A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate (1 10); a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an alignment layer (31, 41) disposed between at least one of the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment layer (31, 41) comprises: a first region (31a, 41a) that is hydrophilic; and a second region (31b, 41b) that is hydrophobic, wherein the first region (31a, 41a) and the second region (31b, 41b) are periodically repeated in a first direction that is parallel to the first substrate or the second substrate, and wherein the liquid crystal layer has a helical structure and comprises: liquid crystal molecules and a liquid crystal additive characterized in that the liquid crystal additive is configured to form a uniform lying helix structure in the liquid crystal layer wherein the pitch of the helix is set to fulfil a compatibility relationship with respect to a width and repetition period of the hydrophilic first region (31a, 41a) and of the hydrophobic second region (31b, 41b) in said first direction, and wherein the liquid crystal additive is amphiphilic and is defined to have a homeotropic orientation on the hydrophilic first region (31a, 41a) and a planar orientation on the hydrophobic second region (31b, 41b). a first substrate (1 10); a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an alignment layer (31, 41) disposed between at least one of the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment layer (31, 41) comprises: a first region (31a, 41a) that is hydrophilic; and a second region (31b, 41b) that is hydrophobic, wherein the first region (31a, 41a) and the second region (31b, 41b) are periodically repeated in a first direction that is parallel to the first substrate or the second substrate, and a first region (31a, 41a) that is hydrophilic; and a second region (31b, 41b) that is hydrophobic, wherein the first region (31a, 41a) and the second region (31b, 41b) are periodically repeated in a first direction that is parallel to the first substrate or the second substrate, and wherein the liquid crystal layer has a helical structure and comprises: liquid crystal molecules and a liquid crystal additive characterized in that the liquid crystal additive is configured to form a uniform lying helix structure in the liquid crystal layer wherein the pitch of the helix is set to fulfil a compatibility relationship with respect to a width and repetition period of the hydrophilic first region (31a, 41a) and of the hydrophobic second region (31b, 41b) in said first direction, and wherein the liquid crystal additive is amphiphilic and is defined to have a homeotropic orientation on the hydrophilic first region (31a, 41a) and a planar orientation on the hydrophobic second region (31b, 41b). liquid crystal molecules and a liquid crystal additive characterized in that the liquid crystal additive is configured to form a uniform lying helix structure in the liquid crystal layer wherein the pitch of the helix is set to fulfil a compatibility relationship with respect to a width and repetition period of the hydrophilic first region (31a, 41a) and of the hydrophobic second region (31b, 41b) in said first direction, and wherein the liquid crystal additive is amphiphilic and is defined to have a homeotropic orientation on the hydrophilic first region (31a, 41a) and a planar orientation on the hydrophobic second region (31b, 41b).