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High-purity nematic and ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures used as the active electro-optical switching layer in LCD panels for televisions, monitors, laptops, and smartphones. Formulated to precise refractive index, viscosity, and birefringence specs for each panel mode (TN, IPS, VA, UB-FFS).
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What depends on it
1 essential American goods rely on liquid crystals for lcd displays somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Who makes it
6 companies produce liquid crystals for lcd displays.
German multinational producing the Hi-Flow Plus nitrocellulose membrane — one of the two industry-standard LFA membranes globally. Received a €121M US DoD/HHS contract to build the first US lateral flow membrane facility in Sheboygan, WI (2022) to reduce concentration risk in Cork, Ireland.
Japanese liquid-crystal maker (formerly Chisso); ~25% of display LC materials. Sold its JNC Suzhou LC business and patents to China’s HCCH in March 2025.
Japanese specialty-chemicals maker; ~15% of display liquid-crystal materials.
Chinese display/OLED materials maker (est. 2022); acquired JNC Suzhou plus its liquid-crystal patents in March 2025; building 50 t/yr LC-mixture + 200 t/yr monomer capacity.
Chinese LC-materials maker — the only top-10 Chinese supplier qualified to sell liquid-crystal monomers to all of Merck, JNC and DIC.
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