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Nematic liquid crystal composition
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1974-08-08
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Granted: 1976-06-29
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Expires: 1994-08-08
Abstract
Abstract A nematic liquid crystal composition having an improved response to a pulsating driving voltage for effecting a dynamic scattering mode which comprises a predominant amount of a nematic liquid crytal having properties of the dynamic scattering mode and 0.001 to 3% by weight of an onium halide salt having a nitrogen atom as a nucleus, the composition further containing a phenolic compound for improving the solubility of the onium halide salt in the lqiuid crystal and assisting in increasing the degree of dissociation of the neutral onium halide salt to ions.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhisa Toriyama
- 👤 Hidetoshi Abe
- 👤 Fumio Nakano
- 👤 Kenji Murao
- 👤 Mikio Sato
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-25 15:57
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/137; G02F1/13743; G02F1/1375; C; C09; C09K; C09K19/00; C09K19/04; C09K19/06; C09K19/34; C09K19/3441; C09K19/3444; C09K19/52; C09K19/58; C09K19/582; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3622
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
256 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition comprising: a predominant amount of an N n -type nematic liquid crystal; an onium halide salt selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium halides, pyridinium halides, isoquinolinium halides, quniolinium halides, acrilidinium halides and combinations thereof, said onium halide salt being dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal for effecting a dynamic scattering mode of the liquid crystal compound upon application of a driving voltage; and a phenolic compound selected from the group consisting of phenol, alkylphenols having a molecular weight of 108 to 290, benzoxyphenol, halogenated phenols having a molecular weight of 127 to 472, alkoxy substituted phenols having a molecular weight of 124 to 306, acyl substituted phenols having a molecular weight of 136 to 318, aminophenol, nitrophenols having a molecular weight of 139 to 185, methylaminophenol, cyanophenols having a molecular weight of 115 to 141, hydroquinone monobenzyl ether, p-phenylphenol and combinations thereof, said phenolic compound being dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal for improving solubility of the onium salt in the liquid crystal compound and for improving dissociation of the onium salt in the liquid crystal compound to ions; the amount of the onium halide salt being 0.001 to 3% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition, the phenolic compound being added to said composition in an amount of 0.5 to 50 times the amount of said onium halide salt, the amount of said phenolic compound in said composition being no larger than 6% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
256 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition comprising: a predominant amount of an N n -type nematic liquid crystal; an onium halide salt selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium halides, pyridinium halides, isoquinolinium halides, quniolinium halides, acrilidinium halides and combinations thereof, said onium halide salt being dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal for effecting a dynamic scattering mode of the liquid crystal compound upon application of a driving voltage; and a phenolic compound selected from the group consisting of phenol, alkylphenols having a molecular weight of 108 to 290, benzoxyphenol, halogenated phenols having a molecular weight of 127 to 472, alkoxy substituted phenols having a molecular weight of 124 to 306, acyl substituted phenols having a molecular weight of 136 to 318, aminophenol, nitrophenols having a molecular weight of 139 to 185, methylaminophenol, cyanophenols having a molecular weight of 115 to 141, hydroquinone monobenzyl ether, p-phenylphenol and combinations thereof, said phenolic compound being dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal for improving solubility of the onium salt in the liquid crystal compound and for improving dissociation of the onium salt in the liquid crystal compound to ions; the amount of the onium halide salt being 0.001 to 3% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition, the phenolic compound being added to said composition in an amount of 0.5 to 50 times the amount of said onium halide salt, the amount of said phenolic compound in said composition being no larger than 6% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the onium halide salt is 0.001 to 0.1% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition, and the amount of the phenolic compound is one to 50 times the amount of said onium halide salt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the onium halide salt is more than 0.1% to 0.6% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition, and the amount of the phenolic compound is 0.5 to ten times the amount of said onium halide salt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the onium halide salt is more than 0.6%, to 3% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition, and the amount of the phenolic compound is 0.5 to 2 times the amount of said onium halide salt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the onium halide salt is 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid crystal composition, and the amount of the phenolic compound is 0.5 to 5 times the amount of the onium halide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1, wherein said onium halide salt is selected from the group consisting of 1. quaternary ammonium halides having a molecular weight of 110 to 2,100 and having the formula: ##EQU6##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
99 words
pyridinium halides having a molecular weight of 130 to 1,350 and having the formula: ##SPC16## 3. isoquinolinium halides having a molecular weight of 180 to 1,130 and having the formula: ##SPC17## 4. quinolinium halides having the formula: ##SPC18## 5. acrilidinium halides having molecular weights of 230 to 1,170 and having the formula: ##SPC19## wherein R, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 independently represent phenyl, alkyl having not more than 20 carbon atoms or aralkyl not having more than 20 carbon atoms, X is bromine, iodine or chlorine and n is 1, 3 or 5.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
pyridinium halides having a molecular weight of 130 to 1,350 and having the formula: ##SPC16## 3. isoquinolinium halides having a molecular weight of 180 to 1,130 and having the formula: ##SPC17## 4. quinolinium halides having the formula: ##SPC18## 5. acrilidinium halides having molecular weights of 230 to 1,170 and having the formula: ##SPC19## wherein R, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 independently represent phenyl, alkyl having not more than 20 carbon atoms or aralkyl not having more than 20 carbon atoms, X is bromine, iodine or chlorine and n is 1, 3 or 5.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1, wherein the ingredients of said composition are mutually inert.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1979-06-29 | 1979-12-29 | 1980-06-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1983-06-29 | 1983-12-29 | 1984-06-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-06-29 | 1987-12-29 | 1988-06-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |