A process for controlling the cone tilt angle of a tilted smectic liquid crystal composition comprises the step of combining (a) at least one liquid crystal composition comprising at least one smectic or latent smectic liquid crystal compound comprising (i) an aliphatic fluorocarbon terminal portion comprising a terminal fluoroalkyl or fluoroether group and an alkylene group having at least two carbon atoms and containing at least one catenary ether oxygen atom, (ii) an aliphatic hydrocarbon terminal portion, and (iii) a central core connecting the terminal portions, wherein the alkylene group of the aliphatic fluorocarbon terminal portion is directly linked to the central core by a moiety selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond, --CH.dbd.CH--, and --C.tbd.C--; and (b) at least one liquid crystal composition comprising at least one smectic or latent smectic liquid crystal compound; with the provisos that at least one of the compositions (a) and (b) comprises at least one chiral liquid crystal compound and that the combining of compositions (a) and (b) provides an optically active, tilted chiral smectic liquid crystal composition. The process enables control of cone tilt angle and thereby control of the brightness characteristics of liquid crystal display devices.
控制倾斜液晶体组合物的锥倾角的过程包括以下步骤:将(a)至少包括一种液晶组合物,该组合物包括至少一种含有(i)末端含有末端氟烷基或
氟醚基团和至少两个碳原子的烷基团,并且含有至少一个链
间醚氧原子的脂肪族
氟碳末端部分,(ii)脂肪族烃末端部分和(iii)连接末端部分的中央核的液晶或潜在液晶化合物,其中烷基团直接通过从群组中选择的一个基团与中央核相连,该群组由共价键,-CH = CH-和-C.tbd.C-组成;以及(b)至少包括一种液晶组合物,该组合物包括至少一种液晶或潜在液晶化合物;但必须满足至少其中一种组合物(a)和(b)包括至少一种手性液晶化合物,并且(a)和(b)的组合提供了一种具有光学活性的倾斜手性液晶组合物。该过程使得锥倾角得以控制,从而控制液晶显示器件的亮度特性。