Photo-responsive liquid crystalline compound and its applications
AssigneeNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsYasuo Norikane, Yuki Hirai, Masaru Yoshida
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Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide novel liquid crystalline compounds that are capable of inducing phase transition by a light stimulus and are useful in the display, optoelectronics, and photonics field. The present invention relates to the liquid crystalline compounds represented by general formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyloxy, alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy, alkoxyphenyl, and N-alkylaminocarbonyl, and n is an integer.
Claims4
A liquid crystalline compound represented by general formula (1):
- wherein:
- R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyloxy, alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy, alkoxyphenyl, and N-alkylaminocarbonyl;
- and
- n is an integer of 1 to 4,
- with the proviso that the case where all of R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen is excluded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.