Raychem Limited

Kevin Malloy

Robert H Reamey

Mark F Wartenberg

John R Havens

Harriette Atkins

Anne Gonzales

Kathleen DiZio

John Mazzanti

Gil Garza

A method is disclosed for making a liquid crystal composite including a component such as a pleochroic dye. The component is imbibed into droplets of a liquid crystal material in a containment medium.

Method of imbibing a component into a liquid crystal composite

A method is described for making a liquid crystal composite in which droplets of a liquid crystal material dispersed in a matrix material. An encapsulating material at least partially separates the liquid crystal material from the matrix material. This construction permits the matrix material to be selected on the basis of its processing and environmental properties and the encapsulating material to be selected on the basis of its emulsifying ability and orientational interactions with liquid crystal material. Light valves made from such a composite exhibit improved electro-optical properties.

Method of making liquid crystal composite

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Belmont, CA, United States of America

Kevin Malloy