Seiko Epson Corporation

British Technology Group Limited

University of Leeds

Richard James Bushby

Neville Boden

Hitoshi Fukushima

Hiroshi Takiguchi

Tatsuya Shimoda

Takashi Masuda

Jonathan Clements

Kevin Critchley

Malini V Jesudason

Andrew Wood

Owen Roger Lozman

Stephan Evans

Gareth Headdock

Peter F Knowles

Ekaterina Olegovna Arikanien

Quayling Liu

Jp Jeyadevan

Zhibao Lu

Andrew Paul McNeill

Aspects of the invention provide a method of controlling the solid-state property of the solid-phase surface or controlling forming reactive region. The method can be attained by using a device for ejecting droplets and a molecule for inclusion in a SAM which can be photo-patterned in a short period of time using low energy UV radiation, that is TV radiation having a relatively long wavelength. The invention can provide monomolecular film that is formed from molecules comprising a structural component (B) which is hydrophobic and/or lipophobic, and a structural component (A) which decomposes when irradiated with UV light having a wavelength in the range 254-400 nm to cleave away a part of the molecule having the structural component (B) leaving a residual hydrophilic structural component (C). Further, the invention can provide a method of forming a film pattern comprising; at least a step of ejecting a droplet, which includes a compound represented as the following Formula (0), on a solid-phase surface having a functional moiety:X&#x2014;Y-Z &#x2003;&#x2003;(0)where, X represents a structure having reactivity to a functional moiety which exists at the solid-phase surface, Y represents a decomposable structure by itself and Z represents a structure which is capable of changing solid-state properties on the solid-phase surface or a reactive structure.

UV decomposable molecules and a photopatternable monomolecular film formed therefrom

A mixture comprising a molecule of formula (I); in which A , A , A , A , A and A , which may be the same or different, are each N or &mdash;CH; Y , Y , Y , Y , Y and Y , which may be the same or different, are each hydrogen or C to C alkoxy; X , X , X , X , X and X , which may be the same or different, are each hydrogen, C to C alkoxy or alkyl C to C ; and R , R , R , R , R and R are each hydrogen, or each of R and R , R and R and R and R may form a bond; and a molecule of formula (II); in which R , R , R , R , R and R , which may be the same or different, are each alkyl or substituted (and/or chiral) alkyl C to C , acyl C to C , polyethyleneoxy, a flexible connection to a polymer backbone or part of a polymer backbone in homopolymers, copolymers or block copolymers; and B , B , B , B , B and B a, which may be the same or different, are each, hydrogen, alkyl C to C , alkoxy C to C , nitro, halogeno, cyano, amido, diazo or ester, e.g. alkyl C to C ester.

Family of conducting liquid crystals

A semi-conducting liquid crystalline material exhibiting anisotropic conduction properties. The material comprises a radical salt of a disc-like mesogen and a dopant which is an oxidizing or a reducing agent. Not more than 0.5 moles of dopant per mole of mesogen are present.

Conducting liquid crystals

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Richard James Bushby