Provided is a liquid crystal composition that contains a polymerizable compound and is used for producing a PSA- or PSVA-type liquid crystal display element that has excellent response performance and a satisfactory pretilt angle and that contains less residual monomers, in which issues such as alignment defects and display defects caused by a low voltage holding ratio (VHR) or the like do not occur or rarely occur. Also provided is a liquid crystal display element that uses the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition according to the present invention is a liquid crystal composition that exhibits a sufficiently low viscosity (η), a sufficiently low rotational viscosity (γ1), and a large elastic modulus (K33) without decreasing the refractive index anisotropy (Δn) and the nematic phase-isotropic liquid phase transition temperature (Tni) and without increasing the solid phase-nematic phase transition temperature (Tcn). The liquid crystal display element that uses this liquid crystal composition satisfactorily obtains a pretilt angle and has a high voltage holding ratio (VHR) and high-speed response. Thus, a liquid crystal display element that has no or less alignment defects and display defects such as image sticking, and has high display quality and high response speed is obtained.
本发明提供了一种含有可聚合化合物的液晶组合物,用于生产 P
SA 或 PSVA 型液晶显示元件,该液晶组合物具有优异的响应性能和令人满意的前倾角,且残留单体较少,不会出现或很少出现由低电压保持比(VHR)等引起的对准缺陷和显示缺陷等问题。此外,还提供了一种使用该液晶组合物的液晶显示元件。根据本发明的液晶组合物是一种液晶组合物,它具有足够低的粘度(η)、足够低的旋转粘度(γ1)和较大的弹性模量(K33),同时不会降低折射率各向异性(Δn)和向列相-各向异性液相转变温度(Tni),也不会提高固相-向列相转变温度(Tcn)。使用这种液晶成分的液晶显示元件能令人满意地获得前倾角,并具有高电压保持比(VHR)和高速响应。这样,就得到了一种没有或较少对准缺陷和显示缺陷(如图像粘连)、具有高显示质量和高响应速度的液晶显示元件。