Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to a liquid crystal composition, in particular to a liquid crystal composition with proper optical anisotropy, proper dielectric anisotropy, higher response speed, good low-temperature storage stability, good ultraviolet irradiation resistance and thermal stability and application thereof in a liquid crystal display device.
Background
Liquid crystal display devices operate by utilizing optical anisotropy and dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystal materials themselves, and have been widely used at present. The device can be designed into various operation modes by utilizing different characteristics and operation modes of the liquid crystal material, wherein the conventional display commonly uses a TN mode (i.e. twisted nematic mode-liquid crystal mixture has a nematic structure twisted by about 90 degrees), STN (i.e. super twisted nematic mode), SBE mode (i.e. super twisted birefringence mode), EBC mode (i.e. electrically controlled birefringence mode), VA mode (and vertically aligned mode), IPS mode (i.e. in-plane switching mode), and the like, and contains a plurality of improved modes made according to the modes. The devices operating in TN, STN, and SBE modes generally use positive dielectric anisotropy liquid crystals, the EBC and VA modes use negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystals, and the IPS mode may use either positive or negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystals.
The liquid crystal material must have good chemical and thermal stability and good stability to electric fields and electromagnetic radiation. Furthermore, the liquid crystal material should have low viscosity and short response time, low threshold voltage and high contrast. However, since liquid crystals are usually used as a mixture of a plurality of components, mutual solubility of the components is important, and liquid crystals have to meet different requirements, such as electrical conductivity, dielectric anisotropy, and optical anisotropy, depending on the application, but the prior art has significant disadvantages, such as long response time, low resistivity, and high operating voltage, such as EP0673986, DE19528106, and DE 19528107. In addition, poor low-temperature storage stability is also a defect of many existing liquid crystal materials.
None of the series of compounds having liquid crystalline mesophases disclosed so far includes monomer compounds satisfying all of these requirements, and therefore, in the field of liquid crystal materials, novel liquid crystal compositions having improved properties are required. In particular, for many types of applications, the liquid crystal composition must have a suitably wide nematic phase range, a suitable refractive index, dielectric anisotropy, and low-temperature storage stability.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a liquid crystal composition which has the characteristics of proper optical anisotropy, proper dielectric anisotropy, higher response speed, good low-temperature storage stability, good ultraviolet irradiation resistance, thermal stability and the like. The liquid crystal composition can be suitably used in display modes such as IPS and FFS.
One aspect of the present invention provides a liquid crystal composition for IPS or FFS, comprising:
1-25% by weight of the total liquid crystal composition of at least one compound of formula I
5-35% by total weight of the liquid crystal composition of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of formula II-1, formula II-2, formula II-3, and combinations thereof
25-50% by weight of the total liquid crystal composition of at least one compound of formula III
5-25% by total weight of the liquid crystal composition of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of formula IV-1, formula IV-2, and combinations thereof
5-25% by total weight of the liquid crystal composition of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of formula V-1, formula V-2, and combinations thereof
Wherein,
R1、R2、R3、R4、R5and R6The same or different, each independently represents an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms;
L1、L2and L3The same or different, each independently represents H or F.
The liquid crystal composition of the present invention further comprises:
0-20% by total weight of the liquid crystal composition of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of formula VI-1, formula VI-2, and combinations thereof:
wherein,
R7、R8and R9The same or different, each independently represents an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms;
L4and L5The same or different, each independently represents H or F.
In some embodiments of the invention, it is preferred that R is1、R2、R3、R4、R5、R6、R7、R8And R9Is alkyl with 2-5 carbon atoms.
In some embodiments, the compound of formula ii-1 is selected from one or more compounds in the group consisting of:
the compound of formula II-2 is selected from one or more compounds of the group consisting of:
the compound of formula II-3 is selected from one or more compounds of the group consisting of:
in some embodiments, the compound of formula iii is selected from one or more compounds in the group consisting of:
in some embodiments, the compound of formula iv-1 is selected from one or more of the group consisting of:
the compound of formula IV-2 is selected from one or more compounds of the group consisting of:
in some embodiments, the compound of formula VI-1 is selected from one or more of the group consisting of:
the compound of formula VI-2 is selected from one or more compounds from the group consisting of:
in an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferred that the compound of formula i comprises 3 to 15% by weight of the total liquid crystal composition; the compounds of the group consisting of formula II-1, formula II-2, formula II-3 and combinations thereof account for 8-25% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; the compound of the formula III accounts for 25-40% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; the compounds of the group consisting of formula IV-1, formula IV-2 and combinations thereof account for 5-20% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; the compound of formula V-1, formula V-2 and the combination thereof accounts for 5-20% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition; and the compound of the group consisting of the formula VI-1, the formula VI-2 and the combination thereof accounts for 1 to 15 percent of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal composition of the present invention.
The liquid crystal composition comprising the liquid crystal compound is determined to have the characteristics of proper optical anisotropy, proper dielectric anisotropy, higher response speed, good low-temperature storage stability, good ultraviolet irradiation resistance, thermal stability and the like by performing a combination experiment on the compounds and comparing with a control. The liquid crystal composition can be applied to IPS, FFS and other display modes.
In the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the proportions are weight ratios, all temperatures are in degrees centigrade, and the thickness of the box selected for the response time data test is 7 μm.
Detailed Description
The invention will be illustrated below with reference to specific embodiments. It should be noted that the following examples are illustrative of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Other combinations and various modifications within the spirit or scope of the present invention may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.
For convenience of expression, in the following examples, the group structure of the liquid crystal composition is represented by the code listed in Table 1:
TABLE 1 radical structural code of liquid crystal compounds
Compounds of the following formula are exemplified:
the structural formula is represented by the code listed in Table 1, and can be expressed as: nCCGF, wherein n in the code represents the number of C atoms of the left alkyl group, for example, n is 3, namely, the alkyl group is-C3H7(ii) a C in the code represents cyclohexane.
The abbreviated codes of the test items in the following examples are as follows:
cp (. degree. C.): clearing points (nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature)
Δ n: optical anisotropy (589 nm, 20 ℃ C.)
Δ: dielectric anisotropy (1 KHz, 25 ℃ C.)
γ 1: torsional viscosity (mPas at 20 ℃ C.)
t-30℃: low temperature storage time (at-30 ℃ C.)
The components used in the following examples can be synthesized by a known method or obtained commercially. These synthesis techniques are conventional, and the resulting liquid crystal compounds were tested to meet the standards for electronic compounds.
Liquid crystal compositions were prepared according to the compounding ratios of the liquid crystal compositions specified in the following examples. The liquid crystal composition is prepared according to the conventional method in the field, such as heating, ultrasonic wave, suspension and the like, and is mixed according to the specified proportion.
Liquid crystal compositions given in the following examples were prepared and studied. The composition of each liquid crystal composition and the results of the performance parameter test thereof are shown below.
Comparative example 1
The liquid crystal composition of comparative example 1, which was filled between two substrates of a liquid crystal display and subjected to a performance test, was prepared with each compound and weight percentage as listed in table 2, and the test data are shown in the following table:
TABLE 2 liquid crystal composition formulations and their test properties
Example 1
The liquid crystal composition of example 1 was prepared according to the compounds and weight percentages listed in table 3, and filled between two substrates of a liquid crystal display for performance testing, and the test data are shown in the following table:
TABLE 3 liquid crystal composition formula and its test performance
Example 2
The liquid crystal composition of example 2 was prepared according to the compounds and weight percentages listed in table 4, and filled between two substrates of a liquid crystal display for performance testing, and the test data are shown in the following table:
TABLE 4 liquid crystal composition formula and its test performance
Example 3
The liquid crystal composition of example 3 was prepared according to the compounds and weight percentages listed in table 5, and filled between two substrates of a liquid crystal display for performance testing, and the test data are shown in the following table:
TABLE 5 liquid crystal composition formulations and their test properties
Example 4
The liquid crystal composition of example 4 was prepared according to the compounds and weight percentages listed in table 6, and filled between two substrates of a liquid crystal display for performance testing, and the test data are shown in the following table:
TABLE 6 liquid crystal composition formula and its test performance
Referring to comparative example 1, as can be seen from the test data of examples 1, 2, 3 and 4 above, the liquid crystal composition provided by the present invention has suitable optical anisotropy and suitable dielectric anisotropy, has advantages of fast response, good display effect, low temperature storage stability, ultraviolet irradiation resistance and thermal stability, and is suitable for use in liquid crystal display devices for display modes such as IPS, FFS and the like.