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The invention provides a liquid crystal composite for an active-matrix-addressed electro-optical display device and application of the liquid crystal composite. The liquid crystal compound comprises a compound with a general formula (I) which occupies 10 percent to 30 percent of the total weight of the liquid crystal composite, a compound with a general formula (II) which occupies 5 percent to 30 percent of the total weight of the liquid crystal composite, a compound with a general formula (III) which occupies 10 percent to 40 percent of the total weight of the liquid crystal composite, and a compound with a general formula (IV) which occupies 10 percent to 60 percent of the total weight of the liquid crystal composite. The liquid crystal composite provided by the invention has a relatively high response speed and good low temperature storage stability. The invention further provides the active-matrix-addressed electro-optical display device comprising the liquid crystal composite.

Embodiments of improved methods are provided to form ordered structures on a surface of a substrate using direct self-assembly (DSA) of ionic liquid crystals (ILCs). More specifically, various embodiments of methods are provided to control the pitch of a layered structure formed on a substrate surface via self-assembly of ILCs having cation head groups, alkyl tail groups and anions. In the embodiments disclosed herein, the pitch of the layered structure is controlled by: (a) controlling the cation / anion charge ratio of the cation head groups and anions included within the ILCs, and / or (b) adding an ionic liquid to a solution comprising the ILCs.

The new media exhibit a ferroelectric nematic phase preferably at ambient temperature. They preferably comprise one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC,in which the variable groups have the meanings indicated in the text and in the claims. Use of the media for providing ferroelectric nematic materials and a method of operation of an electro-optical device are presented. The media may be useful for energy-saving displays and electrical appliances.

The invention discloses a liquid crystal compound, the structural formula of the liquid crystal compound is as shown in the following formula I, # imgabs0. The liquid crystal compound has large dielectric anisotropy delta epsilon, high elastic constant K, good low-temperature intersolubility, small rotary viscosity gamma 1 and large elastic constant K, the liquid crystal composition containing the liquid crystal composition has large dielectric anisotropy delta epsilon, high elastic constant K, good low-temperature intersolubility, small rotary viscosity gamma 1 and large elastic constant K, and can be used for developing liquid crystal display elements or liquid crystal displays which have high response speed and can effectively improve residual images.

Embodiments of improved process flows and methods are provided to pattern a semiconductor substrate using direct self-assembly (DSA) of metalate salt ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) having metalate anions. After self-assembly of the metalate salt ILCs into ordered structures, an oxidation process is used to remove the organic components of the ordered structures and convert the metalate anions into metal oxide patterns. In addition to providing a robust metal oxide pattern, which can be transferred to the underlying substrate, the process flows and methods disclosed herein enable ILCs to be used as pitch multipliers in advanced patterning techniques.

Embodiments of improved methods and processes are provided for patterning a semiconductor substrate using direct self-assembly (DSA) of ionic liquid crystals (ILCs). In the disclosed embodiments, an ILC solution comprising ILCs is deposited on a variety of substrate surfaces. An upper surface of the ILC solution is exposed to a gas phase, non-polar solvent (such as, e.g., hexane gas). The gas phase, non-polar solvent provides an ambient environment that promotes self-assembly of the ILCs into vertically layered ILC structures.

The invention provides a liquid crystal dopant with thermal-photoelectric triple response and an application of the liquid crystal dopant on intelligent glass. The molecular formula of the liquid crystal dopant is shown as a formula (1). The liquid crystal dopant is doped in a liquid crystal material, can respond to temperature, illumination and an electric field at the same time by combining the unique optical and electrical characteristics of the liquid crystal material, and adapts to various environment requirements; a plurality of optical states can be provided to meet energy-saving requirements in different scenes; the light modulation rate is high, the haze is large, and the privacy protection function is strong; the material is simple in preparation process, few in synthesis steps, good in stability and low in raw material cost, can be applied to the fields of residences, commercial buildings, automobiles, airplane windows and the like, and has a wide application prospect.

The invention belongs to the technical field of optical materials, and discloses a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal composition, a holographic grating and a preparation method. The composition comprises the following components in parts by mass: 0.5-1.5 parts of a photoinitiator, 2-5 parts of a co-initiator, 15-20 parts of a first monomer, 15-20 parts of a second monomer, 10-15 parts of a third monomer, 10-15 parts of a solvent and 10-20 parts of mixed liquid crystal. Wherein the first monomer is a monofunctional acrylic monomer, the second monomer is a bifunctional acrylic monomer, the third monomer is a polyfunctional acrylic monomer, the mixed liquid crystal comprises 10-25 wt% of a monomer liquid crystal and 75-90 wt% of a nematic liquid crystal, and the monomer liquid crystal contains fluorine as a benzene ring substituent and contains cyano or isothiocyano as an end group. Through cooperation of the monomer liquid crystal and the nematic liquid crystal in the mixed liquid crystal and cooperation of fluorine atoms and cyano / isothiocyano groups in the monomer liquid crystal, the holographic grating prepared from the composition has the characteristics of low haze and high diffraction efficiency, and the grating can be thinner, so that the requirements of light weight and clearness of AR glasses can be met.

An anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1): (where R1 and R4 represent —H, a C1-C12 alkyl group, a C1-C12 alkyl group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or —CF3, R2, R3, R5 and R6 represent —H, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or —CF3. R7 and R8 represent —H, a C1-C12 alkyl group, or a C1-C12 alkoxy group. R9 represents a C1-C12 alkyl group, or a substituent represented by formula (a) (where R10 represents —H, a C1-C8 alkyl group, or a C1-C8 alkoxy group) or formula (b) (where R11 represents —H or a C1-C8 alkyl group); however, at least one of R1 through R6 represents a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —COR9, a cyano group, or —CF3).

The invention relates to a double dynamic bond cross-linked near-infrared light response liquid crystal elastomer and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of liquid crystal elastomers. The liquid crystal elastomer is a main chain type liquid crystal polymer containing catechol and thiolactone side groups, which is obtained by polymerizing a liquid crystal monomer, a dopamine hydrochloride monomer, a chain extender and a cross-linking agent under the action of triethylamine through a Michael addition reaction, a liquid crystal polymer forms a liquid crystal elastomer of a dynamic cross-linked network through coordination interaction of Fe < 3 + >-catechol. The photothermal effect is introduced while pre-crosslinking of the liquid crystal elastomer is achieved through coordination interaction of Fe < 3 + >-catechol, the photothermal effect is excellent, and the mechanical performance of the liquid crystal elastomer can be enhanced; the thiolactone side group and the bifunctional primary amine are subjected to ring-opening cross-linking reaction to fix the single domain state structure of the liquid crystal elastomer, and the programming preparation method is simple and efficient.

The invention relates to a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal polymer film and the liquid crystal polymer film, and the manufacturing method comprises the following steps: thermally compounding a primary film of a liquid crystal polymer and a support body to obtain a laminated body; carrying out heating treatment on a laminated body obtained by thermal compounding under the protection of inert gas, carrying out heat preservation treatment at a first temperature Ta for a preset time, and cooling to a temperature below a second temperature Tb; carrying out gradient heating treatment of T1-Tn at a third temperature Tt; and finally, stripping the support body in the treated laminated body to obtain the treated liquid crystal polymer film. Compared with the prior art, the liquid crystal polymer film with good elongation at break, wear resistance and heat resistance can be obtained.

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (A) in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined in claim 1, to a liquid crystal medium comprising a compound of formula (A) and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.

The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline (LC) media or LC materials and to energy saving liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media, especially to gaming displays and AR / VR headsets addressed by an active matrix and in particular to LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-HB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-XB-FFS, positive VA or positive PS-VA type.

The present invention discloses a liquid crystal alignment agent, including a polyamic acid-polyimide copolymer and an organic solvent. The block polymer in the polyamic acid-polyimide copolymer is prepared by a diamine component comprising a structure shown in the following formula (1) and at least one dianhydride component selected from cyclobutane tetracarboxylic dianhydride shown in the following formula (3-1) and 1,3-dimethylcyclobutane tetracarboxylic dianhydride shown in the following formula (3-2); In formula (1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a single bond or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Y1 and Y2 each independently represent one or more of -NHCO-, -CONH-, -OCO-, -COO-; Ar is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic structure. The present invention can provide a liquid crystal alignment film for a lateral electric field driven liquid crystal display element endowed with high mechanical strength and high transmittance and a liquid crystal display element having the liquid crystal alignment film.

New compounds and their mixtures enable the formation of the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phase at ambient temperature. Compounds of the formula I are presented,in which the variable groups have the meanings indicated in claim 1. Liquid crystal media comprise at least one compound of the formula I.

A liquid crystal element includes two substrates with a transparent conductive film, the substrates being arranged such that transparent conductive films face each other, and a liquid crystal-polymer composite film which is sandwiched between the two substrates with a transparent conductive film, in which the liquid crystal-polymer composite film contains an acetylene alcohol.

The invention relates to a gray dye composition, which consists of at least one yellow dichroic dye, at least one red dichroic dye, at least one purple dichroic dye and at least one blue dichroic dye, and has uniform total absorption in a visible light region when being mixed with a parent liquid crystal composition for use. The liquid crystal composition has high contrast when applied to light valves, switchable windows, switchable mirrors and guest-host displays.

The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline (LC) media having positive dielectric anisotropy and to liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media, especially to displays addressed by an active matrix and in particular to LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-HB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-XB-FFS, positive VA or positive PS-VA type.

Disclosed is a liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition includes liquid crystal molecules including at least one of a liquid crystal compound having an alkenyl group and a liquid crystal compound having an alkoxy group, and a first stabilizer including a compound having a structure represented by Formula 1:where n is 0 or 1; m is 0 or 1; k is 0 or 1; Z1, Z2, and Z3 are each independently a single bond, —C═C—, —OCO—, —COO—, —CF2O—, or a C1 to C5 alkylene group; X1, X2, X3, and X4 are each independently hydrogen or halogen; Y is hydrogen, an alkylene group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, —NHCOCH3, or ═O; and A and B are cyclic compounds.

Provided is a liquid crystal alignment film which suppresses AC afterimage at a high level and which reduces charge accumulation and flicker due to backlight. The liquid crystal aligning agent contains the following polymer (A) and polymer (B). The polymer (A) is selected from the group consisting of polyimide precursors having formula (A1) and polyimides that are imides of the polyimide precursors. The polymer (B) is selected from the group consisting of polyimide precursors of formula (B1) and polyimides that are imides of the polyimide precursors, and the proportion of tetravalent organic groups represented by formula (X-10) is 40 mol% or more with respect to the total of 1 mol of tetracarboxylic acid residues of the polymer (B). # imgabs0 # (wherein the meaning of each symbol in the formula is as defined in the description. ) # imgabs1 # (* represents a bond).

The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) medium (as a subcategory of liquid crystal material), based on a mixture of polar compounds, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the vertically aligned mode, to an LC display of the vertically aligned mode comprising the LC medium, especially an energy-saving LC display and to a process of manufacturing the LC display.

The invention discloses a compound as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the field of organic materials. The compound includes a first chain hydrocarbon group, a first phenyl group, a second phenyl group, a thieno [3, 2-b] thienyl group, and a second chain hydrocarbon group. The first chain alkyl is connected to one carbon atom of the first phenyl group, the other carbon atom of the first phenyl group is connected with one carbon atom of the second phenyl group through a first connecting bond, the other carbon atom of the second phenyl group is connected with one carbon atom of the thieno [3, 2-b] thienyl through a second connecting group, and the other carbon atom of the thieno [3, 2-b] thienyl is connected with the second chain alkyl. The first phenyl group has one or two first substituents which are F,-CF3 or-OCF3; the first and second chain hydrocarbon groups are linear alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, fluoroalkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkenyloxy groups or difluorovinyl groups. The compound can be used as a liquid crystal monomer to improve birefringence, low-temperature stability, high-temperature stability and nematic phase temperature range of a liquid crystal material.

The present disclosure provides an alignment method and application of a cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal composite doped with an organic donor material. The organic small molecule is doped in the host cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal, and the small molecule donor / cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal mixture is directionally induced to assemble by virtue of the large surface energy difference between the superhydrophobic structured substrate and the superhydrophilic flat substrate. The liquid crystal molecules form a uniform arrangement under the action of the liquid bridge, driving the self-assembly of the small molecule donor to be embedded in the cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal, forming a structure of electron donor-donor, enhancing the conductivity of the liquid crystal composite device, studying the influence of the surface tension of the solvent on the performance of the composite, and giving a direction for the selection of the solvent. Compared with the methods of inducing the alignment of liquid crystal molecules and donor small molecules by using electric fields, magnetic fields, photolithography, capillary methods, etc., this method is simpler and more feasible, easy to transfer, the circuit pattern is easy to design, and has good stability.

The invention provides a liquid crystal aligning agent, a liquid crystal alignment film, a liquid crystal display element and a manufacturing method of the liquid crystal aligning agent. The liquid crystal aligning agent can obtain a liquid crystal alignment film which has excellent adhesion and can inhibit AC ghosting at a high level. A liquid crystal aligning agent containing a polymer component P containing one or more polymers, a compound C1, and a compound C2, the polymer component P containing at least one polymer p selected from the group consisting of polyimide precursors and polyimides that are imides of the polyimide precursors. Compound C1 is a compound having two or more structures represented by formula (c-1). The compound C2 is a compound represented by formula (c-2).

The invention discloses a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display element containing the liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal composition comprises one or more compounds as shown in a formula I and at least one or more terminal alkene liquid crystal compounds. The liquid crystal composition is a PSVA liquid crystal composition, and is especially suitable for a display or a TV. The liquid crystal composition has good solubility and high polymerization temperature, and when the liquid crystal composition is used in a liquid crystal display element or a liquid crystal display prepared by adopting a PI-less technology, a compact film layer with relatively high temperature reliability can be formed. And # imgabs0 # I is adopted.

The invention relates to an electric heating type liquid crystal elastomer artificial muscle and a preparation method thereof, belongs to the technical field of intelligent high polymer materials, and solves the technical problems that the liquid crystal elastomer artificial muscle in the prior art is easy to harden and embrittle due to excessive filler and is weak in deformability. The electric heating type liquid crystal elastomer artificial muscle comprises two layers of liquid crystal elastomer films and an electric heating element, the electric heating element is arranged between the two layers of liquid crystal elastomer films; the raw materials of the liquid crystal elastomer film comprise a liquid crystal unit, a chain extender, a cross-linking agent and a catalyst. Wherein the liquid crystal unit is 1, 4-bis-[4-(3-acryloyloxy propoxy) benzoyloxy]-2-methyl benzene. Joule heat generated by the electric heating element can activate the liquid crystal elastomer, deformation of the liquid crystal elastomer is not limited, and therefore the liquid crystal elastomer has the advantages of being high in deformability, controllable in heating mode and time, programmable in driving and the like; and a self-sensing function is also realized, and the shape change can be monitored and regulated in real time according to the resistance.

A liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) formed from liquid crystalline monomers having 4-(6-(acryloyloxy)n-oxy)phenyl-4-(6-(acryloyloxy)m-oxy)benzoate (CnBAPE) as the mesogenic core. The LCEs have improved thermotropic characteristics, including lower thermotropic activation temperatures. The LCEs may also incorporate azobenzene to thereby also enhance the phototropic properties of the LCE.

The invention discloses a polymerizable compound, a liquid crystal composition containing the polymerizable compound and a liquid crystal display device. The polymerizable compound is a compound shown as a formula I, in the formula I, # imgabs 0 # and # imgabs 1 # are respectively and independently represented as # imgabs 2 #, # imgabs 3 # or # imgabs 4 #, and # imgabs 5 # and # imgabs 6 # are not simultaneously represented as # imgabs 7 #; any hydrogen in the # imgabs8 and # imgabs9 can be substituted by alkyl or alkoxy of C1-C5, alkenyl or alkenyloxy of C2-C5, alkyl or alkoxy of C1-C5 substituted by fluorine, alkenyl or alkenyloxy of C2-C5 substituted by fluorine and halogen, and any one or more of-CH2-which is not connected can be independently substituted by-O-,-S-,-CO-,-CH2O-,-OCH2-,-COO-and-OOC-respectively. The polymerizable compound has the advantages of small SEM particles after polymerization and excellent diffusivity and antistatic performance. When being used in a liquid crystal display component, the liquid crystal display component has the advantages of good uniformity, rapid static electricity release and avoidance of bad display phenomena such as broken bright spots. And # imgabs10 # I is adopted.

The present invention provides a composite pigment, which comprises a first cholesteric liquid crystal pigment and a second cholesteric liquid crystal pigment. The above-mentioned first cholesteric liquid crystal pigment is a pigment having a center wavelength of a selective reflection band in the range of 400 nm or more and 800 nm or less and a selective reflection bandwidth of 150 nm or less. The above-mentioned second cholesteric liquid crystal pigment is a pigment having a selective reflection bandwidth of 200 nm or more in the range of 400 nm or more and 800 nm or less. At least a part of the selective reflection band of the above-mentioned first cholesteric liquid crystal pigment overlaps with the selective reflection band of the above-mentioned second cholesteric liquid crystal pigment. With respect to the total amount of the above-mentioned first cholesteric liquid crystal pigment and the above-mentioned second cholesteric liquid crystal pigment, the content of the above-mentioned first cholesteric liquid crystal pigment is more than 0% by weight and 30% by weight or less.