Patent ID: 6875833
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B82Y,C08F,G11B,G11C

Abstract:
1. A monomer which contains a group which is at least trinuclear, which is capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation of visible light, and which is structured such that in its thermodynamically stable state it is distended and strongly anisometric, wherein the at least trinuclear group comprises at least one electron-attracting substituent which gives rise to a dipole moment which forms an angle of at least 20° with the longitudinal axis of the at least trinuclear group, and further wherein said monomer is represented by the following formula, wherein R is one of hydrogen and methyl, § denotes one of oxygen, sulfur and NR T denotes a (CH Q denotes a divalent linking group, and E denotes the trinuclear group, which is represented by the following formula (VII),  wherein R