Liquid crystal medium and liquid crystal display
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsMichael Wittek, Erdal Durmaz, Malgorzata Rillich, Mila Fischer, Matthias Bremer
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Abstract
The instant invention relates to mesogenic media exhibiting a blue phase, comprising one or both components selected from the two following components, components A and B, component A, comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formula I-M, and component B, consisting of one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formula I-U, wherein the parameters are as specified in the text, preferably stabilized by a polymer, and their use in electro-optical light modulation elements and their respective use in displays, as well as to such displays.
Claims29
A mesogenic medium exhibiting a blue phase, comprising component A, component B, or a combination thereof,
- wherein:
- component A consists of one or more compounds of formula I-M
- wherein
- R1 is alkyl with 1 to 9 C-atoms, which is straight chain or branched, unsubstituted, mono- or poly-substituted by F, Cl or CN, and in which one or more CH2 groups are each optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NR01—, —SiR01R02—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CY01═CY02— or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another,
- L1 is H or F,
- X1 is F, CN or CF3,
- Y01 and Y02 are, independently of each other, F, Cl or CN, and alternatively one of them may be H, and
- R01 and R02 are, independently of each other, H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms;
- and
- component B consists of one or more compounds of formula I-U
- wherein
- R1, L1 and X1 have the respective meanings given above;
- and
- wherein said medium further comprises one or more compounds selected from formulae I-N and I-T
- wherein
- R1 is alkyl with 1 to 9 C-atoms, which is straight chain or branched, unsubstituted, mono- or poly-substituted by F, Cl or CN, and in which one or more CH2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NR01—, —SiR01R02—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CY01═CY02— or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another,
- n is 0 or 1, and
- L1 is in each case independently of one another H or F;
- wherein said medium exhibits a blue phase, and
- wherein said medium further comprises one or more chiral dopants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.