Polymerisable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal media and liquid-crystal displays

US9776952B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Axel Jansen · Darmstadt, DE
• Thorsten Kodek · Mörfelden, DE
• Helmut Haensel · Heilbad Heiligenstadt, DE
• Erdal Durmaz · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2019/548
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays having a polymer-stabilized blue phase, and in LC media for LC displays of the PS or PSA type (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment”), and to LC media and LC displays comprising these compounds.