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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Kiyoshi Shohara, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Fukaya, JP;
Natsuko Maya, Fukaya, JP;
Nobuko Fukuoka, Saitama, JP;
Katsuyuki Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer intervening between the first and second substrates and containing liquid crystal substances different from each other, a sum of values each calculated from a formula: X (RTlogP +HE ) for all the liquid crystal substances in the liquid crystal layer being 32 kJ/mol or higher, wherein X denotes a molar fraction of a component &agr; in the liquid crystal layer, P denotes a distribution ratio of the component &agr; between an aqueous phase and a 1-octanol phase, HE denotes a hydration energy for 1 mol of the component &agr;, R denotes a gas constant of 8.3 J/K·mol, and T denotes a temperature of 300 K.