A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display element capable of easily improving response characteristics without using a large apparatus is provided. After alignment films 22 and 32 made of a polymer compound including a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain and a bulky skeleton such as an adamantane skeleton are formed in a TFT substrate 20 and a CF substrate 30, the alignment films 22 and 32 are arranged to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer 40 including liquid crystal molecules 41 is sealed between the alignment films 22 and 32, and then, in a state where the liquid crystal molecules 41 are aligned to allow long-axis directions thereof to be oblique with respect to a substrate surface, the polymer compound in the alignment films 22 and 32 is reacted to form a polymer compound including a cross-linked structure, and predetermined pretilts are provided to liquid crystal molecules 41 A and 41B placed in proximity to the alignment films 22 and 32, respectively.
本发明提供了一种无需使用大型设备即可轻松提高响应特性的液晶显示元件的制造方法。在 TFT 衬底 20 和 CF 衬底 30 中形成由包括作为侧链的可交联官能团和大骨架(如
金刚烷骨架)的聚合物化合物制成的对准膜 22 和 32 后,将对准膜 22 和 32 朝向彼此排列,并在对准膜 22 和 32 之间密封包括液晶分子 41 的液晶层 40,然后、在液晶分子 41 对齐以允许其长轴方向相对于基板表面倾斜的状态下,对齐膜 22 和 32 中的聚合物化合物进行反应以形成包括交联结构的聚合物化合物,并向分别靠近对齐膜 22 和 32 的液晶分子 41 A 和 41B 提供预定的预倾斜。