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Gilles Ravaux

Pierre Le Barny

Jean Claude Dubois

Jean-Claude Dubois

The invention relates to polymeric materials usable in non linear optics. The structure of the material of the invention includes a skeleton to which side chains are attached, the material resulting from the association of a first and a second monomer, the first monomer including a mesomorphogenic group connected to the skeleton by a spacer, the second monomer including a group capable of generating the second harmonic of an electromagnetic wave and also being connected to the skeleton by a spacer.

Mesomorphic polymer material usable in non linear optics

The invention relates to a family of organic compounds of the 1(4 hydroxyphenyl)2(4' cyanophenyl) ethane ester type which have a smectic A type mesomorphic phase, to the mixture obtained from these compounds as well as the method for manufacturing the molecules of this family. The compound of the invention corresponds to the general chemical formula: ##STR1## n being between 1 and 15.

Organic compound having a smectic phase A, and a mixture comprising this

The invention relates to a family of sidechain homopolymers of the polyacrylate type derived from 3-fluoro-4-cyanophenol and exhibiting a mesophase of the nematic or smectic-A type. The polymer in accordance with the invention corresponds to the following general chemical formula : ##STR1## where x indicates the degree of polymerization and 4.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.15.

Mesomorphic side-chain polymers having high dielectric anisotropy and a

The invention relates to a group of organic compounds of the 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4'-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethane ester type having a mesomorphous phase of the smectic A type, to the mixtures obtained from said compounds, as well as to the process for producing the molecules of said group. The compound according to the invention is in accordance with the general chemical formula: ##STR1## whereby n can be between 1 and 15.

Organic compound having a smectic A phase, mixture containing said

The invention relates to a group of organic compounds of the substituted 2-hydroxyfluorene ester type, which has a smectic A mesomorphous phase. The invention also relates to the process for producing molecules of this group. The compound according to the invention is in accordance with the general chemical formula ##STR1## whereby n can be between 1 and 15 and X=Br or CN. The invention applies to the field of liquid crystals and to display means using such crystals.

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