Optical: systems and elements – Optical modulator – Light wave temporal modulation
Patent
1998-01-14
1999-12-14
Berman, Susan W.
Optical: systems and elements
Optical modulator
Light wave temporal modulation
359267, 359275, 296 841, 296 9619, 296 971, 29621601, 527861, 5278611, 5278612, 527851, 5278512, 522 75, 522182, 522 96, 522103, 522121, G02F 115, G02F 1153, C08F 248
Patent
active
060025115
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to electrochromic polymeric solid films, manufacturing electrochromic devices using such solid films and processes for making such solid films and devices. The electrochromic polymeric solid films of the present invention exhibit beneficial properties and characteristics, especially when compared to known electrochromic media. The electrochromic polymeric solid films are transformed in situ from a low viscosity electrochromic monomer composition by exposure to electromagnetic radiation, and in so doing minimum shrinkage occurs. The electrochromic polymeric solid films of the present invention also perform well under prolonged coloration, outdoor weathering and all-climate exposure, and provide an inherent safety aspect not known to electrochromic media heretofore.
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Agrawal Anoop
Allemand Pierre-Marc
Dornan Craig Allen
Lynam Niall R.
Varaprasad Desaraju V.
Berman Susan W.
Donnelly Corporation
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