Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Composite – Of bituminous or tarry residue
Patent
1988-02-23
1990-01-02
Miller, Stanley D.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Composite
Of bituminous or tarry residue
350335, 350347R, 350351, 428 1, 340705, 25229901, G02F 113
Patent
active
048909025
ABSTRACT:
A light modulating material comprising phase-separated microdroplets of liquid crystal in a light transmissive, synthetic resin matrix wherein the index of refraction n.sub.p of the matrix is matched or mismatched to an index of refraction N.sub.o of the liquid crystal optical axis of the microdroplets so that when the microdroplet director is aligned relative to a surface of the material, maximum transmission of light occurs at a selected oblique angle relative to the surface of the material or at a selected narrow angle about the perpendicular to the surface of the material. Such matching or mismatching of indices of refraction may be accompanied by phase separation in an external magnetic or electric field, or by shaping the liquid crystal microdroplet into an ovoid or the like during or after phase separation to align the microdroplet directors thereby endowing the material with a permanent and movable viewing angle. One or more sheets of the improved light modulating material may be incorporated into a window or an electrooptic display device to provide angularly discriminating windows or displays that are transparent or visible only at selected angles of view and that are opague at other angles of view.
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Doane J. William
Wenninger Eugene P.
West John
Wu Bao-Gang
Gallivan Richard F.
Kent State University
Miller Stanley D.
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