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Electrically conductive polymers and their use as orienting layer in liquid-crystal switching and display elements
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1990-08-03
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Granted: 1992-06-02
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Expires: 2010-08-03
Abstract
Abstract Switching and display elements based on ferroelectric liquid-crystals often exhibit a pronounced optical hysteresis which results in the appearance of so-called ghost images. This phenomenon can be markedly reduced or even suppressed if at least one of the two orienting layers are in direct contact with the electrodes and is composed of an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X=S, NH, Y - =BF 4 - , PF 6 - , PO 4 3- , AsF 6 - , SbCl 6 - , SO 4 2- , HSO 4 - , alkyl--SO 3 - , perfluoroalkyl--SO 3 - , aryl--SO 3 , F - or Cl - , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 and m is an integer from 1 to 30.
Inventors
- 👤 Claus Escher
- 👤 Hans-Rolf Dubal
- 👤 Michael Feldhues
- 👤 Takamasa Harada
- 👤 Gerhard Illian
- 👤 Thomas Mecklenburg
- 👤 Mikio Murakami
- 👤 Dieter Ohlendorf
- 👤 Karl Pampus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-29 09:25
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1337; G02F1/133711; C; C09; C09K; C09K19/00; C09K19/04; C09K19/38; C09K2323/00; C09K2323/02; G02F1/137; G02F1/139; G02F1/141
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A liquid-crystal switching and display element containing a ferroelectric liquid-crystalline medium, two electrodes, at least one polarizer, two transparent carrier plates and at least one orienting layer, wherein at least one of the orienting layers is in direct electrical contact with the associated electrode and said orienting layer contains an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR7## where R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X is sulfur or NH, Y is BF 4 -- , PF 5 -- , PO 4 3-- AsF 6 -- , SbCl 6 -- , SO 4 2-- , HSO 4 -- , alkyl-SO 3 -- , perfluoroalkyl-SO 3 -- , aryl-SO 3 -- , F -- or Cl -- , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 m is an integer from 1 to 30.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A liquid-crystal switching and display element containing a ferroelectric liquid-crystalline medium, two electrodes, at least one polarizer, two transparent carrier plates and at least one orienting layer, wherein at least one of the orienting layers is in direct electrical contact with the associated electrode and said orienting layer contains an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR7## where R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X is sulfur or NH, Y is BF 4 -- , PF 5 -- , PO 4 3-- AsF 6 -- , SbCl 6 -- , SO 4 2-- , HSO 4 -- , alkyl-SO 3 -- , perfluoroalkyl-SO 3 -- , aryl-SO 3 -- , F -- or Cl -- , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 m is an integer from 1 to 30.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The liquid-crystal switching and display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein n is an integer from 4 to 30, m is an integer from 1 to 9 and R 1 , R 2 , X and Y have the meanings specified.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
The liquid-crystal switching and display element as claimed in claim 2, wherein X is a sulfur atom, Y is equal to BF 4 -- , PO 4 3-- , HSO 4 -- , SO 4 2-- , F -- Cl -- , and R 1 , R 2 , n and m have the meanings specified.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The liquid-crystal switching and display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the orienting layer contains in addition to a polymer of the formula (I) at least one nonconductive polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The liquid-crystal switching and display element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the orienting layer contains in addition to a polymer of the formula (I) at least one further conductive polymer.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for suppressing the optical hysteresis in a liquid-crystal switching and display element, which method comprises contacting an electrode in the liquid-crystal switching and display element with a layer containing an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR8## in which R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X=S, NH, Y is BF 4 -- , PF 6 -- , PO 4 3-- , AsF 6 -- , SbCl 6 -- , SO 4 2-- , HSO 4 -- , alkyl-SO 3 -- , perfluoroalkyl-SO 3 -- , aryl-SO 3 -- , F -- or Cl -- , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 and m is an integer from 1 to 30.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for suppressing the optical hysteresis in a liquid-crystal switching and display element, which method comprises contacting an electrode in the liquid-crystal switching and display element with a layer containing an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR8## in which R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X=S, NH, Y is BF 4 -- , PF 6 -- , PO 4 3-- , AsF 6 -- , SbCl 6 -- , SO 4 2-- , HSO 4 -- , alkyl-SO 3 -- , perfluoroalkyl-SO 3 -- , aryl-SO 3 -- , F -- or Cl -- , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 and m is an integer from 1 to 30.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
119 words
An orienting layer in a liquid-crystal switching and display element , which orienting layer comprises an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR9## in which R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X is sulfur or NH, Y is BF 4 -- , PF 5 -- , PO 4 3-- AsF 6 -- , SbCl 6 -- , SO 4 2-- , HSO 4 -- , alkyl-SO 3 -- , perfluoroalkyl-SO 3 -- , aryl-SO 3 -- , F -- or Cl -- , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 and m is an integer from 1 to 30.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
119 words
An orienting layer in a liquid-crystal switching and display element , which orienting layer comprises an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): ##STR9## in which R 1 , R 2 =independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X is sulfur or NH, Y is BF 4 -- , PF 5 -- , PO 4 3-- AsF 6 -- , SbCl 6 -- , SO 4 2-- , HSO 4 -- , alkyl-SO 3 -- , perfluoroalkyl-SO 3 -- , aryl-SO 3 -- , F -- or Cl -- , and n is an integer from 4 to 100 and m is an integer from 1 to 30.
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