Liquid crystal display panel and fabricating method thereof
There is disclosed a liquid crystal display panel and the fabricating method thereof that is adaptive for preventing the deterioration of display quality in a high temperature environment. A liquid crystal display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower array substrate and an upper array substrate which face each other with a liquid crystal therebetween; and an alignment film formed in each of the upper array substrate and the lower array substrate for aligning the liquid crystal, wherein the alignment film is formed of polymers where an optically active radical as a functional group is combined into any one of a polybenzoxazole group compound, a polybenzthiazole group compound or a polybenzimidazole group compound.
1 . A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
a lower array substrate and an upper array substrate which face each other with a liquid crystal therebetween; and
an alignment film formed in at least one of the upper array substrate and the lower array substrate for aligning the liquid crystal,
wherein the alignment film is formed of a polymer having an optically active radical as a functional group, wherein said polymer is formed from any one of a polybenzoxazole group compound, a polybenzthiazole group compound or a polybenzimidazole group compound.
2 . The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polybenzoxazole group compound is made by a step polymerization of phenylene dicarboxylic acid and diaminobenzendiol dihydrochloride.
3 . The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polybenzthiazole group compound is made by a step polymerization of phenylene dicarboxylic acid and diaminobenzendithiol dihydrochloride.
4 . The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polybenzimidazole group compound is made by a step polymerization of phenylene dicarboxylic acid and tetra amine.
5 . The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the optically active radical is a material which can undergo a reaction selected from the group consisting of photopolymerization, photoisomerization, photolysis and photo-realignment.
6 . The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 5 , wherein
said photopolymerization reaction material is any one of a cinnamic acid derivative, a chalcone derivative, a cumarine derivative and a maleimide derivative;
said photoisomerization reaction material is any one of an azo compound and a stilbene compound;
said photolysis reaction material is any one of a cyclobutane and a carbonyl group compound; and
said photo-realignment reaction material is an aromatic ester group compound.
7 . A fabricating method of a liquid crystal display panel having a step of forming upper and lower alignment films which are located with a liquid crystal therebetween and said alignment films align the liquid crystal, comprising:
forming at least one of the upper and lower alignment films, wherein said alignment films are formed from an alignment material comprising a polymer having an optically active radical as a functional group, wherein said polymer is formed from any one of a polybenzoxazole group compound, a polybenzthiazole group compound or a polybenzimidazole group compound, in each of an upper and a lower array substrate; and
irradiating the alignment material with ultraviolet rays.
8 . The fabricating method according to claim 7 , wherein said alignment material of the polybenzoxazole group polymer is formed by the method comprising:
reacting a photoactivator with any one of phenylene dicarboxylic acid and diaminobenzendiol dihydrochloride; and
step-polymerizing the phenylene dicarboxylic acid and the diaminobenzendiol dihydrochloride at a temperature of 100° C.-300° C.
9 . The fabricating method according to claim 7 , wherein said alignment material of the polybenzthiazole group polymer is formed by the method comprising:
reacting a photoactivator with any one of phenylene dicarboxylic acid and diaminobenzendithiol dihydrochloride; and
step-polymerizing the phenylene dicarboxylic acid and the diaminobenzendithiol dihydrochloride at a temperature of 100° C.-300° C.
10 . The fabricating method according to claim 7 , wherein said alignment material of the polybenzimidazole group polymer is formed by the method comprising:
reacting a photoactivator with any one of phenylene dicarboxylic acid and tetra amine; and
step-polymerizing the phenylene dicarboxylic acid and the tetra amine at a temperature of 100° C.-300° C.
11 . The fabricating method according to claim 7 , wherein the optically active radical is a material which can undergo a reaction selected from the group consisting of photopolymerization, photoisomerization, photolysis and photo-realignment.
12 . The fabricating method according to claim 11 , wherein
said photopolymerization reaction material is any one of a cinnamic acid derivative, a chalcone derivative, a cumarine derivative and a maleimide derivative;
said photoisomerization reaction material is any one of an azo compound and a stilbene compound;
said photolysis reaction material is any one of a cyclobutane and a carbonyl group compound; and
said photo-realignment reaction material is an aromatic ester group compound.
13 . The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said polymer having an optically active radical as a functional group is selected from group consisting of:
wherein R is said optically active radical as a functional group.
14 . The fabricating method according to claim 7 wherein said polymer having an optically active radical as a functional group is selected from group consisting of:
wherein R is said optically active radical as a functional group.