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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomonari Horikiri, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/934 ; C09K 1/932 ; C09K 1/956 ; G02F 1/133 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 1/934 ; C09K 1/932 ; C09K 1/956 ; G02F 1/133 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal composition is principally constituted by at least a liquid crystal and a gel-forming compound which forms a gel with the liquid crystal. The gel-forming compound has a discotic liquid crystal phase and assumes a supermolecular structure when it is mixed with the liquid crystal. The supermolecular structure may preferably have at least one intermolecular interacting side having at least one —CONH— group allowing multi-dimensional intermolecular interaction.