Liquid crystal device and method for fabricating the same

A liquid crystal device comprising a pair of electrode substrates opposing each other, a polymer wall, and a liquid crystal region surrounded by the polymer wall, the polymer wall and the liquid crystal region being sandwiched by the pair of electrode substrates,

• wherein at least one of a concave portion and a convex portion is formed on a surface of at least one of the pair of electrode substrates facing the liquid crystal region, and liquid crystal molecules are oriented in the liquid crystal region axial-symmetrically around the vicinity of the at least one of the concave portion and the convex portion as an axis vertical to the electrode substrates, and
• a smooth resin portion is formed on a surface of one or both of the pair of electrode substrates facing the liquid crystal region,
• and wherein a first wall is formed on a surface of at least one of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal region so as to surround the liquid crystal region or the liquid crystal domain, and a height H of the first wall and a height h of the convex portion have a relationship of H>h,
• and further wherein, the polymer wall is formed on the first wall.

A liquid crystal device comprising a pair of electrode substrates opposing each other, a polymer wall, and a liquid crystal region surrounded by the polymer wall, the polymer wall and the liquid crystal region being sandwiched by the pair of electrode substrates,

• wherein an alignment film having axial-symmetric orientation axes is formed on a surface of at least one of the pair of electrode substrates facing the liquid crystal region,
• and wherein a first wall is formed on a surface of at least one of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal region so as to surround the liquid crystal region or the liquid crystal domain,
• and wherein the polymer wall is formed on the first wall,
• and further wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal region are oriented axial-symmetrically around at least one of the axial-symmetric orientation axes.