Nissan Chemical Industries Limited

Nippon Sanso Corporation

Sagami Chemical Research Center

Toyohiko Abe

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Noriaki Kohtoh

Hideyuki Endo

Yoshio Miyamoto

Takuya Ikeda

Takayasu Nihira

Noriaki Koto

Yoshihiro Tsuruoka

Yu Nagase

Kazumi Tsubaki

Makoto Mishina

Yuriko Takamura

Hideyuki Isogai

Hideo Suzuki

Kiyoshi Sawahata

Masahiko Yukawa

Kanji Otsuka

Alignment treating agent for liquid crystal cell

The present invention enables siloxanes which have a detrimental effect on the quality of products during semiconductor production to be efficiently removed from silicon compound gases, and enables minute amounts of siloxanes in these gases to be accurately measured to a few ppb, thus allowing for improvements in quality control by offering silicon compound gases of high purity. Diatomaceous earth M filled into a removal column,is heated by heating means provided on the removal column,, while an inert gas such as nitrogen or helium is fed from an inert gas delivery pipe,via a pressure regulator,and an entry valve,into the removal-column,, and is allowed to flow out through an outlet valve,in order to thermally activate the diatomaceous earth M. After activation, the removal column is cooled to a temperature of 60-0&deg; C., at which temperature a silicon compound gas S such as silane is fed through the pressure regulator,and the entry valve,into the removal column,so as to come into contact with the activated diatomaceous earth M. As a result, high-purity silicon compound gas which has been purified by removing siloxanes is let out through a gas vent pipe,, from which it can be delivered through the outlet valve,to an area of use.

Method of removing siloxanes from silicon compound gases and apparatus therefor, and siloxane content analyzing method and analyzing apparatus

The present invention enables siloxanes which have a detrimental effect on the quality of products during semiconductor production to be efficiently removed from silicon compound gases, and enables minute amounts of siloxanes in these gases to be accurately measured to a few ppb, thus allowing for improvements in quality control by offering silicon compound gases of high purity. Diatomaceous earth M filled into a removal column 2 is heated by heating means provided on the removal column 2, while an inert gas such as nitrogen or helium is fed from an inert gas delivery pipe 13 via a pressure regulator 5 and an entry valve 6 into the removal column 2, and is allowed to flow out through an outlet valve 8 in order to thermally activate the diatomaceous earth M. After activation, the removal column is cooled to a temperature of 60-0.degree. C., at which temperature a silicon compound gas S such as silane is fed through the pressure regulator 5 and the entry valve 6 into the removal column 2 so as to come into contact with the activated diatomaceous earth M. As a result, high-purity silicon compound gas which has been purified by removing siloxanes is let out through a gas vent pipe 9, from which it can be delivered through the outlet valve 8 to an area of use.

Apparatus for analyzing a silicon compound gas for siloxane content

Method of removing siloxanes from silicon compound gases and apparatus

A diaminobenzene derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of P and Q which may be the same or different from each other, is a single bond, or a bivalent organic group selected from the group consisting of --O--, --COO-- and --CONH--, R.sub.1 is a C.sub.2-22 straight chain alkylene group, and R.sub.2 is a cyclic group selected from the group consisting of an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring, a heterocyclic ring and substituted forms of such rings.

Diaminobenzene derivatives and polyimides prepared therefrom

A liquid crystal alignment film made of a polyimide which has, on its side chain, a benzene or biphenyl ring substituted by a monovalent substituent having a positive value as the .sigma.p value under Hammett's rule.

Liquid crystal alignment film

A treating method for aligning liquid crystal molecules, which comprises forming on a substrate a polyimide film represented by a repeating unit of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is a bivalent organic group, irradiating the film with ultraviolet rays having a spatial distribution of irradiation intensity through a mask, immersing it in a developing liquid and then in a rinsing liquid to form periodical concaves and convexes on the surface of the polyimide film, and aligning liquid crystal molecules on the concave-convex surface.

Treating method for aligning liquid crystal molecules and liquid crystal

An agent for alignment treatment for a liquid crystal cell, which comprises an organic solvent-soluble polyimide obtained by reacting and polymerizing a tetracarboxylic acid component with a diamine component and a dicarboxylic acid component containing a long chain alkyl group and/or a monoamine component containing a long chain alkyl group, followed by imide-formation.

Agent for alignment treatment for a liquid crystal cell

An agent for vertical orientation treatment consisting essentially of a polyimide which contains a linear alkyl group having at least 12 carbon atoms in an amount of at least 5% by weight of the alkyl group to the total weight of the polyimide, and which, when a coating film of the polyimide is formed on a substrate, has a surface energy of not more than 38 dyn/cm.

Agent for vertical orientation treatment

The present invention relates to an alignment treating agent for a liquid crystal cell, which comprises an organic solvent-soluble polyimide resin comprising a tetracarboxylic acid and a diamine, at least 10 mol % of the diamine having a bivalent organic group selected from the group consisting of: ##STR1## The aligned film for a liquid crystal using the solvent-soluble polyimide resin of the present invention does not require a heat treatment at a high temperature at the time of forming a resin film and enables to use a substrate poor in heat-resistance, and alignment properties such as a tilt angle and a voltage maintenance of the aligned film are not deteriorated even after durability test at a high temperature.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment treating agent which comprises a polyimide resin prepared from a diamine including an aromatic diamine having at least one linear alkyl group of at least 6 carbon atoms per benzene ring as the essential component and a tetracarboxylic acid and its derivative. The liquid crystal alignment treating agent obtained in accordance with the present invention comprises a polyimide resin having an alkyl group on a side chain, and accordingly provides a liquid crystal-aligned film containing liquid crystal molecules stably having an enhanced inclined alignment angle (tilt angle) to a substrate.

Liquid crystal alignment treating agent

A positive photosensitive polyimide resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent-soluble polyimide resin and 1-100 parts by weight of an .omicron.-quinonediazide compound, said polyimide resin being composed of the repeating units represented by formulas [I] and [II] below ##STR1## (where R.sub.1 is a divalent organic group to constitute a diamine which has one or more groups of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of phenolic hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, thiophenol group, and sulfonic group; R.sub.3 is a divalent organic group having no phenolic hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, thiophenol group, and sulfonic group; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 each are a tetravalent organic group constituting a-tetracarboxylic acid and a derivative thereof when R.sub.1 has one or more groups of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group and sulfonic group and has no phenolic hydroxyl group and thiophenol group, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 each are a tetravalent organic group constituting a tetracarboxylic acid and a derivative thereof composed of four carbonyl groups which are not attached directly to the aromatic ring when R.sub.1 has a phenolic hydroxyl group and/or thiophenol group) with the molar percentage (a) of the repeating units represented by formula [I] being in the range of 1 mol %.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.90 mol % and the molar percentage (b) of the repeating units represented by formula [II] being in the range of 10 mol % .ltoreq.b.ltoreq.99 mol %, and having a reduced viscosity of 0.05-3.0 dl/g (measured at a concentration of 0.5 g/l in N-methylpyrrolidone at 30.degree. C.).

Positive photosensitive polyimide resin composition comprising an

The present invention relates to a novel fluorine-containing diaminobenzene derivative having a perfluoroalkyl group and to a novel fluorine-containing polyimide which is produced from the said diaminobenzene as a starting material and to a novel polyimide having both a fluorine-containing group and/or a siloxane chain in the side chain thereof, the polyimide being produced from the said fluorine-containing diaminobenzene and fluorine-containing polyimide and to a liquid crystal-aligning agent with an elevated tilt angle, which contains a polyimide having a fluorine-containing group and a siloxane chain.

Fluorine containing diaminobenzene derivatives and its use

The present invention relates to a novel fluorine-containing diaminobenzene derivatives having a perfluoroalkyl group and to a novel fluorine-containing polyimide which is produced from the said diaminobenzene as a starting material and to a novel polyimide having both a fluorine-containing group and/or a siloxane chain in the side chain thereof, the polyimide being produced from the said fluorine-containing diaminobenzene and fluorine-containing polyimide and to a liquid crystal-aligning agent with an elevated tilt angle, which contains a polyimide having a fluorine-containing group and a siloxane chain.

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