Abstract:
A liquid crystalline composition having optical uniaxiality is driven by electrical fields to alternate its optic axis between substantially normal positions of orientation. Imaging at speeds greater than 500 cycles per second are achieved with enhanced imaging contrast.
Abstract:
Compositions formed from nematic liquid crystalline compounds are disclosed. The novel compositions of the invention have extended nematic mesomorphic temperature ranges which are significantly larger than those of the individual components of the compositions and are stable at relatively low temperatures.
Abstract:
Liquid crystalline compositions having a cholesteric mesophase are disclosed. The compositions have extended mesomorphic ranges and are stable at relatively low temperatures. Uses of the novel compositions in various electro-optic applications are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A system transforming an optically negative liquid crystalline substance to an optically positive liquid crystalline mesophase by an applied electrical field, and an imaging system wherein the electrical field-induced transition images a liquid crystalline member.
Abstract:
Novel liquid crystalline compositions containing an advantageous aligning agent resin, which causes said compositions, upon application to any suitable substrate to spontaneously align or to have a greater tendency to become aligned in an orientation wherein major axes of the molecules comprising liquid crystalline material are substantially perpendicular to the plane of the subtrate. Such liquid crystalline compositions are particularly suited for use in phase transition systems wherein a film comprising cholesteric liquid crystalline material having the tendency to align is transformed to the nematic liquid crystalline state by the application of electrical fields of sufficient field strengths. Such compositions are also used in other liquid crystalline imaging systems making use of differently aligned portions of liquid crystalline films.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal color display system which utilizes a plurality of films or layers of optically negative liquid crystalline materials as passive light discriminating screens is disclosed. The display system may be operated in a two color mode or a three color mode and has the capability of producing various color hues. The system lends itself to operation at very high frequency.
Abstract:
A system transforming an optically negative liquid crystalline substance to an optically positive liquid crystalline mesophase by an applied electrical field, and an imaging system wherein the electrical field-induced transition images a liquid crystalline member.
Abstract:
Novel liquid crystalline compositions containing an advantageous aligning agent resin, which causes said compositions, upon application to any suitable substrate to spontaneously align or to have a greater tendency to become aligned in an orientation wherein major axes of the molecules comprising liquid crystalline material are substantially perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. Such liquid crystalline compositions are particularly suited for use in phase transition systems wherein a film comprising cholesteric liquid crystalline material having the tendency to align is transformed to the nematic liquid crystallic state by the application of electrical fields of sufficient field strengths. Such compositions are also used in other liquid crystalline imaging systems making use of differently aligned portions of liquid crystalline films.
Abstract:
An imaging system which utilizes an imaging member comprising a layer of an imaging composition which exhibits the optical properties of the cholesteric liquid crystalline mesophase is disclosed. The imaging member is provided in a light scattering state, imagewise heated above the isotropic transition temperature and allowed to return to a temperature within the mesomorphic temperature range thus resulting in a visible image which typically remains for extended periods of time. The images can be erased and the imaging members reused.
Abstract:
Novel liquid crystalline compositions containing an advantageous aligning agent resin, which causes said compositions, upon application to any suitable substrate to spontaneously align or to have a greater tendency to become aligned in an orientation wherein major axes of the molecules comprising liquid crystalline material are substantially perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. Such liquid crystalline compositions are particularly suited for use in phase transition systems wherein a film comprising cholesteric liquid crystalline material having the tendency to align is transformed to the nematic liquid crystalline state by the application of electrical fields of sufficient field strengths. Such compositions are also used in other liquid crystalline imaging systems making use of differentially aligned portions of liquid crystalline films.