CN101138101A - Luminescent multilayer system and utilisation thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
A first aspect of the invention relates to a luminescent object comprising: a. a luminescent layer or core containing a photoluminescent material; and b. a wavelength-selective mirror; wherein the luminescent layer or luminescent core is optically coupled to the wavelength-selective mirror, said wavelength-selective mirror being at least 50% transparent to light absorbed by the photoluminescent material and at least 50% reflective to radiation that is emitted by the photoluminescent material. The luminescent object according to the present invention may advantageously be employed in luminescent solar concentrator systems as it enables highly efficient transportation of radiation emitted by the photoluminescent material fo llowing exposure to incident solar light. Another aspect of the invention concerns a photovoltaic device comprising an electromagnetic radiation collection medium containing the aforementioned luminescent object and a photovoltaic cell capable of converting optical radiation to electrical energy which is optically coupled to the luminescent object. Further aspects of the invention include a fluorescent light activated display and a room lighting system comprising the aforementioned luminescent object.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a luminous object, be specifically related to the application of such luminous object in the luminous concentrator device of optics (for example luminous solar concentrator device).
Background technology
The high 5-10 of the energy that the cost of solar energy per unit watt recently (comprises coal, oil, wind, biology and nucleon) from other sources approximately doubly.For reducing the cost of solar power generation in the electro-optical system, hope can effectively utilize the most expensive part in this system, i.e. photocell (solar cell).This is normally by using large-scale smooth focusing solar energy condenser (paraboloidal or flute profile dish) to realize.There are some shortcomings in these devices, comprise cost of investment height, maintenance cost height, profile is heavy and when its process sky, need follows the tracks of the sun: for the commentary of prior art level, can be referring to Swanson, Progress in Photovoltaics:Research and Applications 8,93 (2000).
Other modes that become research topic are to use waveguide collection light and transport light to the small light battery.In these work some attempt to be used holographic method (US5877874) or geometric optics, light are redirected (for example can referring to T.Uematsu et al Sol Energ Mater Sol C 67,415 (2001) and US 4,505,264).These trials are quite unsuccessful, especially for big transmission range.This is because efficient is low, or system need follow the tracks of the sun, or system complex, is not suitable for large-scale production or with its combination.
(luminescent solar concentrator, LSC) representative is as the another way of research topic for luminous solar concentrator.This mainly is because these systems are easy to low cost and make, and because these systems need not to carry out solar tracking.LSC is by structural glass or polymeric plate, thin plate, film, fiber, band, textile basically or is doped with the coat composed of fluorescent dye molecule.These dyestuffs can absorb the light of the specific wavelength in the irradiation sunlight thereon, and launch light with long wavelength once more along all directions.Part in this light is to send in the critical angle of supported waveguide, and by total internal reflection be transferred to photocell.LSC has the advantage (especially when using the plastic waveguides pipe) that cheap flexible material is used in combination, and need not radiator or solar tracking system.Earp et al has described the sample system with different purposes (room illumination) among the Sol Energ Mat Sol C 84,411 (2004).This moment, the LSC system was not commercial as yet, and this is mainly low relevant with its efficient.This low gross efficiency comes from radiative height and absorbs (the limited Stokes shift of dyestuff) again, the light poor efficiency is coupled in the waveguide and with the light poor efficiency remains in the waveguide.
The present invention is intended to overcome these shortcomings of LSC system, especially by method being provided, to improve emission being optically coupled to efficient in the waveguide.
Summary of the invention
The inventor finds that the efficient of LSC system can significantly improve by using the aligned polymer that contains the directional light electroluminescent material therein.According to the present invention, the arrangement of polymer is used to cause the orientation of embedded photoluminescent material.Propagate along all directions by the radiation that the isotropism embedded photoluminescent material of non-arrangement sends, and first-selected vertical with the LSC system slightly transmit direction, with the incident illumination of realization perpendicular to the plane of LSC system.In other words, the major part of described light is launched outside waveguide mode, and does not transmit in waveguide.The suitable arrangement of embedded photoluminescent material in polymer can be guaranteed to be injected in the waveguide mode of LSC system by most of width of cloth of the light of directional light electroluminescent material emission.
Therefore,, will send radiation, it is coupled in the waveguide very effectively along an angle when when a sizable pre-tilt angle is arranged.When big pre-tilt angle is arranged, the big relatively part of described radiation emitted will arrive interface between described luminous object and air along a certain angle, and remain in the described object, and this angle is greater than the critical angle of total reflection.Therefore, use the embedded photoluminescent material of arranging in the LSC system, to comprise the emission light part more much higher than feasible so far level.As a result, the present invention might improve the operating efficiency of LSC system above 25%.
Therefore, an aspect of of the present present invention relates to a luminous object that comprises aligned polymer, and this aligned polymer contains the directional light electroluminescent material, and described aligned polymer has 10-90 ° pre-tilt angle with respect to described object surfaces.In a specific embodiment, the present invention aims to provide the luminous object that comprises luminescent layer and waveguide, wherein said object is optical laminated or optical fiber, described luminous object and described waveguide optical coupled, described luminous object comprises the aligned polymer that contains the directional light electroluminescent material, described directional light electroluminescent material is motionless at described aligned polymer internal fixation, and the pre-tilt angle with respect to described object surfaces of described aligned polymer is 10-89 °, be preferably 10-90 °, more preferably 10-85 °, further more preferably 15-85 °, more preferably 30-80 ° again, more preferably 30-70 °, more preferably 40-70 ° again.
This luminous object can be used for incident light is converted into the light of longer wavelength.(need to use high relatively pre-tilt angle) when emission light is penetrated with the angle width of cloth relatively little with respect to described object surfaces, emission light can be transferred to for example outlet or photoelectric device effectively in being parallel to the plane on described surface.Therefore, this film can need not independently waveguide for example using like this among the LSC.In this concrete situation, can use to have big Stokes shift and/or between absorption and emission spectrum, have seldom overlapping embedded photoluminescent material, with the big light loss of avoiding causing by heavy absorbing phenomenon highly beneficially.
Because the present invention can greatly improve the efficient of emission optical transmission (or interior coupling) to the waveguide, the luminous object that is obtained by the present invention also can be advantageously by optical coupled to (transparent) waveguide (no fluorescent dye), especially when described embedded photoluminescent material in 30-70 ° of scope along a pre-tilt angle when directed.The optical coupled of this luminous object can be adapted to pass through formation sandwich construction (for example optical laminated or multilayer optical fiber) and realize that wherein said luminous object is bonded on the waveguide as separate layer.
The liquid crystal vertical orientation thin polymer film that comprises at least a dichroic dye is described in EP-A0608924.It is said that the existence of vertical orientation and dichroic dye together can make people might use different writing out and the reading of data technology.Europe does not comprise any list of references about dichroism luminescence generated by light dyestuff in using.In addition, this patent application does not comprise that pre-tilt angle is less than 90 ° arrangement dyestuff.
Definition
Term used herein " luminous (luminescent) " is meant material radiative ability after the radiation of absorbing light or other enough quantum energy.This term comprises fluorescent and phosphorescence.
Term used herein " light (light) " is meant the visible or sightless light radiation of human eye.
Term " light radiation (optical radiation) " is meant the electromagnetic radiation in the wave-length coverage of 100nm to 2000nm.
Term used herein " luminescence generated by light (photoluminescence) " be meant by light absorption produce luminous.
Term used herein " embedded photoluminescent material (photoluminescent material) " is meant atom or molecule, and comprise can luminescence generated by light ion.Term " embedded photoluminescent material " also comprises the combination of two or more different luminescence generated by light compositions, for example combination of two or more different photoluminescent molecules.Term " embedded photoluminescent material " also comprises object-system of subject, and this object-system of subject comprises fluorescent molecule, fluorescent polymer and/or copolymer.
Used herein and polymer, embedded photoluminescent material or relevant term " array, arrangement (aligned) " and " directed (oriented) " of group that is included in these polymer or the material are synonyms, and material or group that expression has a particular space orientation are occupied an leading position in these polymer.
The mesogenic group that term " aligned polymer (10-90 ° of aligned polymer having a pretiltangle of) with 10-90 ° of pre-tilt angle " is meant aligned polymer with respect to the surface of described luminous object along 10-90 ° pre-tilt angle orientation at least.
Term " liquid crystal (liquid crystal) " or " liquid crystal former (mesogen) " are used for material or the compound that expression comprises one or more (partly) rigidity rod, banana-shaped, plate shaped or disc mesogenic group, the group that promptly has the ability that causes the liquid crystalline phase behavior.Liquid-crystal compounds with rod or plate shaped group is being also referred to as " calamitic " liquid crystal in the art.Liquid-crystal compounds with disc group is being also referred to as " discotic " liquid crystal in the art.Comprise the compound of mesogenic group or the liquid crystalline phase that material needn't present himself.They also might just demonstrate the liquid crystalline phase behavior only in having the mixture of other compound or when the former compound of liquid crystal or material or its polymerization of mixtures.
For the sake of simplicity, term " liquid crystal material (liquid crystal material) " is used in reference to liquid crystal material and liquid crystal raw material when as follows, and term " liquid crystal former (mesogen) " is used in reference to the mesogenic group of material.Comprise the compound of mesogenic group or the liquid crystalline phase that material needn't present himself.They also might for example in the coating on waveguide (vide infra), just demonstrate the liquid crystalline phase behavior only in certain (polymerization) layer.
Term used herein " liquid crystal monomer (liquid crystalline monomer) " is meant can experience polymerization, and form the material of the construction unit of liquid crystal polymer primary structure thus.
Term used herein " active liquid crystal monomer (reactive liquid crystallinemonomer) " is meant the liquid crystal monomer that contains active group, and this liquid crystal monomer polymerizable forms liquid crystal polymer or polymerizable mesogenic network.
Term used herein " liquid crystal polymer (liquid crystalline polymer) " is meant the polymeric material that is in mesomorphic state, and this polymeric material has long-range orientation preface and part position preface or complete position preface (IUPAC Recommendations 2001; Pure Appl.Chem. (2002) 74 (3), 493-509).
Term " polymer " layer used herein (polymer layer) " comprise the polymeric material of thin plate, bar, band, fiber, band, textile and rope form.Suppose aligned polymer in the polymeric layer with respect to object surfaces defined above along a pre-tilt angle orientation, then the present invention is not limited to the planar polymer layer, and comprises and accept bending, mould or polymeric layer that other is shaped and handles.
Term used herein " waveguide (waveguide) " is meant optical transparency and will be limited to the optics of required outlet from the next light radiation that enters the mouth.
Term used herein " transparent (transparent) " is meant most incident sunlight of transmission of materials and/or the light of being launched by embedded photoluminescent material.More specifically, term " transparent " is meant that described material transmits 50% in the described light at least, preferably is at least 60%, more preferably is at least 90%, most preferably be at least 90%, and describedly only get by the flash ranging of vertical irradiation on the described object surfaces that is exposed under the described incident light.
Term used herein " transparent waveguide pipe (transparent waveguide) " is meant the light that waveguide transmits most incident sunlight and/or launched by embedded photoluminescent material.More specifically, term " transparent waveguide pipe " is meant that described waveguide transmits 50% in the described light at least, preferably be at least 70%, and described light is recorded by the incident light perpendicular to described waveguide.
Term used herein " reflection (reflective) " is meant the light that material reflects most incident sunlight and/or launched by embedded photoluminescent material.More specifically, term " reflection " is meant that described material reflects 50% in the described light at least, preferably is at least 60%, more preferably is at least 80%, and most preferably is at least 90%.The reflectivity of material is determined by the light incident perpendicular to reflecting surface.
Term used herein " dichroic ratio (dichroic ratio) " is meant the dichroic ratio of the polarization selection absorption that comes from described embedded photoluminescent material.
This dichroic ratio comes from the absorptiometry that uses linearly polarized light, and available following equation is represented:
R＝A
///A
In this equation, R is a dichroic ratio; A
//Be the absorptance of sample, and the electric field of incident light is parallel to the orientation that aligned polymer provides; A is the absorptance of sample, and the orientation that provides perpendicular to aligned polymer of the electric field of incident light.The dichroic ratio of embedded photoluminescent material can be determined by well-known in the art different technologies, and the suitability of these technology depends on the character of described embedded photoluminescent material and aligned polymer of living in thereof.
Term " (polymeric stack) piled up in polymerization " is meant the plural layers that comprise the sublayer with different refractivity, and these plural layers are based on organic (polymerization) material that presents wavelength selectivity, can select in conjunction with polarization selectivity: for example can be referring to US 6,157,490.
It is transparent and be reflexive mirror for other wavelength that term used herein " wavelength-selective mirror (wavelength selective mirror) " is meant for specific wavelength, can select in conjunction with polarization selectivity.By multiple such mirror is arranged in the document as can be known.
Term " cholesteric alcohol layer of Chinrally nematic polymer (cholesteric layer of chiral nematicpolymer) " is meant the layer that comprises polymer, and the mesogenic group of this polymer is main along arranging with the surperficial parallel direction of described layer, molecule in this polymer rotates each other relatively along preassigned direction simultaneously, and this rotation is brought out by chirality activity or nonactive dopant.
These wavelength-selective mirror can be wavelength tuning (for example can referring to Katsis et al (1999) Chem.Mater.11,1590) or bandwidth tuning (for example can referring to Broer et al (1995) Nature 378,467).
Term used herein " ordinary index of refraction (ordinary refractive index) " and " extraordinary refractive index (extraordinary refractive index) " be meant respectively perpendicular to the refractive index of the aligned polymer of the optical axis that is parallel to described aligned polymer.
Term " refractive index of waveguide (refractive index of the waveguide) " is meant the refractive index of waveguide under isotropic state.Under particular condition, can use the guided wave conduit, this guided wave conduit is for example owing to flowing of production period presents birefringence.
Phrase " vertical arrangement photoluminescence polymer coating (homeotropically alignedphotoluminescent polymer coating) " is meant and contains the polymer coated of embedded photoluminescent material that wherein pre-tilt angle is 90 °.
" pre-tilt angle (pretilt angle) " this term of arranging is meant and the horizontal plane angle that constitutes of upper surface for example, and is well known to those skilled in the art.
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Fig. 1 is the optical laminated sectional view that comprises luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2.Luminescent layer 1 comprises the luminescence generated by light dye molecule 3 that a plurality of isotropism are arranged.Incident light radiation 4 enters luminescent layer 1, and at this place's exciting light photoluminescence dye molecule 3, makes dye molecule 3 along all directions emission light radiation 5.As shown in Figure 1, quite a few in the emitted radiation left luminescent layer 1 by end face 6, reduces the effect that described lamination is assembled incident radiation thus.
Fig. 2 is optical laminated sectional view, and except that a plurality of luminescence generated by light dye molecules 3 have been arranged along relatively little pre-tilt angle α, this optical laminated optical laminated identical with shown in Fig. 1.Luminescence generated by light dye molecule 3 is main along the direction emission light radiation 5 of arranging perpendicular to pre-tilt.As shown in the drawing, the relative big angular emission radiation along with respect to the interface 14 between luminescent layer 1 and the waveguide 2 makes the major part in the described radiation be coupled in the waveguide thus.
Fig. 3 is optical laminated sectional view, and except that a plurality of luminescence generated by light dye molecules 3 have been arranged along big relatively pre-tilt angle α, this optical laminated optical laminated identical with shown in Fig. 6.Luminescence generated by light dye molecule 3 is main along the direction emission light radiation 5 perpendicular to oblique arrangement.Therefore, quite a few in the emitted radiation 5 will along far above the angular illumination of angle of reflection on the interface between luminescent layer 1 and the waveguide 2, this major part that is meaning in this radiation will reflect on the interface 14 between luminescent layer 1 and the waveguide 2.
Fig. 4 is the optical laminated sectional view that comprises luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2.This lamination also comprises two wavelength selections and polarization is selected reflective cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8, and mirror layer 9.Light radiation by arrow 4 expressions enters described lamination by left hand cholesteric alcohol layer 8 and right hand cholesteric alcohol layer 7, and arrives luminescent layer 1.In luminescent layer 1, the photoluminescent molecules 3 of arranging along a pre-tilt angle is excited by incident radiation 4, and emission is as the light radiation of arrow 5 expressions.The major part of emitted radiation 5 enters in the waveguide 2, and in waveguide 2 internal reflection takes place, up to arriving outlet 10 or 11.Cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8 can be guaranteed the little emitted radiation 5 described lamination of overflowing, this be because these wavelength-selective mirror 7 and 8 together usable reflection enter into the emitted radiation of luminescent layer 1 again.Mirror layer 9 is with in light radiation 4 and the emitted radiation 5 reflection echo conduits.
Fig. 5 is optical laminated sectional view, and except that mirror layer 9 is replaced by two cholesteric alcohol layer 9a and 9b, this optical laminated optical laminated identical with shown in Fig. 4.By the combining structure (this combining structure reflect to a great extent to emitted radiation 5, and transparent to light radiation 12, and light radiation 12 is by 3 absorptions of luminescence generated by light dye molecule) of using cholesteric alcohol layer 7,8,9a and 9b, can guarantee the light radiation 12 whole lamination of passing through.This specific lamination can be advantageously used for glass pane, and this glass pane optionally is aggregated into the part of shining sun light, and allows another part to pass glass pane.As mentioned above, can use more or less layer, and not only 9a and 9b are two-layer.
Fig. 6 is the optical laminated sectional view that comprises luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2.This lamination also comprises polymerization stack layer 7, and this polymerization stack layer 7 comprises a plurality of sublayer 7a to 7k and mirror layer 9.Light radiation by arrow 4 expressions enters described lamination by polymerization stack layer 7, and arrives luminescent layer 1.In luminescent layer 1, the photoluminescent molecules 3 of oblique arrangement is excited by incident radiation 4, and emission is as the light radiation of arrow 5 expressions.The major part of emitted radiation 5 enters in the waveguide 2, and in waveguide 2 internal reflection takes place, up to arriving outlet 10.Polymerization stack layer 7 can guarantee that little emitted radiation 5 effusions are described optical laminated, but this is because wavelength-selective mirror 7 usable reflections enter into the emitted radiation of luminescent layer 1 again.Mirror layer 9 is with in light radiation 4 and the emitted radiation 5 reflection echo conduits 2.The three optical laminated sides that comprise outlet 11 also have mirror coating 9, and mirror coating 9 is with in light radiation 4 and the emitted radiation 5 reflection echo conduits 2.Therefore, be outlet 10 from unique effective outlet of optical laminated emitted radiation, and go out 10 with photocell 13 optical coupled.
Fig. 7 is the fibre-optic sectional view that comprises luminescent layer 1 and waveguide core 2.Described lamination comprises that also two wavelength are selected and polarization is selected reflective cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8.Light radiation by arrow 4 expressions enters described lamination by left hand cholesteric alcohol layer 8 and right hand cholesteric alcohol layer 7, and arrives luminescent layer 1.In luminescent layer 1, the photoluminescent molecules 3 that pre-tilt is arranged is excited by incident radiation 4, and emission is as the light radiation of arrow 5 expressions.The major part of emitted radiation 5 enters in the waveguide 2, and in waveguide 2 internal reflection takes place, up to arriving outlet 10.Cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8 can be guaranteed the little emitted radiation 5 described optical fiber of overflowing, this be because these wavelength-selective mirror 7 and 8 together usable reflection enter into the emitted radiation of luminescent layer 1 again.
Fig. 8 is the fibre-optic sectional view that comprises luminous core 1 and waveguide 2.Described lamination comprises that also two wavelength are selected and polarization is selected reflective cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8.Light radiation by arrow 4 expressions enters described lamination by left hand cholesteric alcohol layer 8 and right hand cholesteric alcohol layer 7, and arrives luminous core 1.In luminescent layer 1, the photoluminescent molecules 3 that pre-tilt is arranged is excited by incident radiation 4, and emission is as the light radiation of arrow 5 expressions.The major part of emitted radiation 5 enters in the waveguide 2, and in waveguide 2 internal reflection takes place, up to arriving outlet 10.Cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8 can be guaranteed the little emitted radiation 5 described optical fiber of overflowing, this be because these wavelength-selective mirror 7 and 8 together usable reflection be radiated at emitted radiation on the outer wall of waveguide 2.
Fig. 9 provides the result of example 1.
Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of measurement mechanism used herein.
Figure 11 provides the result of example 2.
Figure 12 is the schematic diagram of measurement mechanism used herein.
Figure 13 a-13e is the schematic diagram of the embodiment of device of the present invention, and these devices comprise LSC and photocell 13.Also can use one or more cholesteric alcohol layers, rather than mirror 9 (also can referring to Fig. 5).
Figure 14 is the schematic diagram of the embodiment of device of the present invention, and this device comprises some (that is being 2 or more) LSC and photocell 13 here.Can pass through waveguide (for example optical fiber) 26 and realize optical coupled.Radiation from waveguide 2 can select calibration to enter in the waveguide 26 by collimater 25.
Figure 15 a (not comprising mirror 9 or one or more cholesteric alcohol layer) and 15b are the schematic diagram of variable among Fig. 4 and the 13b (but also can be used as among other embodiment variable).Figure 15 c is the schematic diagram of another variable among Fig. 4 (but also can be used as among other embodiment variable).
Schematic diagram is not herein got rid of the possibility that other element exists, and for example is used to the alignment layer of the arrangement polymer layer arranging the alignment layer of one or more cholesteric alcohol layers or be used to form arrangement, as what be obvious, however, to one skilled in the art, that.
In addition,, also can draw such embodiment, i.e. the waveguide 2 wherein and the place-exchange of luminescent layer 1 by the present invention referring to Fig. 4-6 and 13a-13e.For example referring to Fig. 4, this will obtain having piling up of following order: cholesteric alcohol layer 8, cholesteric alcohol layer 7, waveguide 2, luminescent layer 1, speculum 9 (can be referring to Figure 15 a).For example can be referring to Figure 13 a, this will obtain piling up of following order: cholesteric alcohol layer 8, cholesteric alcohol layer 7, waveguide 2, alignment layer 20, luminescent layer 1, speculum 9 (can referring to Figure 15 b).This be equally applicable to describe herein and other embodiment that schematically show.
Embodiment
Also provide a luminous solar cell in DE 2737847, this luminous solar cell comprises the battery that contains fluorescent solution, also can use the battery that contains gas (air).Yet the LSC among the DE 2737847 comprises that neither waveguide is not published in the motionless directional light electroluminescent material of aligned polymer internal fixation yet, and wherein said aligned polymer has 10-90 ° pre-tilt angle with respect to the surface of described luminous object.Therefore, LSC, or more accurately, the luminous object among the DE 2737847 does not have the LSC of description herein and the advantage of luminous object respectively.
US6734936 relates to an optical component that comprises optical anisotropic layer, and this optical component had at least two zones that have the different molecular orientation afterwards.Described anisotropic band can be the slow setting layer that is for example formed by crosslinked liquid crystal monomer.The both unexposed waveguide that obtains according to the present invention of presents, the also unexposed described typical arrangement that obtains according to the present invention.
A first aspect of the present invention relates to a kind of luminous object, and described luminous object comprises the aligned polymer that contains the directional light electroluminescent material, and described aligned polymer has 10-90 ° pre-tilt angle.Typically, embedded photoluminescent material is arranged in luminescent layer/luminous in-core along the direction identical substantially with the mesogenic group of aligned polymer.Because the dichroism embedded photoluminescent material can relatively easily be oriented in the matrix of aligned polymer, thereby especially be fit to use dichroism embedded photoluminescent material, for example liquid crystal polymer according to the present invention.
Liquid crystal is former can be that the active former or inactive liquid crystal of liquid crystal is former.Can be by Merck
TMObtain the former example of suitable non-reactive liquid crystal, for example the product documentation as them presss from both sides Licristal
Described in the Liquid Crystal Mixtures forElectro-Optic Displays (May 2002), and the relevant former content of non-reactive liquid crystal is listed in herein as a reference in this document folder.
The suitable former example of active liquid crystal is that those active liquid crystal that contain acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, epoxy, vinyl ethers, styrene, sulfydryl/vinyl monomer and oxethane group are former.For example in WO04/025337, provide suitable examples, and wherein be used as with reference to listing in herein about the content of active liquid crystal former (in WO04/025337, being called as former compound of polymerisable liquid crystal and polymerisable liquid crystal material).Also can use the former mixture (Merck of active liquid crystal
TMActive liquid crystal is former, brighter clearer reception and registration).
Also can use the former and former mixture of non-reactive liquid crystal of active liquid crystal.
When using mixture, all liquid crystal of use are former all preferably to be arranged in last layer with ordered state.
Under the liquid crystal polymer situation, can be advantageously with fluorescent material in conjunction with and/or be dissolved in the liquid crystal active monomer.Arrange under the condition that these monomers are easy to is on the scene (flow, magnetic, electricity, polarization, mechanical traction) or alignment layer (buffering or non-buffering polyimides, linear light polymeric materials, or the like) exists.The pre-tilt angle that produces can be controlled (for example can referring to Sinha et al (2001) Appl.Phys.Lett.79,2543) easily by those skilled in the art.After activated monomer (mixture) is suitably arranged, can carry out thermal induction or radiation-induced liquid crystal monomer polymerization.Under particular condition, can advantageously add suitable polymerization initiator.For example, using ultraviolet to carry out under the situation of polymerization, can use the uv initiator (for example can be referring to Irgacure 184, Ciba Specialty Chemicals), and under the thermal polymerization situation, can use the suitable thermal initiator (for example can be referring to 2,2 '-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN), Aldrich Chemicals).
Might distinguish the pre-tilt orientation of some types.According to the exemplary of pre-tilt orientation, it nearly all is identical that the sensing of the liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal layer is vowed in any position along the film thickness direction.It also is feasible that orientation is provided, wherein point to vow near one of surface of described layer and be parallel to described surface usually, and when near the apparent surface of described layer, pointing to arrow can gradually change, and presents vertical orientation or the directed state (tiltedly open up configuration) close with it.As described herein, inclined orientation is included in the scope of pre-tilt orientation, and in this inclined orientation, point to vow that the angle between the projection with the plane of pointing to the described layer of arrowhead all is constant at any some place along described layer thickness direction; Orientation is also included within the scope of pre-tilt orientation, and in this orientation, described angle changes continuously along the thickness direction of described layer.
In a preferred embodiment, this luminous object comprises that at least one deck contains the aligned polymer of directional light electroluminescent material, and the end face of wherein said layer is consistent with the end face of described luminous object, or along the parallel expansion of the end face of described luminous object.But such luminous object efficient application is in the light radiation of assembling incident.
This luminous object can comprise one or more layers that contain aligned polymer and directional light electroluminescent material.Use some such layers to have the following advantages: can every layer to be optimized,, thereby to make whole film can absorb and assemble light radiation in the wide spectral region with the specific bandwidth of absorbing light radiation.Use some such layers also can make the different polymer of uses in every layer, as the indivedual luminescence generated by light dyestuffs of first-selection or to obtain the necessity of certain tilt arrangement indicated.
Mode that can be by doping directional light electroluminescent material in aligned polymer, the embedded photoluminescent material that uses in the luminous object is suitably sneaked in the aligned polymer.Alternatively, the directional light electroluminescent material can pass through covalent bonds with aligned polymer.Also can be as can be known according to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, described directional light electroluminescent material is the mesogenic group of described aligned polymer.
Directional light electroluminescent material in this object can be become to be grouped into by single luminescence generated by light, maybe can comprise the luminescence generated by light composition of mixing.Can advantageously use the combination of luminescence generated by light composition, and each composition wherein can absorb the light radiation of different wave length.Therefore, by the suitable combination of selective light photoluminescence composition, can guarantee that the embedded photoluminescent material that contains in this object can absorb the light radiation in the broadband, for example major part of solar radiation spectrum.When this object comprises a plurality of layers, can advantageously in different layers, use different embedded photoluminescent materials.Therefore, with regard to light gathering efficiency, but the performance of this object of optimization.Naturally, if use the combination of luminescence generated by light composition, must be noted that guarantee this combination of luminescence generated by light composition can launch and the wavelength of absorbed radiation between few or zero lap, maybe big when overlapping when existing, this combination should be used with cascade system, promptly will make back one composition luminous by a luminescence generated by light composition radiation emitted and by the radiation that another composition absorbs.
The dichroic ratio that the directional light electroluminescent material that uses in luminous object of the present invention is had preferably is at least 2.0, more preferably is at least 3.0, most preferably is at least 5.0.In planar orientation, the dichroism embedded photoluminescent material with respect to some other linear polarization, will be in fact a certain linear polarization of higher degree ground absorbing light radiation.
The dichroism embedded photoluminescent material especially is suitable in this luminous object.According to a preferred embodiment, the directional light electroluminescent material comprises organic and/or polymerization light photoluminescence dyestuff.As used in this article, term " luminescence generated by light dyestuff " is meant that a kind of molecule wherein can painted voluntarily dyestuff, thereby the light in this dyestuff visible light absorbing spectrum and the possibility ultraviolet spectrogram (100 nanometer to 800 nanometer wavelength range), but be that this dyestuff is with the Conversion of energy that the absorbs fluorescent for the longer wavelength mainly launched in the visible section of spectrum with standard dyes forms contrast.The luminescence generated by light dyestuff should have the stability that high quantum efficiency is become reconciled, and highly purified.Dyestuff is usually with 10
-1To 10
-5The concentration of mole exists.The exemplary of the organic electroluminescent light dyestuff that can be suitable for using according to the present invention is including, but not limited to following material: substituted pyrane (for example DCM), cumarin (for example cumarin 30), rhodamine (for example rhodamine B), BASF Lumogen
TMSeries, perylene derivative, Exciton
LDS series, Nile blue, the Nile are red, DODCI, oxazines, pyrimidine, ' styryl ' series (Lambdachrome
), dioxazines, naphthalimide, thiazine and stibene.
Main aspect of the present invention is that described directional light electroluminescent material is motionless at aligned polymer matrix internal fixation.Can arrange by several modes based on liquid crystal polymer and the object that comprises embedded photoluminescent material.Under the liquid crystal polymer situation, as previous discussion, often first-selected active liquid crystal monomer, and the polymerization single polymerization monomer subsequently arranged.Because liquid crystal monomer is easy to orientation (forming contrast with most of liquid crystal polymers), so often adopt this program.
Body surface has the oriented layer of inducing the liquid crystal monomer/polymer suitably to arrange usually.Some possible oriented layers are:
A. use polyimides alignment layer (buffering, flour milling or non-buffering, non-flour milling) to produce usually and/or have the arrangement liquid crystal polymer of specific pre-tilt by plane or vertical arrangement.Exemplary is the OptimerA1 1051 for planar alignment, (ex JSR Micro) and for 1211 polyimide varnish (ex.NissanChemical) of vertical arrangement:
B. (linear photopolymerizable material, material LPP) can be used as the clear and definite alignment layer of pre-tilt (for example can be referring to Staralign to be called as the linear light polymeric materials
TM, Vantico AG, Basel, CH) other technology that is used for liquid crystal arrangement comprises:
A. use point or blunt stylus record, oblique evaporation or SiO
2Sputter, the oblique angle incident deposition of inorganic matter, Langmuir-Blodgett deposited copper phthalocyanine dye doping polymethacrylates layer, and the diamond-like carbon film layer (for example can be referring to Varghese et al (2004) Appl.Phys.Lett.85,230; Motohiro, T.andTaga, Y. (1990) Thin Solid Films 185,137; Castellano, J.A. (1984) 4, and 763; Robbie, K.et al (1999) Nature 399,764, Lu, R.etal (1997) Phys.Lett.A 231,449, Hwang, J-Y et al (2002) Jpn.J.Appl.Phys.41, L654).
B. arrange the induced surface activating agent, for example silane, higher alcohol (for example n-dodecanol) etc. can be used for further regulating the arrangement of liquid crystal.
C. induce dopant by in liquid crystal polymer, adding to arrange.
D. by described object applied mechanical traction, flow, magnetic, electric polarization field.
E. the polymer that has smectic A orientation by arrangement, this arrangement are by described object is realized through the top of the cylinder of heating.The detrusion that produces makes mesogenic group obtain orientation.
F. by using the former liquid crystal of arranging of active liquid crystal, and these active liquid crystal are former by (suitably) heat treatment, also beginning the former polymerization reaction of liquid crystal subsequently obtains smectic C orientation, thereby make system sink into smectic C orientation.
Especially being fit to preparation, to comprise pre-tilt angle be that the technology of luminous object of 30-80 ° aligned polymer provides in following document: Hwang, Z.and Rosenblatt, C.Appl.Phys.Lett.86,011908, Lu, M.Jpn.J.Appl.Phys.43,8156, Lee, F.K.etal Appl.Phys.Lett.85,5556, TheStaralign
TMLinearly photopolymerizable polymer system (Vantico AG), Varghese, S.etal.Appl.Phys.Lett.85,230, and Sinha, G.P.etal.Appl.Phys.Lett.79, articles of reference classified as in 2543. articles of herein these being delivered.
Advantage of the present invention specifically looms large in light emitting polymer body, especially planar object, and aligned polymer is arranged along the pre-tilt angle less than 85 ° in these objects, preferably less than 80 °.Preferably, this pre-tilt angle is 10-89 °, more preferably 10-85 °, and further more preferably 15-85 °, more preferably 30-80 °, preferably in 30-70 ° scope, more preferably in 35-65 ° scope, and most preferably in 40-60 ° scope.Especially when together being used for flat luminous object with waveguide, can advantageously use along the aligned polymer of the pre-tilt angle in the 10-89 ° of scope, more preferably 10-85 °, further more preferably 15-85 °, more preferably in 30-80 ° scope, preferably in 30-70 ° scope, more preferably in 35-65 ° scope and most preferably in 40-60 ° scope.Use such pre-tilt angle emitted radiation can be coupled in the waveguide efficiently.Mentioned above as this paper, advantage of the present invention is derived from the arrangement of embedded photoluminescent material.The arrangement of embedded photoluminescent material obtains by embedded photoluminescent material is fixed in the aligned polymer matrix.The leading orientation of embedded photoluminescent material in such aligned polymer matrix is consistent with the arrangement of described polymeric matrix.Therefore what it will be appreciated that is, the preferred orientation angle of embedded photoluminescent material is identical with the directional angle relevant with aligned polymer mentioned above.
When this luminous object is nonplanar object, especially when described object is optical fiber, to surpass 50 °, especially surpass 70 ° will be favourable to pre-tilt angle in an embodiment.Most preferably, when this object was optical fiber, pre-tilt angle will be above 80 °.Yet in another preferred embodiment, pre-tilt angle is in 30-70 ° scope, more preferably in 35-65 ° scope and most preferably in 40-60 ° scope.
The typically light radiation of emission wavelength in 100nm arrives the 2500nm scope of the embedded photoluminescent material of using according to the present invention.Preferably, the embedded photoluminescent material radiation emitted is in the 250-1500nm scope, more preferably in the 400-1000nm scope.For many application, optimum embedded photoluminescent material has wide absorption region, the narrow transmitting boundary that this absorption region covers the most of of solar spectrum and has suitable long wavelength.Therefore, embedded photoluminescent material absorbs the solar radiation of incident, and with another wavelength emission radiation.The embedded photoluminescent material that uses in this object typically has an absorption curve, and the absorption maximum of this absorption curve is lower than 800nm, preferably is lower than 700nm, and most preferably is lower than 600nm.According to a particularly preferred embodiment, described object absorbs the light between the 500nm to 600nm, and with long wavelength emission light.
The arrangement level of embedded photoluminescent material in planar object can suitably be determined according to the degree of order.The degree of order is defined as follows:
S＝(A
//-A A
//+2 A
A wherein
//The expression electric vector is parallel to the uptake of the light sample of orientation,
A represents the absorption of electric vector perpendicular to the light sample of orientation, and S is illustrated in the average orientation that absorbs square under the fixing laboratory framework.List of references: Van Gurp, M.And Levine, Y.K., J.Chem.Phys.90,4095 (1989).
The degree of order that the embedded photoluminescent material that comprises in this object presents preferably is at least 0.5, more preferably is at least 0.6, most preferably is at least 0.7.
The effective utilization key of this luminous object in LSC system for example depends on emission light (weight) degree of absorption in same object.According to a particularly preferred embodiment, discontinuous aligned polymer matrix for example in the layer absorption maximum and the emission maximum of the embedded photoluminescent material that comprises differ 30nm at least, preferably be at least 50nm, more preferably be at least 100nm.
The shape of the luminous object that is obtained by the present invention advantageously is film, layer, fiber, band or textile.The thickness of such film, layer, fiber, band or textile can change with the purposes of plan.Typically, described thickness will be in the scope of 0.1-500 μ m, preferably in the scope of 5-50 μ m.
Luminous object advantageously comprises two or more a plurality of stack layer that contains the aligned polymer of directional light electroluminescent material.According to a specific embodiment, each aligned polymer layer comprises different embedded photoluminescent materials.Advantageously, these embedded photoluminescent materials present different absorption maximums.According to another embodiment, the pre-tilt angle of the aligned polymer in each aligned polymer layer changes with layer.This arrangement further optimization is especially passed through independent waveguide with the efficient that incident radiation is converted into the luminescence generated by light radiation and transmits subsequently.In another embodiment, each aligned polymer layer comprises different aligned polymers.Especially can be advantageously the stack layer of different aligned polymers be used in combination and/or be used in combination with the aligned polymer layer that presents different pre-tilt angle with different embedded photoluminescent materials in each aligned polymer layer.
Luminous object of the present invention can advantageously use on window for example, especially has been coupled to photoelectric device or their optical coupled to the interior lighting source when these windows.By this luminous object being fixed on such fan window (or the building member with similar functions), this window can become the waveguide of gathering by the electromagnetic radiation of luminescent layer emission effectively.As what hereinafter will illustrate, in these are used, wish that very luminous object is transparent to the part of visible light (for example crossing over 100nm bandwidth at least) at least, this part especially required visible light to photosynthesis.
Of the present invention one especially advantageous embodiments relate to a luminous object optical laminated or that the optical fiber form exists, this luminous object comprises aligned polymer that at least one comprises the directional light electroluminescent material and the optical coupled waveguide to described aligned polymer, the refractive index n of wherein said waveguide
wValue can make n
w〉=n
o-0.005, and n
oThe ordinary index of refraction for aligned polymer.According to a further preferred embodiment, n
w〉=n
o, preferred n
wN
oThis has advantageously improved the confinement situation of light in waveguide, and has reduced from light for example to escape and postback the phenomenon of photosphere.
By the present invention obtain optical laminated applicable to the light radiation of assembling incident.The radiation that is radiated on the lamination is absorbed by the aligned polymer luminescent layer and emission once more.This once more radiation emitted be coupled in the waveguide, and be directed to exit surface along waveguide by internal reflection.This once more radiation emitted can come out from exit surface, make exit surface play the effect of light source.Alternatively, radiation emitted can be in exit surface be coupled to device such as photoelectric device once more, and this device will be converted into light radiation the energy of another kind of form.
The optical fiber that is obtained by the present invention can laterally be excited by light radiation, and emitted radiation subsequently will be transferred to the end of fiber.The fiber that is obtained by the present invention can be advantageously used in gathered light radiation and/or transmission optics information.
Because the optical laminated and fiber that is obtained by the present invention will respond the radiation of incident and emitted radiation once more, these laminations and fiber be applicable to transmission optics information, especially the optics binary message.Yet because emitted radiation is relevant with the intensity of incident radiation, originally optical laminated and fiber also can be used for transportation simulator information.
According to another preferred embodiment, the refractive index of waveguide is between the ordinary index of refraction and extraordinary refractive index of luminescent layer/luminous core.The refractive index of waveguide typically is at least 1.4.The refractive index of waveguide is preferably in the scope of 1.4-1.8, more preferably in the scope of 1.4-1.7.When the waveguide that use has the high index of refraction refractive index of light-emitting film (especially with respect to) can be guaranteed in emitted radiation is operatively coupled to waveguide, the optical path of emitted radiation shortens in the light-emitting film.For guaranteeing that launching light is operatively coupled in the waveguide, more favourable way is with the surface of luminescent layer (or luminous core) and surperficial adjacent the coupling together of waveguide.Aligned polymer layer and waveguide can suitably couple together by using adhesive, as long as this adhesive is transparent for emitted radiation to a great extent.
The typical thickness of optical laminated or intrastitial luminous aligned polymer layer is 0.1-500 μ m, is preferably 5-50 μ m.The typical thickness of waveguide is 0.05-50mm, is preferably 0.1-10mm.When waveguide constituted optical fiber core of the present invention, above-mentioned scope was applicable to the diameter of waveguide.
Optical laminated and fiber of the present invention can suitably be made by flexible, elastomeric material.The flexible lamination and the fiber that obtain like this for example can be made into roll, or can be used on the curved surface.The present invention also comprises the fiber and the lamination of relative stiffness, and for example this is because they use glassy layer or glass core.
Basis is optical laminated can to adopt well-known to those skilled in the art many different modes to make with fiber.Lamination can make in the following way: at first form skim (film), and waveguide for example, other layer of in-situ preparing subsequently is for example by in-situ polymerization or solid mode.Alternatively, can distinguish prefabricated each layer, and be combined into a single lamination subsequently, can select to use adhesive and/or other bonding technology to this.Naturally, also might be used in combination these technology.Except that under the fiber situation, preparative layer technology will can use similar method from preparing fibre-optic core begins in fibre-optic preparation of the present invention.
The suitable material of transparent waveguide pipe is transparent for the emitted radiation by the waveguide transmission to a great extent.Suitable material comprises transparent polymer, glass, transparent ceramic and combination thereof.Described waveguide preferably uses thermosetting or thermoplastic transparent polymer to make.These polymer can be (partly) crystal or unbodied.Suitable polymers comprises the combination and the copolymer of polymethyl methacrylate, polystyrene, Merlon, cyclenes copolymer, polyethylene terephthalate, polyether sulfone, cross linked acrylic, epoxy resin, urethane, silicon rubber and these polymer.
The optical laminated writing board shape that is suitable for taking of the present invention.Yet because optical laminated function does not depend on the form of lamination in itself, the present invention also comprises molded non-planar.
The efficient of the described optical laminated and fibril aggregation incident light radiation among the present invention depends on the arresting efficiency of emitted radiation as other aspects.Can be by using one or more extra play to this parameter generating favorable influence, and this layer can reflect the electromagnetic radiation by described embedded photoluminescent material emission.In a particularly advantageous embodiment, such reflector is transparent for the light radiation that is absorbed by described embedded photoluminescent material to a great extent, and this is meaning these one or more layer and can be used as a wavelength-selective mirror.Above-mentioned wavelength-selective mirror can be suitable as separate layer, be arranged in described luminescent layer and be used to receive between the surface of incident light radiation Anywhere.Described wavelength-selective mirror also can advantageously be applied in a relative side of described luminescent layer, especially when wish using described optical laminated or optical fiber to transmit some described incident light radiation.Described wavelength-selective mirror need be transparent for the radiation that can excite described embedded photoluminescent material to a great extent, and described extra play should reflect effectively by described embedded photoluminescent material radiation emitted simultaneously.
For having whole advantages of described wavelength-selective mirror, described mirror should cover luminescent layer one side at least 80% or cover at least 80% of luminous core outer surface.In addition, the first-selected wavelength-selective mirror of using relative thin.Typically, the thickness of described wavelength-selective mirror is no more than 100 μ m, preferably is no more than 20 μ m.The thickness of above-mentioned mirror usually will be above 5 μ m.It should be noted that wavelength-selective mirror of the present invention can be suitable for comprising two or more together as the layer of wavelength-selective mirror, for example polymerization is piled up or the combination of cholesteric alcohol layer.
In of the present invention one preferential embodiment, this target realizes by providing just like the previous described luminous object of this paper; Also comprise a wavelength-selective mirror among this preferential embodiment in addition, this wavelength-selective mirror can see through 50% at least for the light that is absorbed by described embedded photoluminescent material, preferably be at least 60%, more preferably be at least 70% and most preferably be at least 90%, and this wavelength-selective mirror be for reflecting 50% at least by described embedded photoluminescent material radiation emitted, preferably is at least 60% and most preferably be at least 70%.Described wavelength-selective mirror can advantageously comprise a polymerization wavelength-selective mirror and/or a polarization is selected mirror.
The efficient key that this object is assembled by the embedded photoluminescent material radiation emitted depends on that described wavelength-selective mirror reflects the efficient of described radiation.Typically, wavelength-selective mirror is at least 50% for the highest degree of reflection that light radiation presents, preferably be at least 60%, more preferably be at least 70%, and the wavelength of this light radiation is in the scope of 500-2000nm, preferably in the scope of 600-2000nm, and most preferably in the scope of 630-1500nm.
Similarly, and especially when above-mentioned wavelength-selective mirror be arranged in luminescent layer/luminous core as separate layer and be used to receive between the surface of incident light radiation Anywhere the time, high-energy radiation that importantly can the exciting light electroluminescent material can be by described mirror high efficiency of transmission.Therefore, wavelength-selective mirror is at least 60% for the highest degree of transmission that light radiation presents, and preferably is at least 70%, and the wavelength of this light radiation is in the scope of 100-600nm, preferably in the scope of 250-700nm, and more preferably in the scope of 350-800nm.
Because the wavelength by the embedded photoluminescent material radiation emitted will surpass the wavelength of the radiation that is absorbed by same material inevitably, high reflectance preferably occurs in a wavelength place, and the wavelength that this wavelength surpasses transmissivity maximum place preferably is at least 30nm, more preferably be at least 50nm, further more preferably be at least 100nm.
The wavelength-selective mirror of using in this object can advantageously comprise a polymerization wavelength-selective mirror and/or a polarization is selected mirror.
In an advantageous embodiments, wavelength-selective mirror comprises polarization selection mirror, this polarization selects mirror to be at least 50% for the transparency of the light of embedded photoluminescent material absorption, preferably be at least 60%, more preferably be at least 70%, most preferably be at least 90%, and be at least 50% for the degree of reflection of circle with suitable polarization or linearly polarized radiation, preferably be at least 60%, more preferably be at least 70%.Favourable arrangement like this can comprise polymerization stack layer and/or cholesteric alcohol layer realization by application.
This luminous object can advantageously comprise a wavelength-selective mirror, and this wavelength-selective mirror comprises the cholesteric alcohol layer of Chinrally nematic polymer.In a further preferred embodiment, the polymerization wavelength-selective mirror comprises first cholesteric alcohol layer of reflection right hand circularly polarized light and second cholesteric alcohol layer of reflection left hand circularly polarized light.In one embodiment of back, be fit to luminescent layer is clipped between cholesteric alcohol layer and the waveguide, or waveguide is clipped between cholesteric alcohol layer and the light emitting array polymeric layer.Preferably, the light emitting array polymeric layer is clipped between the adjacent cholesteric alcohol layer and waveguide.Cholesteric alcohol layer can the usable reflection circularly polarized radiation a narrow band.The spiral orientation that depends on cholesteric alcohol layer, this layer will reflect right circularly polarized radiation or left radiation.By two cholesteric alcohol layers that application has relative spiral orientation, right-hand circularly polarized light and left light all will be by usable reflections.
This luminous object also can advantageously comprise a wavelength-selective mirror, and this wavelength-selective mirror comprises one or more cholesteric alcohol layers of Chinrally nematic polymer.Preferably, the polymerization wavelength-selective mirror comprises one or more layers that are selected from group, and this group is made up of the cholesteric alcohol layer of reflection right hand circularly polarized light and the cholesteric alcohol layer of reflection left hand circularly polarized light.The light emitting array polymeric layer can be clipped between cholesteric alcohol layer and the waveguide, or waveguide can be clipped between cholesteric alcohol layer and the light emitting array polymeric layer.Preferably, the light emitting array polymeric layer is clipped between the adjacent cholesteric alcohol layer and waveguide.
Under specific different situations, described polymerization wavelength-selective mirror comprises the cholesteric alcohol layer of the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection right hand circularly polarized lights or one or more reflection left hand circularly polarized lights or comprises the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection right hand circularly polarized lights simultaneously and the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection left hand circularly polarized lights.The right hand two layer system of " simply " and left hand two layer system can for example only reflect the light of 75 nm bandwidth.Possible broadening frequency band, but this is seeming also remarkable in the art.According to the present invention, can advantageously be easier to the broadening wavelength band, this wavelength band can be reflected in the following manner: form continuous right hand cholesteric alcohol layer on mutual top, on mutual top, form continuous left hand cholesteric alcohol layer subsequently, or opposite, or any combination of left hand layer and right hand layer.Also can expect whole sample is only used a cholesteric chirality, i.e. for example 2-5 left hand layer or 2-5 right hand layer.The present invention is not limited to 2 layer systems.
Can cause serpentine torsion with chiral material, material is changed into the Chinrally nematic material, and the Chinrally nematic material is the synonym of cholesterine material to the row material mixing.The cholesterine spacing of Chinrally nematic material can change in sizable scope relatively easily.The spacing that is caused by chiral material is inversely proportional to the concentration of the chiral material that uses in approximate first.The proportionality constant of this relation be called as chiral material the serpentine torsion ability (helical twistingpower, HTP), and can determine by following equation:
HTP＝1/(c·P)
Wherein c is the concentration of chiral material, and P is caused helical interval.
The optically active compound that can cause helical structure is commonly called " chiral dopant ".Many chiral dopants can synthesize, and exemplary wherein comprises the compound of being represented by following structure:
2,2-dimethyl-4,5-diphenyl-1,3-dioxolanes
ZLI 811, benzoic acid, and the 4-hexyl-, the 4-[[(1-methylheptyl) and the oxygen base] carbonyl] phenyl ester (9CI)
The light radiation by the emission of luminescent layer or luminous core is advantageously reflected in the combination of cholesteric alcohol layer or cholesteric alcohol layer, and is that the light radiation of 100-600nm is transparent to a great extent to wave-length coverage, and this wave-length coverage is preferably 250-700nm, most preferably is 350-800nm.
In another embodiment, this luminous object also comprises the wavelength-selective mirror that exists with polymerization stack layer form, but and this polymerization stack layer strong reflection by the embedded photoluminescent material radiation emitted.More specifically, the polymerization polarization selects mirror to comprise the second polymerization stack layer of the opposite planar of the first polymerization stack layer on a plane of reflect polarized light and reflect polarized light, wherein the light emitting array polymeric layer is clipped between polymerization stack layer and the waveguide, or waveguide is clipped between polymerization stack layer and the light emitting array polymeric layer.
The polymerization stack layer can optionally reflect the light radiation in certain wave-length coverage.The polymerization stack layer is also referred to as multilayer reflector, and the electromagnetic spectrum partition sections between being used to reflect and transmit.The polymerization stack layer is typically used several layers, and these layers are made of two kinds of different materials in an Optical stack at least.Different materials has very different refractive indexes along axle at least one face that piles up, and can be reflected in the light at the interface of interlayer in fact.Can prepare the polymerization stack layer, with the light radiation of reflection along normal and/or the incident of incident oblique angle.
Preferably, designed the polymerization stack layer of using in this luminous object, with the light radiation of reflection more than the 600nm, and this light radiation most preferably is more than the 800nm more preferably more than the 700nm.In a preferred embodiment, the light emitting array polymeric layer is clipped between polymerization stack layer and the waveguide.
Polymerization stack layer as wavelength-selective mirror according to the present invention can be suitable for adopting at US 6,157, and 490 and Weber, the method for describing among the M.F.et al.Science 287,2451 preparation is classified these articles as articles of reference herein.
Overflow from this luminous object for stoping radiation, can advantageously use the mirror that the light radiation of wide region is had reflex, and described mirror is positioned at the bottom surface of described object, i.e. incident radiation by the light emitting array polymeric layer and will be by described mirroring by the light radiation of identical layer emission.More specifically, this embodiment provides this paper a luminous object mentioned above, and the bottom surface of this luminous object is coated with a mirror, and this mirror can reflect 80% at least to the light of 450-1200nm wavelength, preferably reflects 90% at least.
The radiation loss of this luminous object can further reduce by use mirror on the side of described object, and supposes that described object can transmit and be radiated to a for example photoelectric device.Therefore, in a preferred embodiment, be coated with a mirror on the side of described at least object, and this mirror can reflect 80% at least for the light of 450-1200nm wavelength, preferably can reflect 90% at least.Described object more preferably has at least on two sides and most preferably has at least on three sides and is coated with such mirror.
Using for some, if this luminous object is transparent for light radiation in a certain wavelengths scope to a great extent, then will be favourable.According to a particularly preferred embodiment, described luminous object is transparent to the light radiation in 400-500nm and/or the 600-700nm scope mainly.Therefore, described luminous object rather than (replacement) for example window or greenhouse glass pane applicable to or with acting on photosynthetic visible light, this visible light will pass described luminous object, and the light radiation of other wavelength simultaneously can effectively be assembled and transmission by identical object.According to a highly preferred embodiment, described luminous object is transparent to the light radiation in 400-500nm and the 600-700nm scope mainly.Therefore, the present invention also comprises the greenhouse, this greenhouse comprises one or more glass panes, and this glass pane such as this paper is mentioned above, and to be coated with for the light radiation in 400-500nm and/or the 600-700nm scope be transparent luminous object, and be used in combination with one or more photocells that light radiation can be converted into electric energy, and described one or more photocell optical coupled is to described luminous object.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a photoelectric device that comprises the electromagnetic radiation trapping medium, and this photoelectric device comprises as this paper luminous object mentioned above and the photocell that light radiation can be converted into electric energy, and this photocell optical coupled is to the waveguide that comprises luminous object, and described photocell preferred arrangement is at the edge of waveguide or near being positioned at the top of waveguide layer or the edge of the described waveguide on the bottom surface.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a fluorescence-activation display that comprises luminous object mentioned above.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a room lighting system that comprises luminous object mentioned above, and wherein the arrangement of this system can make the sunlight of incident be converted into room illumination by described luminous object.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to the light radiation of using this paper luminous object mentioned above to assemble incident.This purposes of luminous object for example comprises as from the supporting type light-emitting film, and for example purposes also comprises luminescent layer and optical fiber as the aligned polymer layer that comprises the directional light electroluminescent material.
One LSC system is provided in one embodiment, and this system does not possess opaque rear surface (for example as described herein, not possessing back mirror) required when using in the greenhouse.Preferably, under another different situations, plant does not use the spectrum of the wavelength section of (being used for growth) to be collected and to change into electric energy by photoelectric effect.Under another different situations, the light of longer wavelength (promptly transforming light) is collected and by light pipe, and this light pipe is used for the wavelength that the plant growth the is used plant of throwing light on once more.For example, the LSC system can be used for collecting and transform the green glow that is not used by plant usually, and is this phototransformation ruddiness (maybe during converting material, being converted into blue light on using).The ruddiness that produces can be used for the plant in the greenhouse.
In another embodiment, according to the present invention, LSC as fiber can by weaving in clothes or other material (clothes, sleeping bag, tent, or the like) or on, and this fiber of bunchy can throw light on photoelectricity or solar cell are to be used for generating (also can referring to for example Figure 15).The present invention also is intended to be used for the product (for example using the fiber of about 0.005mm-10cm, preferably about 0.5mm-1.0cm) such as clothes, sleeping bag, tent.According to the present invention, the luminous object that exists with lamination or sheet form with optical waveguide also can be used for constructing the object such as the tent side line, and can be used for the generating of solar cell.The present invention also is intended to such object.
In addition, for example the small consumer such as the cover cap of the cover cap of portable computer, pen, wrist-watch, calculator, jewelry, cap, cover cap can comprise thin plate or the fiber of being made by this material that is designed for the solar cell generating.
Also might use up output, but not be used for generating (being that above-mentioned application or object do not have solar cell) for visual effect directly makes.
Further application of the invention can be for example be used to generate electricity or cause or strengthen road sign or roadmarking the vision safe effect, can generate electricity or have the visual light effect outdoor furniture, can generate electricity or have the transparent or semitransparent or opaque roadside voice disorder thing of vision illuminating effect, or the like.
Comprise that in a specific embodiment the earth uses outward: be used to advance " solar sail " of spaceship can equip, generating and advance described spaceship when being used for LSC and collecting under the radiation irradiation PV battery of the direct irradiation of the sun (and can select to accept simultaneously) by LSC provided by the invention.
Some specific embodiments at solar cell that obtains according to the present invention shown in Figure 13 a-13e and LSC.These figure with above shown in Fig. 1 similar.Certainly other configuration also is possible, as for example at the configuration shown in Fig. 2,3,5 and 6 (and 15a-c).These schematic diagrames just illustrate possible structure for example:
A. solar cell 13 lateral arrangement, thus the light from waveguide 2 is focused in solar cell or the photocell 13.
B. solar cell 13 is arranged in " bottom ", for example intercepts selectable mirror layer 9, thereby the light from waveguide 2 is focused in solar cell or the photocell 13.
C. solar cell 13 is arranged in " top ", for example intercepts selectable cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8, thereby the light from waveguide 2 is focused in solar cell or the photocell 13.
D. solar cell 13 is arranged in " top ", for example intercepts selectable cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8 and luminescent layer 1, thereby the light from waveguide 2 is focused in solar cell or the photocell 13.
E. solar cell 13 is arranged in " bottom ", for example intercepts selectable mirror layer 9 and waveguide 2, thereby the light from waveguide 2 is focused in solar cell or the photocell 13.
As indicated above, Figure 13 a-13e also illustrates selectable alignment layer 20 (for example PI layer).Such alignment layer is well known to those skilled in the art.
The schematic diagram of another embodiment shown in Figure 14.Here the some solar concentrators that comprise luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2 are used for providing sunlight to solar cell 13.For example, LSC can be shown in Fig. 2-8.Light from waveguide 2 can transfer to solar cell 13 via waveguide (fiber) 26.Selectively, the light of assembling in waveguide 2 can be entered in the waveguide 26 by collimater 25 calibrations.
As what be obvious, however, to one skilled in the art, that, the illustrative examples among Figure 13 a-13e also comprises such embodiment really, and promptly wherein some solar cells 13 are incorporated in the combining structure of luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2.For example, when luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2 (and can be selected other layer, as indicated above) when existing with flat stack or flat in fact lamination form, but at least a portion optical coupled at one or more edges of waveguide 2 laminations is to some solar cells or PV battery 13.Therefore, one window is provided in one embodiment, this window comprises the luminous object that obtained by the present invention and a photocell (or surpass one, as be obvious, however, to one skilled in the art, that), this photocell light radiation can be converted into electric energy and with described luminous object optical coupled.
In addition, can be coupled to according to the LSC that the present invention includes luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2 and to surpass 1 fiber 26 places, and can provide light to the PV battery 13 that surpasses thus.
In another embodiment, the LSC that comprises luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2 is a sheet plastic substantially, as a transparent slide plate, has or do not have bonding base plate.Described film can comprise the dye molecule and the preferred reflector (for example this can be cholesteric alcohol layer 9a and/or 9b) of selecting of arrangement.This film can be installed on any window by the end user afterwards.Be arranged in advance in the window frame will be photoelectric device.Therefore, this window will become waveguide 2, transmit light to the solar cell 13 under this frame.This film can use arbitrarily: promptly if desired, it can be peeled off from window, so that natural daylight is returned in the room.
In one embodiment, term " optical coupled " also comprises the optical coupled of some objects like this, and promptly these object surfaces are non-conterminous, but have distance between these objects.For example, photocell 13 is preferred near waveguide 2, but in one embodiment, can have some spacings betwixt.Such space can for example be full of air or form vacuum, or even polymer.Polymer for example can be used for the PV battery is invested on the waveguide, and as in one embodiment, a high index thermoset plastics thin plate can be used for helping light to come out from waveguide, and this light is introduced in the PV.For example, the polymer of a low-refraction is placed the output variable that as if can improve system between speculum on the bottom and dye coating or the waveguide.
The present invention also aims to provide such embodiment, and promptly luminous object wherein also comprises one or more layers that contain the non-directional embedded photoluminescent material at the adjoiner of arranging polymer layer (contain and arrange embedded photoluminescent material).
In one embodiment, described luminous object comprises at least that also a wavelength is selected and polarization is selected reflective cholesteric alcohol layer (shown in layer 7 or 8).Luminous object also can comprise two or more multi-wavelength select and polarization is selected reflective cholesteric alcohol layer (pile up).For example, described luminous object can comprise a right hand cholesteric alcohol layer and a left hand cholesteric alcohol layer, but also can comprise two right hand cholesteric alcohol layers, or the piling up of right, a right and left side or right, right-hand man's cholesteric alcohol layer, and it is selected layer as wavelength.Such embodiment schematically shows in Figure 15 c, and a wavelength-selective mirror comprises the piling up of three layers 8 for example (or all be left hand or all be the right hand (also can referring to Fig. 6)), rather than (to replace) comprises the right hand and left hand cholesteric alcohol layer 7 and 8 respectively.As what be obvious, however, to one skilled in the art, that, this embodiment is also applicable to other embodiment, for example as other figure schematically shows.For giving an example, fiber among Fig. 7 and 8 also can comprise the cholesteric alcohol layer of the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection right hand circularly polarized lights or one or more reflection left hand circularly polarized lights or comprise the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection right hand circularly polarized lights simultaneously and the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection left hand circularly polarized lights, rather than (to replace) layer 7 and 8.
As mentioned above, the position of luminescent layer 1 and waveguide 2 commutative (for example also can referring to Fig. 7 and 8), this schematically shows in Figure 15 a and 15b, and these are changes that Fig. 4 and 13b are done, but also can be used as shifting gears of other embodiment.
In another embodiment, luminous object of the present invention also can comprise up-conversion (being the material that the light wavelength of its absorption is shorter than the light of its emission), rather than (to replace) down converting photoluminescent material (be the light that the light wavelength of its absorption is shorter than its emission, for example green glow is to the ruddiness converter), or be not limited to use down the conversion embedded photoluminescent material.
Further specify the present invention by embodiment.
Embodiment
Embodiment 1
The application of the photoluminescence polymer coating of vertical arrangement
One vertical dye-doped liquid crystal mixture is applied on the slide of a clean 30mm * 30mm * 1mm.This liquid crystal compound can make in the following manner: with percentage by weight is that 1% Irgacure 184 (ex CibaChemicals) and percentage by weight are that 1% cumarin 30 (ex Aldrich Chemicals) together mixes with a solution, contain percentage by weight in this solution and be 50% RMM77 monomer and percentage by weight and be 50% dimethylbenzene, and the weight ratio of RMM77 monomer and dimethylbenzene is 1: 1.RMM77 (Merck) be one to row vertical active liquid crystal, its main component is liquid crystal RM82 and RM257 (being Merck) and vertical dopant.Mixture was stirred 2 hours down at 80 ℃, up to evaporating all ethanol.Can make the dimethylbenzene evaporation by reaching 10 minutes on the waveguide (80 ℃) that mixture is placed preheating.After evaporating dimethylbenzene, use the wet film of one 24 μ mMeyer bars preparation, thereby make the thick film of about 10 μ m.This sample at room temperature, at N
2In the atmosphere with ultraviolet ray (=365nm) solidified 4 minutes, stopped 4 minutes down at 110 ℃ afterwards.
The application of isotropy photoluminescence polymer coating
Prepare the isotropism sample as vertical sample with accurate way, do not comprise the RM82 of vertical dopant and the mixture of RM257 but use
Measure
Can together use Autronic DMS 703 (Melchers GmbH) and CCD-Spect-2 (CCD-Camera) to measure the light output of this sample.The LSC sample places in the specimen holder of customization, and is exposed under the collimated light source.Light output from sample surfaces can distribute by the angle of 0-90, record by 1 interval of spending.Determine peak emission, and with its with make comparisons and the preparation method of this sample and above-described identical, but use does not comprise the RM82 of vertical dopant and the mixture of RM257 from the peak emission of isotropism sample surfaces.The structure of measurement mechanism as shown in Figure 9.
The result is that the amount of this vertical sample light that almost will lose through sample reduces half, has increased the amount that imports the light in the waveguide thus.Figure 10 illustrates this experimental result.In this figure, be used as the function of the angle of departure of two samples from the luminous intensity of surface emitting, and one have the dyestuff (circle) that isotropism is arranged, another has the dyestuff (triangle) of vertical arrangement.It should be noted that for the waveguide that uses, all are higher than 33 light is all bottled up by total internal reflection, and the described surface of can't overflowing therefrom in this experiment.The waveguide here comprises the glass plate that is of a size of 30 * 30 * 1mm (length * wide * height).
The glass substrate with polyimides alignment layer of one cleaning (Optimer A1 1051, ex JSR Micro), and described polyimides alignment layer is under the speed of 2000 rpm/s, with 2500 rpm/s
2Acceleration rotation apply and made in 45 seconds.Afterwards with this substrate under 180 ℃, heated 1.5 hours in a vacuum.Use the velvet cloth that alignment layer is carried out flour milling, so that employed cholesteryl liquid crystal produces planar alignment.Then the vertical dye-doped liquid crystal mixture of describing among the embodiment 1 (using dyestuff DCM (4-(methylene dicyanoethyl)-2-methyl-6-(4-dimethylamino styryl)-4H-pyrans) (ex Aldrich Chemicals) specifically) is applied to the opposite side of described substrate.
This mixture prepares in the following manner: with percentage by weight be 1% Irgacure 184 (ex CibaChemicals) and percentage by weight be 1% be that 75% double pentaerythritol C5 methacrylate (Aldrich) and percentage by weight are that the solution of 25% ethanol mixes with containing percentage by weight.One is approximately the thick film of 10m can form (rising or falling speed of 2500rpm/s) with 4000 rev/mins speed by spin coating method after 45 seconds.Sample be under N2 atmosphere, at room temperature, through 10 minutes ultraviolet rays (=365nm) irradiation is solidified.The absorption of described sample and emission spectrum are shown among Fig. 9 with the form of solid line and dotted line respectively.
Use the silver mirror (Emitech K575X sputter coating instrument, sputter is 2.5 minutes under the 65mA electric current) of conventional sputter coating instrument 120nm in the sputter of the top of dye coating.
The cholesterine mixture can make in the following manner: with percentage by weight is that 3.9% right hand chiral dopant LC756 (ex BASF), percentage by weight are that 1% Irgacure 184 (ex Ciba Chemicals), percentage by weight are that 1% surfactant and percentage by weight are that 94% the active liquid crystal main body RM257 (Merck) (percentage by weight is 55% solid, and percentage by weight is 45% solvent) that is dissolved in the dimethylbenzene mixes.Subsequently mixture was stirred 3 hours down at 80 ℃.
Under 2000 rev/mins the speed, with the acceleration of 2500rpm/s, the rotation of cholesterine mixture is coated on the described polyimides alignment layer through 45 seconds.After rotation applies, with substrate 80 ℃ of about 1 minute of heating down, with evaporating solvent and make surfactant improve the arrangement of Chinrally nematic liquid crystal.At room temperature afterwards,, at N
2Adopt ultra-violet lamp (peak wavelength is 365nm) irradiation 10 minutes in the atmosphere, so that photopolymerization to take place.Use similar technology can on described surface, use second left hand cholesterine easily afterwards.At last, the reflection silver coating is applied to three edges of described waveguide, thereby obtains resulting devices.
Operating weight percentage is that 4.2% and 4.5% right hand chiral dopant LC756 repeats above-mentioned technology twice.Fig. 9 illustrates and contains the transmission spectrum that percentage by weight is the cholesteric alcohol layer of 3.9% right hand chiral dopant, and this cholesteric alcohol layer is exposed to promptly 0 °, 20 ° and 40 ° down of the non-polarized lights of three incident angle incidents.The transmission spectrum that contains percentage by weight and be the cholesteric alcohol layer of 4.2% or 4.5% chiral dopant is that the reflective band of 4.2% and 4.5% layer occurs in the obviously shorter wavelength place except that containing percentage by weight, is identical substantially.More accurately, percentage by weight is the about 32nm of reflective band blue shift of the normal light incident of 4.2% sample, and percentage by weight is the about 83nm of reflective band blue shift of 4.5% sample.
Can together use Autronic DMS 703 (Melchers GmbH) and CCD-Spect-2 (CCD-Camera) to determine the light output of LSC sample.The LSC sample places in the specimen holder of customization, and be exposed to be positioned at about 11cm far away one roughly uniformly under the light source.From sample emission edge zonule (about 0.8 cm
2) light output can distribute by the angle of-50-50, record by the stepped intervals of 1 degree.Total emission can be determined by spectrum is asked for integration to all wavelength that record (350-800nm) and all angles.The measurement of carrying out along the length direction of described sample edge shows with the position changes little, but for these experiments, the position of emission measurement is fixed.All measurements with simple sample of multilayer are all being carried out on the same day.The general configuration of this measurement setting is shown among Figure 12.
| Sample | The use amount of |
0 ° of |
20° | 40° |
| A | Percentage by weight is 3.9% | 17％ | 14％ | 11％ |
| B | Percentage by weight is 4.2% | 4％ | 0.6％ | -8％ |
| C | Percentage by weight is 4.5% | 1％ | -6％ | -14％ |
Can be clear that, use single cholesteric alcohol layer (sample A) light can be exported and improve 11-17% at least, and if use another cholesteric alcohol layer, the left hand layer can be improved 20-35%.The result who is obtained by sample B and C reduces, and this is because the reflective band of described cholesteric alcohol layer is consistent with the absworption peak part of described embedded photoluminescent material, with and/or partly consistent with the emission peak of described embedded photoluminescent material.
Here, described alignment layer is used to arrange described cholesteric alcohol layer.
Repeat this experiment, but use polymethyl methacrylate substrate rather than glass substrate.One polyimides alignment layer (Optimer Al 1051, ex JSR Micro) is under the speed of 2000rpm/s, with 2500 rpm/s
2Acceleration, apply through rotation in 45 seconds and to make.Afterwards this substrate was heated 1.5 hours under 100 ℃, in air.Use the velvet cloth that alignment layer is carried out flour milling, so that employed cholesteryl liquid crystal produces planar alignment.
The mixture of one isotropic dye doping is applied to the opposite side of described slide plate.This mixture prepares in the following manner: with percentage by weight is that 1% Irgacure 184 (ex Ciba Chemicals) and percentage by weight be 1% DCM (4-(methylene dicyanoethyl)-2-methyl-6-(4-dimethylamino styryl)-4H-pyrans) (exAldrich Chemicals) with containing percentage by weight are that 75% double pentaerythritol C5 methacrylate (Aldrich) and percentage by weight are that the solution of 25% ethanol mixes.One is approximately the thick film of 10um can form (2500 revolutions per seconds rising or falling speeds) with 4000 rev/mins speed by spin coating method after 45 seconds.Sample is at N
2Under the atmosphere, at room temperature, through 10 minutes ultraviolet rays (=365nm) irradiation is solidified.
Use the silver mirror (Emitech K575X sputter coating instrument, sputter is 2.5 minutes under the 65mA electric current) of conventional sputter coating instrument 120nm in the sputter of the top of dye coating.
The cholesterine mixture can make in the following manner: with percentage by weight is that 4.1% right hand chiral dopant LC756 (ex BASF), percentage by weight are that 1% Irgacure 184 (ex Ciba Chemicals), percentage by weight are that 1% surfactant and percentage by weight are that 94% the active liquid crystal main body RM257 (Merck) that is dissolved in (percentage by weight is 55% solid, and percentage by weight is 45% solvent) in the dimethylbenzene mixes.Subsequently mixture was stirred 3 hours down at 80 ℃.
Under 2000 rev/mins the speed, with the acceleration of 2500rpm/s, the rotation of cholesterine mixture is coated on the described polyimides alignment layer through 45 seconds.After rotation applies, with substrate 80 ℃ of about 1 minute of heating down, with evaporating solvent and make surfactant improve the arrangement of Chinrally nematic liquid crystal.At room temperature afterwards,, at N
2Adopt ultra-violet lamp (peak wavelength is 365nm) irradiation 10 minutes in the atmosphere, so that photopolymerization to take place.Use similar technology can on described surface, use second left hand cholesterine easily afterwards.At last, the reflection silver coating is applied to three edges of described waveguide, thereby obtains resulting devices.
Can together use Autronic DMS703 (Melchers GmbH) and CCD-Spect-2 (CCD-Camera) to determine the light output of LSC sample.The LSC sample places in the specimen holder of customization, and be exposed to be positioned at about 11cm far away one roughly uniformly under the light source.From sample emission edge zonule (about 0.8cm
2) light output can distribute by the angle of-70-70, record by the stepped intervals of 1 degree.Total emission can be determined by spectrum is asked for integration to all wavelength that record (350-800nm) and all angles.For this experiment, the position of emission measurement is fixed.
Compare with the output of the integral light of naked dye coating, have the cholesteric sample of the single right hand and demonstrate for integral light output and improve 34% perpendicular to the input light on described waveguide surface.When covering with second left hand cholesterine subsequently,, can determine that the single total integral light that obtains from dye coating of total integration optical output ratio exports high by 53% for input light incident perpendicular to the waveguide surface.
Remove to use the polymerizable mesogenic beyond the region of objective existence, embodiment 1 is repeated, and this liquid crystal polymer is by using at Sinha etal in Appl.Phys.Lett. (2001), 79 (16), the technology of describing among the 2543-2545, arrange along about 30 ° inclination angle.
Reuse the method for in example 1, describing and measure the efficient of LSC.The result shows that the efficient of this LSC surpasses the efficient of the LSC that describes in example 1 and example 2.Think that this fabulous efficient is relevant to the coupling in the waveguide with the enhancing emitted radiation.
Realize the oblique arrangement of dye molecule in the following manner equally.Use two kinds of polyimides to make a solution: for 4% Nissan G1211 of vertical polyimides and be 96% Nissan G130 of plane polyimides.This solution with 5000 rev/mins speed, be coated on the glass plate of 30 * 30 * 1mm through rotation in 60 seconds, and was solidified 90 minutes in vacuum electric furnace under 180 ℃.Use the velvet cloth that polyimides is carried out flour milling.
The percentage by weight of one mixture that contains 1% perylene radical dye, 1% photoinitiator Irg184 (Ciba chemicals) and 98%RM257 (Merck) by 55: 45 is dissolved in the dimethylbenzene, and with 2000 rev/mins speed, be coated on the polyimides alignment layer, place evaporating solvent on 80 ℃ the electric hot tray again through rotation in 40 seconds.Can make the about 15 ° perylene radical dye in inclination angle by this technology.
Can together use Autronic DMS 703 (Melchers GmbH) and CCD-Spect-2 (CCD-Camera) to determine the light output of LSC sample.The LSC sample places in the specimen holder of customization, and be exposed to be positioned at about 11cm far away one roughly uniformly under the light source.From sample emission edge zonule (about 0.8cm
2) light output can distribute by-70-70 ° angle, record by the stepped intervals of 1 degree.Total emission can be determined by spectrum is asked for integration to all wavelength that record (350-800nm) and all angles.For this experiment, the position of emission measurement is fixed.Output height ~ 10% of any directional sample that the total mark optical output ratio of this sample makes in the same manner (not comprising the polyimides alignment layer).
It should be noted that the foregoing description illustrates and do not limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can design many alternate embodiments under the situation that does not exceed the application's claims scope.In these claims, place any reference marker in the parantheses all not to be intended to limit this right.Verb " comprises, comprises, contains (tocomprise) " and the use of version do not get rid of existence not in the claims the statement element or the possibility of step.The article that before an element, occurs " one (a or an) " do not get rid of have a plurality of such elements may.The present invention can comprise that the computer of the hardware of some distinct elements and suitably programming implements by use.List some modes in the claim of this device, wherein some can embody by the same project of hardware.Some mode is not shown the advantage that the combination of using these modes can not obtain to give prominence to by this pure fact of narration in mutually different claims.
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1. a luminous object, comprise luminescent layer (1) and waveguide (2), it is characterized in that: described object is optical laminated or optical fiber, described luminous object optical coupled is to described waveguide, described luminous object comprises the aligned polymer that contains directional light electroluminescent material (3), described directional light electroluminescent material (3) is motionless at described aligned polymer internal fixation, and described aligned polymer has 10-90 ° pre-tilt angle with respect to described object surfaces.
2. luminous object according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the dichroic ratio that described directional light electroluminescent material has in a plane battery is at least 2.0, preferably is at least 3.0, most preferably is at least 5.0.
3. luminous object according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that: described aligned polymer has 30-80 ° pre-tilt angle.
4. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: the pre-tilt angle that described aligned polymer has is 30-70 °, is preferably 40-70 °, more preferably 40-60 °.
5. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: the light radiation that described embedded photoluminescent material sends is in the scope of 100-2500nm, preferably in the scope of 250-1500nm, and more preferably in the scope of 400-1000nm.
6. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: described luminous object comprises that two or more contain the stack layer of the aligned polymer of directional light electroluminescent material.
7. luminous object according to claim 6 is characterized in that: each aligned polymer layer all comprises different embedded photoluminescent materials.
8. according to claim 6 or 7 described luminous objects, it is characterized in that: the described pre-tilt angle of the described aligned polymer in each described aligned polymer layer changes with layer.
9. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, described object comprises the waveguide of optical coupled to the aligned polymer layer that contains the directional light electroluminescent material, it is characterized in that: the refractive index n of described waveguide
wCan make n
w〉=n
o-0.005 sets up, wherein n
oThe ordinary index of refraction for described aligned polymer.
10. luminous object according to claim 9 is characterized in that: the refractive index of described waveguide is between the ordinary index of refraction and extraordinary refractive index of described aligned polymer layer.
11. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: this luminous object also comprises one inorganic or organic (polymerization) wavelength-selective mirror, this wavelength-selective mirror sees through 50% at least for the light that described embedded photoluminescent material absorbs, and reflects 50% at least for the unpolarized radiation of described embedded photoluminescent material emission.
12. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, this any object comprises a wavelength-selective mirror, it is characterized in that: described wavelength-selective mirror comprises the cholesteric alcohol layer of Chinrally nematic polymer.
13. luminous object according to claim 12 is characterized in that: described polymerization wavelength-selective mirror comprises the cholesteric alcohol layer of the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection right hand circularly polarized lights or one or more reflection left hand circularly polarized lights or comprises the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection right hand circularly polarized lights simultaneously and the cholesteric alcohol layer of one or more reflection left hand circularly polarized lights.
14. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: described object is transparent to the light radiation in 400-500nm and/or the 600-700nm scope mainly.
15. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: described object is the optical fiber that comprises luminescent layer (1) and waveguide core (2).
16. according to any described luminous object of claim among the claim 1-14, it is characterized in that: described object is the optical fiber that comprises luminous core (1) and waveguide (2).
17. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: described waveguide does not comprise fluorescent dye.
18. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: described pre-tilt angle is in 15-85 ° scope.
19. according to any described luminous object of claim in the above claim, it is characterized in that: described pre-tilt angle is in 30-60 ° scope.
20. a photoelectric device comprises the electromagnetic radiation trapping medium that contains any described luminous object of claim in the with good grounds above claim, and one light radiation can be converted into electric energy and with the photocell of described luminous object optical coupled.
21. one kind comprises the fluorescence-activation display according to any described luminous object of claim among the claim 1-19.
22. one kind comprises the room lighting system according to any described luminous object of claim among the claim 1-19.
23. a window, comprise according to any described luminous object of claim and among the claim 1-22 light radiation can be converted into electric energy and with the photocell of described luminous object optical coupled.
24. according to the application of any described luminous object of claim among the claim 1-19 in assembling the incident light radiation.
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