Patent ID: 7824571

Claim:
A polymerizable liquid crystal composition comprising: a polymerizable liquid crystal monomer represented by the following general formula 3, the polymerizable liquid crystal monomer capable of achieving hybrid alignment on an alignment processed surface: and at least one of a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (1) or a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (2): wherein, R1 to R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, W 1 and W 2 each independently represents a single bond, —O—, —COO—, or —OCO—, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represents —COO— or —OCO—, p and q each independently represents an integer of from 2 to 18, and a hydrogen atom or atoms in each of the three 1,4-phenylene groups present in the formula may be independently substituted with one or more of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an alkanoyl group each having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a cyano group, and a halogen atom.