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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Merck Patent Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;
Phil Baker, Eastleigh, GB;
Rachel Tuffin, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Joseph Sargent, Southampton, GB;
Ian Sage, Malvern, GB;
MERCK PATENT GMBH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a light modulation element comprising a pair of substrates, one or more optical films located on the inner side of one of the substrates, an electrode structure capable of inducing an electric field substantially in parallel to the substrates main plane, and a homogenously aligned liquid crystalline medium which is obtainable from a photoalignment component A) and a liquid-crystalline component B). Furthermore, the invention relates process of production of the light modulation element, to the use of the light modulation element in an electro optical device and to an electro optical device comprising said light modulation element.