A liquid crystal display device (100) includes a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (20) opposing each other, and a liquid crystal layer (30) provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a horizontal alignment film (12, 22) provided on a side closer to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display device further includes an alignment sustaining layer (40a, 40b) provided between the horizontal alignment film and the liquid crystal layer, the alignment sustaining layer containing a polymerization product of a photopolymerizable compound. The photopolymerizable compound contains an acrylate group or a methacrylate group. The polymerization product in the alignment sustaining layer contains an acrylate group or a methacrylate group as a residue. The horizontal alignment film contains an acrylate group or a methacrylate group.

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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A liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate, and a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrates; a first liquid crystal alignment layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate; and a second liquid crystal alignment layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate, wherein: at least one of the first liquid crystal alignment layer and the second liquid crystal alignment layer includes reactive mesogens; and the liquid crystal layer includes an antioxidant.

An alignment film includes a first pre-tilt functional group, a second pre-tilt functional group and a first vertical alignment functional group, which are linked to polysiloxane on a substrate. The first vertical alignment functional group includes a cyclic compound and is aligned substantially perpendicularly to the substrate. The first pre-tilt functional group is cross-linked to the second pre-tilt functional group and tilted with respect to the substrate.

A compensation film includes: a first retardation layer including a polymer; a second retardation layer including a liquid crystal having positive birefringence; and a compensation layer including a liquid crystal having a vertical alignment property, where an angle between slow axes of the first and second retardation layers is in a range of about 85 to about 95 degrees, an entire in-plane retardation (R.sub.e0) of the first retardation layer, the second retardation layer and the compensation layer for wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm satisfy the following inequation: R.sub.e0(450 nm)<R.sub.e0(550 nm)<R.sub.e0(650 nm), an in-plane retardation (R.sub.e3) of the compensation layer for the incident light having a wavelength of about 550 nm is in a range of about zero to about 50 nm, and a thickness direction retardation (R.sub.th3) of the compensation layer for the incident light is less than zero.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a pair of a substrate arranged opposite to each other, an electrode group disposed on one side or both sides of the pair of substrates facing each other, a plurality of active devices connected to the electrode group, a liquid crystal alignment film disposed on each facing side of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film is manufactured by irradiating linearly polarized light to a film obtained from polyamic acid or a derivative thereof having a photoisomerization structure in the main chain or a film being subject to heat-baking so as to provide alignment-controlling capability, and the liquid crystal layer is a liquid crystal composition having negative (−) dielectric anisotropy. By the present invention, a liquid crystal display device having improved image sticking characteristics and good alignment stability is provided.

The invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent which provides a polymer composition (A), a solvent (B), and a poly(oxyalkyleneglycol)dialkylether compound (C); wherein the number average molecular weight of the poly(oxyalkyleneglycol)dialkylether compound (C) is from 250 to 2000. The invention also provides a liquid crystal alignment film made by the liquid crystal alignment agent as mentioned above and a liquid crystal display element which provides the liquid crystal alignment film, and the liquid crystal display element has high voltage holding rate and low ion density.

A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Each pixel of the display panel includes a transmission region and a reflection region, and the display panel includes a first polarizer, a first base substrate, a first alignment layer, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment layer, a second base substrate, and a second polarizer. A reflection layer is provided between the second alignment layer and the second polarizer in the reflection region. The liquid crystal layer in the reflection region includes nematic liquid crystal and a polymer network. The liquid crystal layer in the transmission region includes a liquid crystal mixture including the nematic liquid crystal and polymerizable monomers. The polymer network in reflection region is formed by polymerizing the polymerizable monomers in the liquid crystal mixture.

A liquid crystal medium composition is provided with a negative liquid crystal material; at least one polymerizable monomer which is polymerized under a UV irradiation; and at least one alignment assistant including a polar portion and a non-polar portion. The polar portion is connected with the non-polar portion by a bonding group. The liquid crystal medium composition can achieve the vertical alignment without the PI alignment layer by improving the liquid crystal material.

A flexible display panel, a method manufacturing thereof, and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes a first substrate, a first alignment film, a second substrate, a second alignment film, and a liquid crystal layer. When a current is applied to the first alignment film and the second alignment film, liquid crystals in the first liquid crystal layer have a first inclination angle with the first alignment film, and have a second inclination angle with the second alignment film. When the first inclination angle is 90°, the second inclination angle is less than 90°; and when the second inclination angle is 90°, the first inclination angle is less than 90°.