The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal composition disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein said first substrate and said second substrate are disposed in parallel and opposite to each other; alignment layers are disposed on the sides of said first and second substrates that are close to said liquid crystal composition; and said alignment layers are provided with vertical alignment films that allow liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal composition to be arranged roughly perpendicular to said first and second substrates, with said liquid crystal molecules having a pretilt angle of 88.5° to 89.5°.

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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Provided is a liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal composition disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein a surface of said first substrate in contact with said liquid crystal composition is provided with an alignment layer, while said second substrate has no alignment layer; and said liquid crystal composition comprises a liquid crystal compound, a self-aligning agent, and a polymerizable compound represented by Formula I, ##STR00001##

Provided are a polymerizable compound represented by formula I and a liquid crystal composition formed by combining such a polymerizable compound with a specific liquid crystal component, particularly a PSVA liquid crystal composition for displays or TV applications and a PSA-IPS liquid crystal composition for an IPS mode; in particular, the polymerizable compound has a faster polymerization rate, and a “material system” formed from the selected polymerizable component and liquid crystal component has a low rotary viscosity and good photoelectric properties, and has a high VHR after (UV) photoradiation, this avoiding the problem of the occurrence of residual images to final displays. ##STR00001##

Provided are a polymerizable compound represented by formula I and a liquid crystal composition comprising the polymerizable compound, particularly a PSVA liquid crystal composition for displays or TV applications and a PSA-IPS liquid crystal composition for an IPS mode; in particular, the polymerizable compound has a faster polymerization rate, and a “material system” formed from the selected polymerizable component and liquid crystal component has a lower rotary viscosity and better photoelectric properties, and has a high VHR after (UV) photoradiation, this avoiding the problem of the occurrence of residual images to final displays. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal composition disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein said first substrate and said second substrate are disposed in parallel and opposite to each other, with the distance between said first substrate and said second substrate being 2.5 μm to 3.2 μm; alignment layers are disposed on the sides of said first and second substrates that are close to said liquid crystal composition; and said alignment layers are provided with vertical alignment films that allow liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal composition to be arranged roughly perpendicular to said first or second substrate.

Disclosed is a liquid crystal composition comprising one or more compounds represented by formula I, one or more compounds represented by formula II, and one or more compounds represented by formula III: ##STR00001##
The liquid crystal composition has simultaneously a lower rotary viscosity, a better photoelectric performance, a higher clearing point, a good low temperature performance, and less display defects. Further disclosed is a liquid crystal display element or device comprising the liquid crystal composition.

The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having a clearing point of 120° C. or more, comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae IA, IB, IC, ID and II

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in which the groups and parameters occurring have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, in a total concentration of 65% or more, and to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, in particular for liquid-crystal light valves for use in lighting devices for motor vehicles, to liquid-crystal light valves containing this medium, and to lighting devices based on liquid-crystal light valves of this type.

A liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound of general Formula I in an amount of 1%-30% by weight of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, at least one compound of general Formula II in an amount of 5%-35% by weight of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, and at least one compound of general Formula III in an amount of 10%-50% by weight of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition has an appropriate clearing point, an appropriate optical anisotropy, an appropriate dielectric anisotropy, as well as a higher voltage holding ratio, a higher transmittance, a good high-temperature resistant performance and a faster response speed, thus being suitable for display modes, such as VA, IPS and FFS. A photoelectric display device includes the liquid crystal composition.

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A liquid crystal composition includes one or more compounds of general Formula I in an amount of 1%-30% by weight of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, one or more compounds of general Formula II in an amount of 5%-35% by weight of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, and one or more compounds of general Formula III in an amount of 1%-35% by weight of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition has an appropriate clearing point, an appropriate optical anisotropy, an appropriate dielectric anisotropy, as well as a higher voltage holding ratio, a higher transmittance, a good high-temperature resistant performance and a faster response speed, thus being suitable for display modes, such as VA, IPS and FFS. A photoelectric display device includes the liquid crystal composition.

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