| abstract |
[Problem] The primary characteristics required for the next-generation display include flexibility applicable to a flexible display, transparency applicable to a transmissive display, power saving, and so forth. The present invention provides a liquid crystal element that makes it possible to obtain each of the above characteristics and that is applicable in both a normal mode that creates a non-transparent state when voltage is not applied and a transparent state when voltage is applied, and a reverse mode that creates a transparent state when voltage is not applied and a non-transparent state when voltage is applied. [Solution] Provided is a liquid crystal element including a phase-separated liquid crystal layer that contains a liquid crystal composition and an oriented polymer, a homogeneous alignment film, and an electrode, wherein: the liquid crystal composition exhibits positive dielectric anisotropy; the oriented polymer is formed by UV curing a polymerizable compound having a mesogenic group represented by a general formula (i); and the mesogenic group in the oriented polymer is oriented in the direction of the alignment regulating force in the homogeneous alignment film. |