Liquid-crystal medium

US7731865B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Georg Bernatz · Darmstadt, DE
• Andreas Taugerbeck · Darmstadt, DE
• Matthias Bremer · Darmstadt, DE
• Achim Goetz · Zwingenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 8, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2826
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to liquid-crystal (LIQUID CRYSTALLINE) media comprising polymerizable compounds, in particular for use in LIQUID CRYSTALLINE displays of the PS (polymer stabilized) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to PS(A) displays containing LIQUID CRYSTALLINE media of this type.