A self-aligning material, a self-aligning liquid crystal material, and a liquid crystal panel are provided. The self-aligning material is a nano-surfactant having a conductive material-philic end and a liquid crystal material-philic end, which can align liquid crystal molecules. Thus, it is unnecessary to dispose a polyimide alignment layer in the liquid crystal panel. As a result, the polyimide alignment layer and its manufacturing are saved, and production cost is reduced.

The present application discloses a display substrate. The display substrate includes a base substrate; a color filter on the base substrate and including a plurality of color filter blocks; and an actuator configured to actuate each of the plurality of color filter blocks thereby controlling a wavelength of light transmitted through each of the plurality of color filter blocks.

A non-linear side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxane differs from previous side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxanes. A method for preparing the non-linear side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxane involves hydrosilylation reaction of a SiH rich intermediate with an aliphatically unsaturated mesogenic compound. A liquid crystal composition containing the non-linear side chain liquid crystal polyorganosiloxane is useful in dynamic scattering mode electro-optic device for various applications.

The present application relates to a novel liquid crystal compound and a use thereof. The novel liquid crystal compounds of the present application can exhibit a smectic A phase over a wide temperature range. The novel liquid crystal compounds of the present application can be usefully used in the technical fields to which smectic A liquid crystals can be applied, for example, bistable devices.

An ionic liquid crystal elastomer composition includes a liquid crystal elastomer; and an ionic liquid.

A laminate is provided having excellent adhesiveness between a light absorption anisotropic film and a barrier layer, a manufacturing method of the laminate, and an image display device using the laminate. A laminate having: a barrier layer A; and a light absorption anisotropic film B, in which the barrier layer A is adjacently provided on the light absorption anisotropic film B, a relationship between a highest content of a compound A1 contained in the barrier layer A and a highest content of a compound B1 contained in the light absorption anisotropic film B satisfies a relationship in which a value of distance calculated from Hansen solubility parameters and represented by Formula (I) is within a range of 0.0 to 5.0, and the light absorption anisotropic film B contains a component same as the compound A1.

distance={4(.sub.D(B1).sub.D(A1)).sup.2+(.sub.P(B1).sub.P(A1)).sup.2+(.sub.H(B1).sub.H(A1)).sup.2}.sup.0.5(I)

The limitation of the different classes of responsive liquid crystals such as volatility in case of low molecular weight liquid crystals (LMWLCs) can be overcome by the development of a responsive film based on polymerliquid crystals (PLCs) and reactive mesogens (RMs or reactive liquid crystal monomers) to create a responsive film or coating material which appears to be easily alignable and processable. That coating material shows a large response of which the properties can be tuned in a modular approach. In this way, the advantages of both materials, PLCs and RMs, were combined, yielding stable films, which can be aligned when desired and which stimuli-responsive properties can be tuned by the choice of RMs. Thus mixtures of PLCs with RMs open the doors to a wide variety of stimuli-responsive coating systems, without the need of time consuming trial-and-error synthesis of PLCs and closed liquid crystal cells. By choosing chiral RMs, cholesteric LC coatings can for instance be fabricated, while a light responsive RM could provide a light responsive coating. In addition, one could use similar methods as were used for LMWLCs with RMs in closed cells to prepare for example broadband reflectors or patterned coatings that change topography by a stimulus.

A composition for an optical film including a liquid crystal and a polysiloxane represented by Chemical Formula 1 ##STR00001##
wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R.sup.1 to R.sup.5, L.sup.1 to L.sup.3, X, Y, Z, T.sup.1, T.sup.2, a, b, c, and d are the same as described in the detailed description.

An object of the invention is to provide an anisotropic light absorption film having both a high alignment degree and high light resistance, and a laminate provided using the anisotropic light absorption film. An anisotropic light absorption film according to the embodiment of the invention is formed from a composition having a first dichroic azo dye, a second dichroic azo dye, and a compound represented by Formula (I) or a polymer thereof, the first dichroic azo dye has a solution absorption maximum wavelength of 400 nm or greater and less than 550 nm, the second dichroic azo dye has a solution absorption maximum wavelength of 550 nm or greater and 750 nm or less, and the film has an arrangement structure of the first dichroic azo dye or an arrangement structure of the second dichroic azo dye therein.

A liquid crystal emulsification method that can reduce formulation restriction and adjust the size of a dispersed phase with small variation in size of the dispersed phase, and a liquid crystal emulsion are provided. The liquid crystal emulsification method includes: adding a moisture content and/or an oil content at a predetermined ratio to a surfactant having an HLB falling within a predetermined range; and setting a temperature during formation of a dispersion or an emulsion to a predetermined temperature, to adjust a lamellar liquid crystal having a regular molecular arrangement in which the oil content and/or the moisture content are alternately arranged in a bilayer membrane formed from the surfactant.