Polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing fluorine-substituted (meth) acrylate derivatives

A composition comprising at least one compound represented by Formula (1) as a first component, at least one compound represented by Formula (2) as a second component and at least one compound represented by Formula (3) as a third component:

• in Formula (1), R is hydrogen or methyl;
• L is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl, trifluoromethyl or cyano;
• A is 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2-methyl-1,4-phenylene, 2-trifluoromethyl-1,4-phenylene, 2,3-bis(trifluoromethyl) -1,4-phenylene, 4,4′-biphenylene, 2,6-naphthylene, 9-methylfluorene-2,7-diyl or 9,9-dimethylfluorene-2,7-diyl;
• Z is —COO—, —OCO—, —CH2CH2COO—, —OCOCH2CH2—, —CH═CHCOO—, —OCOCH═CH—, —CH2CH2—, —C≡C—, —CH2O— or —OCH2—;
• and n is an integer of 1 to 10;
• in Formula (2), L is hydrogen or fluorine;
• A is 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2-methyl-1,4-phenylene, 2-trifluoromethyl-1,4-phenylene, 2,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,4-phenylene, 4,4′-biphenylene, 2,6-naphthylene, 9-methylfluorene-2,7-diyl or 9,9-dimethylfluorene-2,7-diyl;
• Z is —COO—, —OCO—, —CH2CH2COO—, —OCOCH2CH2—, —CH═CHCOO—, —OCOCH═CH—, —CH2CH2—, —C≡C—, —CH2O— or —OCH2—;
• and n is an integer of 1 to 10;
• in Formula (3), R is hydrogen or methyl;
• L is hydrogen or fluorine;
• X is trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, alkyl of 1 to 10 carbons or alkoxy of 1 to 10 carbons;
• Y is hydrogen or fluorine;
• Z is a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH2CH2COO—, —OCOCH2CH2—, —CH═CHCOO—, —OCOCH═CH—, —CH2CH2—, —C≡C—, —CH2O— or —OCH2—;
• and n is an integer of 1 to 10.