Abstract: A liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the liquid crystal composition, and a method of manufacturing an LCD device are provided. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first substrate, the liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal compound; and a first liquid crystal alignment layer disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the first compound includes a first compound, which has at least one hydrophilic group bonded to one end of a core structure thereof and a benzoyl derivative moiety bonded to the other end of the core structure thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that realizes high ?n, has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, small viscosity, excellent low-temperature solubility, and high resistivity and voltage holding ratio, and is stable against heat and light, and to provide a liquid crystal composition having an excellent lens effect and excellent chemical stability using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal lens that use the liquid crystal composition. The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii), a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal lens using the liquid crystal composition, and a birefringence lens for stereoscopic image display using the liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: Provided are liquid crystal compounds and mixtures incorporating the same. The liquid crystal compounds of the invention generally comprise a cyclopentane group and at least two other rings. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal compounds of the invention comprise a cyclopentane group and at least two other rings, one of which is a fused ring system.

Abstract: A compound and a polymer which can each form a photo-alignment film having excellent ability of controlling alignment, a photo-alignment film obtained using the polymer and an optically anisotropic body and a liquid crystal display element each having the photo-alignment film are provided. A compound represented by the general formula (1). In the formula, P represents a polymerizable group, Z and Z1 represent divalent linking groups, A and A1 represent divalent cyclic groups, and X1 to X5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a hydroxy group, a nitro group, a cyano group or an alkyl group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, provided that X1, X2, X4 and X5 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid crystalline media comprising a compound of formula I wherein the parameters have the meaning given in claim 1 and to liquid crystal displays comprising these media, especially to active matrix displays and in particular to TN and IPS mode displays.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal composition, comprising: one or more compounds of general formula I accounting for 1-30% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; one or more compounds of general formula II accounting for 1-30% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; one or more compounds of general formula III accounting for 1-20% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; and one or more compounds of general formula IV accounting for 30-80% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition has at least one of the following properties: a large specific resistance, a high voltage holding ratio, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a small viscosity, a low threshold voltage, etc., and is also green and environmentally friendly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal composition including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal compound expressed by Formula 1-1 and a liquid crystal compound expressed by Formula 1-2; at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a self-alignment compound expressed by Formula 2-1 and a self-alignment compound expressed by Formula 2-2; and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a reactive mesogen expressed by Formula 3-1, a reactive mesogen expressed by Formula 3-2, a reactive mesogen expressed by Formula 3-3, a reactive mesogen expressed by Formula 3-4, and a reactive mesogen expressed by Formula 3-5. The liquid crystal composition also has negative dielectric anisotropy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable compound that reduces, for example, the likelihood of crystals precipitating in a polymerizable composition including the polymerizable compound and enables the polymerizable composition to have high preservation stability and a polymerizable composition including the polymerizable compound which reduces the likelihood of inconsistencies being formed in a film-like polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable composition. Also provided are a polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable composition and an optically anisotropic body including the polymer. The present invention provides the compound represented by General Formula (I), a composition including the compound, a polymer produced by polymerizing the composition, and an optically anisotropic body including the polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I, in which R, A, Z, m, L1, L2, L3 and X have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I and to electro-optical displays containing a liquid-crystalline medium of this type.

Abstract: The present application relates to mixtures which have liquid-crystalline properties. The application furthermore relates to the use of the mixtures in devices which regulate the transmission of light through an area element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal mixtures comprising one or more compounds of the formula A and, in addition one or more compounds of formula I or one or more compounds of formula II wherein the individual radicals have the respective meanings indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal compound represented by formula I, the compound having a positive dielectric anisotropy, a great elastic constant and a good solubility. Further provided is a liquid crystal composition comprising the liquid crystal compound represented by formula I, the liquid crystal composition having a good stability against light and heat, a lower viscosity, a wider refractive index that may be achieved by the adjustment of the monomer ratio, and a higher clearing point (a very wide service temperature range), and in particular, the liquid crystal composition has a higher light transmittance, thus allowing a display device to have a higher brightness or an energy saving effect.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (I) and an oxime compound, in the formula, A1 and A2 each represent a phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, L1 and L2 each represent single bond, —C(?O)O—, or —OC(?O)—, Q1 and Q2 each represent a polymerizable group or the like, m and n represent an integer of 0 to 2, X may represent —X3-Sp3-Q3 or two X's may be bonded to each other to form a fused ring, X3 represents —C(?O)O—, Sp1, Sp2, and Sp3 each represent single bond, an alkylene group, or the like, Q3 represents hydrogen atom, a cycloalkyl group, a polymerizable group, or the like, and l represents an integer of 0 to 4. The polymerizable composition hardly causes yellowing after curing and is useful for manufacturing a film and a half mirror for displaying a projection image.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal composition that contains a polar compound having a polymerizable group, in which vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules can be achieved by action of the compound (or polymer), and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. The composition satisfies at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and heat.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display element includes: two transparent substrates, at least one of the two transparent substrates having an electrode; a liquid crystal composition sandwiched between the two transparent substrates and containing one or two or more liquid crystal compounds; and a copolymer included in the liquid crystal composition, the copolymer being a cured product of a polymerizable composition that contains two or more polymerizable compounds. The polymerizable compounds used include one or two or more polymerizable, photo-alignable compounds (Vn), and the content of the polymerizable composition is 1% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition and the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal display element of the present invention is applicable to various operational modes such as TN, STN, ECB, VA, VA-TN, IPS, FFS, ? cell, OCB, and cholesteric liquid crystal modes.

Abstract: Provided is a composition which can be used for formation of an optical film having high quality and a high dichroic ratio even after the composition is stored for a predetermined period of time. The composition includes a compound represented by the general formula (A) and a compound represented by the general formula (B), wherein R1a in the general formula (A) and R1b in the general formula (B) are mutually different groups.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (1), a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. R is alkyl having 1 to 15 carbons or the like; ring A1 and ring A2 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like; Z1 and Z2 are independently a single bond, —COO— or the like; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are independently hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine; and m is 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with reverse wavelength distribution and a surfactant containing a fluorine atom, a 1-octanol/water partition coefficient of the surfactant being less than 5.0.