Provided is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, small viscosity, large optical anisotropy and large dielectric anisotropy, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition may contain a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a second component, a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component, or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.

A method for producing a multiple glazing unit with variable diffusion by liquid crystals can include applying a pre-seal on an internal face of a first substrate to form a strip delimiting a space. The method can further include depositing a liquid crystal composition containing liquid crystals in a polymer matrix on the delimited space. In some examples, the first substrate is assembled with a second substrate and calendared or pressed. Thereafter, the resulting assembly is irradiated and/or heated to simultaneously cross-link the pre-seal and polymerize the liquid crystal composition.

An image display device is provided which is free from display defects caused by the deformation of an image display part and can display high brightness and high contrast images. The image display device includes an image display part 2, a light-transmitting protective part 3 arranged on the image display part, and a cured resin layer 5 interposed between the image display part 2 and the protective part 3. The cured resin layer 5 has a light transmittance in the visible region of 90% or more and a refractive index (nD) of 1.45 or more and 1.55 or less.

A display apparatus includes a window member, a display module, and a photocured adhesive layer. The window member includes a base member and a bezel layer overlapping a partial region of a rear surface of the base member, the bezel layer including a photosensitive material having a reduced transmittance with an increased amount of irradiated light. The display module is disposed on the lower side of the window module. The photocured adhesive layer is configured to bind the window member to the display module, and overlaps with the bezel layer on a plane.

The present invention provides an alignment film having excellent heat resistance and capable of suppressing generation of defects such as image sticking and stain, and a liquid crystal display device including the alignment film. The alignment film of the present invention contains a copolymer containing a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 may be the same as or different from each other and are each represented by, for example, any of the following formulas (X-P1) to (X-P4); and Y is represented by, for example, any of the following formulas (Y-P1) to (Y-P4).

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The disclosed embodiments relate to an ink composition for reflective sheet capable of preventing a luminance difference occurring at an upper or lower end of a display panel and display apparatus including the same and method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The display apparatus of the disclosed embodiment comprises a display panel to display an image, a light source configured to supply light to the display panel, a light guide plate configured to guide light emitted from the light source, a reflective sheet movable between a first state close to the lower surface of the light guide plate and a second state farther away from the lower surface of the light guide plate than the first state, and a reflective pattern provided on the reflective sheet and configured to be disposed in contact with the light guide plate in the first state, wherein the reflective pattern on the reflective sheet is formed of an acrylate resin including a multi-functional acrylate monomer.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal cell, a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal cell and a display panel. The method for manufacturing the liquid crystal cell comprises: forming a fixed retaining wall structure on a first substrate, at least a part of the fixed retaining wall structure being used for forming a border of the liquid crystal cell; injecting liquid crystal into the retaining wall structure; forming a first pure heat curing adhesive on a second substrate for sealing the border of the liquid crystal cell; performing cell aligning to the first substrate and the second substrate, thereby aligning the retaining wall structure on the first substrate with the first pure heat curing adhesive on the second substrate; and performing heat curing to the first pure heat curing adhesive, thereby sealing the border of the liquid crystal cell.

The present disclosure relates to a display device in which the same driving voltage is applied to pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. One aspect of a display device comprises a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising a plurality of sub-cells, wherein the plurality of sub-cells respectively comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal and a polymer cured to fix a helical pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystal.

A polymerizable composition provides a high brightness and suppressed decrease in brightness in an outer peripheral region when used in a wavelength conversion member, a wavelength conversion member, a backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display device. The polymerizable composition includes quantum dots having surfaces coordinated with a ligand, a polymerizable compound, and a dispersant, in which the ligand is a molecule that includes a saturated hydrocarbon chain having 6 or more carbon atoms and a coordinating group, a Log P value of the polymerizable compound is 3.0 or lower, the dispersant has a nonpolar and a polar portion in a molecule, and the nonpolar portion is at least one selected from the group consisting of a saturated hydrocarbon chain having 6 or more carbon atoms, an aromatic ring, and a saturated aliphatic ring. The wavelength conversion member, the backlight unit, and the liquid crystal display device include the polymerizable composition.

To provide an electrochromic element, which contains: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an electrolyte provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode contains a polymer product obtained through polymerization of an electrochromic composition where the electrochromic composition contains a radical polymerizable compound containing triarylamine.