Back to results
US 12,618,008 B2Granted
Liquid crystal medium
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsJing Wang, Hee-Kyu Lee, Sven Christian Laut, Aaron Lackner, Dmitry Ushakov, Rocco Fortte, Philipp Wucher
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Liquid-crystalline (LC) media having positive dielectric anisotropy and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media. Also, displays addressed by an active matrix and LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer-stabilized SA-HB-FFS, polymer-stabilized SA-XB-FFS, positive VA, or positive PS-VA type.
Claims12
A liquid crystal medium comprising:
- one or more compounds of formula I:
- in which
- R11 and R12 identically or differently, denote H, a straight-chain alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 15 C atoms, a straight-chain alkenyl or alkenyloxy group having 2 to 15 C atoms, or a branched alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, or alkenyloxy group having 3 to 15 C atoms, wherein one or more CH2 groups are optionally replaced, independently of one another, by
- —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —O—, —CO—O—, or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by halogen;
- and
- L11, L12, L13, and L14 identically or differently, denote H, F, Cl, CH3, CF3, or CHF2, wherein at least one of L11, L12, L13, or L1 denotes F, Cl, CH3, CF3, or CHF2;
- and
- one or more compounds of formula VIII:
- in which
- R81 and R82 identically or differently, denote H, halogen, CN, SCN, a straight-chain alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 15 C atoms, a straight-chain alkenyl or alkenyloxy group having 2 to 15 C atoms, or a branched alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, or alkenyloxy group having 3 to 15 C atoms, where one or more CH2 groups are optionally replaced, independently of one another, by
- —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH═CH—, —O—, —CO—O—, or —O—CO— in such a way that 0 atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by halogen;
- A0, A81, and A82 each, independently of one another, denote phenylene-1,4-diyl, in which one or two CH groups are optionally replaced by N and one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by halogen, CN, CH3, CHF2, CH2F, CF3, OCH3, OCHF2, or OCF3, cyclohexane-1,4-diyl, in which one or two non-adjacent CH2 groups are optionally replaced, independently of one another, by O and/or S and one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, cyclohexene-1,4-diyl, bicyclo[1.1.1]-pentane-1,3-diyl, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1,4-diyl, spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-diyl, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl, or 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl;
- Z81 and Z82 each, independently of one another, denote —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —C2H4—, —C2F4, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —CFHCFH—, —CFHCH2—, —CH2CFH—, —CF2CFH—, —CFHCF2—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —CF═CF—, —C≡C—, or a single bond;
- n denotes 0, 1, 2, or 3, and
- m denotes 0, 1, 2, or 3.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.