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1. An oriented polymeric sheet comprising a photochromic-dichroic material, wherein the sheet exhibits dichroism in an activated state,
wherein the photochromic-dichroic material transitions from a first state having a first absorbance spectrum to a second state having a second absorption spectrum different from the first absorption spectrum in response to at least actinic radiation, reverts back to the first state in response to thermal energy, and linearly polarizes at least transmitted radiation in at least the second state, the photochromic-dichroic material comprising a compound having
(a) at least one photochromic (PC) group chosen from a pyran, an oxazine, and a fulgide; and(b) at least one lengthening agent L attached to the photochromic group and represented by:
—[S1]c-[Q1-[S2]d]d′-[Q2-[S3]e]e′-[Q3-[S4]f]f′—S5—Pwherein:(i) each Q1, Q2, and Q3 is independently chosen for each occurrence from: a divalent group chosen from: an unsubstituted or a substituted aromatic group, an unsubstituted or a substituted alicyclic group, an unsubstituted or a substituted heterocyclic group, and mixtures thereof, wherein substituents are chosen from: a group represented by P, thiol, amide, liquid crystal mesogens, halogen, C1-C18 alkoxy, poly(C1-C18 alkoxy), amino, amino(C1-C18)alkylene, C1-C18alkylamino, di-(C1-C18)alkylamino, C1-C18 alkyl, C2-C18 alkene, C2-C18 alkyne, C1-C18 alkyl(C1-C18)alkoxy, C1-C18 alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C18 alkylcarbonyl, C1-C18 alkyl carbonate, aryl carbonate, C1-C18 acetyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkoxy, isocyanato, amido, cyano, nitro, a straight-chain or branched C1-C18 alkyl group that is mono-substituted with cyano, halo, or C1-C18 alkoxy, or poly-substituted with halo, and a group represented by one of the following formulae: -M(T)(t-1) and -M(OT)(t-1), wherein M is chosen from aluminum, antimony, tantalum, titanium, zirconium and silicon, T is chosen from organofunctional radicals, organofunctional hydrocarbon radicals, aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals and aromatic hydrocarbon radicals, and t is the valence of M;(ii) c, d, e, and f are each independently chosen from an integer ranging from 0 to 20, inclusive; and each S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 is independently chosen for each occurrence from a spacer unit chosen from:
(A) —(CH2)g—, —(CF2)h—, —Si(CH2)g—, —(Si[(CH3)2]O)h—, wherein g is independently chosen for each occurrence from 1 to 20; h is a whole number from 1 to 16 inclusive;(B) —N(Z)—, —C(Z)═C(Z)—, —C(Z)═N—, —C(Z′)—C(Z′)—, wherein Z is independently chosen for each occurrence from hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl, and Z′ is independently chosen for each occurrence from C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl; and(C) —O—, —C(O)—, —C≡C—, —N═N—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O)(O)—, straight-chain or branched C1-C24 alkylene residue, said C1-C24 alkylene residue being unsubstituted, mono-substituted by cyano or halo, or poly-substituted by halo;provided that when two spacer units comprising heteroatoms are linked together the spacer units are linked so that heteroatoms are not directly linked to each other and when S1 and S5 are linked to PC and P, respectively, they are linked so that two heteroatoms are not directly linked to each other;(iii) P is chosen from: aziridinyl, hydrogen, hydroxy, aryl, alkyl, alkoxy, amino, alkylamino, alkylalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy, nitro, polyalkyl ether, (C1-C6)alkyl(C1-C6)alkoxy(C1-C6)alkyl, polyethyleneoxy, polypropyleneoxy, ethylene, acrylate, methacrylate, 2-chloroacrylate, 2-phenylacrylate, cryloylphenylene, acrylamide, methacrylamide, 2-chloroacrylamide, 2-phenylacrylamide, epoxy, isocyanate, thiol, thioisocyanate, itaconic acid ester, vinyl ether, vinyl ester, a styrene derivative, siloxane, main-chain and side-chain liquid crystal polymers, ethyleneimine derivatives, maleic acid derivatives, fumaric acid derivatives, unsubstituted cinnamic acid derivatives, cinnamic acid derivatives that are substituted with at least one of methyl, methoxy, cyano and halogen, and substituted and unsubstituted chiral and non-chiral monovalent or divalent groups chosen from steroid radicals, terpenoid radicals, alkaloid radicals and mixtures thereof, wherein the substituents are independently chosen from alkyl, alkoxy, amino, cycloalkyl, alkylalkoxy, fluoroalkyl, cyanoalkyl, cyanoalkoxy and mixtures thereof; and(iv) d′, e′ and f′ are each independently chosen from 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, provided that a sum of d′+e′+f′ is at least 3,wherein said oriented polymeric sheet comprises an elastomeric polymer. |
