Liquid crystal composition and application thereof
A liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound of general formula I and at least one compound selected from a group consisting of the compounds of general formula II-1 and general formula II-2. The liquid crystal composition provided by the present invention has suitable optical anisotropy, high clearing point, high elastic constants K 11 and K 33 , and relatively low dielectric anisotropy. When the liquid crystal composition is applied to a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device may have better weather resistance and higher contrast ratio.
1. A liquid crystal composition, wherein the liquid crystal composition comprises:
at least one compound of general formula I
and
at least one compound selected from a group consisting of the compounds of general formula II-1 and general formula II-2
in which,
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 3 ′ and R 4 ′ each independently represents —H, —F, C 1-12 alkyl or alkoxy,
C 2-12 alkenyl or alkenoxy, —OR 5 OR 6 ,
wherein one or more H on the alkyl or alkoxy and the alkenyl or alkenoxy can be substituted by F, and at least one of R 1 and R 2 is —OR 5 OR 6 ;
R 6 represents C 1-12 alkyl or C 2-12 alkenyl;
R 5 is —C 3 H 6 — or —C 4 H 8 —;
Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 each independently represents single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH 2 O—, —OCH 2 — or —CH 2 CH 2 —;
L 1 and L 2 each independently represents —F, —Cl, —CN or —NCS;
ring
and ring
each independently represents
wherein one or more —CH 2 — in
can be replaced by —O—, one or more H on
can be substituted by halogen;
ring
ring
ring
ring
and ring
each independently represents
n1 and n2 each independently represents 0, 1, 2 or 3, and when n1 is 2 or 3, ring
can be same or different, Z 1 can be same or different; when n2 is 2 or 3, ring
can be same or different, Z 2 can be same or different;
m represents 1 or 2, and when m is 2, ring
can be same or different, Z 3 can be same or different.
2. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of general formula I is selected from a group consisting of the following compounds:
in which,
ring
represents
and when n1 is 1, ring
represents
when n1 is 2 or 3, at least one ring
represents
L 6 , L 7 , L 8 and L 9 each independently represents —H or —F;
o represents 1 or 2;
p and q each independently represents 0 or 1.
3. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 2 , wherein the compound of general formula I-1 is selected from a group consisting of the following compounds:
the compound of general formula I-2 is selected from a group consisting of the following compounds:
in which,
R 11 and R 21 each independently represents —H, —F, C 1-7 alkyl or alkoxy, C 2-7 alkenyl or alkenoxy, —OR 51 OR 61 ,
wherein one or more H on the alkyl or alkoxy and the alkenyl or alkenoxy can be substituted by F, and at least one of R 11 and R 21 is —OR 51 OR 61 ;
R 51 is —C 3 H 6 — or —C 4 H 8 —, and R 61 represents C 1-10 alkyl or C 2-10 alkenyl.
4. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of general formula II-1 is selected from a group consisting of the following compounds:
the compound of general formula II-2 is selected from a group consisting of the following compounds:
in which,
R 31 , R 41 , R 31 ′ and R 41 ′ each independently represents H, C 1-7 alkyl or alkoxy, or C 2-7 alkenyl or alkenoxy.
5. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal composition at least comprises more than 2 wt % of the compound of general formula II-2.
6. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal composition further comprises at least one compound of general formula III
in which,
R 7 and R 8 each independently represents —H, —F, C 1-12 alkyl or alkoxy, C 2-12 alkenyl or alkenoxy,
wherein one or more H on the alkyl or alkoxy and the alkenyl or alkenoxy can be substituted by F;
Z 4 and Z 5 each independently represents single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH 2 O—, —OCH 2 — or —CH 2 CH 2 —;
ring
and ring
each independently represents
wherein one or more —CH 2 — in
can be replaced by —O—, one or more H on
on can be substituted by halogen;
k1 and k2 each independently represents 0, 1, 2 or 3, and when k1 is 2 or 3, ring
can be same or different, Z 4 can be same or different; when k2 is 2 or 3, ring
can be same or different, Z 5 can be same or different.
7. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 6 , wherein the compound of general formula I provides 1 to 60% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, the compound selected from a group consisting of the compounds of general formula II-1 and general formula II-2 provides 1 to 55% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, and the compound of general formula III provides 0 to 60% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition.
8. The liquid crystal composition according to claim 7 , wherein the compound of general formula I provides 1 to 50% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, the compound selected from a group consisting of the compounds of general formula II-1 and general formula II-2 provides 1 to 55% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, and the compound of general formula III provides 0 to 55% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition.
9. A liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal composition of claim 1 .