| abstract |
Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of ensuring storage stability when added to a liquid crystal composition, and enabling vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules without providing a PI layer. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention contains a compound represented by the formula (i), and in particular, it is represented by any one of the formulas (K-1) to (K-3) as Ki1 in the formula (i) Since the compound has the following structure, when used in a liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal layer) can be adsorbed to a substrate sandwiching the liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal molecules can be held in a vertically oriented state . Therefore, according to the liquid crystal composition using the compound of the present invention, the liquid crystal molecules are aligned without providing the PI layer (in which the vertical alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is induced when no voltage is applied, and the horizontal alignment of liquid crystal molecules Can be realized). |