Composition comprising curable dichroic dye for forming optical component and an optical component prepared using the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a curable dichroic dye and a curable liquid crystal compound, which are used to prepare an optical component that is vertically oriented to give a narrow viewing angle, to form an optical component, and an optical component comprising an optical component layer prepared using the same. There is provided a composition for forming an optical component comprising 0.1-90 parts by weight of a dichroic dye and 10-98.85 parts by weight of a curable liquid crystal compound, and there is also provided an optical component comprising an optical component layer in which a curable liquid crystal compound and a curable dichroic dye are vertically oriented. The optical component comprising an optical component layer in which a curable dichroic dye and a curable liquid crystal compound are vertically oriented and which is made of the composition comprising a curable dichroic dye and a curable liquid crystal compound for forming an optical component has excellent physical properties such as heat resistance, durability to high temperature and high moisture, vertical orientation and dichroic ratio, and also adjust a narrow viewing angle. The durability in the high temperature and high moisture is due to the cross linking shape of the optical component layer.