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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hajime Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Jason Crain, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/952 ; C09K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/952 ; C09K 1/900 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device and an electro-optical device include substrates facing each other and each having an electrode, the substrates being spaced apart, spacers disposed between the substrates and defining an electro-optical cell together with the substrates, and a colloidal liquid crystal composite (CLCC) formed in the electro-optical cell. The CLCC includes particle-rich inter-domain regions and micro-domains of a mesogenic liquid crystal, and the particle-rich inter-domain regions include colloidal organic particles being networked in the mesogenic liquid crystal.