Patent ID: 7910924
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal apparatus having a liquid crystal layer and a pair of electrodes disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal layer for applying voltage on a liquid crystal enclosed between a pair of substrates, said apparatus comprising: first and second substrates which are disposed facing each other; a liquid crystal sealed between said first and second substrates; tilt control sections formed by polymerizing a polymeizable compound comprising at least one photofunctional group selected from acrylate and methacrylate included in the liquid crystal by selectively irradiating active energy rays onto the substrate surface when no voltage is applied, and which are disposed on at least one of said first and second substrates and determine the tilting directions of the liquid crystal molecules when voltage is applied; and alignment control layers which are formed on the liquid crystal side faces of the first and second substrates and control the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules when no voltage is applied to be roughly vertical from the substrate face, wherein said alignment control layers are formed by polymerizing a polymerizable compound that has remained as a monomer after the selective irradiation of active energy rays.