Abstract: Presents a liquid crystal display device that does not require a surface orientation treatment, dramatically improves the response rate of dynamic image displays and does not experience light leaks when the display is black, which means to yield a dark field of vision. The liquid crystal display device comprises polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals sandwiched between a pair of clear substrates. The liquid crystal display device obtained using polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals exhibits large double refraction changes when an electrical field is applied in an in-plane direction to the cell substrates. The polymer-stabilized blue phases liquid crystals comprises a low molecular weight liquid crystal that allows a blue phase to appear between cholesteric and isotropic phases and polymer network formed in the low molecular weight liquid crystals.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a liquid crystal display device that does not need any surface aligning treatment, realizes striking increase of a response speed of movie display and is free from any light leakage (produce dark field) at black display. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] There is provided a liquid crystal display device comprising a pair of transparent substrates and, interposed therebetween, a polymer stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal. The liquid crystal display device utilizing the polymer stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal exhibits a large birefringence change upon application of an electric field to cell substrate in an in-plane direction. The polymer stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal is composed of a low-molecular liquid crystal capable of developing a blue phase between cholesteric phase and isotropic phase and a polymer network created in the low-molecular liquid crystal.

Abstract: A record display medium is provided which can offer a high display contrast and is less likely to cause a lowering of contrast or disappearance of display even in low temperature and high temperature regions. A polymeric material for a liquid crystal/polymer composite film comprising a liquid crystal present in a polymer matrix, a liquid crystal/polymer composite film using the material, and use of the record display medium are also provided. The polymeric material for a liquid crystal/polymer composite film comprising a liquid crystal present in a polymer matrix has a glass transition temperature of 150.degree. C. or above and is insoluble in water.

Abstract: An optical element which comprises a liquid crystal dispersion film layer which is composed of a spongy matrix polymer and a liquid crystal such that they become separated at use temperatures and mixed at high temperatures. The mixture remains mixed upon quenching but gets phase separated upon slow cooling. The optical element produces an electro-optic effect and permits heat-mode recording.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which has a pair of transparent electrodes and a composite film having continuous pores of a polymer matrix filled with a liquid crystal material has high contrast and good heat resistance. The polymer matrix is made of(a) a cross-linked material prepared through an addition reaction of a carboxyl group-containing acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymer with an oxazoline compound, or(b) a fluorinated polyimide resin.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device having a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent and a mixture film of a side chain type liquid crystalline polymer and at least two low molecular weight liquid crystals which film is sandwiched between said pair of electrodes, wherein said mixture film contains 0.005 to 1% by weight of an electrolyte based on a total weight of the mixture film. This liquid crystal device has a high response speed and memory and is used in a variable traffic control sign, a light-adjusting window, a liquid crystal glare-proof mirror, and the like.

Abstract: A method of driving a matrix-type liquid crystal display device utilizing a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of signal electrodes extending generally perpendicular to the scanning electrodes, which comprises the steps of erasing a display screen by bringing it into either a light transmitting state or a light scattering state, writing by which pixels each at a point of intersection between the scanning and signal electrodes are selectively reversed in optical state, and retaining each of the pixels in the optical state once assumed immediately after the writing step. During the erasing step, all of the pixels are applied with a high alternating voltage or a high direct current voltage.

Abstract: A polymer composite material which comprises a first rigid polymeric material composed substantially of rigid molecular chains having an average chain length of 50 A or more, and a second polymeric material composed substantially of flexible molecular chains, wherein said first rigid polymeric material is present in an amount of 20% or less based on the total weight of polymeric material in said composite and said first material is uniformly dispersed in said second polymeric material in a microscopic region of 1 .mu.m or less.