Nissan Chemical Industries Limited

Yoshihiro Tsuruoka

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Toyohiko Abe

Noriaki Kohtoh

Makoto Mishina

Kiyoshi Sawahata

Hideyuki Isogai

Motoaki Ishikawa

Alignment treating agent for liquid crystal cell

A polyimide varnish which is a solution having a polyimide and/or a polyimide precursor dissolved in an organic solvent and which is useful for forming a polyimide coating film on a substrate by coating the solution on the substrate followed by heat treatment, wherein from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of the organic solvent is a lactic acid derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which are independent of each other, is hydrogen, a C.sub.1-5 alkyl group or a C.sub.1-5 alkenyl group.

Polyimide varnish

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment treating agent which comprises a polyimide resin prepared from a diamine including an aromatic diamine having at least one linear alkyl group of at least 6 carbon atoms per benzene ring as the essential component and a tetracarboxylic acid and its derivative. The liquid crystal alignment treating agent obtained in accordance with the present invention comprises a polyimide resin having an alkyl group on a side chain, and accordingly provides a liquid crystal-aligned film containing liquid crystal molecules stably having an enhanced inclined alignment angle (tilt angle) to a substrate.

Liquid crystal alignment treating agent

This invention is concerned with a composition to be used as an agent for aligning liquid crystals in a liquid crystal cell, wherein liquid crystal molecules are aligned with an increased pretilt angle with respect to the substrate, such composition consists essentially of a polyimide resin precursor having repeating units represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes an organic group constituting a tetracarboxylic acid or its derivative; and R.sub.2 represents a divalent organic group constituting a diamine; and

Composition for liquid crystal aligning agent

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Yoshihiro Tsuruoka