Liquid crystalline medium and liquid crystal display
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsMarkus Czanta, Andreas Taugerbeck, Renate Bender, Lars Lietzau
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Abstract
The present invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising a dielectrically positive component, component A, comprising a dielectrically positive compound of the formula I in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in the specification, and optionally a second dielectrically positive component, component B, comprising one or more dielectrically positive compounds having a dielectric anisotropy of great than 3, and optionally a dielectrically neutral component, component C, and to liquid-crystal displays containing these media, especially active-matrix displays and in particular TN, IPS and FFS displays.
Claims20
A liquid-crystal medium, comprising:
- a dielectrically positive component, component A, comprising one or more dielectrically positive compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae I′A-1, I′A-2, I″A-1, I″A-2, I′″A-1 and I′″A-2:
- in which
- R1 denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms,
- X1 denotes —CN, halogen, halogenated alkyl or halogenated alkoxy having 1 to 3 C atoms or halogenated alkenyl or halogenated alkenyloxy having 2 or 3 C atoms, and
- L11 to L16, independently of one another, denote H or F;
- and comprising a dielectrically neutral component, component D, comprising one or more dielectrically neutral compounds of the formula VI
- in which
- R61 and R62, independently of one another, have the meaning indicated for R1 under formula I,
- and if it occurs twice, independently of one another on each occurrence, denotes
- Z61 and Z62, independently of one another and, if Z61 is present twice, also these independently of one another, denote
- —CH2CH2—, —COO—, trans-CH═CH—, trans-CF═CF—,
- —CH2O— —CF2O— or a single bond, and
- r denotes 1 or 2.
A liquid-crystal medium, comprising:
- a dielectrically positive component, component A, comprising one or more dielectrically positive compounds of the formula I
- in which
- R1 denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms,
- X1 denotes —CN, halogen, halogenated alkyl or halogenated alkoxy having 1 to 3 C atoms or halogenated alkenyl or halogenated alkenyloxy having 2 or 3 C atoms,
- Y1 denotes ═N—, ═(CH)— or ═(CF)—,
- independently of one another and, if
- the rings A11 and/or A12 are present more than once, also these independently of one another, denote
- Z11 to Z13, independently of one another and, if Z11 and/or Z13 are present more than once, also these independently of one another, denote —CH2CH2—, —CF2CF2—, —COO—, trans-CH═CH—, trans-CF═CF—, —CF2O—, —CH2O— or a single bond,
- L11 to L14, independently of one another, denote H or F, and
- j and k, independently of one another, denote 0, 1 or 2, but where (j+k) denotes 0, 1 or 2;
- a second dielectrically positive component, component B, comprising one or more dielectrically positive compounds, selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae II and III:
- in which
- R2 and R3, independently of one another, denote alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms,
- independently of one another, denote
- L21, L22, L31 and L32, independently of one another, denote H or F,
- X2 and X3, independently of one another, denote halogen, halogenated alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 3 C atoms or halogenated alkenyl or alkenyloxy having 2 or 3 C atoms,
- Z3 denotes —CH2CH2—, —CF2CF2—, —COO—, trans-CH═CH—, trans-CF═CF—, —CH2O— or a single bond, and
- l, m, n and o, independently of one another, denote 0 or 1;
- and
- a dielectrically neutral component, component D, comprising one or more dielectrically neutral compounds of the formula VI
- in which
- R61 and R62, independently of one another, have the meaning indicated for R2 under formula II,
- and if it occurs twice, independently of one another on each occurrence, denotes
- Z61 and Z62, independently of one another and, if Z61 is present twice, also these independently of one another, denote
- —CH2CH2—, —COO—, trans-CH═CH—, trans-CF═CF—,
- —CH2O—, —CF2O— or a single bond, and
- r denotes 1 or 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.