Abstract: A method of forming an anisotropic crystal film, comprising providing a donor which comprises a base and an anisotropic crystal film bounded to the base, and a receptor. At least a portion of the anisotropic crystal film is placed in contact with the receptor. A loading is applied to at least a portion of the base, whereby providing shear and compressive stresses onto the donor and receptor, and transferring at least a portion of the anisotropic crystal film onto the receptor and delaminating the at least portion of the anisotropic crystal film from the base.

Abstract: A color liquid crystal display is provided comprising a front panel including at least one polarizer, a rear panel including at least one polarizer, liquid crystal placed between the front and rear panels, a reflective layer on the rear panel, and a matrix of color filters. The polarizer on the rear panel is an internal polarizer and placed before the matrix of color filters or between said matrix and the reflective layer. The combined thickness of all layers positioned between the matrix of color filters and the rear polarizer does not exceed 10 microns.

Abstract: A projection system is provided. The projection system comprises a projector for producing a polarized light for projecting an image and a projection screen on which the image projected by the projector is visualized. The polarization plane of the polarized light and the polarization plane of the polarizing means are parallel. The polarizing means comprises a film formed by rodlike supramolecules including at least one polycyclic organic compound with conjugated ?-systems, whereby the 40% viewing angle transmittance iso-line of the polarizing means of the screen has an aspect ratio of not less than 2.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display with a touch panel is described. The liquid crystal display includes a front panel including an internal front polarizer, a liquid crystal layer, and a rear panel including a rear polarizer. A touch transparent panel is secured to the front surface of the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A color-correcting polarizer is provided comprising a polarizer layer and at least one discotic film layer. The discotic film layer is optically transparent within the range of visible wavelength. The discotic film layer works as a polarizer in the wavelength ranges at least from 380 to 500 nm and/or from 600 to 780 nm. A liquid crystal cell comprising the color correcting polarizer is also disclosed.

Abstract: Anisotropic multilayer thin-film coating that may be used in fabrication of various optical elements, such as polarizers, beam splitters, interference-polarizing light filters, polarizing mirrors, etc. The invention is aimed at creating a multilayer optically anisotropic structure, which contains at least one layer with high degree of anisotropy and perfect structure, whereas refraction indexes and thicknesses of all layers and their combination is selected according to the known law, determined by the purpose of the structure, such as to provide an interference extremum for at least one polarization of light. The technical result is the increase of effectiveness of transforming incident radiation, which corresponds to the functional purpose of the multilayer optically anisotropic structure, due to the high reproducible degree of amsotropy of at least one layer in the structure.

Abstract: A normally white supertwist nematic liquid crystal display of reflective type is provided. This display comprises a reflector, a layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal having a front aligning surface facing a light source and a rear aligning surface facing the reflector, and a front polarizer. The nematic liquid crystal has an optical retardation (?nd) of the layer and a distribution of directors, wherein the chiral nematic liquid crystal has a twist angle (?) between an alignment direction of the director at the front aligning surface and an alignment direction of the director at the rear aligning surface. The front polarizer is disposed between the layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal and the light source. The front polarizer has a transmission axis forming an angle (?) with the alignment direction of the director at the front aligning surface of the chiral nematic liquid crystal layer. The optical retardation (?nd) and the angle (?) are defined by the following formulas: ?((?)=sign(?)·(47.0?0.4936|?|+2.

Abstract: An electrooptical device is provided comprising at least one substrate, at least one pair of electrodes and at least one layer of an electrooptical material. The electrooptical material represents an optically anisotropic thin crystal film and contains molecules having aromatic rings and possessing a lattice with an interplanar spacing (Bragg's reflection) of 3.4±0.2 ? along one of optical axes. The electrooptical material has anisotropic refractive indices and/or anisotropic absorption coefficients that are depended on an electric field strength.

Abstract: Optical waveguides of the type which include a light-transmitting core and a cladding layer on said core. The optical waveguide can be planar or cylindrical such as an optical fiber. The optical waveguide is provided with an additional coating of highly biaxial or uniaxial crystalline material with different refraction indices in different directions.

Abstract: This invention pertains to technology of fabricating thin films featuring anisotropic properties such as: optical, magnetic, electric conductivity and others. In particular, this invention is related to devices for obtaining polarizing films from liquid-crystalline solutions of organic materials, for example organic dyes. The disclosed method and device permits the fabrication of anisotropic films from liquid-crystalline solution with high characteristics and high degree of perfection of the oriented structure with significant reproducibility of results. The device makes use of a mechanical element for receiving and guiding the liquid crystal solution onto a substrate and then providing an orienting action to the kinetic elements as they are delivered.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided which comprises front and rear panels, and electrodes, polarizers and a layer of liquid crystal disposed between the front and rear panels. The polarizer on the rear panel is preferably a reflecting type in at least one region of the spectrum and contains at least one element in the form of a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure contains at least two anisotropic layers separated by at least one intermediate layer which is optically transparent in the desired spectral region. The ratio of refraction indices and thickness of the layers in the multilayer structure is chosen such to provide an extremum for the ratio of the transmitted and reflected polarized light in the spectral region.

Abstract: A simple, reliable and cost-effective super-twisted nematic liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display is suitable for application in all portable electronic devices due to the reliable and simple design employing a thin crystal film polarizer and is particularly suitable for outdoor display applications due to its increased environmental robustness. The thin crystal film polarizer also increases the viewing characteristics of the liquid crystal display and provides additional advantages. The disclosed liquid crystal display includes a front and rear polarizer and a super-twisted nematic liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer has a twist angle from about 230° to about 250°. The front and rear transmission axes of the polarizers are angularly displaced by about 70° to about 86° relative to each other.

Abstract: The invention pertains to anisotropic multilayer thin-film coatings and may be used in fabrication of various optical elements, such as polarizers, beam splitters, interference-polarizing light filters, polarizing mirrors, etc.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and a liquid crystal layer placed between the front and rear panels. At least one of the front and rear panels comprises an internal polarizer situated between an electrode and a substrate in the panel. The internal polarizer is made of a highly temperature durable material that is chemically stable at an elevated temperature of at least 150° C.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided which comprises a front panel comprising a front alignment layer having an alignment direction, a rear panel comprising a rear alignment layer having an alignment direction, and a liquid crystal layer between the front and rear alignment layers. The liquid crystal layer has a rotational twist angle of about 90° and a pre-tilt angle of not more then 2°. The alignment, material and thickness of the liquid crystal layer are such that at the mid-point of the rotational twist, the direction of liquid crystal directors coincide with an off-normal viewing direction of the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A color-correcting polarizer is provided comprising a polarizer layer and at least one discotic film layer. The discotic film layer is optically transparent within the range of visible wavelength. The discotic film layer works as a polarizer in the wavelength ranges at least from 380 to 500 nm and/or from 600 to 780 nm. A liquid crystal cell comprising the color correcting polarizer is also disclosed.

Abstract: A normally white supertwist nematic liquid crystal display of reflective type is provided. This display comprises a reflector, a layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal having a front aligning surface facing a light source and a rear aligning surface facing the reflector, and a front polarizer. The nematic liquid crystal has an optical retardation (&Dgr;nd) of the layer and a distribution of directors, wherein the chiral nematic liquid crystal has a twist angle (&PHgr;) between an alignment direction of the director at the front aligning surface and an alignment direction of the director at the rear aligning surface. The front polarizer is disposed between the layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal and the light source. The front polarizer has a transmission axis forming an angle (&agr;) with the alignment direction of the director at the front aligning surface of the chiral nematic liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A color liquid crystal display is provided comprising a front panel including at least one polarizer, a rear panel including at least one polarizer, liquid crystal placed between the front and rear panels, a reflective layer on the rear panel, and a matrix of color filters. The polarizer on the rear panel is an internal polarizer and placed before the matrix of color filters or between said matrix and the reflective layer. The combined thickness of all layers positioned between the matrix of color filters and the rear polarizer does not exceed 10 microns.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display with a touch panel is described. The liquid crystal display includes a front panel including an internal front polarizer, a liquid crystal layer, and a rear panel including a rear polarizer. A touch transparent panel is secured to the front surface of the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: The invention pertains to displays and devices, and discloses designs of a multilayer plate, which may be used in the manufacture of displays, and a design of a display with internal polarizers.