Patents

US 12624288 B2: Mixture including ferroelectric nematic phase and methods of forming and using same

Granted
2026-05-12
Filed
2022-09-05 application 18688980
Type
Utility · 31 claims
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Abstract

Material comprising a ferroelectric nematic phase, the material are disclosed. The material can include a mixture comprising first molecules and second molecules. At least one of a fluid of the first molecules and a fluid of the second molecules exhibits a ferroelectric nematic phase. The first molecules and second molecules are miscible. The first molecules can induce a polar orientational order of said second molecules.

Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12 (ipgb20260512.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate 771 patentsUS company or organizationDenver, COTHE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE CORP. State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and statePTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Joseph E. MaclennanBoulder, COPTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12
Noel A. ClarkBoulder, COPTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12
Matthew A. GlaserBoulder, COPTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12
Xi ChenBoulder, CO188PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12
Gregory SmithBoulder, COPTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
C09KMaterials for miscellaneous applications, not provided for elsewhereC09K19/0225PTBLXML, file of 2026-05-12

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

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