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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1986
Lawrence K Chan, Hull, GB;
David Coates, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Peter A Gemmell, Runcorn, GB;
George W Gray, Cottingham, GB;
David Lacey, Hull, GB;
Kenneth J Toyne, Hull, GB;
Daniel J Young, Doncaster, GB;
Matthew F Bone, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Adam Jackson, Hull, GB;
Richard M Scrowston, Walkington, GB;
Abstract
##STR1## Ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal mixtures are provided consisting of two constituents; a smectic host and another containing a chiral compound in which rotation of the chiral center relative to the molecular core is sterically hindered, so that the chiral compound induces a high Ps in the mixture. A preferred class of chiral compounds is those derived from naturally occurring compounds with chiral groups, especially .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acids, amino acids and terpenoids, e.g. with chiral groups (I), (II), (III). The chiral group is incorporated into a compound containing a mesogenic combination of groups, e.g. with chains of cyclic groups and some mesogenic combinations are described.