A liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a polymerizable compound, a process for its preparation, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, such as LC displays, including LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and LC displays, including PSA displays, comprising the LC medium.

A liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a polymerizable compound, a process for its preparation, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, such as LC displays, including LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and LC displays, including PSA displays, comprising the LC medium.

The present invention relates to components for high-frequency technology, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g. phased array antennas) comprising a liquid-crystalline medium, and to the liquid-crystalline medium used therein, wherein the liquid crystal medium comprises one or more compounds of formula S

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as defined in claim 1.

The present invention relates to components for high-frequency technology, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g. phased array antennas) comprising a liquid-crystalline medium, and to the liquid-crystalline medium used therein, wherein the liquid crystal medium comprises one or more compounds of formula S

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as defined in claim 1.

The invention relates to a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal composition, belonging to the field of liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal composition of the present disclosure comprises a compound of formula I and one or more compounds of formula II. The liquid crystal composition can increase the dielectric anisotropy and improve the voltage retention rate.

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The invention relates to a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal composition, belonging to the field of liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal composition of the present disclosure comprises a compound of formula I and one or more compounds of formula II. The liquid crystal composition can increase the dielectric anisotropy and improve the voltage retention rate.

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A display panel includes a first substrate, an electrode layer, and a display medium layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed on the electrode layer and includes a filler and liquid crystal capsules. The liquid crystal capsules are distributed in the filler, and the filler has a birefringence difference Δn in a range from 0.02 to 0.175.

The present invention discloses a liquid crystal composition comprising at least one compound of general formula I and a display device thereof. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal composition of the present invention. The liquid crystal composition provided by the present invention has characteristics, such as a high absolute value of negative dielectric anisotropy, a high optical anisotropy, a superior low-temperature stability, a fast response speed and so forth. The liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal composition of the present invention can satisfy the demand for low driving voltage and fast response. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I,

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in which
R.sup.1, R.sup.1*, rings A and B, Z.sup.1, L.sup.1, L.sup.2, a and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1,
and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.

The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I,

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in which
R.sup.1, R.sup.1*, rings A and B, Z.sup.1, L.sup.1, L.sup.2, a and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1,
and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.