CRYSTALLINE FERULIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND ITS USE

• Main Authors: SUGINO TAKUJI, SHIMIZU HIROSHI, MONOBE HIROTATSU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.09.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; DYES; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PAINTS; PHYSICS; POLISHES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a new ferulic acid derivative and a liquid crystal material composed of the derivative suitable as an element useful as a metal ion sensing, an ionic conductive material and an electrolyte. SOLUTION: This liquid crystal material is represented by general formula (I) (R is a polyethylene glycol group, a crown ether group or an azacrown ether group).