Since the discovery of liquid crystals in 1888, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1991 was awarded for research into liquid crystals and they have become essential to our everyday lives

125 Years of Liquid Crystals

Automotive Lighting
First car with three-dimensional organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) rear lights

Frances Arnold Awarded Emanuel Merck Lectureship 2013
Professor Frances Arnold, Caltech, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship and will deliver a special public lecture

International Consortium Develops Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
International consortium develops dye-sensitized solar cells using innovative material concepts

Inkjet Ink for Large OLED Displays
Merck’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials combined with Epson’s technology that converts OLED materials into ink

A. Wheeler Awarded Heinrich Emanuel Merck Prize
Aaron Wheeler, Canada, awarded the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Prize for work on the microfluidic extraction and quantification of estrogen

Merck Strengthens Biopharmaceutical Production
Merck acquires German cell culture media specialist Biochrom AG

Short History of Chromatography
In his essay R. Ditz, Merck KGaA, asks if 100 years of chromatograohy are enough

Compact Mobile Laboratory for Identifying Counterfeit Medicines
Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) donated compact mobile laboratory for identifying counterfeit medicines to Ghanaian Ministry of Health

Merck Acquires Interest in QLight Nanotech
Merck expands capabilities on novel materials for display and lighting