LIQUID CRYSTAL CONTAINING LIQUID-CRYSTAL-COMPATIBLE PARTICLES AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY

摘要

A liquid crystal containing liquid-crystal-compatible particles which can be operated in the duty mode even in a low-temperature region; and a liquid-crystal display employing the liquid crystal. The liquid crystal containing liquid-crystal-compatible particles contains liquid-crystal-compatible particles obtained by adding a solution of ions of at least one metal to a mixture solution comprising molecules of at least one liquid crystal, a secondary alcohol represented by the following general formula (1), and an organic solvent with refluxing to react them. The liquid-crystal display is provided with a liquid-crystal cell having, enclosed therein, the liquid crystal containing liquid-crystal-compatible particles. (In the formula, R<SUP>1</SUP> and R<SUP>2</SUP> may be the same or different and each represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, provided that R<SUP>1</SUP> and R<SUP>2</SUP> may be bonded to each other to form a ring.)