Liquid crystal phase

US4702562A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Scheuble · Alsbach, DE
• Rudolf Eidenschink · Mainz, DE
• Georg Weber · Langen (Hessen), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 1985
• Grant date: Oct 27, 1987
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K19/42
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Nematic liquid crystal phases containing at least one liquid-crystalline compound, which exhibits at least one discotic phase, are suitable for electro-optic display elements with high multiplexing rates.