Merck Advanced Technologies Ltd. (President: Juergen Koenig), the Korean affiliate of Merck KGaA of Germany, highlighted its innovative products for all display segments, focusing on new technologies for 3D displays during the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2010 from October 12-15. This event is being consolidated under the "Korea Electronics Grand Fair" for the third consecutive year.
"For Merck, IMID is of particular importance because it shows the latest progress made by engineers and researchers working with liquid crystals and other display technologies, including new display components and materials. Also, it is a good opportunity to inform participants along with customers about recent developments in the display business as well as new display modes and trends," said Juergen Koenig, President of Merck Korea. Juergen Koenig from Merck Korea and Woo-Hyun Baek from LG Electronics were awarded for honorary award at dinner banquet on October 13.
All Merck products mentioned above are eco-friendly materials, enabling eco-friendly manufacturing processes and reducing the energy consumption of the devices.
Especially for most advanced LCD applications, the diverse anisotropic optical properties of reactive mesogens (RM) and the polymer films formed from them are extremely interesting. Merck claims to be the first company worldwide to have commercialized reactive mesogen formulations for in-cell patterned retarders used in transflective TFT (Thin Film Transistor) LCDs and parallax barriers used in 3D displays for mobile applications. Very recently, latest notebooks with 3D capability based on the patterned retarder film type using Merck's reactive mesogen materials are commercially available.
In 2008, to provide high quality products in the rapidly increasing display market, Merck invested EUR 11 million in Korea for setting up its second Advanced Technology Center (ATC), which was inaugurated in May, 2010. Merck is focusing on the core technology of chemical materials in Korea with the intent to remain a long-term leader and contributor to the display industry.
The Merck Awards were introduced during the 2004 IMID by Merck Advanced Technologies Ltd. to celebrate the 100th anniversary of LCDs. The awards honor outstanding scientific contributions to display technologies. The winners are selected by an awards committee based upon criteria such as originality and technical significance.
Now in their seventh year, the 2010 Merck Awards went to Yun Ye, Tailiang Guo, Jintang Lin, Zhixian Lin, Yongai Zhang, Liqin Hu with the entry "Large Area, Planar Backlight Unit by Field Emission Technology"; Hiroaki Onuma, Itaru Yamashita, Rho Nagumo, Ryuji Miura, Ai Suzuki, Hideyuki Tsuboi, Nozomu Hatakeyama, Akira Endou, Hiromitsu Takaba, Momoji Kubo, Akira Miyamoto with the entry "Computational Study on Cation Effects on Emission Wavelength of Ca1-xMxAISiN3:Eu2+(M=Li, Na, Mg, Sr, Ba, Y, La)"; and Yohei Urano, Shinji Kashiwada, Hiroshi Ando, Koji Nakamura, Yasuhiro Takaki with the entry "Super Multi-View Windshield Display for Driving Assistance". The winners of the Merck Young Scientists Award are Jeonghun Kwak, Yi-Yeol Lyuc, Hyunkoo Lee, Kookheon Char, Changhee Lee with the entry "Fluorescent white OLEDs with a High Color Rendering Index using a Silicon-cored Anthracene Derivative as a Blue Host" and ByeongHoon Kim, ChunWon Byun, ShinHyuk Yang, SoonWon Jung, MinKi Ryu, Sang-Hee Ko Park, Chi-Sun Hwang, Kyoung-Ik Cho, Oh-Sang Kwon, Eun-Suk Park, Kyoung-Hwan Kim, KeeChan Park, Sung-Min Yoon with the entry "Disturb-Free Ferroelectric Nonvolatile Memory Cell for Oxide TFT-Based Low-Power Display Panels."
