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Encapsulated liquid crystal material, apparatus and method

  • US 4,707,080 A
  • Filed: 03/02/1984
  • Issued: 11/17/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A liquid crystal apparatus, comprising liquid crystal material contained in volumes formed in a containment medium, a pair of electrodes respectively on opposite sides of said liquid crystal material and containment medium, said liquid crystal material having positive dielectric anisotropy and an extraordinary dielectric coefficient in the presence of an electric field that is at least substantially equal to the dielectric constant of said medium, whereby in the presence of an electric field applied by said electrodes across said liquid crystal material and containment medium the field lines therein will be substantially flat.

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