Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal panel comprising, sequentially from a back surface side toward a viewing surface side:

• a first substrate including a first electrode;
• a first alignment film consisting of a first region;
• a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules having a positive anisotropy of dielectric constant;
• a second alignment film consisting of a second region facing the first region via the liquid crystal layer;
• and
• a second substrate including a second electrode, wherein:
• the second region overlaps the first region along a thickness direction of the first substrate or the second substrate,
• the first alignment film and the second alignment film are different, so that a distribution of an anchoring energy of the first alignment film is not the same as a distribution of an anchoring energy of the second alignment film,
• the liquid crystal molecules are homogeneously aligned with no voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode,
• a polar anchoring energy 2EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film are smaller than a polar anchoring energy 1EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB in the first region of the first alignment film, respectively,
• the polar anchoring energy 2EA in the second region of the second alignment film is not greater than the azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film,
• the polar anchoring energy 1EA is the same in the first region of the first alignment film,
• the azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB is the same in the first region of the first alignment film,
• the polar anchoring energy 2EA is the same in the second region of the second alignment film, and
• the azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB is the same in the second region of the second alignment film.

A liquid crystal panel comprising, sequentially from a back surface side toward a viewing surface side:

• a first substrate including a first electrode;
• a first alignment film consisting of a first region;
• a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules having a positive anisotropy of dielectric constant;
• a second alignment film consisting of a second region facing the first region via the liquid crystal layer;
• and
• a second substrate including a second electrode, wherein:
• the second region overlaps the first region along a thickness direction of the first substrate or the second substrate,
• the first alignment film and the second alignment film are different, so that a distribution of an anchoring energy of the first alignment film is not the same as a distribution of an anchoring energy of the second alignment film,
• the liquid crystal molecules are homogeneously aligned with no voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode,
• a polar anchoring energy 2EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film are smaller than a polar anchoring energy 1EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB in the first region of the first alignment film, respectively,
• the polar anchoring energy 2EA in the second region of the second alignment film is not greater than the azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film, and
• the polar anchoring energy 2EA in the second region of the second alignment film is not less than 10−10 times of the polar anchoring energy 1EA in the first region of the first alignment film and not greater than the polar anchoring energy 1EA in the first region of the first alignment film.

A liquid crystal panel comprising, sequentially from a back surface side toward a viewing surface side:

• a first substrate including a first electrode;
• a first alignment film consisting of a first region;
• a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules having a positive anisotropy of dielectric constant;
• a second alignment film consisting of a second region facing the first region via the liquid crystal layer;
• and
• a second substrate including a second electrode, wherein:
• the second region overlaps the first region along a thickness direction of the first substrate or the second substrate,
• the first alignment film and the second alignment film are different, so that a distribution of an anchoring energy of the first alignment film is not the same as a distribution of an anchoring energy of the second alignment film,
• the liquid crystal molecules are homogeneously aligned with no voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode,
• a polar anchoring energy 2EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film are smaller than a polar anchoring energy 1EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB in the first region of the first alignment film, respectively,
• the polar anchoring energy 2EA in the second region of the second alignment film is not greater than the azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film, and
• the azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB in the second region of the second alignment film is not less than 10−10 times of the azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB in the first region of the first alignment film and not greater than the azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB in the first region of the first alignment film.