| CPC G02F 1/133723 (2013.01) [G02F 1/13306 (2013.01); G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); G02F 1/13439 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A transparent base material for a liquid crystal device, comprising:
a flexible base layer; and
an alignment layer formed on the flexible base layer and formed such that the alignment layer regulates orientations of liquid crystal molecules,
wherein the alignment layer includes polyimide and has a surface such that the surface has an indentation hardness of 0.25 GPa or higher as measured by a nanoindentation test according to ISO 14577-1:2015.
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