Merck Patent Gmbh

Dmitry Ushakov

Dagmar Klass

Carsten Fritzsch

Constanze Brocke

Beate Schneider

Michael Wittek

Qiong Tong

Kaja Christina Deing

Helga Haas

Volker Reiffenrath

Detlef Pauluth

Melanie Klasen-Memmer

Atsutaka Manabe

Rocco Fortte

Izumi Saito

Christian Jasper

Helmut Haensel

Graziano Archetti

Edward Plummer

Renate Seeger

Steffen Gnauck

Sven Schuepfer

Thorsten Vom Stein

Katharina Linke

Thorsten Rachor

Simon Mundinger

The present invention relates to aromatic isothiocyanates of formula U as defined in claim, to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula U and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.

Fluorinated aromatic compounds

Isothiocyanato tolane derivatives of formula I-1 and liquid-crystalline media comprising same are suitable for use in high-frequency components, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas.

Isothiocyanato tolane derivatives

Aromatic isothiocyanates of formula C liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula C, and high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.

Aromatic isothiocyanates

The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.

Polymerisable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal displays

The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula DFS in which the groups and parameters occurring have the meanings indicated in claim, to high-frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas. The present invention further relates to novel mesogenic compounds.

Liquid-crystalline medium

The present invention relates to dibenzofuans and dibenzothiophenes thiophenes of formula I in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings as indicated in claim, to liquid-crystalline media comprising same and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas.

Dibenzofurans and dibenzothiophenes

Liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula T as defined in claim, and high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.

Isothiocyanato compounds, including tolanes

Liquid-crystalline media having one or more compounds of formula C and high-frequency components containing these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g. phased array antennas).

The present invention relates to a mixture comprising a not fully aromatic polymerisable compound and a polymerisable photoinitiator, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.

The present invention relates to 2,3-dihydrobenzothiophene derivatives of the general formula I  In which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings indicated in claim to the use thereof in liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media, to liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media comprising these derivatives, and to electro-optical display elements containing these liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media.

2,3-dihydrobenzothiophene derivatives

A liquid-crystalline media (LC media) containing a low-molecular-weight, non-polymer component, and a combination of self-alignment additives for vertical alignment of two or more of the specified kinds (formulae IA to IM). The combination of two or more self-alignment additives affect homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell surfaces of a liquid-crystal display (LC display).

Liquid-crystalline media having homeotropic alignment

Polymerisable compounds, processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.

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Dmitry Ushakov