An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that realizes high n, has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, small viscosity, excellent low-temperature solubility, and high resistivity and voltage holding ratio, and is stable against heat and light, and to provide a liquid crystal composition having an excellent lens effect and excellent chemical stability using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal lens that use the liquid crystal composition. The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii), a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal lens using the liquid crystal composition, and a birefringence lens for stereoscopic image display using the liquid crystal composition.

An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that realizes high n, has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, small viscosity, excellent low-temperature solubility, and high resistivity and voltage holding ratio, and is stable against heat and light, and to provide a liquid crystal composition having an excellent lens effect and excellent chemical stability using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal lens that use the liquid crystal composition. The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii), a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal lens using the liquid crystal composition, and a birefringence lens for stereoscopic image display using the liquid crystal composition.

Provided is a compound represented by formula (1) described below.

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In formula (1), a and b are independently 0, 1 or 2, and expressions: 0a+b3 hold, ring A.sup.1, ring A.sup.2, ring A.sup.3 and ring A.sup.4 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, for example, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, Z.sup.4 and Z.sup.3 are independently a single bond, alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons, or the like, Sp.sup.1 and Sp.sup.2 are independently a single bond, alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons, or the like, and P.sup.1 and P.sup.2 are independently a specific polymerizable group.

Provided is a compound represented by formula (1) described below.

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In formula (1), a and b are independently 0, 1 or 2, and expressions: 0a+b3 hold, ring A.sup.1, ring A.sup.2, ring A.sup.3 and ring A.sup.4 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, for example, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, Z.sup.4 and Z.sup.3 are independently a single bond, alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons, or the like, Sp.sup.1 and Sp.sup.2 are independently a single bond, alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons, or the like, and P.sup.1 and P.sup.2 are independently a specific polymerizable group.

A polyamic acid composition is polymerized by dianhydride monomers and diamine monomers. A range of molar ratio of the dianhydride monomers to the diamine monomers is from 0.9 to 1.1. The diamine monomers have a combination of specific functional groups containing at least one nitrogen heterocycle structure, at least one liquid crystal structure, and at least one soft structure, wherein the diamine monomer containing nitrogen heterocycle structure has a molar weight percentage of 3% to 8% of a total molar weight of the diamine monomers, and the diamine monomers containing at least one liquid crystal structure and at least one soft structure have a molar weight percentage of 92% to 97% of the total molar weight of the diamine monomers. The disclosure further relates to a polyimide film, a copper clad laminate, and a printed circuit board.

Liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula T

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as defined in claim 1, and high-frequency components comprising these media, 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.

Liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula T

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as defined in claim 1, and high-frequency components comprising these media, 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.

Provided is a polarizing plate for a light-emitting diode and a light-emitting display device including the same, the polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film and a liquid crystal retardation film, wherein the liquid crystal retardation film comprises a laminate made of: a second retardation film having a discotic liquid crystal of which an in-plane retardation Re, in a wavelength of 550 nm, is approximately 220 nm to approximately 280 nm and a biaxial degree (NZ) is approximately 0 to approximately 0.3; and a first retardation film having a nematic liquid crystal of which an in-plane retardation Re, in a wavelength of 550 nm, is approximately 100 nm to approximately 150 nm and a biaxial degree (NZ) is approximately 0.3 to approximately 0.7.

Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal material systems in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal formulation, including monomers, photoinitiators, and a liquid crystal mixture including terphenyl compounds and non-terphenyl compounds, the liquid crystal mixture having a ratio of at least 1:10 by weight percentage of the terphenyl compounds to the non-terphenyl compounds, wherein the photoinitiators are configured to facilitate a photopolymerization induced phase separation process of the monomers and the liquid crystal mixture. In another embodiment, the liquid crystal mixture further includes pyrimidine compounds, and wherein the liquid crystal mixture has a ratio of at least 1:10 by weight percentage of the terphenyl compounds and pyrimidine compounds to the non-terphenyl compounds. In a further embodiment, the ratio of the terphenyl compounds to the non-terphenyl compounds is at least 1.5:10.

The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, ##STR00001##
in which the parameters R.sup.1-R.sup.3, Z.sup.21, Z.sup.31, Z.sup.32 and rings A.sup.11, A.sup.12, A.sup.13, A.sup.21, A.sup.22, A.sup.31, and A.sup.32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.