Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic systems comprising a) a polymeric component, component A, obtained or obtainable from polymerisation of a precursor comprising one or more mesogenic mono-reactive compounds, one or more di-reactive compounds, which optionally are also mesogenic compounds and optionally a photo-initiator and a low molecular weight component, component B, comprising one or more mono-reactive, mesogenic compounds, one or more mesogenic compounds and one or more chiral dopants, exhibiting a Blue Phase, as well as to the use of these systems in deices and to these devices.
Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the general formula IA and/or IB 1
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2001
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystal (LC) media for use in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 26, 2009
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2013
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Inventors:
Achim Goetz, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Stephan Derow
Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having high twist, to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to displays containing this medium.
Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to novel liquid-crystal media and novel polymerizable compounds for use in PSA displays.
Abstract: The present application relates to a liquid-crystalline material comprising a sterically hindered N-oxide and a dye. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the liquid-crystalline material in an optical switching device for regulation of the passage of sunlight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 25, 2021
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Michael Junge, Ursula Patwal, Ewa Dominica Ptak
Abstract: The invention relates to polymerisable monocyclic compounds, their use in liquid crystal mixtures, polymers and polymer films, and the use of the compounds, mixtures, polymers and polymer films in optical, electrooptical and electronic devices, for decorative and security applications.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 23, 2002
Publication date:
August 28, 2003
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Matthias Bremer, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Dagmar Klement, Stephan Derow
Abstract: The invention relates to chiral compounds, methods of their preparation, and to their use in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices, and in decorative, security, cosmetic or diagnostic applications.
Abstract: The invention relates to chiral compounds, methods of their preparation, and to their use in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices, and in decorative, security, cosmetic or diagnostic applications.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having high twist, to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to displays containing this medium.
Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), in which R0 has the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 2, 2014
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Michael Wittek, Brigitte Schuler, Lars Lietzau
Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2017
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
Abstract: The invention relates to regioregular polyselenophenes, to their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices, and to optical, electro-optical or electronic devices comprising them.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 2006
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2013
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Martin Heeney, Warren Duffy, Iain McCulloch, Simon Higgins, David Crouch, Peter Skabara
Abstract: The invention relates to liquid crystal flakes, to methods of their preparation and to their use as pigments for security or decorative applications or optical elements.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2003
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2007
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
Inventors:
Robert Hammond-Smith, Rodney Riddle, John Patrick