Liquid-crystal medium, and electro-optical display containing same
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsMelanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Malgorzata Rillich
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Abstract
A nematic liquid-crystal media which comprises a) a dielectrically negative liquid-crystalline component A comprising one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters are as defined in the text, and b) a further dielectrically negative liquid-crystalline component B, and optionally c) a dielectrically neutral liquid-crystalline component C, and optionally d) a dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline component D, wherein said media is used in liquid-crystal displays.
Claims35
A nematic liquid-crystal medium, wherein said medium comprises
- a) a dielectrically negative liquid-crystalline component, component A, which comprises one or more dielectrically negative compound(s) of the formula I
- in which
- R11 and R12 are each, independently of one another, alkyl having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, alkoxy having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms or alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl or alkenyloxy having from 2 to 7 carbon atoms,
- one of
- Z11 and Z12 are each, independently of one another, —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CF2—, —CF2—CH2—, —OCH2—, —CH2O—, —OCF2—, —CF2O— or a single bond, and
- n is 1,
- where one or more H atoms in the third phenyl ring may optionally be replaced by F atoms if
- and
- b) a further dielectrically negative liquid-crystalline component, component B, which is different from component A.
A liquid-crystal medium, wherein component B comprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of the compounds of the formulae II and III
- in which
- R21, R22, R31 and R32 are each, independently of one another, alkyl or alkoxy having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms or alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl or alkenyloxy having from 2 to 7 carbon atoms,
- Z21, Z22, Z31 and Z32 are each, independently of one another, —CH2—CH2—, —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, —COO— or a single bond,
- m is 0 or 1, and
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.