Abstract: Three organic compounds mixtures of liquid-crystal properties, which when mixed together in a precisely determined weight ratio, may show an ability to form thermo-optically active mesophases of established, narrow range thermooptical transitions separation, every 0.5° C., in the temperature range: from 31.8° C. to 32.8° C., from 32.8° C. to 33.8° C., and from 33.8° C. to 34.8° C. and system including these mixtures. The use of these mixtures and the system containing the above mentioned mixtures for colorimetric detection of temperature differentiation on the surface of biological objects in a narrow range of temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue phase liquid crystal composition and to a method of stabilizing a blue phase state of a liquid crystal material. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a method of lowering the operating voltage of a liquid crystal material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a blue phase liquid crystal material stabilized by the method according to the present invention or having an operating voltage that is lowered by the method according to the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal cell comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material and to a liquid crystal display comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material. The present invention also relates to a method of broadening the stability temperature range of a liquid crystal material in its blue phase state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal medium composition, a liquid crystal display using same and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal medium composition includes a liquid crystal material, a polymerizable monomer, a stabilizer, and a sensitizer. The sensitizer shows strong absorbance of ultraviolet light having wavelength between 300-380 nm and is composed of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composed of a plurality of benzene rings linked with substituted moieties. The liquid crystal display includes: upper and a lower substrate that are arranged parallel to each other and the liquid crystal medium composition arranged between the upper and lower substrates.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal medium composition and a liquid crystal display using same. The liquid crystal medium composition includes a liquid crystal material, a stabilizer, and polymerizable monomers. The polymerizable monomers include at least two types of monomers, which include at least one highly reactive monomer and at least one strong anchoring monomer. The liquid crystal display includes upper and lower substrates that are arranged parallel to each other and a liquid crystal medium composition arranged between the upper and lower substrates. The liquid crystal medium composition includes two or more than two polymerizable monomers of different functionalities to mix in a reasonable manner so that balance can be reached among polymerization reaction rate, homogeneity of polymer formed thereby, and magnitude of anchoring force, all being of upgraded level. The optic quality and overall performance of a liquid crystal panel are enhanced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue phase (BP) liquid crystal composition that shows reduced hysteresis behavior, and to a method of reducing and/or eliminating the hysteresis behavior of a BP liquid crystal composition. Moreover, the present invention relates to a blue phase liquid crystal composition, wherein the hysteresis has been reduced or eliminated. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal cell comprising a blue phase liquid crystal composition, and to a liquid crystal display comprising a blue phase liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel gelling agent comprising of a silane-amide chemical structure, a liquid crystal gel comprising the same and a liquid crystal device comprising said liquid crystal gel. The liquid crystal gel comprised of the novel gelling agent has excellent compatibility with other materials, and has excellent stability and solubility during manufacturing process of the same, and thus it can be applied to the production of a highly adaptable liquid crystal device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a user interaction device (200, 300) comprising an optical module (210, 310) having a layer (5) of a substance being electrically switchable between a first visual state and a second visual state, and an electrical switch (6a, 6b) for electrically switching the substance between the first and second visual states, a detector (6a, 11b) for detecting the presence of a physical object, and a control unit (290, 390) for controlling the electrical switch in response to the detection of presence of the physical object.

Abstract: Photoresponsive shape memory nanoparticles have a layered smectic ordering and include a photoresponsive moiety selected from the group consisting of azobenzene, stilbene, and spiropyran. Multiple cycles of contraction and extension in these materials can be controlled by UV and visible light. By changing light intensity and exposure time, the magnitude of actuation can be modulated.

Abstract: A novel polymerizable monomer is provided. A novel liquid crystal composition which can be used in a variety of liquid crystal devices is provided using the polymerizable monomer. The use of the novel liquid crystal composition makes it possible to reduce driving voltage of a liquid crystal element and to reduce power consumption of a liquid crystal display device. A polymerizable monomer represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. A liquid crystal composition which includes a polymerizable monomer represented by General Formula (H1), a nematic liquid crystal, and a chiral material is also provided. In General Formulae (G1) and (H1), n and m are individually an integer from 1 to 20, and R1 and R2 individually represent hydrogen or a methyl group. In General Formulae (G1), k is 2 or 3.

Abstract: A wholly aromatic thermotropic liquid-crystal polyester resin composition, comprising 5 to 40 parts by volume of titanium oxide (B) and 5 to 40 parts by volume of barium sulfate (C) with respect to 100 parts by volume of a wholly aromatic thermotropic liquid-crystal polyester (A); wherein the total of the (B) component and the (C) component with respect to 100 parts by volume of the (A) component is 15 to 45 parts by volume.

Abstract: A chiral compound of formula (I) or (II) is provided, wherein each of R1 and R2 independently, is hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, amino, nitrile, C1-10 alkyl, or C1-10 alkoxyl. A liquid crystal composition comprising 80-99.5 parts by weight of a liquid crystal host; and 0.5-20 parts by weight of the chiral compound as described above is also provided.

Abstract: Chiral liquid crystal compounds of the general formula (1): in which at least one of R1 and R2 is a chiral substituent, K may be a single bond or the same as K1-5 and K1-5 denote a six-membered ring system which rings may be at least partially unsaturated, wherein the number of atoms in these rings or ring systems between the two atoms forming a part of the link to the next ring, or to one of the substituents R1 and R2, does not differ by more than one if counted in the clockwise, and in the counter-clockwise sense, starting from the same atom in each case, X1-20 denote alkyl, or alkoxy, or fluorinated alkyl, or fluorinated alkoxy groups, or atom H, or halogen atoms, mixtures comprising such chiral liquid crystal compounds, and liquid crystal displays comprising such mixtures as active ingredients

Abstract: A composition includes at least one organic compound of a first type of the general formula I and at least one organic compound of a second type of the general structural formula II, wherein Core in formula I is a conjugated organic unit capable of forming a rigid rod-like macromolecule, Gk is a set of ionogenic side-groups providing solubility of the organic compound of the first type in a solvent and give rigidity to the rod-like macromolecule; and wherein Sys in formula II is an at least partially conjugated substantially planar polycyclic molecular system capable of forming board-like supramolecules via ?-?-interaction, and X, Y, Z and Q are substituents. The composition is capable of forming a lyotropic liquid crystal solution, which can form a solid retardation layer of biaxial type substantially transparent to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectral range.

Abstract: Ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions including organic ion pair compounds wherein image sticking is reduced or eliminated. Use of the ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions in a ferroelectric liquid crystal display device allows for rapid image refresh rates without required a DC-balancing algorithm. The organic ion pair compounds provide electrical resistivity values for the compositions that result in reduced image sticking when the compositions are used in FLC display devices.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable liquid crystal mixture includes a first photopolymerizable monomer, a second photopolymerizable monomer, a first photoinitiator, a second photoinitiator, and a liquid crystal material. A manufacturing method of photopolymerizable liquid crystal includes the following steps. A first light source is provided to irradiate the photopolymerizable liquid crystal mixture without providing a driving voltage, for inducing photopolymerization of the first photoinitiator and the first photopolymerizable monomer. A second light source is provided to irradiate the photopolymerizable liquid crystal mixture without providing a driving voltage, for inducing photopolymerization of the second photoinitiator and the second photopolymerizable monomer and aligning the liquid crystal material along a direction.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter provides a chiral host-guest composition for a ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture, the host-guest composition comprising a chiral guest compound and an achiral host compound, wherein the host-guest composition induces a greater degree of polarization in the liquid crystal mixture than is induced in the mixture with a comparable amount of the chiral guest compound in the absence of the achiral host compound. The chiral guest is a fluorinated compound comprising a aryl or heteroaryl core substituted with an alkyl chain, wherein the alkyl chain includes one or more fluorine atoms, each fluorine atom being bonded to a chiral carbon atom. The achiral host possesses a central thiadiazole core, with at least one aryl/heteroaryl wing, further substituted with alkyl or alkoxy groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue phase (BP) liquid crystal composition and to a method of stabilizing a blue phase state of a liquid crystal material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of lowering the operating voltage of a liquid crystal material. Moreover, the present invention relates to a blue phase crystal material stabilized by the method according to the present invention or having an operating voltage that is lowered by the method according to the present invention. Also, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal cell comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material and to a liquid crystal display comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material. The present invention furthermore relates to a method of broadening that stability temperature range of a liquid crystal material in its blue phase state.

Abstract: A liquid crystal medium, which has a liquid crystal phase over a wide temperature range, a large refractive index anisotropy, and a large dielectric anisotropy, and exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase, is provided. The liquid crystal medium is characterized by containing a liquid crystal compound having four benzene rings and a difluoromethyleneoxy group, and a chiral reagent, and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase.

Abstract: Ovenware made from thermoplastic polymeric compositions which have relatively high thermal conductivities has advantages in cooking food. Such compositions can be made by mixing a thermoplastic polymer with a particulate material which has a relatively high thermal conductivity. This composition usually allows to faster heating of the food and/or improved browning of the food in contact with the ovenware surface.

Abstract: A liquid crystal medium having a wide temperature range of a liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy, and a large dielectric anisotropy and having an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase is provided. The liquid crystal medium is characterized by containing a liquid crystal compound having a pyrimidine ring and a linking group —CF2O— and a chiral dopant, and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal compound having general physical properties necessary for a compound, stability to heat, light or the like, a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, a high clearing point, an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a large refractive index anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy. Provided are a liquid crystal composition including the liquid crystal compound, and a liquid crystal display device containing the liquid crystal composition. The compound is represented by formula (1): wherein, for example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons; at least one of the rings A1 to A6 is pyrimidine-2,5-diyl or pyridine-2,5-diyl and the others are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1 to Z6 are a single bond; L1 to L4 is hydrogen or halogen; X1 is hydrogen, halogen, —C?N or alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons; and l, m, n, o, p and q are 0 or 1 and l+m+n+o+p+q=3.

Abstract: An optically active compound having a polymerizable group which is represented by formula (1) or (2). P1-Q1-(A1-Z1)m—X1—(Z1-A1)m-Q1-P2??(1) P1-Q1-(A1-Z1)m—X2??(2) For example, A1 is independently divalent group having ring; Z1 is independently bonding group; m is independently an integer from 1 to 5; Q1 is independently alkylene having 1 to 20 carbons; X1 is a divalent group having chirality; X2 is a monovalent group having chirality, and P1 and P2 are polymerizable groups; and concerns a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, a polymer, an optical device and an article.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound having two polymerizable groups, wherein one is bonded directly to the ring and the other is bonded to the ring through a spacer, as a compound in which the polymerizability is not decreased and the solubility is high in a liquid crystal composition. A compound represented by formula (1), wherein in formula (1), for example, A1 and A2 are 1,4-phenylene in which at least one hydrogen has been replaced by fluorine; Z1 is alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons; Z2 is alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons; X1 is hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; P1 is a polymerizable group; and a is an integer from 0 to 3.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a chiral dopant having the following formula: wherein X1 and X2 are independently wherein F is fluorine, m is a positive integer from 1 to 8, and n is a positive integer from 1 to 4; Y1 and Y2 are independently —O—, —CH2CH2—, —CH?CH—, —C(O)O—, or —CH2O—; and R1, R2 are independently substituted or non-substituted C1-C10 linear alkyl, wherein substituents of the substituted C1-C10 linear alkyl are independently —F, —Cl, —OCF3, —NCS, or —CN, wherein a number of backbone carbon atoms in each of —Y1R1 and —Y2R2 is larger than 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a graphene composition having liquid crystalline properties and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly to a graphene composition wherein graphene having useful electrical properties is uniformly dispersed in a medium, whereby it is chemically and physically stable, exhibits a liquid crystal phase in a wide temperature range and has good compatibility with other compounds, and to a preparation method thereof. In the graphene composition, liquid crystalline properties are imparted to graphene, which can be produced in large amounts and has excellent mechanical, chemical and electrical properties, and thus the graphene composition can provide a chance to apply functional carbon materials in various fields, including nanocomposites, energy storage materials, and photonics.

Abstract: A liquid crystal medium having an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase is described, which has stability to heat, light and so on, a broad temperature range of liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy. A liquid crystal composition is described, which includes an achiral component T and a chiral dopant and exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. The achiral component T contains, as its first component, at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formula (1), wherein R1 is C1-10 alkyl, the rings A1 to A6 are 1,4-phenylene, Z1 to Z7 are single bonds, Y1 and Y2 are fluorine; X1 is halogen, and i, j, k, m, n, p and q are independently 0 or 1.

Abstract: Switchable gas permeation membranes in which a photo-switchable low-molecular-weight liquid crystalline (LC) material acts as the active element, and a method of making such membranes. Different LC eutectic mixtures were doped with mesogenic azo dyes and infused into track-etched porous membranes with regular cylindrical pores. Photo-induced isothermal phase changes in the imbibed mesogenic material afforded large, reversible changes in the permeability of the photo-switchable membrane to nitrogen. For example, membranes imbibed with a photo-switchable cyanobiphenyl LC material demonstrated low permeability in the nematic state, while the photo-generated isotropic state demonstrated a 16×-greater sorption coefficient. Both states obey a high linear sorption behavior in accordance with Henry's Law. In contrast, membranes imbibed with a photo-switchable phenyl benzoate LC material showed the opposite permeability behavior to the biphenyl-imbibed membrane, along with nonlinear sorption behavior.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by the following Formula Ia, in which each R1-R6 can in each case be independently selected from hydrogen or hydrocarbyl (e.g., methyl); R7 is a multivalent linking group, such as L1 is a divalent linking group, such as a bond or divalent optionally substituted hydrocarbyl; each L2 independently represents a flexible segment, such as divalent linear or branched C1-C25 alkyl; each L3 independently represents a rigid segment including, for example, optionally substituted phenylen-1,4-diyl groups; t is from 1 to 4; m and p are each independently from 0 to 4 for each t, provided that the sum of m and p is at least 1 for each t; and E can be hydrogen or optionally substituted hydrocarbyl. The present invention also relates to compositions, such as liquid crystal compositions, and articles, such as optical elements, that include the compound represented by Formula Ia.

Abstract: A photoalignment material and a method of manufacturing of a display substrate using the photoalignment material are disclosed. The photoalignment material includes a photoalignment polymer, a photoalignment additive, and an organic solvent. When the photoalignment additive is used, a side reaction due to ultraviolet (UV) light may be prevented, and the stability of alignment layer may be improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a liquid crystal polyester, a white pigment and a glass fiber bundle obtained by bundling glass fibers using a sizing agent comprising a polyurethane having a polyester polyol unit and at least one of an aliphatic diisocyanate unit or an alicyclic diisocyanate unit, wherein the polyester polyol unit is a polyol unit having an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol unit and at least one of an aliphatic polybasic acid unit or an alicyclic polybasic acid unit. The liquid crystal polyester composition can provide a reflective plate having a high reflectivity.

Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer marking is obtainable by a process that comprises applying a chiral liquid crystal precursor composition onto a substrate, heating the composition to a chiral liquid crystal state, applying to at least one area of the precursor composition a modifying composition, if necessary, heating the at least one area to bring same to a modified liquid crystal state, and subsequently curing and/or polymerizing the resultant product. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer marking is obtainable by a process that comprises applying a chiral liquid crystal precursor composition onto a substrate, heating the composition to a first chiral liquid crystal state, applying to at least one area of the precursor composition a chiral dopant composition, heating the at least one area to bring same to a second chiral liquid crystal state, and subsequently curing and/or polymerizing the resultant product. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer marking is obtainable by a process that comprises applying a first chiral liquid crystal precursor composition onto a substrate, heating the composition to bring same to a first chiral liquid crystal state, applying to at least one area of the first composition a second chiral liquid crystal precursor composition, heating the at least one area to bring same to a second chiral liquid crystal state, and subsequently curing and/or polymerizing the resultant product. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer marking is obtainable by a process that comprises applying a chiral liquid crystal precursor composition onto a substrate, heating the composition to a bring same to a chiral liquid crystal state, locally applying at least one modifying agent to modify the chiral liquid crystal state, and curing and/or polymerization the resultant product. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: The invention intends to provide a connector high in resistance to rupture of a lattice and a liquid crystal polyester composition superior in melt flowability and suitable for the production of the connector. The invention provides a liquid crystal polyester composition comprising a fibrous filler, a platy filler, a granular filler, and a liquid crystal polyester, wherein the content of the platy filler is not more than 0.6 where the total content (based on mass) of the fibrous filler and the granular filler is considered to be 1; and a connector made of the liquid crystal polyester composition.

Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display panel that has high contrast and reduced display deficiency, a liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates (1) and (2) facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer (3) sandwiched between the pair of substrates (1) and (2), the pair of substrates (1) and (2) being provided with a pair of respective alignment films (4) and (5) formed thereon and facing each other, the pair of alignment films (4) and (5) being provided with respective polymer films (6) and (7) formed thereon and each made of a monomer in the liquid crystal layer (3), the pair of alignment films (4) and (5) containing a macromolecular compound having a functional group represented by at least one of General Formulae (1) through (5), the liquid crystal layer (3) containing a polymerizable monomer represented by at least one of General Formulae (6) through (8), the polymer films (6) and (7) each being (i) made of the polymerizable monomer represented by at least one of Ge

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal material and a polymer. The liquid crystal material exhibits a blue phase. The polymer has a first repeating unit containing a fluorine atom and an acrylic group.

Abstract: In a display panel and a method of manufacturing the display panel, the display panel includes a display substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and disposed on the first electrode, an opposite substrate including a third electrode facing the second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules, a reactive mesogen polymer, and nano-rods.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition which can suppress dependency of a driving voltage on a temperature by decreasing the driving voltage. To a low-molecular liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a specific acrylate and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound as polymerizable acrylate compounds are added, to prepare a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition. By subjecting the polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition to ultraviolet exposure while maintaining a desired alignment state to form a polymer chain in a liquid crystal phase, a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal display device containing a low-molecular liquid crystal in a stabilized alignment state is obtained.

Abstract: Polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys are described as are methods of forming the polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys. The polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys are formed according to a melt processing method that includes melt processing a polyarylene sulfide with a reactively functionalized disulfide compound and a liquid crystal polymer in a one or two step process. The reactively functionalized disulfide compound is added in a stoichiometric amount to react with a portion of the polyarylene sulfide. The melt processing forms a polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer copolymer that is a compatibilizer in the alloy. The polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys may provide low chlorine content products having excellent strength characteristics.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the content ratio of polar and neutral compounds in a liquid crystal layer is controlled, or a coupling agent that is well adapted to those compounds is used as a material for a sealant, thereby stably maintaining the display quality of the liquid crystal display even at low temperatures.

Abstract: A tunable chiral composition includes a liquid crystal material, a tunable chiral material with at least one chiral center and at least one ethylenic double bond and a photo-initiator. The tunable chiral composition is substantially cross-linking agent free.

Abstract: A molded part having a predetermined shape is provided. The molded part may be formed by casting a liquid crystalline polymer composition into a mold cavity at a relatively low shear rate. Due to the use of a relatively low shear rate, the polymer composition does not generally undergo extensive shear orientation, which can allow the resulting part to be further processed using standard finishing techniques. The ability to use relatively low shear rates during casting is achieved in the present invention through the use of an aromatic amide oligomer. More particularly, the present inventors have discovered that the aromatic amide oligomer can serve as a flow aid by altering intermolecular polymer chain interactions, thereby lowering the overall viscosity of the polymer matrix to “ultralow” levels without having a significant impact on the mechanical properties.

Abstract: To provide a polymerizable compound having a high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, and laterally having a ring structure; a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device using the composition; and the polymerizable compound includes a compound represented by formula (1): wherein, for example, R1 is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen or methyl; A1 and A2 are a single bond, 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-cyclohexylene; Z1 is a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 3 carbons, Z2 is —O—, —COO—, —OCO— or alkylene having 1 to 6 carbons, Z3 is a single bond or —O—, Z4 is a single bond or alkylene having 2 to 20 carbons; X1 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl having 1 to 3 carbons; and a is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melt polymerized in the presence of a viscosity modifier that can help increase the “low shear” viscosity of the resulting composition is provided. The increased “low shear” viscosity can minimize drooling of the polymer composition during processing and also allow it to possess a greater melt strength, which facilitates its ability to be processed in a wide variety of applications without losing its physical integrity. Despite having a relatively high “low shear” viscosity, the present inventors have discovered that the viscosity modifier does not substantially increase the “high shear” melt viscosity of the polymer composition. In this regard, the ratio of the “low shear” viscosity to the melt viscosity is generally very high, such as within a range of from about 50 to about 1000.

Abstract: A thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer composition capable of exhibiting both a low melting temperature and good heat resistance without the use of conventional naphthenic acids is provided. The melting temperature may, for example, range from about 250° C. to about 400° C. Even at such low melting temperatures, the present inventors have surprisingly discovered that the ratio of the deflection temperature under load (“DTUL”), a measure of short term heat resistance, to the melting temperature may remain relatively high. The specific DTUL values may range from about 200° C. to about 300° C. The ability to form a polymer composition with the properties noted above may be achieved, at least in part, by the use of an aromatic amide oligomer.

Abstract: An aromatic amide compound having the following general formula (I) is provided: wherein, X1 and X2 are independently C(O)HN or NHC(O); G1, G2 and G3 are independently hydrogen, C(O)HN-phenyl, or NHC(O)-phenyl, wherein at least one of G1, G2 and G3 is C(O)HN-phenyl or NHC(O)-phenyl; Q1, Q2, and Q3 are independently hydrogen, C(O)HN-phenyl, or NHC(O)-phenyl, wherein at least one of Q1, Q2, and Q3 is C(O)HN-phenyl or NHC(O)-phenyl; R5 is halo, haloalkyl, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclyl; and m is from 0 to 4.

Abstract: A liquid crystalline polymer composition that contains a liquid crystalline polymer and an aromatic amide oligomer is provided. The oligomer can serve as a flow aid by altering intermolecular polymer chain interactions, thereby lowering the overall viscosity of the polymer matrix under shear. The oligomer is also not easily volatized or decomposed during compounding, molding, and/or use, which minimizes off-gassing and the formation of blisters that would otherwise impact the final mechanical properties of a part made from the polymer composition. While providing the benefits noted, the aromatic amide oligomer does not generally react with the polymer backbone of the liquid crystalline polymer to any appreciable extent so that the mechanical properties of the polymer are not adversely impacted.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a resin mixture that comprises a highly structured resin 40 and a less structured resin 50. The highly structured resin 40 and the less structured resin 50 are mixed to a ratio of between 1:9 and 4:1 by volume, with a more particular ratio of 1:5 to 3:1. The highly structured resin forms ordered micro regions and the ordered micro regions impose order on surrounding less structured resin molecules. The micro regions are essentially groups of the HS resin that will naturally form order structures.

Abstract: A liquid composition containing a liquid crystalline polyester, a solvent, and a boron nitride having a volume average particle diameter of not less than 10 ?m and not more than 80 ?m, wherein the amount of the boron nitride is 30 to 90% by volume based on the total amount of the liquid crystalline polyester and the boron nitride.