A method for fabrication of a nano-scale mold to create a high precision alignment layer for liquid crystals is described. The method comprises forming a nano-scale mold with a negative of a liquid crystal alignment pattern and imprinting a resist material on the mold. The method further comprises performing a set operation on the resist material to cause the resist material to set, the resist material forming a liquid crystal alignment layer. The nano-scale mold is separated from the liquid crystal alignment layer. The method further comprises performing an infiltration operation to cause the liquid crystals to be deposited on the alignment layer, the alignment layer causing the liquid crystals to form the liquid crystal alignment pattern.

An optical device, comprising: a first electrode layer; a second electrode layer provided at a distance from the first electrode layer; the first and second electrode layer being light transmitting; wherein the optical device further comprises, in between the first and the second electrode layers: o a diffractive optical element adjacent to the first electrode layer and comprising at least one sloped surface; and o a liquid crystalline material filling a space between the sloped surface and the second electrode layer; the liquid crystalline material having a pretilt that compensates for a slope angle of the at least one sloped surface.

An array substrate, a display panel, and a manufacturing method for the array substrate are provided, and can effectively decrease issues of damage to an alignment film layer due to photo spacers (especially the main photo spacers) exerted with an external force and scraps generated by the alignment film layer to prevent defective display issues, such as light spots, and further to increase anti-fall reliability of the display panel.

A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate overlapping the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules; and a plurality of protrusions between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, or a combination thereof, wherein the plurality of protrusions includes a polymer of a compound represented by Formula 1. ##STR00001##

A liquid crystal display panel includes, on one of two substrates with liquid crystal held therebetween, first and second wires respectively arranged in a first and a second directions, third wires arranged in the first direction and connected to the second wires, pixels arranged corresponding to crossing positions between the first and the second wires, a first and a second driver ICs respectively connected to each first and each third wires. Each pixel includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode including slits, and domains alignment-divided in accordance with formation directions of the slits. One of the lower and the upper electrodes is a pixel electrode and the other is a common electrode. Each third wire is placed in a boundary between the domains. With this structure, provided is a liquid crystal display capable of narrowing a frame area and improving display quality.

An array substrate for liquid crystal displays and a liquid crystal display including the same. The array substrate includes a display unit including a thin film transistor, a pad unit disposed at one side of the display unit, and a dummy unit disposed at the other side of the display unit. Here, a blocking unit for blocking a liquid crystal alignment layer from spreading is disposed on each of the pad and dummy units. A first blocking unit for blocking the liquid crystal alignment layer from spreading to the pad unit is disposed on the pad unit. A second blocking unit for blocking the liquid crystal alignment layer from spreading to the dummy unit is disposed on the dummy unit. The liquid crystal alignment layer can be blocked from spreading to the pad unit or to a pad unit of an adjacent array substrate in manufacture of a liquid crystal display, thereby enabling omission of a separate process for removing the liquid crystal alignment layer on the pad unit.

A polarization layer including a wire grid layer including a metal wire; and a polarization layer on the wire grid layer and a host and a dichroic dye, wherein the host is one of a reactive mesogen and a liquid crystal polymer, and a liquid crystal display device including the polarization layer are provided.

A display panel including: an array substrate including a substrate, an array part disposed on an effective display region of the substrate, and a protective layer and a blocking part both disposed on the surface of the substrate; an opposite substrate including a base layer and a partition feature disposed on the base layer and facing toward the array substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a sealant disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate; wherein the blocking part surrounds the array part, the blocking part has convex and concave surfaces with different heights alternately arranged, the partition feature is disposed corresponding to the blocking part and has convex and concave surfaces with different heights alternately arranged.

A liquid crystal display device includes first substrate including a display area in which a plurality of pixels are disposed and a non-display area which surrounds the display area, and a light-shielding member disposed on the first substrate, the light-shielding member disposed on boundaries between the plurality of pixels and on the entire non-display area and defining an alignment layer dam pattern, which is in the shape of a recess, in the non-display area, where the alignment layer dam pattern surrounds the display area and has step-type height differences on a side of the display area.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first area including a display portion, a second area adjacent to the first area, and an organic film. The second substrate has a substrate end along a boundary between the first area and the second area, and overlaps the first area. The first substrate includes an alignment film located in the display portion, terminals located in the second area and connected to a signal source, and a first groove formed of the organic film and located between the substrate end of the second substrate and the terminals in the second area. The terminals are arranged in a first direction. The first groove extends in the first direction along the terminals.