Hoechst Celanese Corporation

Polyplastics Co., Ltd.

Hoecst Celanese Corp.

Hyun Nam Yoon

Sunny S Shen

Chia-Chi Teng

Mohammad A Mortazavi

Yoshiaki Ide

Gabor D Kiss

Tze-Pei Tien

Ronald N DeMartino

James B Stamatoff

Naoya Ogata

Thomas M Leslie

Frank J Onorato

Hong-Tai Man

Mengshi Lu

Ronald N De Martino

John P Riggs

Chia C Teng

David W Polis

Described herein is a novel process to resolve a racemic compound into its optically active isomers without need for chemical transformation such as salt formation. The process advantageously utilizes polymers containing chiral moieties in their repeat units as well as exhibiting critical solution temperature behavior in a suitable solvent. An embodiment describes the resolution of tryptophan.

Resolution of racemic mixtures using polymers containing chiral units

This invention discloses novel liquid crystal display devices containing polarizers which comprise a liquid crystal polymer and a dichroic absorber. Also disclosed is a process to construct the liquid crystal display devices.

Liquid crystal display devices incorporating polarizers comprising

This invention provides novel liquid crystalline polymers which, when blended with a suitable dye at a suitable high temperature and extruded, yields polarizer films with superior thermal and hygroscopic stability and polarizing efficiency. The invention further provides a process to prepare such polarizer films.

Polarizer films with high thermal and hygroscopic stability

This invention provides novel liquid crystalline polymers which comprise, in the repeat units of their main chains, residues of suitable dichroic dyes. The polymers yield polarizer films with superior polarizing efficiency, transmittance, dichroic ratio, and thermal and humidity stability. The invention further discloses suitable processes to prepare such polymers and polarizer films therefrom.

Polarizer films comprising aromatic liquid crystalline polymers

This invention provides laminates useful for display device applications. An illustrative laminate comprises a polarizing film, and a protective layer, bonded by means of an intermediary adhesive layer. A polarizing film useful for such a laminate construction comprises a liquid crystalline polyester and a dichroic dye. The invention further provides a process to prepare such laminates.

Laminates of liquid crystalline polymeric films for polarizer

This invention provides a novel process to prepare high performance polarizing film. In one embodiment, the process includes melt-blending a film-forming wholly aromatic thermotropic liquid crystalline polyester and a dichroic dye and then extruding the blend at a suitable temperature to yield polarizer films with superior polarizing efficiency and thermal and humidity stability.

Process for preparing high performance polarizer films

This invention provides novel liquid crystalline polymers which, when mixed with a suitable dye and extruded, yields polarizer films with superior polarizing efficiency, transmittance, dichroic ratio, and thermal and humidity stability. The invention further provides a process to prepare such polymers and polarizer films therefrom.

Polarizer films comprising wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polymers

This invention provides all organic high extinction polarizers based on blends of novel liquid crystalline polymers and suitable dichroic dyes. The invention further provides a process to prepare such polarizer films.

High extinction polarizer films comprising liquid crystal polymeric

This invention provides superior electrooptic devices containing an organic polymeric waveguiding medium, and a process of fabricating such devices. The fabrication process utilizes a substantially stress-free organic polymeric substrate on top of which the necessary organic layers are successively deposited. The substrate is so selected that its thermal expansion coefficient is substantially close to that of the cladding layers and of the waveguiding layer.

Polymeric electrooptic waveguide devices using a polymeric substrate

A waveguiding media of polymeric materials is disclosed and claimed. In a preferred embodiment both core and cladding include X.sup.(2) materials poled to a non-centrosymmetric structure. Materials are selected so that the index difference between core and cladding remains relatively constant before and after poling so as to allow for efficient fabrication.

Polymeric optical modulator and waveguiding media

This invention provides process embodiments for the production of second order nonlinear optical media and waveguiding devices. An important aspect of an invention waveguiding device is the use of a novel electrode design which permits the application of a high voltage electric field for molecular orientation of a dipolar organic waveguiding medium.

Nonlinear optically responsive polymeric waveguides

The present invention provides a highly elongated member of substantially uniform cross-sectional configuration which is capable of improved service as a stiffening support in an optical fiber cable. Such elongated member is the product of melt extrusion through an appropriate orifice of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (as described). The resulting elongated member has been found to offer significant advantages when compared to stiffening supports heretofore proposed for use in optical fiber cables.

Melt extruded elongated member suitable for improved service as a

This invention provides a process for producing a transparent optical medium consisting of a liquid crystalline polymer which exhibits third order nonlinear optical response. Illustrative of an invention optical medium is a transparent film of a side chain liquid crystalline polymer corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## The transparent film has an isotropic molecular configuration with macroscopic centrosymmetry, and exhibits essentially no scattering of a transmitted incident light beam.

Side chain liquid crystalline polymeric media exhibiting third order

This invention provides novel isotropic acrylic copolymers which exhibit nonlinear optical response, and which have utility as a transparent optical component in optical light switch and light modulator devices. An invention isotropic acrylic copolymer is illustrated by the following structure: ##STR1##

Acrylic copolymers exhibiting nonlinear optical response

A fiber-optic cable has reinforcement in the form of an elongated member such as a hollow tube, a member of solid circular cross-section, a channel member and/or an outer jacket formed of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer. That polymer has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the range of from -10.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree.F. to -4.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree.F. The reinforcing members constitute strength members which are preferably formed separate from, or simultaneously with, the introduction of an optical fiber.

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