US 7,563,387 B2
	Hydrophilic stiff main chain type liquid crystalline composition and chiral sensor utilizing the same
Koichi Sakajiri, Aichi (Japan); and Eiji Yashima, Aichi (Japan)
Assigned to Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/588,452 PCT Filed Jan. 31, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/001346 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 04, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/080500, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 01, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-045736 (JP), filed on Feb. 23, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0145329 A1, Jun. 28, 2007
Int. Cl. C09K 19/00 (2006.01); C09K 19/06 (2006.01); C09K 19/52 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 252—299.01  [252/299.6; 428/1.1; 430/20; 430/270.1]

18 Claims

1. A liquid crystalline composition comprising a hydrophilic stiff main chain type liquid crystalline compound which is a water-soluble salt of a synthetic helical polymer that does not have an asymmetric carbon as a main constituent of its main chain.