Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a base; an alignment inducing layer on the base and including a first compound represented by formula A1 or a polymer of the first compound; and a liquid crystal layer on the alignment inducing layer that includes liquid crystals: where R1 may be hydrogen or a polymerizable group, R2 may be a hydrophilic group, SP1 and SP2 may each independently be a single bond, a C1-C12 alkylene group, or a C1-C12 alkoxylene group, Z may be a single bond, an ester group, or an ether group, and X1, X2 and X3 may each independently be hydrogen, a methyl group, fluorine, or chlorine.

Abstract: An LCD panel, comprises substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates and liquid crystal alignment layers, each sandwiched between the liquid crystal layer and a respective one of the substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment layers comprises hydrocarbon derivative having perfluorocarbon group.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including an insulating substrate, a first electrode disposed on the insulating substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the insulating substrate and disposed to be insulated from the first electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the display panel; and an alignment-inducing layer disposed between the display panel and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment-inducing layer includes a compound having a structure represented by Chemical Formula 1-A: In Chemical Formula 1-A above, R1 is a hydrophilic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, and A is an alkylene group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyleneoxy group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a single bond.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a base; an alignment inducing layer on the base and including a first compound represented by formula A1 or a polymer of the first compound; and a liquid crystal layer on the alignment inducing layer that includes liquid crystals: where R1 may be hydrogen or a polymerizable group, R2 may be a hydrophilic group, SP1 and SP2 may each independently be a single bond, a C1-C12 alkylene group, or a C1-C12 alkoxylene group, Z may be a single bond, an ester group, or an ether group, and X1, X2 and X3 may each independently be hydrogen, a methyl group, fluorine, or chlorine.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device that includes two substrates that face each other, a liquid crystal cell interposed between the two substrates, and a liquid crystal alignment layer interposed between the liquid crystal cell and at least one of the two substrates, the liquid crystal alignment layer includes a plurality of spherical or spherical-like core particles having a diameter of 10 nm to 1 ?m.

Abstract: An LCD panel, comprises substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates and liquid crystal alignment layers, each sandwiched between the liquid crystal layer and a respective one of the substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment layers comprises hydrocarbon derivative having perfluorocarbon group.

Abstract: An LCD panel, comprises substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates and liquid crystal alignment layers, each sandwiched between the liquid crystal layer and a respective one of the substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment layers comprises hydrocarbon derivative having perfluorocarbon group.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including an insulating substrate, a first electrode disposed on the insulating substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the insulating substrate and disposed to be insulated from the first electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the display panel; and an alignment-inducing layer disposed between the display panel and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment-inducing layer includes a compound having a structure represented by Chemical Formula 1-A: In Chemical Formula 1-A above, R1 is a hydrophilic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, and A is an alkylene group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyleneoxy group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a single bond.

Abstract: An LCD panel, comprises substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates and liquid crystal alignment layers, each sandwiched between the liquid crystal layer and a respective one of the substrates, wherein the liquid crystal alignment layers comprises hydrocarbon derivative having perfluorocarbon group.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device that includes two substrates that face each other, a liquid crystal cell interposed between the two substrates, and a liquid crystal alignment layer interposed between the liquid crystal cell and at least one of the two substrates, the liquid crystal alignment layer includes a plurality of spherical or spherical-like core particles having a diameter of 10 nm to 1 ?m.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including about 70 percent by weight to about 98 percent by weight of a liquid crystal molecule; and about 2 percent by weight to about 30 percent by weight of a hydrogel agent, each based on a total weight of the liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: A thermotropic side-chain liquid crystal polymer and a ferroelectric liquid crystal display employing the same as an orientation layer are provided. The thermotropic side-chain liquid crystal can be advantageously synthesized and is soluble in general organic solvents, thus exhibiting good processability. Further, the ferroelectric liquid crystal display employing the thermotropic side-chain liquid crystal polymer has a uniform orientation layer rarely having defects and good contrast ratio and memory characteristics.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a soluble conductive poly acetylene derivative represented by the following formula (I) including the steps of synthesizing a propargyl derivative by reacting a propargyl halogenide and an alkyne derivative and polymerizing the propargyl derivative in the presence of a transition metal catalyst. The thus obtained novel soluble conductive polymer can be used in a display device. ##STR1## (wherein, X is oxygen atom or sulfur atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkenyl; or when one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is phenyl, the other is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, n is an integer between 50.about.200). The soluble conductive polymer of the present invention can be easily polymerized and has good stability and electrochromic characteristics when applied to display devices.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sulfonium precursor polymer of fluorine-containing poly-1,4-phenylenevinylene precursor polymer used as an aligning material of a liquid crystal device, and a liquid crystal device comprising fluorine-containing poly-1,4-phenylenevinylene as an alignment layer. Uniform orientation and a large pretilt angle can be accomplished.