Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device
View Patent ↗Disclosed are: a liquid crystal composition which satisfies at least one property selected from a high upper limit temperature in a nematic phase, a low lower limit temperature in a nematic phase, a low viscosity, high optical anisotropy, high dielectric anisotropy, a high specific resistance, high stability against ultraviolet ray, high stability against heat and the like or has a proper balance between at least two properties selected from the above-mentioned properties; and an AM element having a short response time, a high voltage holding ratio, a high contrast ratio, a long service life and the like. Specifically disclosed are: a liquid crystal composition which comprises a specific pentacyclic compound having high optical anisotropy and high dielectric anisotropy as the first component, a specific compound having a low viscosity as the second component, and a specific tetracyclic compound having a high upper limit temperature as the third component, and which shows a nematic phase; and a liquid crystal display element comprising the composition.
1. A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that comprises three components, wherein a first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (1-1) and (1-2), a second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2), and a third component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (3):
wherein R 1 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons; R 2 and R 3 are each independently alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons, alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons, or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons in which arbitrary hydrogen is replaced by fluorine; ring A, ring B, ring C and ring D are each independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, or 2,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 are each independently a single bond, ethylene, carbonyloxy or difluoromethyleneoxy; at least one of Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 is difluoromethyleneoxy; Z 4 , Z 5 and Z 6 are each independently a single bond, ethylene or carbonyloxy; X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 ,X 7 and X 8 are each independently hydrogen or fluorine; Y 1 is fluorine, chlorine or trifluoromethoxy; and m is 0 or 1.
2. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (1-1-1) to (1-1-3), (1-2-1) and (1-2-2):
wherein R 1 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons; X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , and X 8 are each independently hydrogen or fluorine; and Y 1 is fluorine, chlorine or trifluoromethoxy.
3. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 2 , wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (1-1-1) and (1-2-2).
4. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (2-1) to (2-6)
wherein R 2 and R 3 are each independently alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons, alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons, or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons in which arbitrary hydrogen is replaced by fluorine.
5. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 4 , wherein the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-1).
6. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 4 , wherein the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-6).
7. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 4 , wherein the second component is a mixture of at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-1), and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-4).
8. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 4 , wherein the second component is a mixture of at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-1), and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-6).
9. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 4 , wherein the second component is a mixture of at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-1), at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-4), and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2-6).
10. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the third component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (3-1) to (3-4):
wherein R 2 and R 3 are each independently alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons, alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons, or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons in which arbitrary hydrogen is replaced by fluorine.
11. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 10 , wherein the third component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (3-4).
12. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the first component is in the range of 5% to 25% by weight, the ratio of the second component is in the range of 30% to 80% by weight, and the ratio of the third component is in the range of 5% to 25% by weight, based on the total weight of the liquid crystal composition.
13. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further includes at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (4) as the fourth component
wherein R 1 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons; ring E is independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, or 2,5-pyrimidine; Z 1 is independently a single bond, ethylene, carbonyloxy, or difluoromethyleneoxy; X 1 and X 2 are each independently hydrogen or fluorine; Y 1 is fluorine, chlorine or trifluoromethoxy; and n is 1, 2 or 3.
14. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (4-1) to (4-17):
wherein R 4 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons.
15. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 14 , wherein the fourth component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (4-9).
16. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 13 , wherein the ratio of the first component is in the range of 5% to 25% by weight, the ratio of the second component is in the range of 30% to 80% by weight, and the ratio of the third component is in the range of 5% to 25% by weight, and the ratio of the fourth component is in the range of 5% to 45%, based on the total weight of the liquid crystal composition.
17. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a maximum temperature of a nematic phase of 70° C. or more, an optical anisotropy (25° C.) at a wavelength of 589 nm of 0.08 or more, and a dielectric anisotropy (25° C.) at a frequency of 1 kHz of 2 or more.
18. A liquid crystal display device containing the liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 .
19. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 18 , wherein the operation mode of the liquid crystal display device is a twisted nematic (TN) mode, an optically compensated bend (OCB) mode, or an in-plane switching (IPS) mode, and the driving mode of the liquid crystal display device is an active matrix mode.
20. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 19 , wherein the operation mode of the liquid crystal display device is a polymer sustained alignment (PSA) mode, and the driving mode of the liquid crystal display device is an active matrix mode.