颜料上,从而形成聚合物和单体涂布的颜料; 并在聚合物表面聚合单体和单体涂覆的颜料以形成分散在流体介质中的聚合物包封的颜料。

    Bistable molecular mechanical devices activated by an electric field for electronic ink and other visual display applications
    24.
    发明授权
    Bistable molecular mechanical devices activated by an electric field for electronic ink and other visual display applications 失效
    双电阻分子机械装置由电场激活用于电子墨水等视觉显示应用

    公开(公告)号:US06947205B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-20

    申请号:US09898799

    申请日:2001-07-03

    Abstract: An electric field activated bi-stable molecular system configured within an electric field generated by a pair of electrodes is provided for use, e.g., as electronic ink or other visual displays. The molecular system has at least one rotor portion connected to at least one stator portion, wherein the rotor portion rotates with respect to the stator portion between at least two different states upon application of the electric field, thereby inducing a band gap change in the molecular system, wherein in a first state, there is extended conjugation throughout the major portion of the molecular system, resulting in a relatively smaller band gap, and wherein in a second state, the extended conjugation is destroyed, resulting in a relatively larger band gap. A primary advantage of the molecular system is improved contrast. Because the colorant of the present invention is molecular and thus effectively monoplanar, there should be no backside reflection or scattering from the colorant. A second advantage of the present invention is improved resolution. Finally, each molecule of the present invention will latch to stabilize one or the other of its color states.

    Abstract translation: 提供了由一对电极产生的电场内配置的电场激活的双稳态分子系统,例如用作电子墨水或其它视觉显示器。 分子系统具有连接至少一个定子部分的至少一个转子部分,其中转子部分在施加电场时在至少两个不同状态之间相对于定子部分旋转,由此引起分子中的带隙变化 系统,其中在第一状态下,在分子系统的整个主要部分存在延伸的共轭,导致相对较小的带隙,并且其中在第二状态下,扩展的共轭被破坏,导致相对较大的带隙。 分子系统的主要优点是对比度提高。 因为本发明的着色剂是分子且因此有效地是单面的,所以不应该有着色剂的背面反射或散射。 本发明的第二个优点是分辨率提高。 最后,本发明的每个分子将锁定以稳定其一个或多个其颜色状态。

    Electroluminescent color device
    28.
    发明授权
    Electroluminescent color device 失效
    电致发光彩色装置

    公开(公告)号:US5671059A

    公开(公告)日:1997-09-23

    申请号:US531435

    申请日:1995-09-21

    Inventor: Kent D. Vincent

    CPC classification number: G01J3/51 G01J3/501

    Abstract: Multiple electroluminescent (EL) emitters are constructed from layers deposited on a substrate and incorporated with a broadband sensor to form a colorimeter. The EL emitters produce light covering spectral segments determined by a filter layer and an active layer wherein the spectral segments sufficiently cover the visible spectrum to enable a wide range of colors to be accurately measured. The colorimeter is mounted in a desktop color printer to measure the color content of printed images and to calibrate the printer.

    Abstract translation: 多个电致发光(EL)发射体由沉积在衬底上并与宽带传感器结合以形成色度计的层构成。 EL发射器产生由滤光层和有源层确定的光覆盖光谱段,其中光谱段充分覆盖可见光谱,以使得能够精确测量宽范围的颜色。 色度计安装在桌面彩色打印机中以测量打印图像的颜色内容并校准打印机。

    Variable wavelength light filter and sensor system
    29.
    发明授权
    Variable wavelength light filter and sensor system 失效
    可变波长光滤波器和传感器系统

    公开(公告)号:US5144498A

    公开(公告)日:1992-09-01

    申请号:US480172

    申请日:1990-02-14

    Inventor: Kent D. Vincent

    Abstract: Light filter apparatus for receiving a light beam having wavelengths in a selected band and for dispersing the light into a plurality of rays, with each ray having a different wavelength for which the intensity peaks. The peak wavelength varies approximately continuously with displacement of spatial position in a chosen direction along the filter's light-receiving plane. In one embodiment, the filter is a modified etalon structure having at least two reflecting surfaces whose separation distance is not constant but increases or decreases monotonically with distance in a chosen direction in a light-receiving plane of the etalon. Each of these two reflecting surfaces may be planar or non-planar but continuous, or may have a step or staircase configuration. This structure may operate using transmitted light or reflected light. In a second embodiment, an edge filter combination is used to produce a narrow band of transmitted or reflected light having a variable central wavelength that varies with position along the chosen direction. In a third embodiment, a multi-layer thin film structure is used to provide a narrow band of transmitted or reflected light having a variable central wavelength. The filter may be combined with a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array of photosensor elements, which array may be linear, circular or generally curvilinear, one such element receiving a group of adjacent light rays of similar peak wavelength, to provide a plurality of different wavelength readings on an incident light beam for spectrophotometry or colorimetry analysis.

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