GB2323179B - Liquid crystal elastomers - Google Patents

Liquid crystal elastomers

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Publication number
GB2323179B
GB2323179B GB9813242A GB9813242A GB2323179B GB 2323179 B GB2323179 B GB 2323179B GB 9813242 A GB9813242 A GB 9813242A GB 9813242 A GB9813242 A GB 9813242A GB 2323179 B GB2323179 B GB 2323179B
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Prior art keywords
liquid crystal
crystal elastomers
elastomers
liquid
crystal
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9813242A
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GB9813242D0 (en
GB2323179A (en
Inventor
Ian Charles Sage
Keith Moray Blackwood
Michelle Jones
Mark Andrew Verrall
David Coates
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UK Secretary of State for Defence
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UK Secretary of State for Defence
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Priority claimed from GBGB9600124.3A external-priority patent/GB9600124D0/en
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Priority to GB9813242A priority Critical patent/GB2323179B/en
Publication of GB9813242D0 publication Critical patent/GB9813242D0/en
Publication of GB2323179A publication Critical patent/GB2323179A/en
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K19/00—Liquid crystal materials
    • C09K19/04—Liquid crystal materials characterised by the chemical structure of the liquid crystal components, e.g. by a specific unit
    • C09K19/38—Polymers
    • C09K19/3833—Polymers with mesogenic groups in the side chain
    • C09K19/3842—Polyvinyl derivatives
    • C09K19/3852—Poly(meth)acrylate derivatives
    • C09K19/3857—Poly(meth)acrylate derivatives containing at least one asymmetric carbon atom
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K19/00—Liquid crystal materials
    • C09K19/04—Liquid crystal materials characterised by the chemical structure of the liquid crystal components, e.g. by a specific unit
    • C09K19/38—Polymers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
    • G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
    • G02F1/133365—Cells in which the active layer comprises a liquid crystalline polymer

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Addition Polymer Or Copolymer, Post-Treatments, Or Chemical Modifications (AREA)
GB9813242A 1996-01-04 1997-01-06 Liquid crystal elastomers Expired - Fee Related GB2323179B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9813242A GB2323179B (en) 1996-01-04 1997-01-06 Liquid crystal elastomers

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9600124.3A GB9600124D0 (en) 1996-01-04 1996-01-04 Elastomers
PCT/GB1997/000005 WO1997025649A1 (en) 1996-01-04 1997-01-06 Liquid crystal elastomers
GB9813242A GB2323179B (en) 1996-01-04 1997-01-06 Liquid crystal elastomers

Publications (3)

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GB9813242D0 GB9813242D0 (en) 1998-08-19
GB2323179A GB2323179A (en) 1998-09-16
GB2323179B true GB2323179B (en) 2000-06-28

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GB9813242A Expired - Fee Related GB2323179B (en) 1996-01-04 1997-01-06 Liquid crystal elastomers

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Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0293870A1 (en) * 1987-06-03 1988-12-07 Kuraray Co., Ltd. Method for electric field orientation of liquid crystal polymers and oriented materials of liquid crystal polymers obtained by the method
EP0293911A2 (en) * 1987-06-04 1988-12-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer liquid crystal device
EP0445629A2 (en) * 1990-03-07 1991-09-11 Hercules Incorporated Process of preparing liquid crystal compositions containing multiple oriented mesogens
US5385690A (en) * 1991-07-26 1995-01-31 Heino Finkelmann Liquid-crystalline elastomers or thermoset materials having a fixed anisothropic network structure
EP0669548A1 (en) * 1994-02-23 1995-08-30 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Optical element and process for producing the same
WO1996012209A1 (en) * 1994-10-13 1996-04-25 The Secretary Of State For Defence Liquid crystal polymer devices
WO1997004349A1 (en) * 1995-07-21 1997-02-06 The Secretary Of State For Defence Liquid crystal polymer devices and materials

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0293870A1 (en) * 1987-06-03 1988-12-07 Kuraray Co., Ltd. Method for electric field orientation of liquid crystal polymers and oriented materials of liquid crystal polymers obtained by the method
EP0293911A2 (en) * 1987-06-04 1988-12-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer liquid crystal device
EP0445629A2 (en) * 1990-03-07 1991-09-11 Hercules Incorporated Process of preparing liquid crystal compositions containing multiple oriented mesogens
US5385690A (en) * 1991-07-26 1995-01-31 Heino Finkelmann Liquid-crystalline elastomers or thermoset materials having a fixed anisothropic network structure
EP0669548A1 (en) * 1994-02-23 1995-08-30 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Optical element and process for producing the same
WO1996012209A1 (en) * 1994-10-13 1996-04-25 The Secretary Of State For Defence Liquid crystal polymer devices
WO1997004349A1 (en) * 1995-07-21 1997-02-06 The Secretary Of State For Defence Liquid crystal polymer devices and materials

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GB9813242D0 (en) 1998-08-19
GB2323179A (en) 1998-09-16

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20050106