FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPONENTS HAVING HIGH SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATION AND LOW HELICAL PITCH

    公开(公告)号:CA2019652A1

    公开(公告)日:1990-12-23

    申请号:CA2019652

    申请日:1990-06-22

    Applicant: HOECHST AG

    Abstract: HOE 89/F 197 Ferroelectric liquid crystal components having a high spontaneous polarization and a small helical pitch Liquid crystal materials are becoming increasingly important in electro-optical switching and display devices. During recent times, ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures have also been investigated to a particularly great extent and used in displays. A physical quantity which is particularly important for the purpose of describing FLC mixtures is the spontaneous polarization (Ps). On the one hand, a high spontaneous polarization leads to short switching times, while on the other hand in the case of high Ps values an optical hysteresis occurs, which leads, inter alia, to so-called "ghost images". In spite of high spontaneous polarization, the problem of the optical hysteresis may be overcome by the use of FLC mixtures having a high spontaneous polarization (Ps 20 nC/cm2) and a natural helical pitch of less than one half of the layer thickness in an SSFLC display with a layer thickness of 1 to 10 .mu.m. FLC mixtures with Ps > 40 nC/cm2 can also be switched under these conditions.

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