A liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The panel includes: an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an internal polarizer, and an external polarizer, wherein the array substrate and the color filter substrate are aligned and assembled, and the liquid crystal layer and the internal polarizer are overlapped between the array substrate and the color filter substrate; and wherein the external polarizer is disposed on a side of the color filter substrate away from the array substrate. A manufacturing method for the same is also disclosed. Because the internal polarizer is disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, the display image of the liquid crystal panel, especially the display image in the large viewing angle direction, is reduced in the degree of ghost image, and the clarity of the image has been significantly improve.

An optical device that is disposed to manage light transmittance therethrough includes a multi-layer photochromic sheet that is composed of a first layer, a second layer, and a photochromic layer interposed therebetween. The photochromic layer is composed of a mixture of dichroic dye and photo-isomerizable material that are disposed in a liquid crystal host, and the first and second layers are each fabricated from a clear polymer.

Provided is an optoelectronic element including a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a first lens pattern disposed on the first electrode and including a liquid crystal and a black dye molecule, a second lens pattern disposed on the first lens pattern, and a second electrode on the second lens pattern, wherein the black dye molecule includes about 1 to 4 azo groups and about 2 to 5 aromatic cyclic compounds.

A method for manufacturing an optical device and an optical device is provided. The manufacturing method is capable of minimizing or eliminating dotting unevenness that may occur when an optical device is manufactured by a dotting process. In particular, even when a large cell gap is present or a polymer substrate is applied as a substrate so that high-temperature heat treatment is impossible, such method of the present application can provide an alignment film having improved orientation by improving the dotting unevenness.

An electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a third substrate disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the third substrate has a first surface closer to the first substrate and a second surface closer to the second substrate. A first alignment layer having a first alignment direction is disposed on a surface of the first substrate. A second alignment layer is disposed on a surface of the second substrate. A third alignment layer having a third alignment direction is disposed on a first surface of the third substrate, and a fourth alignment layer is disposed on the second surface of the third substrate. The third alignment direction is perpendicular to the first alignment direction.

A light controlling device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, in which liquid crystals and dichroic dyes may uniformly be distributed on a liquid crystal layer, and adhesion between upper and lower substrates may be improved. The light controlling device comprises first and second substrates facing each other; liquid crystal cells arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, including liquid crystals; and a barrier arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, partitioning the liquid crystal cells. The barrier includes a first barrier arranged in a first area to have a first pitch and a second barrier arranged in a second area surrounding the first area to have a second pitch.

A coating composition, a method for manufacturing a substrate using the same, and an optical device are provided. The method for manufacturing the substrate provides the substrate having excellent performance, as the substrate has fixed spacers on its surface; by using a single layer in which nanoparticles and spacers are dispersed in an alignment film to reduce processes and cost. The optical device may be manufactured by such method.

A liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The panel includes: an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an internal polarizer, and an external polarizer, wherein the array substrate and the color filter substrate are aligned and assembled, and the liquid crystal layer and the internal polarizer are overlapped between the array substrate and the color filter substrate; and wherein the external polarizer is disposed on a side of the color filter substrate away from the array substrate. A manufacturing method for the same is also disclosed. Because the internal polarizer is disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, the display image of the liquid crystal panel, especially the display image in the large viewing angle direction, is reduced in the degree of ghost image, and the clarity of the image has been significantly improve.

An optical device is disclose herein. In some embodiments, an optical device includes an active liquid crystal element film, wherein the active liquid crystal element film comprises two base films, an active liquid crystal layer present between the two base films, wherein the active liquid crystal layer contains a liquid crystal compound and is capable of switching between a first oriented state and a second oriented state, and a polarizing coating layer, wherein the polarizing coating layer is present between one of the two base films and the active liquid crystal layer. The optical device is capable of varying transmittance, and can be used for various applications such as sunglasses, AR (augmented reality) or VR (virtual reality) eyewear, an outer wall of a building or a sunroof for a vehicle.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an alignment defect is less likely to occur in a light-absorbing anisotropic layer even in a case where a surface of a photo-alignment layer is rubbed; an optical laminate; and an image display device. The method for manufacturing an optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an optical laminate including a photo-alignment layer and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer and having a front transmittance of 60% or less is produced and which includes a photo-alignment layer formation step of forming a photo-alignment layer on a polymer film, and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer formation step of applying a liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic substance and a high-molecular liquid crystalline compound onto the photo-alignment layer to form a light-absorbing anisotropic layer.