Patent ID: 7646460

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates, wherein: uneven portions for bending the alignment of liquid crystal molecules towards the direction along the substrate surface are installed on both of two liquid crystal layer contacting surfaces where said liquid crystal layer contacts its adjacent layers; and said liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal having a positive dielectric constant anisotropy, and a polymer obtained by subjecting a polymerizable compound in said liquid crystal layer to irradiation with active energy rays, irradiation with active energy rays and heat curing, or heat curing, with or without application of a voltage; wherein liquid crystal molecules exist locally near the uneven portions aligned as tilted from the direction perpendicular to the substrate surface when voltage is not applied, while all of the liquid crystal molecules near the uneven portions are aligned vertically to the substrate surface when voltage is applied; said uneven portions are present, independent from each other, on both of said two liquid crystal layer contacting surfaces; and the uneven portions on both of the two liquid crystal layer contacting surfaces are disposed to overlap with each other by 80% or more when seen along a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface.