Liquid crystal medium
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsMichael Wittek, Dagmar Klass
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Abstract
The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having positive dielectric anisotropy, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I in a total concentration of ≥40%, in which the parameters have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and to the use of the liquid-crystalline medium for electro-optical purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal light valves for lighting devices for motor vehicles, and to liquid-crystal light valves which comprise this medium and lighting devices for motor vehicles which contain such liquid-crystal light valves.
Claims20
A liquid-crystalline medium comprising a mixture of polar compounds having positive dielectric anisotropy, comprising at least one compound of the formula I in a total concentration of ≥40%,
- from 6% to 13% of at least one compound of formula IV-8 or IV-11
- and
- at least one compound of formula IB
- in which
- R1 denotes an alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where one or more H atoms in these radicals may be replaced by F and, in addition, one or more CH2 groups may each be replaced, independently of one another, by
- —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another,
- on each occurrence, identically or differently, denote
- L11 and L12, independently of one another, denote H or F,
- X1 denotes F, Cl, CN, a halogenated alkyl radical, a halogenated alkenyl radical, a halogenated alkoxy radical or a halogenated alkenyloxy radical having up to 6 C atoms
- R41 and R42, independently of one another, denote n-alkyl having 1 to 7 C atoms,
- wherein the clearing temperature of said liquid-crystalline medium is at least 120° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.