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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2004
Applicant:
David M. Walba, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
David M. Walba, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 19/00 (2006.01); C09K 19/06 (2006.01); C09K 19/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a method that allows one to obtain high quality alignment of nematic or smectic liquid crystal (LC) polymer glasses in thin films. The present disclosure also includes thin films of aligned smectic or nematic LC main-chain polymer glasses, including aligned chiral smectic C* ferroelectric LC main-chain polymer glasses. The disclosure also includes electro-optical devices, including electro-optical devices comprising aligned chiral smectic C* ferroelectric LC main-chain polymer glasses.