US4989955A
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Liquid crystal electro-optical element and process for preparation thereof
Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc
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Filing: 1988-11-04
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Granted: 1991-02-05
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Expires: 2008-11-04
Abstract
Abstract In an electro-optical element comprising a liquid crystal, such as a smectic liquid crystal, sealed between two substrates arranged to confront each other with a space of an order of mu m, if spacer particles for regulating the space between the substrates and phenol type curing agent-incorporated epoxy resin adhesive particles for moderating stresses generated by distortions or warps of the substrates are arranged in the space between the substrates, a minute uniform space, especially a uniform space of 1 to 3 mu m effective for a ferroelectric liquid crystal, can be maintained between the substrates. In this structure, alignmental films are not disturbed at all. Furthermore, even if a nematic or super-twist liquid crystal is used, a uniform space can be stably maintained between the substrates.
Inventors
- 👤 Kokichi Ito
- 👤 Takamasa Harada
- 👤 Koichiro Oka
- 👤 Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-25 16:04
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J3/00; C08J3/12; C08J3/16; C08G; C08G59/00; C08G59/18; C08G59/188; C09; C09J; C09J163/00; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1339; G02F1/13392; C08J2363/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S359/00; Y10S359/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element comprising a liquid crystal, two substrates secured by a sealing material to confront each other with a certain space and hold the liquid crystal therebetween, alignmental films present in interfaces between the liquid crystal and the substrates to line up molecules of the liquid crystal and the driving means for applying a voltage to the molecules of the liquid crystal, said process comprising the steps of arranging the sealing material on one substrate having an electrode and alignmental film on the surface thereof in a peripheral edge portion thereof on the alignmental film side, dispersing and arranging spacer particles having a diameter equal to an intended space length and adhesive particles comprising as the main component a partially amine cured epoxy resin containing a phenolic latent curing agent which is compatible with the epoxy resin, the adhesive particles having a particle size larger than the diameter of the spacer particles, on the surface of one substrate, bonding the two substrates by, heat-pressing the substrates in the piled state, and sealing the liquid crystal in the space between the substrates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element comprising a liquid crystal, two substrates secured by a sealing material to confront each other with a certain space and hold the liquid crystal therebetween, alignmental films present in interfaces between the liquid crystal and the substrates to line up molecules of the liquid crystal and the driving means for applying a voltage to the molecules of the liquid crystal, said process comprising the steps of arranging the sealing material on one substrate having an electrode and alignmental film on the surface thereof in a peripheral edge portion thereof on the alignmental film side, dispersing and arranging spacer particles having a diameter equal to an intended space length and adhesive particles comprising as the main component a partially amine cured epoxy resin containing a phenolic latent curing agent which is compatible with the epoxy resin, the adhesive particles having a particle size larger than the diameter of the spacer particles, on the surface of one substrate, bonding the two substrates by, heat-pressing the substrates in the piled state, and sealing the liquid crystal in the space between the substrates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal is a smectic liquid crystal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal is a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a spiral molecule arrangement structure and the space between the substrates is not larger than the spiral period of the liquid crystal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin adhesive particles have a deformed spherical shape pressed by the pressure between the two substrates.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the space between the substrate is 1 to 3 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal is a cholesteric or nematic liquid crystal and the space between the substrates is 3 to 20 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is a glass sheet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is a transparent plastic sheet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is a monoaxially oriented film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin adhesive particles are present in an amount of 0.1 to 50 mg per 100 cm 2 of the substrate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
90 words
A process for the preparation of a liquid crystal electro-optical element according to claim 1, wherein the partially amine cured epoxy resin adhesive particles are particles comprising at least an epoxy resin as the main component, said epoxy resin contains a phenolic latent curing agent compatible therein, and said particles have an average particle size of 1 to 20 μm and have such a particle size distribution that particles having a size of from 0.5×(average particle size) to 1.5×(average particle size) occupy at least 90% by weight of total particles.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said phenolic latent curing agent comprises an adduct of a bisphenol glyidyl ether and a polyhydric phenol.
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