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US 8,409,468 B2Granted
Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal panel using the same, and liquid crystal shutter glasses
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYukio Kizaki, Hajime Yamaguchi, Yuko Kizu
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal material and a polymer. The liquid crystal material exhibits a blue phase. The polymer has a first repeating unit containing a fluorine atom and an acrylic group.
Claims16
A liquid crystal composition comprising:
- a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase;
- and
- a polymer comprising a repeating unit of
- Formula 1:
- wherein
- R1 is a fluoro substituted alkyl group, at least having a fluorine atom bonded to a carbon at an end of the alkyl carbon chain farthest from the ester oxygen.
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A liquid crystal panel comprising:
- an array substrate including a plurality of picture element electrodes arranged in an array configuration;
- an opposed substrate opposed to the array substrate;
- and
- a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the opposed substrate;
- and
- a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer;
- wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises:
- a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase;
- and
- a polymer comprising a repeating unit of Formula 1
- wherein
- R1 is a fluoro substituted alkyl group, at least having a fluorine atom bonded to a carbon at an end of the alkyl carbon chain farthest from the ester oxygen.
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A liquid crystal shutter glass comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- and
- a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer;
- wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises:
- a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase;
- and
- a polymer comprising a repeating unit of Formula 1
- wherein
- R1 is a fluoro substituted alkyl group, at least having a fluorine atom bonded to a carbon at an end of the alkyl carbon chain farthest from the ester oxygen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.