Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a ferroelectric liquid crystal electro-optical apparatus of the maxtrix type comprising a liquid crystal cell having first and second electrode substrates which include n striped line electrodes and m striped column electrodes, respectively, facing at right angles each other. A ferroelectric liquid crystal is put in therebetween so as to form n by m indication picture elements. Also included in the apparatus a scanning drive device adapted to supply a scanning signal and a data signal to the n striped line electrodes and the m striped column electrodes, respectively. The ferroelectric liquid crystal shows three stable states in accordance with an application voltage and has a light transmittance with a hysteresis sufficient to a dynamic drive in accordance with increase or decrease in the application voltage in a predetermined voltage range. The scanning drive device produces a first combination signal as a signal running to variation from a voltage below a refernece voltage in a predetermined one polarity voltage range to a voltage above the reference voltage and produces a second combination signal as a signal which does not exceed the reference voltage in the range, and supplies a direct-current combination signal between the electrodes after the supply of the first and second combination signal thereto.
Abstract:
An antiferroelectric liquid crystal compound of the following formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each is an alkyl group of C.sub.4 - C.sub.18, Rf is CF.sub.3 or C.sub.2 F.sub.5, X is O, COO, or a single bond, and * shows an optically active carbon atom.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms; X represents ##STR2## (A) and (B) each represents a group selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## and * indicates an optically active center.
Abstract:
(R)- and (S)-enantiomer composition represented by the formula (I) having sufficient high optical purity for exhibiting optically tristable states in S*(3) phase; ##STR1## wherein Ra means a C.sub.5 -C.sub.14 alkyl group or a C.sub.5 -C.sub.14 alkoxy group, preferably a C.sub.5 -C.sub.14 alkyl group, Rb means a C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 normal alkyl group or a C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 branched alkyl group, X means a ##STR2## group or a ##STR3## group, Z means a fluorine containing alkyl group, preferably a trifluoromethyl group and * shows an optically active carbon.
Abstract:
Liquid crystal compounds represented by the formula; ##STR1## in which Ra means an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group of 1-20 carbon atoms; Rb means an aliphatic alkyl group, a branched alkyl group or an aralkyl group respectively of 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1-20 carbon atoms, or an alkanoyl methyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms in the alkyl; ##STR2## Z means a fluorinated alkyl or a fluorinated haloalkyl; m is an integer of from 1 to 3; n is an integer of from 0 to 2 where when n is 0, Y is a single bond; and * shows an optically active center, which have a larger spontaneous polarization, high speed of response and good orientation, and show tristable liquid crystal phase.
Abstract:
The invention lies particularly in novel compounds represented by the general formula; ##STR1## in which Z means CF.sub.3, CHF.sub.2, CH.sub.2 F, CClF.sub.2, CCl.sub.2 F, CHCLF, CCl.sub.3, C.sub.2 F.sub.2 or a perfluoroalkyl group of 3 or more carbon atoms, m and n are same or different with each other and represent an integral of 1-20, which are ferroelectric and chiral smetic liquid crystals of a large spontaneous polarization, a high speed of response and a good orientation, and showing a liquid crystal phase of tristable state and an electoclinic effect to be used as a liquid crystal element superior in an image display response.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms; X represents ##STR2## Y represents ##STR3## (A) and (B) each represents a group selected from the group consisting of ##STR4## and ##STR5## and * indicates an optically active center.
Abstract:
Ferrelectric chiral smetic liquid crystal compound are provided which have the formula, for example ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.1-20 alkyl group.
Abstract:
Novel ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystal compounds of the invention, which comprise those showing optically tristable states in phase S*.sub.(3), have a wide range of phase transition temperature so as to be not only preferably used solely as display element material but also mixed with any other liquid crystal to desiredly expand the above range wider and make optical response time faster.Typical compounds are represented by ##STR1## in which Z means CF.sub.3, C.sub.2 F.sub.5, CHF.sub.2, CH.sub.2 F, CClF.sub.2, CCl.sub.2 F, CF.sub.3 CCl.sub.2 or C.sub.3 F.sub.7, m' and n' are same or different with each other and each is an integer of 1-20.
Abstract:
The invention lies in novel ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds particularly represented by the general formulae, having a good responsibility in relation to the applied electric field and a wide range of phase transition points inclusive of the room temperature so as to be useful alone as the liquid crystal material but also to be mixed with other liquid crystal compounds for expanding the phase transition points to a desired range and making the response speed of the liquid crystal composition faster. ##STR1## In the formulae, m and n are same or different with each other and represent an integral of 1-20.