| abstract |
The invention provides a liquid crystal composition capable of achieving vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules by the action of a polymer, and a liquid crystal display element containing the composition. The present invention is a nematic liquid crystal composition containing a specific liquid crystal compound having a large positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a polar compound having a polymerizable group as a first additive, and having a positive Dielectric anisotropy, the composition may also contain a specific liquid crystal compound having a high upper limit temperature or a small viscosity as a second component, a specific liquid crystal compound having a positive dielectric anisotropy as a third component, The liquid crystal display element including the specific liquid crystal compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as the fourth component and the polymerizable compound as the second additive is also a liquid crystal display device including the composition. |