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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher M. Spillmann, Washington, DC (US);
Colin P. Mcginty, Washington, DC (US);
Jakub Kolacz, Washington, DC (US);
Henry G. Gotjen, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1337 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133788 (2013.01); G02F 1/133761 (2021.01);
Abstract
The azo dye brilliant yellow operates to align liquid crystal molecules in three dimensions, for example to establish a desired in-plane alignment and pre-tilt angle. This technique provides a wide range selectable and re-writable pretilt angles from 0° to nearly 90°.