| abstract |
A liquid-crystalline polymer composition comprising a ferroelectric liquid-crystalline polymer and a low molecular weight liquid-crystalline compound which exhibits smectic C phase or chiral smectic C phase. Such liquid-crystalline polymer compositions have not only excellent moldabilities such as ease of orientation, but also exhibit chiral smectic C phase at wide temperature range with room temperatures and exhibit high speed response to changes of external fields and high contrast ratios when they are used for optical display elements. |