Liquid crystal display operating in a vertically aligned mode

A liquid crystal display comprising

• a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal cell,
• two polarizers arranged on each side of the liquid crystal cell, and
• at least one compensating structure located between the liquid crystal cell and one of said polarizers,
• wherein the polarizers have transmission axes which are perpendicular to each other, and
• the compensating structure comprises at least one retardation layer comprising
• supramolecules comprising at least one polycyclic organic compound with a conjugated π-system and functional groups which are capable of forming non-covalent bonds between said supramolecules,
• the organic compound having a general structural formula I
• where Sys is an at least partially conjugated substantially planar polycyclic molecular system,
• X is a carboxylic group —COOH,
• m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• Y is a sulfonic group —SO3H,
• n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• Z is a carboxamide,
• p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• Q is a sulfonamide,
• v is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• D is a counterion;
• s is the number of counterions providing neutral state of the molecule;
• R is a substituent selected from the list comprising CH3, C2H5, Cl, Br, NO2, F, CF3, CN, OH, OCH3, OC2H5, OCOCH3, OCN, SCN, NH2, and NHCOCH3, and
• w is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,
• wherein Sys is substantially transparent in the visible spectral range having the general structural formula from the list comprising structures II to IV and VI to XLIX
• or wherein the organic compound is an acenaphthoquinoxaline derivative having a general structural formula corresponding to one of structures 13 to 25: