LIQUID-CRYSTAL ORIENTATING FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FILM, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL ELEMENT HAVING THE FILM

摘要

Disclosed herein is a liquid-crystal orientating film which is a polymer film (2) consisting of stripe-shaped contracted portions (5) extending in a predetermined direction and stretched portions (6) located adjacent to the contracted portions (5), and which is designed to orientate liquid-crystal molecules (9) in the direction in which the portions of the film are contracted and stretched. The liquid-crystal orientating film has been manufactured by applying light to selected portions of a polymer film (2), thereby photo-curing these portions, thus forming stripe-shaped contracted portions (5), stretching the remaining portions (6) of the film, which are located adjacent to the contracted portions (5), by virtue of the contraction of the portions applied with light.