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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2005
Applicants:

Koji Takaku, Minami-ashigara, JP;

Takashi Katoh, Minami-ashigara, JP;

Inventors:

Koji Takaku, Minami-ashigara, JP;

Takashi Katoh, Minami-ashigara, JP;

Assignee:

Fujifilm Corporation, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 19/52 (2006.01); C09K 19/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Novel liquid crystal compositions are disclosed. One of them comprises at least a dichroic dye having a substituent containing three or more cyclic moieties, and a dual-frequency switchable nematic liquid crystal as a host liquid crystal; and another one comprises a dichroic dye having a substituent containing three or more cyclic moieties, and a liquid crystal comprising at least one nematic liquid crystal compound and at least one chiral agent. A novel liquid crystal device, comprising a pair of electrodes of which at least one is a transparent electrode and a layer between the pair of electrodes comprising one of the liquid crystal compositions, is also disclosed.


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