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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1973
Masakazu Fukai, Nishinomiya, JA;
Komei Asai, Hirakata, JA;
Seiichi Nagata, Sakai, JA;
Hiroshi Tatsuta, Katano, JA;
Koshiro Mori, Nara, JA;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JA;
Abstract
A liquid crystal composition comprises a liquid crystal and a carboxylic acid or its ester as an additive. By the presence of the additive, the longitudinal axes of liquid crystal molecules can be spontaneously oriented in a direction perpendicular to the surface of a holding wall of a liquid crystal display plate. In particular, the additives may be esters of p-hydroxy- or m-hydroxy-benzoic acid, phenylacetic acids having 1 or 2 hydroxy groups or their esters, phenylpropionic acids having 1 or 2 hydroxy groups or their esters, or 3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoic acid esters, or said additives may be selected from the group consisting of compounds having the formulae: ##SPC1## Wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or a normal alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.5 is hydrogen, hydroxy, a normal alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms or a normal alkoxy group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms; R.sub.6 is hydrogen, hydroxy or nitro; n.sub.1 is 1 or 2: and n.sub.2 is 0, 1 or 2.