Abstract: A sealant composition with which a decrease in voltage holding rate is less likely to occur in a liquid crystal cell for a scanning antenna, the sealant composition according to the present invention includes a photo-radical polymerization initiator that generates a radical through application of light with a wavelength of 450 nm or greater and a polymerization component that contains a polymerizable functional group that is polymerizable using the radical.

Abstract: Polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and the use of the polymerizable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type, or a stabilizers in LC media and LC displays.

Abstract: Dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising a compound of the formula TINUVIN 770 and optionally one or more compounds of formula I, in which the parameters have the respective meanings indicated in the specification, and optionally one or more further dielectrically positive compounds and optionally one or more further dielectrically neutral compounds, and to liquid-crystal displays, especially active-matrix displays and in particular TN, IPS and FFS displays, containing these media.

Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing polymer which has no perfluoroalkyl group of 4 or more carbon atoms and which, when formed together with a photoacid generator into a film, shows water repellency after film formation, but becomes hydrophilic by the action of an acid generated under light irradiation, and thus serves as a pattern forming material capable of forming a film with high sensitivity and resolution. A fluorine-containing polymer according to the present invention has a repeating unit of the formula (1) where R1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a C1-C10 alkyl group; R2 to R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 alkyl group; X is a single bond or a divalent group; Y is a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl or carboxylate (—COOR) group; R is a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl group; and seven or less of hydrogen atoms contained in the substituent group may be substituted with fluorine.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improved switching speed and/or tunability for radio-frequency (RF) devices are described. In one embodiment, a liquid crystal (LC) component comprises an LC structure in a mixture with right-handed (R) and left-handed (S) chiral dopants.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a sulfonium salt of thiophenecarboxylic acid offers a high sensitivity, minimal LWR and improved CDU independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which groups and parameters that occur have the definitions given in the disclosure. Preparation methods for these compounds. Uses of the compounds as components in liquid-crystalline media. Electrooptical display elements comprising the liquid-crystalline media.

Abstract: An optical component including a first layer, a second layer and a bulk sandwiched between the first and second layers, where the bulk is formed by a composition containing a liquid crystal material which is in a blue phase. At least one of the first and second layers has, toward the bulk, an alignment layer. The blue phase of the liquid crystal material exhibits a uniform organization in three directions (Ox, Oy, Oz) in at least 80% of the volume of the bulk, the liquid crystal material being stabilized in the blue phase at least over the temperatures ranging from 10° C. to 35° C.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, liquid-crystalline media which contain at least one compound of the formula I and electro-optical displays which contain the LC mixtures, especially for the self-aligning VA, PSA, PS-VA, PVA, MVA, PM-VA, HT-VA or VA-IPS mode in which R1, R2, ring A1, Z1, Z2, Sp, P, L1, L2, r1, r2, r3, m, n, p1 and p2 have the meanings indicated above.

Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula G and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and components comprising these media, are suitable for use in high-frequency technology, in particular, in phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: A compound has a strong HTP and a high temperature dependence of HTP. In addition, a liquid crystal composition, a cured substance, an optical anisotropic boy, and a reflection film the above-described compound. The compound is represented by General Formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 each independently represent —CH?CH—or C?C—.

Abstract: A liquid crystal mixture and a temperature-responsive infrared reflection device made by using the liquid crystal mixture containing potassium laurate. Infrared light can pass through the device within a non-working temperature range, and a chiral dopant enables potassium laurate to form a cholesteric phase within a working temperature range. The birefringence value of the potassium laurate gradually increases with the increase of temperature between 12.5° C. and 26° C., so that the infrared reflection bandwidth of the device constantly increases. The birefringence value of the potassium laurate gradually decreases with the increase of temperature between 26° C. and 54.5° C., so that the infrared reflection bandwidth of the device constantly decreases. The infrared reflection bandwidth of the infrared reflection device can vary with temperature by adjusting the proportions of the ingredients of the liquid crystal mixture containing potassium laurate.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I, (R11O)sSi(CH3)3?s-Sp11-NR12-Sp12-C(OR13)tH3?t??I wherein the variable groups are as defined herein are useful as adhesion promotors in polymerizable liquid crystal (LC) material.

Abstract: A semiconductor resist composition includes an organometallic compound represented by Formula I and a solvent: wherein L includes at least one alkylene group in the main chain. A pattern may be formed using the composition. The pattern formed by using the semiconductor resist composition may not collapse while having a high aspect ratio.

Abstract: A polyimide polymer that includes the reaction product of: (a) at least one diamine selected from the group consisting of a diamine of Structure (Ia) and a diamine of Structure (Ib), (b) at least one diamine of Structure (II), (c) at least one tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and optionally (d) at least one compound containing a first functional group reactive with an amine or an anhydride and at least one second functional group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group. Each variable in the above formulas is defined in the specification.

Abstract: A chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition capable of suppressing the occurrence of “footing” in which the width of the bottom (the side proximal to the surface of a support) becomes narrower than the top (the side proximal to the surface of a resist layer) in the nonresist portion when a resist pattern serving as a template for a plated article is formed on a metal surface of a substrate having a metal surface using the composition. A mercapto compound having the formula (C) shown below is added to the composition and includes an acid generator which generates acid upon exposure to an irradiated active ray or radiation and a resin the solubility of which in alkali increases under the action of acid: wherein n1, n2, Rc1, and Rc are defined in claim 1.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a sulfonium salt of brominated indole or brominated indazole carboxylic acid offers a high sensitivity, minimal LWR and improved CDU independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.

Abstract: A liquid crystal material and a liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal material including liquid crystal molecules, a polymerizable monomer, and an auxiliary alignment agent. A structural formula of the auxiliary alignment agent is: The A group includes at least one oxygen atom, at least one nitrogen atom, or at least one oxygen atom and at least one nitrogen atom, the Sp group essentially is a —(CH2)n— group, the Z group is selected from: and any combination thereof, the R group is a straight or branched first alkyl group containing 5 to 20 carbon atoms, and the L group is selected from: and any combination thereof.

Abstract: A non-linear side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxane differs from previous side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxanes. A method for preparing the non-linear side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxane involves hydrosilylation reaction of a SiH rich intermediate with an aliphatically unsaturated mesogenic compound. A liquid crystal composition containing the non-linear side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxane is useful in dynamic scattering mode electro-optic device for various applications.

Abstract: Chiral compounds of formula I wherein the paramters have the meaning given in claim 1, liquid crystal mixtures comprising at least one chiral compound of formula I, to chiral linear or crosslinked liquid crystal polymers obtainable by polymerizing a polymerizable mixture comprising at least one chiral compound of formula I, to the use of chiral compound of formula I and mixtures and polymers obtained thereof in liquid crystal displays, active and passive optical elements, adhesives, synthetic resins with anisotropic mechanical properties, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics, liquid crystal pigments, for decorative and security applications, nonlinear optics, optical information storage or as chiral dopants, and a liquid crystal display comprising a mixture comprising at least one chiral compound of formula I.