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Liquid-crystal guest-host systems
Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
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Filing: 1988-09-19
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Granted: 1990-06-19
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Expires: 2008-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A liquid-crystal guest-host system has at least two pleochroic dyestuffs. At least one of the dyestuffs has an absorption maximum above 665 nm, and the dyestuffs and their concentrations are selected such that an electro-optical display element containing the liquid-crystal guest-host system shows a color separation ΔE, measured by the CIE (1964) method, to the point of achromatism of less than 5 units. The liquid-crystal guest-host system is useful for electro-optical display elements.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernhard Scheuble
- 👤 Georg Weber
- 👤 Ludwig Pohl
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-24 14:55
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K19/00; C09K19/52; C09K19/60; C09K19/606
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
In a liquid-crystal guest-host system comprising a host liquid crystal dielectric and at least two pleochroic dyestuffs, the improvement wherein the system comprises an effective amount of at least one pleochroic dyestuff having an absorption maximum above 665 nm such that an electro-optical display element containing the liquid-crystal guest-host system exhibits a color separation ΔE, measured by the CIE (1964) method, from the point of achromatism which is less than 5 units, whereby the color properties of the electro-optical display elements are essentially independent of both the mode of illumination and the thickness of the liquid cyrstalline dielectric therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
In a liquid-crystal guest-host system comprising a host liquid crystal dielectric and at least two pleochroic dyestuffs, the improvement wherein the system comprises an effective amount of at least one pleochroic dyestuff having an absorption maximum above 665 nm such that an electro-optical display element containing the liquid-crystal guest-host system exhibits a color separation ΔE, measured by the CIE (1964) method, from the point of achromatism which is less than 5 units, whereby the color properties of the electro-optical display elements are essentially independent of both the mode of illumination and the thickness of the liquid cyrstalline dielectric therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the total amount of all pleochroic dyestuffs is 0.1 to 15 wt %.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the total amount of pleochroic dyestuffs having an absorption maximum above 665 nm is 0.5 to 5 wt %.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A system of claim 1, wherein at least one pleochroic dyestuff is a napthoquinone or an azo dyestuff.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A system of claim 1, wherein at least one pleochroic dyestuff is an anthraquinone or a perylene dyestuff.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system of claim 4 comprising 0.1 to 5 wt % of at least one pleochroic azo dyestuff having an absorption maximum above 665 nm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system of claim 1, wherein said ΔE value is less than 1 unit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system of claim 1, wherein said ΔE value is less than 0.5 unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A system of claim 1, wherein the pleochroic dyestuff having an absorption maximum above 665 nm is a mixture of naphthoquinone dyestuffs prepared by reacting 4,8-diamino-1,5-naphthoquinone with equimolar amounts of 4-n-butoxyaniline, 4-n-pentyloxyaniline, 4-n-hexyloxyaniline and 4-n-heptyloxyaniline.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system of claim 2, wherein said ΔE value is less than 1 unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system of claim 3, wherein said ΔE value is less than 1 unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system of claim 4, wherein said ΔE value is less than 1 unit.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of rendering the color properties of a liquid crystalline electro-optical display element essentially independent of the mode of illumination and of the thickness of the liquid crystal dielectric layer in the element, wherein the dielectric is a liquid-crystal guest-host system comprising at least one pleochroic dyestuff, comprising including in the dielectric an effective amount of at least one pleochroitic dyestuff having an absorption maximum above 665 nm such that the liquid-crystal guest-host system exhibits a color separation ΔE, measured by the CIE (1964) method, from the point of achromatism which is less than 5 units.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of rendering the color properties of a liquid crystalline electro-optical display element essentially independent of the mode of illumination and of the thickness of the liquid crystal dielectric layer in the element, wherein the dielectric is a liquid-crystal guest-host system comprising at least one pleochroic dyestuff, comprising including in the dielectric an effective amount of at least one pleochroitic dyestuff having an absorption maximum above 665 nm such that the liquid-crystal guest-host system exhibits a color separation ΔE, measured by the CIE (1964) method, from the point of achromatism which is less than 5 units.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
In a liquid crystalline electro-optical display element based on a liquid-crystal guest-host system, the improvement wherein the latter system is one of claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system of claim 1, wherein said absorption maximum is above 670 nm.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system of claim 1, wherein said absorption maximum is above 685 nm.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system of claim 16, wherein said ΔE value is less than 0.5 units.
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