Ferroelectric polymer network liquid crystal with vertical alignment

Abstract

A polymer network stabilised liquid crystal material (PN-LCs) having a ferroelectric liquid crystal phase is presented. Claimed is a process of aligning liquid crystal mixtures exhibiting a ferroelectric nematic or ferroelectric smectic A liquid-crystalline phase in a polar vertical state in relation to a boundary surface. The liquid crystal mixture is stabilized by a polymer network in a vertical alignment relative to the substrate planes enclosing the mixtures. In addition, the present invention relates to electric and electronic elements which contain the poled and aligned ferroelectric liquid crystal material according to the invention.