A liquid crystal material, a liquid crystal display panel, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal material includes negative liquid crystal molecules and one or more thiol polymerizable monomers. The display panel uses a polymer film obtained by polymerization of a click chemistry reaction of a “thiol and double bond” system to anchor an orientation state of the liquid crystal molecules on the substrate surface, with few impurities and a low risk of image sticking displayed on the panel.

Films, systems, and methods for measuring shear stress are described. In an embodiment, the film comprises an optically transmissive polymer matrix disposed on a substrate; and a liquid crystal dispersed in the optically transmissive polymer matrix, wherein at least a portion of the liquid crystal protrudes from or is exposed on a side of the optically transmissive polymer matrix opposite the substrate.

A light control device including a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a light control layer sandwiched vertically between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode and including a polymer network in which domains each filled with a liquid crystal composition are dispersed, and a pair of polarizing layers sandwiching the light control layer and positioned in a crossed Nicols relationship. The liquid crystal composition includes liquid crystal molecules that change to a vertical orientation upon application of a driving voltage to the light control layer.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition formed by combining a polymerizable compound represented by formula I with a specific liquid crystal component, particularly a PSVA liquid crystal composition for displays or TV applications and a PSA-IPS liquid crystal composition for an IPS mode, and a liquid crystal display element or liquid crystal display comprising this liquid crystal composition; in particular, the polymerizable compound has a faster polymerization rate, and a “material system” formed from the selected polymerizable component and liquid crystal component should have the lowest rotary viscosity and the best photoelectric properties, and has a high VHR after (UV) photoradiation, this avoiding the problem of the occurrence of residual images to final displays. ##STR00001##

To provide 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.

The sealing material composition of the disclosure includes an unsaturated carbonyl compound having at least two unsaturated carbonyl groups and a curing agent that is thermally reactive with the unsaturated carbonyl compound and contains a compound having at least two of one or more kinds of functional groups selected from the group consisting of a mercaptan group, a hydroxyl group, and a secondary amine group.

A transmittance-variable device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the transmittance-variable device includes a first guest host layer, a second guest host layer, and a phase difference element disposed between the first and second guest host layers, wherein each of the first and second guest host layers comprise a liquid crystal host and a dichroic dye guest, and the liquid crystal hosts are capable of being horizontally oriented such that their optical axes are horizontal to each other. The transmittance-variable device can switch between a clear state and a black state, can exhibit high transmittance in the clear state and a high shielding rate in the black state, and can exhibit a high contrast ratio even at the inclination angle. Such a transmittance-variable device can be used in architectural or automotive materials, or eyewear such as goggles for augmented reality experience or sports, sunglasses or helmets.

A liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming film is provided, including a liquid crystal material, a polymer matrix, and two layers of conductive substrates. The polymer matrix is sandwiched between the two layers of conductive substrates, and the polymer matrix has a porous microstructure. The liquid crystal material is dispersed in the polymer matrix to form liquid crystal microdroplets, and the liquid crystal microdroplets have vertically oriented polymer networks. The liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming film has a unique composite microstructure. In this composite microstructure, the polymer matrix of the porous microstructure gives the film with good mechanical processing performance. In addition, the vertically oriented polymer networks in the liquid crystal microdroplets further reduces the orientation difficulty of liquid crystal molecules, which is conducive to reducing the driving voltage of the liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming film, and is suitable for large area processing and production.

A polymer composition that includes a polyhedral silsesquioxane (POSS) dispersed within a polymer matrix that contains a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer is provided. The polyhedral silsesquioxane contains an aromatic group. The polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 4.5 or less as determined at a frequency of 10 GHz.

A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor in a pixel region over the substrate; a common electrode over the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal capsules over the common electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein each of the plurality of liquid crystal capsules includes a shell and a core having a plurality of liquid crystal molecules therein, and wherein a gap distance between the liquid crystal molecules in adjacent liquid crystal capsules is equal to or greater than 20 nm and equal to or smaller than 0.3 times of a capsule diameter of the adjacent liquid crystal capsules.