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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Takashi Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Qi Song, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Masaya Moriyama, Adachi-ku, JP;
Norihiro Mizoshita, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Qi Song, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Masaya Moriyama, Adachi-ku, JP;
Norihiro Mizoshita, Nagoya, JP;
JSR Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a novel photo-responsive liquid crystal composition in which an oriented state of a liquid crystalline compound is capable of being controlled by an irradiation of light. The photo-responsive liquid crystal composition is composed of a liquid crystalline compound and a gelling agent mixed with the liquid crystalline compound to form a gelling mixture, wherein the liquid crystalline compound is capable of being controlled in a state orientated in one direction by the irradiation of light. In the photo-responsive liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystalline compound is oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of the irradiation of light. In the photo-responsive liquid crystal composition, the gelling agent is formed of a compound having an azobenzene structural part and a specific skeletal structure.