Liquid crystal display panel and a method of manufacturing the same

An LCD panel comprising:

• a first substrate comprising a black matrix disposed on a surface of a first base substrate having a switching element formed thereon, a color filter disposed on the switching element in a pixel area, a pixel electrode disposed on a surface of the first base substrate having the color filter formed thereon, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the switching element, and a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode;
• a second substrate comprising a common electrode layer disposed on a surface of a second base substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on a surface of the common electrode layer where the first and second substrates are disposed such that the surfaces having the first and second alignment layers face each other as opposing surfaces;
• a liquid crystal layer interposed between opposing surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer comprising a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound and a reactive mesogen represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein the reactive mesogen is cured to form a mesogen cured product on the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer,
• B1—Z1-A-Z2—B2 Chemical Formula 1
• wherein A is a divalent radical represented by
• or any combination thereof, each of Z1 and Z2 independently represents
• a single bond, or any combination thereof, each of Bi and B2 independently represents
• or a combination thereof, and each occurrence of a hydrogen atom in A is independently replaceable with an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, F, Cl, OCF3, OCH3, or any combination thereof.

A liquid crystal composition comprising:

• a liquid crystal compound,
• 0.1 weight percent to 1 weight percent of a reactive mesogen represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and
• an initiator,
• wherein the amount of reactive mesogen is based on the total weight of the liquid crystal composition:
• B1—Z1-A-Z2—B2 Chemical Formula 1
• wherein A is a divalent radical represented by
• or any combination thereof, each of Z1 and Z2 independently represents
• a single bond, or any combination thereof, each of B1 and B2 independently represents
• or any combination thereof, and each occurrence of a hydrogen atom in A is independently replaceable with an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, F, Cl, OCF3, OCH3, or any combination thereof.