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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Haseba, Ichihara, JP;
Inventors:
Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Haseba, Ichihara, JP;
Assignees:
Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Fukuoka, JP;
Chisso Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Chisso Petrochemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 19/00 (2006.01); C09K 19/06 (2006.01); C09K 19/52 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is generally related to a polymer/liquid crystal composite, which includes a liquid crystal material which exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase in the temperature range of approximately 5° C. or more in the elevated temperature process but does not exhibit a nematic phase; and a polymer, and which is used for an element driven in a state of the optically isotropic liquid crystal phase.