Patent ID: 8097294
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a film by applying a material liquid to an application area of a base material and drying the applied material liquid, comprising: (a) forming a frame-shaped partition along a periphery of the application area, the partition having a side surface facing a center of the application area; (b) applying the material liquid to the application area; and (c) drying the material liquid, wherein in step (a), the partition is formed so that a distance between the side surface of the partition and the center is smaller than a distance between an outer edge of the application area and the center, and so that a height of the partition is smaller than a film thickness of the material liquid and at least a majority of a top surface of the partition is immersed in the material liquid at a time when the material liquid is applied, and the height of the partition is larger than a thickness of the dried film, the film being an alignment film for controlling alignment of a liquid crystal molecule.