Patent ID: 8257801

Claim:
A photoalignment composition comprising: a first alignment polymer including at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyimide compound, polyamic acid compound, polyamide compound, polynorbornene compound, polyvinyl compound, polyolefin compound, polystyrene compound, polyacrylate compound, polyether compound, polyester compound, polythioether compound, polysulfone compound, polyethersulfone compound, polyetherketone compound, polyurea compound, polyurethane compound, polybenzimidazole compound, polyacetal compound, polyvinyl acetate compound, polymaleimide compound, polyphenylene phthalamide compound, azo side-chain polymer compound, polycinnamoyl compound, polychalcone compound, and polycoumarin compound, in which at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a photosensitive portion represented by the following Chemical Formula 7; and an organic solvent, wherein, in Chemical Formula 7, each of R 1 and R 2 represents —(CH 2 ) n —, “n” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 6, at least one of the (—CH 2 —)s in R 1 is replaceable with R 3 represents —(CH 2 ) m CH 3 , “m” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 12, and each hydrogen atom of R 3 is replaceable with F or Cl.