Veb Werk Fur Fernsehelektronik Im Veb Kombinat Mikroelektronik

Veb Werk Fur Fernsehelektronik Berlin Im Veb Kombinat Mikroelektronik

Sabine Richter

Dietrich Demus

Horst Zaschke

Hans-Joachim Deutscher

Adelbert Wiegeleben

Ute Boettger

Michael Schellenberger

Nematic liquid crystalline mixtures, which can be used in optoelectronic components. Compounds are provided which influence the characteristics of mixtures in the direction of high clarification temperatures at simultaneous favorable switching times. It has been found that compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein n, m=1 to 10 in nematic mixtures in quantities of 5 to 40% considerably increase the clarification points without significantly increasing the viscosity, so that favorable switching times are obtained. The new mixtures can be used for the production of optoelectronic components (displays) for watches, computers and other devices.

Nematic liquid crystal mixtures

What is described is an improved opto-electronic component and display which uses novel liquid crystal nematic substances for the control of the light transmission and for the display of numbers symbols and images. The novel nematic liquid crystal substances herein, which exhibit high clearing temperatures, low working temperatures and rapid switching times, are 7-alkyl-perhydrophenanthren-2-carboxylic acids and esters thereof.

Liquid-crystal nematic substances

This invention relates to new liquid crystal dihydrophenanthrene substances for utilization in electro-optical devices for the modulation of light as well as the representation of numerals, signs and images. It has been found that new liquid-crystal 7-n-alkyl-8, 10-dihydrophenanthrene-2-carboxylic acid esters of the general formula ##STR1## alone, in mixture with each other and/or in mixtures with other liquid crystal or non liquid crystal substances, yield good results when they are used in electro-optical components.

Liquid crystal dihydrophenanthrene substances

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