Liquid crystal light modulating materials with selectable viewing angles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4890902
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07159223

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A light modulating material comprising phase-separated microdroplets of liquid crystal in a light transmissive, synthetic resin matrix wherein the index of refraction n.sub.p of the matrix is matched or mismatched to an index of refraction N.sub.o of the liquid crystal optical axis of the microdroplets so that when the microdroplet director is aligned relative to a surface of the material, maximum transmission of light occurs at a selected oblique angle relative to the surface of the material or at a selected narrow angle about the perpendicular to the surface of the material. Such matching or mismatching of indices of refraction may be accompanied by phase separation in an external magnetic or electric field, or by shaping the liquid crystal microdroplet into an ovoid or the like during or after phase separation to align the microdroplet directors thereby endowing the material with a permanent and movable viewing angle. One or more sheets of the improved light modulating material may be incorporated into a window or an electrooptic display device to provide angularly discriminating windows or displays that are transparent or visible only at selected angles of view and that are opague at other angles of view.

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KENT STATE UNIVERSITY A UNIVERSITY CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF OHKENT OH 44242

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Doane, J William Kent, OH 28 2356
Wenninger, Eugene P Kent, OH 1 200
West, John Stow, OH 105 1626
Wu, Bao-Gang Richardson, TX 14 786

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