Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device

The liquid crystal display device according to 25,

• wherein the silane coupling layer comprises a silane coupling compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of vinyl, epoxy, amino, mathacryl, acryl, mercapto, and isocyanato.

A method for producing a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:

• disposing a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal material and at least two kinds of radical polymerizable monomers between a pair of substrates that are substantially free of an alignment film in outermost surfaces thereof;
• and
• polymerizing the radical polymerizable monomers by irradiating the liquid crystal composition with light, thereby forming a polymer layer for controlling alignment of liquid crystal molecules on the surface of at least one of the substrates, at least one of the radical polymerizable monomers being a compound having a structure that creates a ketyl radical as a result of hydrogen abstraction induced by the light radiation.