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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2004
David Coates, Dorset, GB;
Owain Llyr Parri, Dorset, GB;
Jeremy Lewis Ward, Poole, GB;
David Joicey, Poole, GB;
Keith Wilbourn, Matthews, NC (US);
Colum Dickson, Chester, GB;
John Scott, Tarporley, GB;
David Coates, Dorset, GB;
Owain Llyr Parri, Dorset, GB;
Jeremy Lewis Ward, Poole, GB;
David Joicey, Poole, GB;
Keith Wilbourn, Matthews, NC (US);
Colum Dickson, Chester, GB;
John Scott, Tarporley, GB;
Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
Homeotropically oriented layers and films of liquid crystals especially on polymeric substrates. The layers and films, which also can be multi-layered films comprising a homeotropically aligned anisotropic film, are preparable by application of an orientation layer to the substrate. The orientation layer can be either an organic surfactant which is fixed in a matrix of a polymeric material or an inorganic thin layer such as aluminum or AlO.