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Electrooptical liquid-crystal system
Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
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Filing: 1991-06-03
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Granted: 1994-09-06
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Expires: 2011-06-03
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to an electrooptical liquid crystal system which contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets, whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have an irregular orientation, in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more and, which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has a reduced transmission in one of the two switch states compared to the other state and whose liquid crystal mixture contains one or more compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which Q 1 is ##STR2## are independently of one another trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-l,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and one of A 1 and, if present, A 2 , is also pyridine-2,5-diyl, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl or naphthalene-2,6-diyl, Z 1 and Z 2 are independently of one another a single bond, --CH 2 CH 2 --, --COO--, --OCO--, --C--C--, --CH 2 O-- or any desired combinations of these bridge groups, Y and X are independently of one another H or F, and one of X and Y is also Cl, W is --CN, --Cl, --F, --CF 3 , --OCF 3 , --OCHF 2 , --NCS or R 2 R 1 and R 2 independently of one another are alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, in which one or 2 non-adjacent CH 2 groups can also be replaced by --O-- or --HC═CH--, and m is 0, 1 or 2.
Inventors
- 👤 David Coates
- 👤 Shirley Marden
- 👤 Graham Smith
- 👤 Ulrich Finkenzeller
- 👤 Volker Reiffenrath
- 👤 Reinhard Hittich
- 👤 Stefan Wilhelm
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 13:45
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K19/00; C09K19/04; C09K19/06; C09K19/08; C09K19/10; C09K19/12; C09K19/30; C09K19/3001; C09K19/3003; C09K19/3028; C09K19/42; C09K19/44; C09K19/52; C09K19/54; C09K19/542; C09K19/544
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
225 words
An electrooptical liquid crystal system which contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets, whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have a random orientation, in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more, which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has an electrically switchable transmission, wherein the liquid crystal mixture contains one or more compounds of the formula Ia: ##STR70## in which ##STR71## are each independently trans-1-,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2- fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, X 1 is H or F R 1 is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, in which one or 2 non-adjacent CH 2 groups can also be replaced by --O-- or --CH═CH--, and n, Z 3 and Z 4 are one of the following combinations: ______________________________________
No. n Z.sup.3 Z.sup.4
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1 0 single bond
--
2 0 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2
--
3 1 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2
single bond
4 1 single bond
CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2
or 5 1 single bond
single bond;
______________________________________ with the proviso that only one of A 3 and A 4 is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
225 words
An electrooptical liquid crystal system which contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets, whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have a random orientation, in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more, which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has an electrically switchable transmission, wherein the liquid crystal mixture contains one or more compounds of the formula Ia: ##STR70## in which ##STR71## are each independently trans-1-,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2- fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, X 1 is H or F R 1 is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, in which one or 2 non-adjacent CH 2 groups can also be replaced by --O-- or --CH═CH--, and n, Z 3 and Z 4 are one of the following combinations: ______________________________________
No. n Z.sup.3 Z.sup.4
______________________________________
1 0 single bond
--
2 0 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2
--
3 1 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2
single bond
4 1 single bond
CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2
or 5 1 single bond
single bond;
______________________________________ with the proviso that only one of A 3 and A 4 is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein in formula Ia ##STR72## is ##STR73##
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal mixture is embedded in the optically transparent medium in the form of compartments which are separated from one another.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal mixture forms a coherent, continuous phase in the optically transparent medium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
A system according to claim 3, which is a PDLC system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
A system according to claim 3, which is an NCAP system.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
A system according to claim 4, which is a PN system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal mixture contains one or more pleochroitic dye.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal mixture contains one or more chiral additives.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
182 words
An electrooptical liquid crystal system which contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets, whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have a random orientation, in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more and, which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has an electrically switchable transmission, and whose liquid crystal mixture is based on compounds ##STR74## in which ##STR75## is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene and R 1 is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, in which one or 2 non-adjacent CH 2 groups is optionally replaced by --O-- or --HC═CH--, and contains 5-60 percent by weight of one or more compounds of the following formulae ##STR76## in which ##STR77## ##STR78## is 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, ##STR79## is 2-fluoro-1,5-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and O is 0 or 1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
182 words
An electrooptical liquid crystal system which contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets, whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have a random orientation, in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more and, which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has an electrically switchable transmission, and whose liquid crystal mixture is based on compounds ##STR74## in which ##STR75## is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene and R 1 is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, in which one or 2 non-adjacent CH 2 groups is optionally replaced by --O-- or --HC═CH--, and contains 5-60 percent by weight of one or more compounds of the following formulae ##STR76## in which ##STR77## ##STR78## is 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, ##STR79## is 2-fluoro-1,5-phenylene or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and O is 0 or 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
110 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition with a high birefringence based on materials ##STR80## wherein ##STR81## is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, and R is an alkyl chain containing 2 to 7 carbon atoms wherein one CH 2 group may also be replaced by an oxygen atom, comprising including in said composition, as a second part, between 5 and 60% by weight of one or more compounds being selected from the clases (3) to (5) ##STR82## wherein R is in every instance an alkyl chain containing 2 to 7 carbon atoms wherein one CH 2 croup may also be replaced by an oxygen atom n is 1 or 2, ##STR83## is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene ##STR84##
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
110 words
A nematic liquid crystal composition with a high birefringence based on materials ##STR80## wherein ##STR81## is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, and R is an alkyl chain containing 2 to 7 carbon atoms wherein one CH 2 group may also be replaced by an oxygen atom, comprising including in said composition, as a second part, between 5 and 60% by weight of one or more compounds being selected from the clases (3) to (5) ##STR82## wherein R is in every instance an alkyl chain containing 2 to 7 carbon atoms wherein one CH 2 croup may also be replaced by an oxygen atom n is 1 or 2, ##STR83## is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene ##STR84##
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