Abstract: This invention provides an optical medium which consists of a composite of a homogeneous inorganic oxide glass monolith with a microporous structure containing a liquid crystalline polymer component.In one embodiment this invention provides a sole-gel process for producing a composite of a transparent homogeneous microporous inorganic oxide glass monolith and a liquid crystalline polymer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 1988
Date of Patent:
June 26, 1990
Assignee:
Hoechst Celanese Corp.
Inventors:
Alan Buckley, Tessie M. Che, Thomas M. Leslie, James B. Stamatoff, Dagobert E. Stuetz, Donald R. Ulrich