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:
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:
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:
A method wherein an optically negative liquid crystal film or layer which initially does not substantially scatter incident monochromatic light is caused to diffusely scatter the incident light by means of relatively small pitch changes effected in the optically negative material. An imaging system wherein an optically negative liquid crystal film is imaged in the desired image configuration by the above-described method is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Liquid crystalline compositions possessing the optical properties of the cholesteric liquid crystalline mesophase and comprising a nematic liquid crystalline material and at least one optically active non-mesomorphic material have optical storage capabilities when utilized in an imaging process wherein an electrical field is applied across a layer of the composition. An image formed in this manner is retained when the electric field or current is removed from the liquid crystalline imaging layer. Typically the image is scattering, contrasting with the clear unaffected region not subjected to the electrical field, and can be erased with high frequency A.C. fields.
Abstract:
A system for identifying the presence of physical surface patterns and/or areas in a surface which have different electrical conductivity characteristics from those of adjacent areas of the same surface. The system utilizes the optical characteristics of liquid crystal films having optically negative properties.