Patent ID: 8962107
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: C09K,G02F,H01J

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: (a) an array substrate including: a lower substrate having a switching part formed thereon; a pixel electrode formed in a unit pixel area defined on the lower substrate and connected with the switching part; and a lower alignment layer including a polyimide and formed on the pixel electrode, the lower alignment layer including a directionally aligned reactive mesogen (RM) adapted to induce a corresponding pretilt alignment direction in adjacent liquid crystal molecules, the reactive mesogen (RM) being chemically bound to be part of the polyimide of the lower alignment layer and having a reactive functional group; (b) an opposite substrate including: an upper substrate spaced apart from and facing opposite to the lower substrate; and an upper alignment layer; and (c) a liquid crystal layer interposed between a surface of the lower alignment layer and a surface of the upper alignment layer, the liquid crystal layer including said liquid crystal molecules, wherein the polyimide is a reaction product formed from an alignment layer composition including: