A thin film forming chemical adsorption material of the present invention includes at least a functional group expressed by the following chemical formula and a -SiX group (X represents halogen) as an end group bonded by siloxane bond. Consequently, a novel, thin-film forming, chemical adsorption material which is capable of forming a thin-film of a monomolecular layer form and has photosensitive groups which are transparent and stable in a visible light region and cause photochemical reaction in a ultraviolet light region, and the producing method thereof can be provided.
The liquid crystal alignment film of the present invention includes an aggregation of adsorption molecules chemically adsorbed directly on a surface of a substrate with electrodes or chemically adsorbed indirectly thereon through another material layer, and further the adsorption molecules include adsorption molecule having a characteristic group expressed by the following chemical formula and a -O-Si bond group at a molecular end group. Consequently, the liquid crystal alignment film that is uniformly and strongly anchored on the substrate, is excellent in thermal stability of alignment as well as in controllability of alignment, and has a film thickness of such a level of nanometer as to be produced with good productivity, and the LCD using the same can be provided.
本发明的一种形成薄膜的
化学吸附材料至少包括一个由以下
化学式表示的官能团和一个-SiX基团(X代表卤素),作为通过
硅氧烷键结合的端基。因此,本发明提供了一种新型的、可形成单分子层状薄膜的、具有光敏基团的、在可见光区透明且稳定、在紫外光区可引起光
化学反应的、可形成薄膜的
化学吸附材料及其生产方法。
本发明的
液晶配向膜包括直接
化学吸附在带电极的基底表面上或通过另一材料层间接
化学吸附在基底表面上的吸附分子的聚集体,吸附分子还包括具有以下
化学式表示的特征基团的吸附分子和分子末端基团上的-O-Si 键基团。因此,可以提供均匀而牢固地固定在基板上的
液晶配向膜,其配向热稳定性和配向可控性都很好,膜厚为纳米级,可以以良好的生产率生产,并可以提供使用该膜的
液晶显示器。