Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal aligning film containing as the principal constituent a polyimide resin, which comprises two or more diamines, and having a stripping load of 4.0 gf or more measured by particular conditions, and a liquid crystal display device using it. The liquid crystal aligning film has excellent resistance to liquid crystals, and does not have partial disorder of liquid crystal alignment caused by many scratches made by rubbing treatment.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates, a transparent electrode formed on each of the substrates, an orientation film covering the transparent electrode and a liquid crystal sealedly sandwiched between the pair of substrates, wherein the orientation film comprises a polyimide which is formed by a condensation polymerization of 2,2-bis[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]propane as an amine component and 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic dianhydride as an carboxylic acid component, and is subjected to a uniaxial orientation treatment, and the liquid crystal has a smectic layer structure with its bending direction which is aligned with the direction of the uniaxial orientation treatment.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide diamino compounds useful to polyamide raw materials for production of liquid crystal alignment layers having excellent voltage holding ratios without development of image-sticking phenomena, a method for producing the compounds and liquid crystal display devices equipping the liquid crystal alignment layers.The Diamino compounds are represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R indicates hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, further, X, Y and Z indicate hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or fluorine, respectively, and a part or all of them may be the same or different, and the positions of these substitutive groups may be ortho positions or meta positions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display element are provided, according to which a phenomenon of afterimage is slight in the case of liquid crystal display elements of TN mode or STN mode, while a problem of printing phenomenon is solved and a good memory characteristic is obtained in the case of ferroelectric liquid crystal display elements,the liquid crystal alignment film and the liquid crystal display element being characterized in that at least one kind of compounds expressed by the following formula (2) or (3) is added into a liquid crystal alignment film consisting of a polyimide expressed by the following formula (1): ##STR1##

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal aligning film having a reduced after image and a good liquid crystal aligning property caused by a rubbing treatment of a thin film consisting of organics, and its liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide diamino compounds useful to polyamide raw materials for production of liquid crystal alignment layers having excellent voltage holding ratios without development of image-sticking phenomena, a method for producing the compounds and liquid crystal display devices equipping the liquid crystal alignment layers.The Diamino compounds are represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R indicates hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, further, X, Y and Z indicate hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or fluorine, respectively, and a part or all of them may be the same or different, and the positions of these substitutive groups may be ortho positions or meta positions.