Patent ID: 9234099
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: C08C,C08G,C08J,C08K,C08L,H01B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A stimulus-responsive compound, comprising: a pair of polysiloxane chains; a cross-linking moiety which cross-links the pair of polysiloxane chains; and a liquid crystal moiety which is bonded to at least one of the pair of polysiloxane chains and includes a functional group having liquid crystallinity, wherein the cross-linking moiety includes: a unit A which has a bond functioning as a rotation axis, and also has a first group located at one end of the bond and a second group located at the other end of the bond; a first unit B which is disposed at a first bonding site of the first group; a second unit B which is disposed at a first bonding site of the second group; a first unit C; and a second unit C, and the first unit C and one of the pair of polysiloxane chains are bonded to each other, the second unit C and the other of the pair of polysiloxane chains are bonded to each other, and the first unit B and the second unit B are bonded to each other by a reduction reaction.