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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Frank W. Harris, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Dong Zhang, Uniontown, OH (US);
Xiaoliang Joe Zheng, Akron, OH (US);
Ted Calvin Germroth, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thauming Kuo, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jiaokai Alexander Jing, Uniontown, OH (US);
Brian Michael King, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Frank W. Harris, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Dong Zhang, Uniontown, OH (US);
Xiaoliang Joe Zheng, Akron, OH (US);
Ted Calvin Germroth, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thauming Kuo, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jiaokai Alexander Jing, Uniontown, OH (US);
Brian Michael King, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Akron Polymer Systems, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Optical compensation films (positive C-plate) with disk anisotropic subunits (OASUs) that have high positive birefringence throughout the wavelength range 400 nm<λ<800 nm are provided. The optical compensation films may be processed by solution casting to yield a polymer film with high birefringence without the need for stretching, photopolymerization, or other processes. Such optical compensation films are suitable for use as a positive C-plate in LCDs, particularly IPS-LCDs.