A composition for use in thermally-addressable liquid crystal display devices, comprising a smectic liquid crystal material and a helichromic compound possessing both a chromophoric moiety and an optically-active moiety. The helichromic compound is a circularly dichroic dye capable of propagating incident visible light in a circularly polarized manner so that all polarizations of the incident light are absorbed. The composition comprising the helichromic compound can be utilized in thermally-addressable liquid crystal display devices to provide a display which operates at lower voltages, with faster response times, and higher contrast ratios.
一种用于热可寻址液晶显示器的组合物,包括一种液晶相材料和一种具有色团基和光学活性基的螺旋
染料化合物。该螺旋
染料化合物是一种循环二色性
染料,能够以循环极化的方式传播入射可见光,以便吸收入射光的所有极化。包括该螺旋
染料化合物的组合物可用于热可寻址液晶显示器中,以提供在更低电压下、更快的响应时间和更高的对比度下运行的显示。