Polymerizable mesogenic cyclohexyl derivatives

US8043670B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Klein · Weiterstadt, DE
• Stephan Derow · Griesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2323/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to new polymerizable mesogenic or liquid crystalline compounds comprising a terminal cyclohexylphenyl group wherein the phenyl group has polar substituents, to polymerizable mesogenic or liquid crystalline mixtures and anisotropic polymers prepared thereof, and to the use of the new compounds and the mixtures and polymers prepared thereof in optical and electrooptical devices, adhesives, synthetic resins with anisotropic mechanical properties, cosmetics, diagnostics, liquid crystal pigments, decorative and security applications, nonlinear optics, optical information storage, electronic devices like organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) or electroluminescent devices.