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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry Coles, Highfield, GB;
Kohki Takatoh, Yokohama, JP;
Petra Kloess, Highfield, GB;
Marcus J Coles, Highfield, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25229964 ; 25229965 ; 25229966 ; 25229967 ; 428-1 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a liquid crystal including a ferroelectric liquid crystal compound and a siloxane compound represented by the following general formula (I). ##STR1## (where m is an integer of 0 to 20, n is an integer of 0 to 8, p is 0 or 1, q is an integer of 0 to 2, R is an alkyl group such as methyl group, ethyl group or propyl group, or an organic residue group represented by the following general formula (II) ##STR2## where R* is an alkyl group having optical activity center and X is halogen).