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Utilization of dyes for liquid crystal displays
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Inventors: Osman, Maged A.; Scheffer, Terry J.;
Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited (Baden, CH)
Primary Examiner: Padgett; Benjamin R.
Assistant Examiner: Gron; T. S.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier
In a cholesteric guest-host liquid crystal composition having a positive dielectric anisotropy and consisting of a nematic host component with a dye incorporated as a guest component therein and an optically active (cholesteric) component, the improvement consisting of a substantially stable and water insoluble azo dye guest component having a pleochroic ratio a.sub.1 /a.sub.2 of at least 6.5 and an absorption maximum in the range of from 350 to 700 nm, said azo dye being a compound of the formula (1) X -- A -- N .dbd. N -- B -- Y (I) wherein A is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-phenylene, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthylene and 2-hydroxy-8-amino-1,4-naphthylene; B is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-phenylene, 1,5-naphthylene and 5-substituted benzothiazo-(1,3)-2-yl; X is selected from the group consisting of nitro, nitrile, dimethylamino, di(hydroxyethyl)-amino, phenyl and straight chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, and Y is a monovalent organic radical that does not promote water solubility in the dye molecule. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
In a cholesteric guest-host liquid crystal composition having a positive dielectric anisotropy and consisting of a nematic host component composed of a mixture of N-p-butoxy-, N-p-hexyloxy-, and N-p-octanoyloxybenzylideneaminobenzonitrile with a dye incorporated as a guest component therein and an optically active (cholesteric) component, the improvement consisting of at least one water insoluble azo dye guest component which is stable under conditions of continuous operation at an applied ac voltage of 20 volts and a temperature of 100.
degree.
C.
and which has a pleochroic ratio a.
sub.
1 /a.
sub.
2 of greater than 6.
5 and an absorption maximum in the range of from 350 to 700 nm, wherein said azo 2.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR3## 3.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR4## 4.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR5## 5.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR6## 6.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR7## 7.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR8## 8.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR9## 9.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR10## 10.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR11## 11.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is selected from the group consisting essentially of compounds having the formulae ##STR12## 12.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is selected from the group consisting essentially of compounds having the formulae ##STR13## 13.
The liquid crystal composition of claim 1, wherein said azo dye is ##STR14##
Description:
This invention is concerned with the utilization of dyes for liquid crystal displays whose liquid crystalline substance has a positive dielectric anisotropy and contains nematic compounds with embedded dye molecules and an optically active additive
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