Patent ID: 6287649
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B82Y,C09K,G02F,Y10T

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:a pair of substrates; anda liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said pair of substrates;at least one of said substrates comprising at least two types of monomolecular films formed with sulphur compound molecules on a surface on a side of said liquid crystal layer,wherein one type of said monomolecular films has a perpendicular alignment formed by sulphur compound molecules of straight-chain structure and is formed on a plurality of regions of said substrate surface; and another type of said monomolecular films has a horizontal alignment formed by either sulphur compounds of a plurality of types of different straight-chain structures or a sulphur compound of non-straight chain structure; and is formed on a plurality of regions of said substrate surface other than the plurality of regions where the perpendicular alignment film is provided; wherein the alignments are with respect to the substrates.