Diacetylenes having liquid crystal phases
AssigneeUniversity Patents, Inc.
InventorAnthony F. Garito
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Abstract
Dialkenyl diacetylenes, especially divinyl diacetylenes having liquid crystalline phases, are provided. In accordance with certain preferred embodiments, diacetylenes having liquid crystalline phases are provided which may be polymerized while in the liquid crystalline state to yield conjugated polymers. The processes for the polymerization of such liquid crystalline diacetylenes and for the elaborati Portions of this work have been supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Grant No. DAAK-70-77-C-0045 (5-26502). The United States Government has certain rights in this invention.
Claims13
A method for preparing a polymerized article comprising
- providing a substrate,
- placing upon the substrate at least one layer of at least one composition comprising at least one divinyl or dialkenyl diacetylene monomer having a liquid crystalline state,
- causing said layer substantially to assume a liquid crystalline state, and
- imagewise polymerizing the layer while it is substantially in a liquid crystalline state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.