Liquid crystal device and liquid crystal

摘要

A liquid crystal device exhibiting a high-speed responsiveness without requiring a voltage application treatment is formed of a pair of substrates each provided with an electrode for applying a voltage therebetween and a nematic liquid crystal disposed between the substrates. The pair of substrates are provided with mutually parallel uniaxial alignment directions and provided with asymmetrical alignment characteristics for achieving an asymmetrical bend alignment state of liquid crystal molecules giving mutually different pretilt angles with the substrates under no electric field.