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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent, OH (US);
Tod Schneider, Kent, OH (US);
Andrii Golovin, Kent, OH (US);
Jong-chan Lee, Seoul, KR;
Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent, OH (US);
Tod Schneider, Kent, OH (US);
Andrii Golovin, Kent, OH (US);
Jong-Chan Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kent State University, Kent, OH (US);
Abstract
An aligned film comprises a dried mixture of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal material and a dopant selected from the group consisting of dyes having a molecular weight within one order of magnitude of the liquid crystal material and block co-polymers. An example of an aligned film may be transparent to visible light but not transparent to polarized light in the ultraviolet and/or infra-red portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A method of making an aligned lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal-based film comprises providing a mixture of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal material and a dopant in a solvent for the liquid crystal material, applying the mixture to a substrate, and removing the solvent to produce an aligned lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal-based film.