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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Merck Patent Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;
Kevin Adlem, Bournemouth, GB;
Alex Davis, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Rachel Tuffin, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Mark Goebel, Winchester, GB;
Graziano Archetti, Darmstadt, DE;
Rocco Fortte, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Karl Skjonnemand, Taipei, TW;
Ian Charles Sage, Malvern, GB;
MERCK PATENT GMBH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device wherein a liquid crystal mixture having positive dielectric anisotropy or negative dielectric anisotropy is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, the liquid crystal mixture comprising liquid crystal molecules, a self assembling photoalignment agent, a polymerisable compound, and wherein said LC mixture is photoaligned by irradiation with linearly polarised ultraviolet light and then cured by irradiation with ultraviolet light.