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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Torsten Hegmann, Winnipeg, CA;
Brandy Melissa Kinkead, Burnaby, CA;
Inventors:
Torsten Hegmann, Winnipeg, CA;
Brandy Melissa Kinkead, Burnaby, CA;
Assignee:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); C09K 19/30 (2006.01); C09K 19/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Nematic liquid crystal cells with positive dielectric anisotropy that include colloidal suspensions having nanoclusters (e.g., CdTe nanoclusters, CdSe nanoclusters) that include a pure monolayer of ligands are provided as well as methods of inducing Freedericksz transitions in the nematic liquid crystal cells and methods of controlling the alignment of a liquid crystal.