| abstract |
The process for coating or printing substrates with a coating or printing agent is characterized by the application to the substrate of a polymerizable substance containing liquid crystal, polymerizable monomers which for coating carry at least two polymerizable groups and for printing carry at least one polymerizable group, followed by polymerization, wherein the coating or printing agent contains a1) a chiral liquid crystal monomer and b) a polymer binder and/or monomer compounds that can be converted into the polymer binder by polymerization or, in the case of dispersion coatings and printing inks, a dispersing aid d), or the coating or printing agent contains a2) an achiral liquid crystal monomer, b) a polymer binder and/or monomer compounds that can be converted into the polymer binder by polymerization or, in the case of dispersion coatings and printing inks, a dispersing aid d), and c) a chiral compound that is not a liquid crystal. |