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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Holmes, Bulkeley, GB;
Alan Nevin, Warrington, GB;
Hermann Amstutz, Mellingen, CH;
Jurgen Nehring, Wettingen, CH;
Assignees:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
BBC Brown Boveri Ltd., Baden-Dattwil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2522994 ; 350330 ; 3503 / ; 428910 ; 428521 ;
Abstract
An alignment layer for a liquid crystal display consists at least substantially of a polyphenylene polymer wherein at least 80% of the said polyphenylene polymer is composed of aromatic phenylene rings. The alignment layer is capable of providing a homogeneous alignment of liquid crystal molecules disposed adjacent thereto with a high tilt bias angle.