申请人:Merck Patent GmbH
公开号:US20150090935A1
公开(公告)日:2015-04-02
The invention relates to bimesogenic compounds of formula I
wherein R
11
, R
12
, MG
11
, MG
12
, X
11
, X
12
and Sp
1
have the meaning given in claim
1
, to the use of bimesogenic compounds of formula I in liquid crystal media and particular to flexoelectric liquid crystal devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention.
Furthermore the invention relates to bimesogenic compounds of formula I inducing a second nematic phase in nematic mixtures that do not show this additional phase without compounds of formula I.