Disclosed herein are compositions, comprising one or more types of surface modified anisotropic nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid crystal. The compositions provide tunable methods for modifying light and energy flow.

To provide a liquid crystal polymer composition whose fluidity during molding is improved without degrading the mechanical properties thereof.

A liquid crystal polymer composition which contains 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystal polymer, 1 to 200 parts by weight of an inorganic filler and/or an organic filler, and 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a melamine compound as a flow modifier.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that incorporates a particular liquid crystal composition and a sealant in which a cured form of a particular curable resin composition is used. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that prevents reduced voltage holding ratio (VHR) and increased ionic density (ID) in the liquid crystal layer and solves the problems of display defects such as voids, alignment irregularities, and image-sticking. Liquid crystal displays according to the present invention, featuring the ability to prevent reduced voltage holding ratio (VHR) in the liquid crystal layer and reduce the occurrence of display defects such as alignment irregularities and image-sticking, are useful particularly to liquid crystal displays in the IPS and FFS modes for active matrix drive and applicable to liquid crystal displays of equipment such as liquid crystal TVs, monitors, mobile phones, and smartphones.

A liquid crystal polyester composition contains: a liquid crystal polyester in an amount of 100 parts by mass as well as a fibrous filler and a plate-like filler in an amount of not less than 65 parts by mass and not more than 100 parts by mass in total. The fibrous filler in the composition has a number average fiber diameter of not less than 5 μm and not more than 15 μm and a number average fiber length of more than 200 μm and less than 400 μm. The mass ratio of the fibrous filler to the plate-like filler in the composition is not less than 3 and not more than 15. The flow starting temperature of the composition is not lower than 250° C. and lower than 314° C.

The present provides a method of fabricating a PDLC thin film. The method of fabricating the PDLC of the present application forms the first solution by mixing the liquid crystal and the graphene nanoparticles; prepares the prepolymer by using the citric acid and the 1,8-octanediol, or the citric acid, the 1,8-octanediol and the 1,8-octanediol; forms the second solution by dissolving the prepolymer in the anhydrous ethanol; then obtains the mixture prepolymer of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal and the graphene nanoparticles by mixing and uniformly stirring the first solution and the second solution; and obtains the PDLC thin film after the mixture prepolymer is polymerized for several days. The present application indirectly changes dielectricity of the polymer matrix by combining the polymer dispersed liquid crystal and the graphene nanoparticles, so as to enhance the response speed of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal, to reduce the driving voltage of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal, to construct a new type of a combination of the liquid crystal and the polymer in the polymer dispersed liquid crystal, and the size and the thickness of the PDLC thin film fabricated by the method of fabricating the PDLC thin film of the present application are adjustable, and applications thereof are convenient.

A camera module containing a molded part (e.g., generally planar base, lens barrel mounted on the base, etc.) that is formed form a polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition includes a liquid crystalline polymer and inorganic particles that have a hardness value of about 2.5 or more based on the Mohs hardness scale.

A shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer. The elastomer comprising cross-linked and polymerized nematic, isotropic monomers with carbon nanotubes that are organized into a plurality of voxels. Each voxel has a director orientation such that each voxel of the plurality has a first state according to the director orientation and a second state according to cross-linkages of the polymerized nematic monomers. The elastomer transitions between the first and second states with exposure to an electric field.

A black liquid-crystal polymer film that contains a black pigment and a liquid crystal polymer and the black liquid-crystal polymer film has a lightness of 45 or less, a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0035 or less, a minimum dielectric breakdown strength of 60 kV/mm or more, and a maximum-to-minimum ratio of in-plane thermal linear expansion coefficient in the range of 1.0 to 2.5.

Composite condensed matter material, devices including the composite condensed matter material, and methods of forming and using the composite condensed matter material are disclosed. The composite condensed matter material includes a host material and particles dispersed and suspended within the host material. The composite condensed matter material can exhibit one or more low symmetry phases and reconfigurable properties.

Assemblies and methods for modulating (e.g., near) infrared radiation are provided. Exemplary assemblies include a composite material interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. The composite material includes plasmonic nanoparticles (e.g., nanoplates) dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal.