An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having a smaller transmission loss in a high frequency band.

A laminate having a metal layer and a resin layer in contact with at least one surface of the metal layer, in which a dielectric loss tangent of the resin layer at a temperature of 23° C. and a frequency of 28 GHz is less than 0.002, and an average length RSm at an interface between the metal layer and the resin layer in a cross-section along a thickness direction of the laminate is 1.2 μm or less.

Soft-imprint alignment processes for patterning liquid crystal polymer layers via contact with a reusable alignment template are described herein. An example soft-imprint alignment process includes contacting a liquid crystal polymer layer with a reusable alignment template that has a desired surface alignment pattern such that the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal polymer are aligned to the surface alignment pattern via chemical, steric, or other intermolecular interaction. The patterned liquid crystal polymer layer may then be polymerized and separated from the reusable alignment template. The process can be repeated many times. The reusable alignment template may include a photo-alignment layer that does not comprise surface relief structures that correspond to the surface alignment pattern and a release layer above this photo-alignment layer. A reusable alignment template and methods of fabricating the same are also disclosed.

A method for producing a laminated pane with a functional element with electrically switchable optical properties, includes creating a first stack of layers including a first pane, a first thermoplastic laminating film, a separating film, a second thermoplastic laminating film, a second pane, laminating the first stack of layers while being heated, taking the first pane with the first thermoplastic laminating film off the second pane with the second thermoplastic laminating film, and the at least one separating film is removed from the stack of layers, providing a functional element having an active layer, placing the functional element into the stack of layers, whereby a second stack of layers is formed, laminating the second stack of layers to form a laminated pane, wherein the separating film is detachable residue-free from the first thermoplastic laminating film and the second thermoplastic laminating film.

A switchable laminated glazing comprising two stacks of components with different lamination parameters, a first stack of components which provides the mechanical protection of the glazing, and a second stack of components with variable light transmission.

Various embodiments for configuring LC cells, LC panels, and methods of manufacturing LC panels are provided, comprising: assembling a plurality of LC panel component layers to form a curable stack, wherein the stack is configured with the LC cell, a first glass layer, a second glass layer, a first interlayer and a second interlayer, wherein each of the first interlayer and second interlayer are configured to be layers; curing the curable stack to form a liquid crystal panel; and wherein, via the first interlayer and the second interlayer, the LC panel is configured with a uniform transmission.

Described herein are liquid crystal (LC) assemblies that are dimmable and techniques for manufacturing LC assemblies. In one example, an LC assembly comprises: a first curved glass panel, a second curved glass panel, and a liquid crystal panel having a first outer surface and a second outer surface, a layer of a liquid adhesive attaching the first curved glass panel and the first outer surface of the liquid crystal panel, and a film adhesive attaching the second curved glass panel and the second outer surface of the liquid crystal panel.

The present invention relates to a specific multilayer composite which is suitable as a constituent of liquid-crystal devices and which contains two specific polycarbonate layers inter alia. The invention further relates to a method of producing the multilayer composite. The invention further relates to a liquid-crystal device comprising a multilayer composite according to the present invention, to a method of production thereof, and to the use thereof as structural glazing, in automotive glass, as floodlight cover, in optical filters, in shutters, in flat visual display screens, in glazed advertising devices, in dividing walls of trains, and in point-of-interest devices.

A liquid-crystal polymer includes at least one repeating unit having a spiro structure, and the repeating unit occupies 1 mol % to 20 mol % of the liquid-crystal polymer. The liquid-crystal polymer is composed of the following repeating units: 1 mol % to 20 mol % of ##STR00001##
10 mol % to 35 mol % of ##STR00002##
10 mol % to 35 mol % of ##STR00003##
10 mol % to
50 mol % of ##STR00004##
and 10 mol % to 40 mol % of ##STR00005##
AR.sup.1 is ##STR00006##
wherein each of ring R and ring S is independently a C.sub.3-20 ring, ring R and ring S share a carbon atom, and each of K.sup.1 and K.sup.2 is independently a C.sub.5-20 conjugated system. Each of AR.sup.2, AR.sup.3, AR.sup.4, and AR.sup.5 is independently AR.sup.6 or AR.sup.6—Z—AR.sup.7.

A laminated glass, a method for producing a laminated glass, and a reflective film that has end parts where the generation of wrinkles is prevented in a case where the laminated glass is produced by sandwiching the reflective film between two glass plates and that has a reflection wavelength range with a small variation are provided. The reflective film has wavelength-selective reflectivity. A thermal shrinkage rate in a case where the reflective film is held at 140° C. for 30 minutes is greater than 0.5% and smaller than 2.0%. The reflective film has at least one cutout portion on a side edge of the reflective film.

An object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate in which an optically anisotropic layer provided as an upper layer has good liquid crystal alignment properties, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the optical laminate. An optical laminate of the present invention is an optical laminate including: a first optically anisotropic layer; and a second optically anisotropic layer, in which the first and second optically anisotropic layers are directly laminated, each of the first and second optically anisotropic layers consists of a liquid crystal layer, and a photo-alignment polymer having a photo-alignment group and at least one type of polar group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a ketone group is present in a surface of the second optically anisotropic layer on a side in contact with the first optically anisotropic layer.