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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5308540 | Liquid crystalline compounds and process for production thereof Liquid crystalline compounds having an optionally active γ-lactone ring of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 is a group selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## n and e are each independently 0 or 1; R3 is an alkyl gr... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5288427 | Electrooptical display element Compounds of the formula I R1 --A1 --Z1 --A--O--R2 in which R1 and R2, independently of one another, are each alkyl having 1 to 9 C atoms, in which, in addition, one or two CH2 groups may ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5252256 | Passive protection of optically sensitive materials with transition metal organometallic cluster compounds Optically sensitive materials such as sensors or the human eye are passively protected against overexposure to high intensity light in the visible range using a reverse saturable absorber organometallic cluster compound having a core of at least two multi... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5242624 | Stabilizing mixture for compounds having a photochromatic activity Stabilizing mixture for photochromatic substances containing a cyclic amine chosen from 1,4-diazabicyclo-(2.2.2)octane and quinuclidine, or their derivatives, and at least one sterically hindered amine.... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5240638 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal composition A ferroelectric liquid crystal composition comprising smectic liquid crystal composition(s) and optically active compounds and having a spontaneous polarization value of 20 nC cm-2 or less and nevertheless having high rate response properties, ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5238610 | Method of detecting oxidizing agents in aqueous media through the use of chemiluminescent microemulsions The invention is directed to a light producing microemulsion formed in the resence of a surfactant/cosurfactant pair from an oil phase medium having at least an oxalate derivative and a fluorescer compound dissolved in it and an aqueous phase medium contai... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5236633 | Plate and sheet comprising near infrared absorbing composition A plate or a sheet being capable of absorbing near IR-rays, which is prepared by heating both at least a raw material of a transparent polymer and a mixture of a thiourea compound and a copper compound. This invention provides superior optical materials f... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5232635 | Chemiluminescent solution based on substituted anthracens New derivatives of anthracene for the emission of a blue chemiluminescent light are disclosed. The derivatives are of 9,10-bisphenylanthracene substituted at the 2 position of the anthracene ring and on the phenyl groups. The production of turquoise chemi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5230825 | Chiral smectic C liquid crystalline polyester A chiral smectic C liquid crystalline polyester consisting essentially of structural units (A), (B) and (C) of the following formulae: ______________________________________ (A) ##STR1## 40-60 mole % (B) ##STR2## ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5229040 | Conductive colloidal material and method of using same Materials possessing ionic conductivity which are suitable for use as electrolytes, notably in electrochromic systems, comprising an ionomer obtained by the neutralization of a Bronsted polyacid by an MOH alkali metal hydroxide, the neutralization rate &#... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5229038 | Organic nonlinear optical material and method of converting the wavelength of light using said material A nonlinear optical material comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R and R' are each an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group or a hetero ring, and a method of converting the wavelength of las... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5229032 | Process for producing an optically active benzoic acid derivative An optically active benzoic acid derivative represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight chain alkyl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms; Q* represents an optically active branched chain alkyl group having an asymmetric carbon a... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5225113 | Photochromatic composition endowed with light fatigue resistance and photochromatic articles which contain it A photochromatic composition, endowed with a high light fatigue resistance contains a photochromatic compound belonging to the class of spirooxazines and an U.V.-stabilizer consisting of a sterically hindered amine to be defined by means of formula (I): ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5219496 | Non-linear optical material and non-linear optical devices A non-linear optical material made of a compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 represent independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-22 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1-22 carb... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5215678 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal device incorporating same A ferroelectric liquid crystal composition comprising at least one compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are, the same or different, a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 15 car... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5215677 | Liquid crystal display device A chiral nematic type liquid crystal display device in which the twist angle of a torsional structure of a liquid crystal layer is as large as 180° to 360° and the birefringence of liquid crystal molecules is utilized. This liquid crystal display device... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5211885 | Squarylium dyes and products and processes using same A novel class of squarylium infrared absorbing dyes is disclosed which are prepared by the condensation of squaric acid with a benzoxazinone. The dyes are unique in that they possess the desirable properties of squarylium dyes in general along with a narr... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5202055 | Alkenyl ether compound and a composition containing the same A compound and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound are provided, which compound, when added to a nematic liquid crystal composition, increases the dielectric anisotropy value, lowers its threshold voltage and raises the ratios of elastic ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5202053 | Polymerizable nematic monomer compositions This invention is a polymerizable nematic monomer composition comprising (A) 20 to 80 weight % of at least one monomer having the following general formula wherein n is 10, 12 or 14, and (B) 80 to 20 weight % of at least one monomer having the following g... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5200110 | Pyrimidine derivatives and liquid crystal compositions including same 2-phenyl-5-(4'-trans-cyclohexyl) phenyl pyrimidine derivatives represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a straight chain alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; X is CN or F; Y is F or H; Z is F or H; and when X is F, at least one o... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5200116 | Photochromic chromene compounds Described are a series of novel photochromic benzopyran and naphthopyran compounds substituted with (1) a cyclopropyl group and (2) a phenyl, substituted phenyl, or 5-member aromatic heterocyclic group at the 2-position of the benzopyran or naphthopyran r... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5198151 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal composition A ferroelectric liquid crystal composition suitable to large capacity display which contains from 0.01 to 1% by weight of a liquid crystal or liquid crystal-compatible compound having a fluoroalkyl group in ferroelectric liquid crystals exhibiting a smect... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5196147 | Organic nonlinear optical substance An organic nonlinear optical substance having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents --H or --CH3 ; n is 0, 1, or 2; A represents Z1 --Ar, ##STR2## wherein Ar represents a 6-14 membered aromatic group includ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5196141 | 5-oxy-2-phenylpyridines, and a liquid-crystalline medium The invention relates to 5-oxy-2-phenylpyridines of the formula I ##STR1## in which m and n, independently of one another, are each from 1 to 18, Q1 is --O--, trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or a single bond, and Q2 is --CO--,... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5186867 | Spiro-indoline oxazine compounds with photochromatic and photosensitizing characteristics and the process for their preparation New compounds of the spiro-indoline-oxazine class possessing photochromatic and photosensitizing charecteristics are definable by the general formula (I): ##STR1## where the substituents R, R1 -R7 and A are as defined in the ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5186866 | Oxide garnet single crystal A novel oxide garnet single crystal, which can be epitaxially grown on a rare earth-gallium garnet wafer and exhibiting excellent performance as a material of magneto-optical devices, is disclosed. The oxide garnet single crystal, grown on the substrate s... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185098 | Liquid crystalline mixtures containing 3,4-difluorophenyl-substituted bicyclohexyls Compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein Z is a single covalent bond or --CH2 CH2 --, and R1 is 1E-alkenyl with 2-12 carbon atoms, liquid crystalline mixtures containing them and their use for electro-optical purposes.... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5185099 | Visco-elastic, isotropic materials based on water, fluorinate sufactants and fluorinated oils, process for their preparation, and their use in various fields, such as optics, pharmacology and electrodynamics These materials having the appearance and the consistency of gels are characterized in that they contain a very high proportion of water, of the order of from 60 to 98% weight, and that their structure is a microcellular compartmentalized structure having... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5183602 | Infra red diamond composites New composites useful for infrared transmitting applications comprise a dispersion of small particles of diamonds in a matrix having infrared transmission properties (from about 1 to at least 10 μm wavelength) and refractive index substantially similar t... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5180521 | Chiral compounds Optically active compounds of the formula I can be used as components of chiral tilted smectic liquid crystal phases.... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5180524 | Photochromatic composition and photochromatic articles which contain it A photochromatic composition contains at least two photochromatic compounds, defined by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein the various substituents from R1 to R7 and X are as defined in the specification. In such a mixture, a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5178793 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds and compositions Chiral, nonracemic compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## in which the chiral tail group containing three asymmetric carbons (as indicated by *) is incorporated into a suitable FLC core moiety R--Ar2 are provided. The Ar2 co... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5176854 | Non-linear optical device According to the present invention, there is provided a non-linear optical device comprising a non-linear optical medium comprising an organic compound, which remarkably improves the non-linear optical properties. The non-linear optical device according t... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5174975 | Method of preparing metal carbides, nitrides, borides and the like A process is provided for the preparation of metals, metal carbides, nitrides, borides, silicides, sulfides and phosphides by low temperature pyrolysis of a selected organometallic precursor. The precursor, in addition to containing organic ligands, conta... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5173218 | Preparation of chemiluminescent vinyl halide or vinylidene halide polymer structures A plasticized vinyl halide or vinylidene halide polymer structure useful in a chemiluminescent lighting device is disclosed wherein said structure is prepared from vinyl halide or vinylidene halide polymers. The plasticizer is preferably a dibutyl phthala... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5167863 | Optically active compound, liquid crystal composition containing said compound, and liquid crystal optical modulator using said composition There are disclosed an optically active compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, Q1, Q2, Q3, and M are defined as in the detailed exp... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5167875 | Silver sulphide sol with ultrafine particle size An aqueous silver sulfide sol is prepared which has an absorption spectrum such that its optical density at 360 nm is at least 100 times its optical density at 700 nm. The sol is ultrafine in particle size and is useful for the chemical sensitization of s... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5152920 | Phenylbicyclohexanol ester derivative A phenylbicyclohexanol ester derivatives which is a nematic liquid crystal compound having a weakly positive dielectric anisotropy is disclosed. This compound has a high N-I point and yet a low Ɗn value. When mixed with other nematic liquid crystal compo... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5149461 | Ferroelectric liquid crystal composition A ferroelectric liquid crystal composition is here provided which contains at least one chiral compound having an optical activity site group represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5145609 | Linear polyether-containing electrochemichromic solutions and related devices The specification discloses electrochemichromic solutions and devices based on the use of from about 0.5 percent by volume of at least one linear polyether which is soluble in the electrochemichromic solution to reduce segregation without unduly affecting... | 09/08/1992 |
