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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ranganathan Shashidhar, Springfield, VA (US);
Jawad Naciri, Falls Church, VA (US);
Sebastian Pfeiffer, Washington, DC (US);
Thomas L Fare, Glenside, PA (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Geo-Centers, Inc., Newton Centre, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359087 ; 359103 ; 359104 ;
Abstract
Devices in which a Langmuir-Blodgett film of a liquid crystal polymer is disposed between electrodes on the surface of a substrate exhibit fast ferroelectric switching in response to an electric field generated by the electrodes, and Langmuir-Blodgett films of a liquid crystal polymer exhibit pyroelectric properties even at thicknesses below 10-15 .mu.m.