Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor device for a peristaltic pump comprising a housing, a supporting shaft extending in an axial direction and being mounted in the housing, a rotor comprising a rotor-body mounted on the supporting shaft and extending in a radial direction from the supporting shaft and a plurality of rollers, mounted on the radially outer portion of the rotor-body and a driving device connected to the supporting shaft for driving the rotor, wherein the peristaltic pump further comprises a number of roller-markers corresponding to the number of rollers, wherein the roller-markers indicate a dead zone, the roller-markers are provided directly or indirectly on the supporting shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to colored effect pigments, in particular to those containing an organic color pigment layer, to a preparation method thereof and to the use of these pigments especially in a composition comprising the colored effect pigments.

Abstract: The present invention relates compounds comprising a tetra-heteroaryl indacenodithiophene-based structural unit, the synthesis of such compounds as well as their use in organic electronic devices. The invention further relates to organic electronic devices comprising such compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a layer or article comprising cholesteric liquid crystal polymer particles, which are optionally dispersed in a continuous phase, to cholesteric polymer particles for use in such a layer or article, to methods of preparing such a layer or article, and to the use of such a layer or article as optical element, in windows or electrooptical devices like liquid crystal displays (LCDs).

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds which contains at least one compound of the formula I, and at least one additional compound, and to the use of the LC mixtures for an active- or passive matrix addressed displays, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, IPS, FFS, PS-IPS, PS-FFS technology, preferably in optical displays for the self-aligning VA mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more chiral compounds and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as IRAK inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and to the use thereof in organic electronic devices, and to organic electronic devices which comprise compounds of the formula (I), preferably as hole-transport materials and/or as matrix materials, in particular in combination with a further matrix material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel spiro-quinazolinone derivatives as positive allosteric modulators for modulating metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4) and/or altering glutamate level or glutamatergic signalling.

Abstract: The application relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one dichroic dye having a rylene structure which absorbs red light. The application furthermore relates to a device, preferably a device for the regulation of the passage of energy through a light-transmitting area, which contains the liquid-crystalline medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are identical or different and each is H or alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms, R4 is H or methyl, R5 is phenyl or chlorophenyl, and/or physiologically acceptable salts thereof and its use in compositions, especially topical, cosmetic and/or personal care compositions, and compositions containing said compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (??), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio ?1/?n2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a ?? of ??2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising as active ingredient an effective amount of 2-Methyl-4,5-di-(methylsulfonyl)-benzoyl-guanidine, or derivatives thereof, for the prophylaxis and therapy of Type II diabetes mellitus, the Metabolic syndrome, diabetic nephropathy and/or neuropathy. Another object of the invention concerns the use of 2-Methyl-4,5-di-(methylsulfonyl)-benzoyl-guanidine, or derivatives thereof, for the enhancement of insulin sensitivity and the preservation or increase of ?-cell compensation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Tabletting aid with a low water content and to a process for the preparation thereof. The Tabletting aid composition is a directly compressible composition, the use of which results in improved tablet properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to mesogenic media comprising one or more bimesogenic compounds, one or more nematogenic compound, one or more chiral compound and a compound of formula I, R11-A11-(Z12-A12)m-AG??I in which, the parameter A11, A12, Z12 and R11 have one of the meanings as given in claim 1, and to the use of these mesogenic media in liquid crystal devices and in particular in flexoelectric liquid crystal devices, as well as to liquid crystal devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers containing 2,7-pyrene structural units, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to blends and formulations comprising these polymers. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the polymers or blends according to the invention in electronic devices and to electronic devices, in particular OLEDs, comprising the polymers or blends according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation with which electronic devices can be produced with improved performance with respect to operating voltage, efficiency and service life. The present invention likewise relates to a method for producing a formulation according to the invention and to a method for producing electronic devices using the formulation according to the invention. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to an electronic device that has been produced using the method according to the invention.

Abstract: A biocidal fluid purification cap (2) for a fluid container (1), preferably one storing purified water for use in laboratory environments and especially purified water for cell culture and water for molecular biology. The purification cap (2) includes a cap body (3) including an engagement feature (20) for removably attaching the cap body (3) to a mating engagement feature on a spout of the fluid container (1) to hermetically close a spout opening, at least one LED (7a) adapted to emit light in the UV-C range, electronic circuitry (15) for driving the LED(s) (7a), and a power supply for the electronic circuitry (15). The LED(s) (7a) is/are arranged in said cap body (3) so as to be separated from the environment by an UV-transparent window (6) provided in the cap body (3) such that light emitted from said LED(s) (7a) enters the opening of the spout when the cap (2) is attached to the spout of the container (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more thieno[3,2-b]thiophene based polycyclic repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of fluorinated surfactants of formula (I) in pesticides.