LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT

To provide a liquid crystal element that excels in initial low-temperature responsiveness without using a polarizing plate, and with which the low-temperature responsiveness hardly degrades in a lightfastness test.SOLUTION: Provided is a liquid crystal element not including a polarizing plate, the liquid crystal element comprising: a pair of electrode substrates composed of a first electrode substrate and a second electrode substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of electrode substrates; and an ultraviolet ray cutoff layer provided on the side of the first electrode substrate opposite the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode substrate is a transparent electrode substrate, and the ultraviolet ray cutoff layer has a light transmissivity of 0.1% or less in a wavelength range of 378 nm or below. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal component composed of one or two or more liquid crystal compounds, and the liquid crystal component includes a liquid crystal compound expressed by the following formula (1).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】偏光板を使用せずとも、初期の低温応答性に優れ、かつ、耐光性試験において該低温応答性が劣化し難い液晶素子を提供すること。【解決手段】偏光板を備えない液晶素子であって、第一の電極基板及び第二の電極基板からなる一対の電極基板と、一対の電極基板間に配置された液晶層と、第一の電極基板の液晶層とは反対側に設けられた紫外線遮断層と、を備え、第一の電極基板は、透明電極基板であり、紫外線遮断層は、３７８ｎｍ以下の波長域における光透過率が０．１％以下である層であり、液晶層は、１種又は２種以上の液晶化合物からなる液晶成分を含み、液晶成分は、下記式（１）で表される液晶化合物を含む、液晶素子。TIFF2024092707000060.tif14149【選択図】図１