Liquid Crystal Display Vertical Alignment Adhesion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Reverse-type liquid crystal display devices face challenges in maintaining high vertical alignment of liquid crystals and adhesion between the liquid crystal layer and alignment film, especially in harsh environments, due to the trade-off between polymer network density and optical properties.
Innovation Solution
A liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer composed of a curable resin, bifunctional monomer, specific compounds with rigid structures and polar groups, and a liquid crystal alignment film from a polymer with a side chain structure, enhancing vertical alignment and adhesion while maintaining optical properties under high temperature and humidity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the polymer network is made denser to increase adhesion between liquid crystal layer and alignment film, then adhesion is improved, but vertical alignment of liquid crystal is impaired and optical properties are deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the chemical composition parameters of the liquid crystal composition by introducing a specific compound with a rigid structure (cyclic group) and polar group. This compound modifies the polymerization behavior and molecular arrangement, enabling sufficient adhesion without excessive polymer network density that would harm vertical alignment. The rigid structure provides structural support while the polar group enhances interfacial interaction, achieving adhesion through molecular design rather than simply increasing polymer content.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite system combining the liquid crystal molecules, polymerizable compound forming the polymer network, and the specific compound with rigid structure and polar group. This composite approach allows the specific compound to mediate between the conflicting requirements: the polymer network provides adhesion while the rigid structure and polar groups of the specific compound maintain vertical alignment and optical properties by influencing molecular orientation and reducing excessive network density.
2Strength
If a polymerizable compound is introduced in larger amount to increase adhesion, then adhesion is improved, but vertical alignment of liquid crystal is inhibited and optical properties are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of increasing the amount of polymerizable compound, the invention changes the quality parameter by introducing a specific compound with a rigid structure and polar group. This compound alters the polymerization kinetics and network structure, achieving effective adhesion with lower polymer content. The rigid structure prevents excessive network formation that would inhibit vertical alignment, while the polar group ensures sufficient interfacial adhesion.
Solution Approach 2:
The specific compound with rigid structure and polar group acts as an intermediary between the polymerizable compound and the alignment film. It mediates the interaction by providing both structural support (rigid group) and adhesive functionality (polar group), allowing effective adhesion without requiring large amounts of polymerizable compound that would otherwise inhibit vertical alignment and degrade optical properties.
3Reliability
If the liquid crystal alignment film is made highly hydrophobic to achieve vertical alignment, then vertical alignment is improved, but adhesion between liquid crystal layer and alignment film becomes low
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies local quality by introducing a specific compound with distinct functional regions: a rigid structure (cyclic group) that provides structural support and maintains vertical alignment, and a polar group that provides adhesive functionality. This local differentiation within the molecular structure allows the compound to simultaneously satisfy the requirements for vertical alignment (through rigid structure) and adhesion (through polar group), resolving the contradiction between hydrophobicity for alignment and adhesion.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite molecular structure combining hydrophobic rigid groups and hydrophilic polar groups within the same compound. This composite approach allows the rigid structure to promote vertical alignment through steric effects while the polar group enhances adhesion through dipole interactions, achieving both vertical alignment and high adhesion without relying solely on extreme hydrophobicity of the alignment film.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution achieves good transparency without voltage, scattering with voltage, and high adhesion between layers, even in harsh conditions, suitable for applications like light control windows.
Implementation Method 1
a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable compound that undergoes polymerization by ultraviolet light, is placed and curing of the liquid crystal composition is carried out by irradiation with ultraviolet light
Implementation Method 2
at least one of the substrates being provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align liquid crystal
Implementation Method 3
the transmission state and the scattering state of the liquid crystal are controlled by application of a voltage
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AI summary
A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer made of a cured product formed by irradiating a liquid crystal composition disposed between a pair of substrates provided with electrodes with ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus and at least one of the substrates being provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align liquid crystal, where the liquid crystal composition contains a curable resin, a bifunctional monomer, a compound of the following formula [1-1a], a compound of the following formula [2-1a] and a monomer having at least one polar group selected from a hydroxy group, a carboxy group and a phosphoric acid group, where the liquid crystal alignment film is obtainable from a liquid crystal alignment treating agent containing a polymer having a side chain structure of the following formula [4-1a] or formula [4-2a]


