Review and Recent Works on Practical Nematic Liquid Crystal Materials

Abstract

Nematic liquid crystal materials being practically used are reviewed focussing on our development; nematics with a C-C double bond, tolans, fluorinated nematics and ethers. Moreover, our recent works on nematics with deuteriated cyclohexane rings, polymer dispersed liquid crystals for a light scattering LCD, polymer stabilized liquid crystals and UV curable liquid crystals for a functional film,are presented. The properties of fluorinated nematic tolans newly developed for a light scattering LCD are discussed.