Fabrication of dichroic guest-host polarizer
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsEmiel Peeters, Dirk Jan Broer
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Abstract
A method for the manufacture of a polarizer is provided. The method comprises providing a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal host and a viscosity enhancer; providing a thin film of said composition on a substrate; orienting said liquid crystal host to obtain an aligned film in a first liquid crystal mesophase, wherein the liquid crystal host is aligned planar to said substrate; gelating said viscosity enhancer to congeal said film; and obtaining a second liquid crystal state in said congealed film. By the use of a viscosity enhancer in the composition, homeotropic alignment of the liquid crystal host can be suppressed.
Claims31
A method for the manufacture of a polarizer, comprising:
- providing a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal host and a viscosity enhancer;
- providing a thin film of said composition on a substrate;
- orienting said liquid crystal host to obtain an aligned film in a first liquid crystal mesophase, wherein the liquid crystal host is aligned planar to said substrate;
- gelating said viscosity enhancer to congeal said film;
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- obtaining a second liquid crystal state in said congealed film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.