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Materials

Merck Buys Display Materials Firm

by Michael McCoy
July 6, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 27

Merck KGaA has acquired the Israeli display materials firm Qlight Nanotech for an undisclosed sum. Merck, a major supplier of liquid-crystal display (LCD) materials, bought stakes in Qlight in 2012 and 2013. Qlight produces semiconductor nanocrystals, known as quantum dots, that improve color impression and energy efficiency in LCD-based displays. Qlight was founded by Hebrew University of Jerusalem chemist Uri Banin.

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