Patent ID: 8632862

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pair of field generating electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy; and at least one alignment layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the at least one alignment layer comprises: a main chain and at least one side chain connected to the main chain, wherein the at least one side chain comprises a vertical functional group or a polar group; at least one main chain to which a side chain comprising a vertical functional group is connected; at least one main chain to which a side chain comprising a polar functional group is connected; and wherein the vertical functional group is originated from a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein X is O, COO, or N, and R 1 is H or a substituted or non-substituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl group.