INDUCER FOR VERTICALLY ALIGNING LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING SAME

摘要

The present invention provides an inducer for vertically aligning liquid crystals, comprising at least one affinitive liquid crystal-non-affinitive liquid crystal compound. Said compound contains an affinitive liquid crystal region including an affinitive liquid crystal group having high chemical affinity to a liquid crystal host, and a non-affinitive liquid crystal region including a non-affinitive liquid crystal group having low chemical affinity to the liquid crystal host. At least one of the affinitive liquid crystal-non-affinitive liquid crystal compounds includes at least one liquid crystal having an affinity group having at least eight carbon atoms in the affinitive liquid crystal region. The ratio of non-affinity of liquid crystal, (X'), of the inducer for vertically aligning liquid crystals, calculated by the following equation 1, is 0.5 to 6. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display device manufactured using the inducer. [Equation 1] n, X, and Y in the equation are the same as that which is defined in the specification.