ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND ITS USE AS ORIENTATION LAYER IN LIQUID CRYSTAL SWITCHES AND DISPLAY DEVICES

摘要

Switching and display elements based on ferroelectric liquid-crystals often exhibit a pronounced optical hysteresis which results in the appearance of so-called ghost images. This phenomenon can be markedly reduced or even suppressed if at least one of the two orienting layers are in direct contact with the electrodes and is composed of an electrically conductive polymer of the formula (I): (I) in which R1, R2=independently of each other, H, or straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkoxy containing 1-16 carbon atoms, or halogen, X=S, NH, Y-=BF4-, PF6-, PO43-, AsF6-, SbCl6-, SO42-, HSO4-, alkyl-SO3-, perfluoroalkyl-SO3-, aryl-SO3, F- or Cl-, and n is an integer from 4 to 100 and m is an integer from 1 to 30.