Liquid-crystal medium comprising polymerisable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal displays

US11999891B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Haensel · Heilbad Heiligenstadt, DE
• Qiong TONG · Darmstadt, DE
• Edward Plummer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Rocco Fortte · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Thomas Eichhorn · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2323/06
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) medium comprising one or more polymerisable compounds and to the use of the LC medium for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment (PS, PSA) or self-aligning (SA) type.