Patent ID: 6656384
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: C09K

Abstract:
An article of manufacture comprising a polymerized liquid crystal filament formed as a result of an isotropic to smectic phase transition, and having a repeating monomer unit represented by formula I wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of â€ƒR2 is selected from hydrogen and organic groups containing from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from the group consisting of a bond, â€”CH&boxH;CHâ€”, benzene, oxygen, sulfur, carboxylate, and where Y is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms; R4 is selected from organic groups containing from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms; R5 is a cyclohexyl or an aromatic group and R6 is a polar group containing from 0 to about 18 carbon atoms.