Cholesteric liquid crystal layer, laminate, optically anisotropic body, reflective film, method for producing cholesteric liquid crystal layer, anti-counterfeit medium, and determination method

A method for producing the cholesteric liquid crystal layer formed using a liquid crystal compound,

• wherein, in at least one main plane out of a pair of main planes of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a direction of a molecular axis of the liquid crystal compound changes while continually rotating along at least one in-plane direction,
• the molecular axis of the liquid crystal compound is tilted with respect to the main plane of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and
• an arrangement direction of bright portions and dark portions derived from the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, as observed under a scanning electron microscope in a cross section perpendicular to the main plane, is tilted with respect to the main plane of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer,
• a step 1 of forming a liquid crystal layer in which a molecular axis of a disk-like liquid crystal compound is tilted with respect to a surface on at least one surface, using a composition including the disk-like liquid crystal compound;
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• a step 2 of forming the cholesteric liquid crystal layer on the liquid crystal layer, using a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound.