Abstract:
Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of forming an optically anisotropic layer, and method thereof, in which a variation in a twisted angle of liquid crystal compound in an in-plane direction is suppressed an optical film, and a circularly polarizing plate for an organic EL display. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal, optically active compound A which is a photosensitive optically active compound whose helical twisting power changes upon irradiation with light and has a molar absorption coefficient of 5,000 M−1·cm−1 or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 365 nm, and an optically active compound B having a molar absorption coefficient with respect to light having a wavelength of 365 nm smaller than the molar absorption coefficient of the optically active compound A, in which a mass content ratio of the optically active compound A to the liquid crystal compound is less than 0.01.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical film having a liquid crystal layer having excellent durability, and a liquid crystal film. The optical film of the present invention has an organic base material and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the organic base material, the liquid crystal layer contains a photo-alignment compound, and in the liquid crystal layer, the photo-alignment compound is unevenly distributed on a side of the organic base material.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal composition capable of forming a liquid crystal cured layer with suppressed cissing during formation of a liquid crystal cured layer and excellent alignment properties, a liquid crystal cured layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal compound and a surfactant, in which the surfactant is a copolymer having a repeating unit A including two or more silicon atom-containing groups each having three substituents and a repeating unit B including two or more ring structures consisting of a cycloalkane ring or a monocyclic aromatic ring in which at least one of the ring structures consists of a monocyclic aromatic ring.
Abstract:
An optical film is provided containing cellulose acylate and at least one type of a compound denoted by the following Formula (I). R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an alkoxy carbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkyl sulfonyl group, or an aryl sulfonyl group, R2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, L represents a single bond or a bivalent or more connecting group, and n represents 1 when L is a single bond and n represents an integer of the valence of L−1 when L is a bivalent or more connecting group. s and t each independently represent 1 to 3, and X represents —O— or —N(Ra)-. Ra represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
Abstract translation:提供含有纤维素酰化物和至少一种类型由下式(I)表示的化合物的光学膜。 R1表示氢原子,烷基,烯基,芳基,杂环基,酰基,烷氧基羰基,氨基甲酰基,烷基磺酰基或芳基磺酰基,R2表示烷基 基或芳基,L表示单键或2价以上的连接基,当L为单键时,n表示1,当L为2价以上连接基时,n表示L-1的化合价的整数 。 s和t各自独立地表示1〜3,X表示-O-或-N(Ra) - 。 R a表示氢原子或烷基。
Abstract:
An optical film containing a cellulose acylate, and a compound represented by formula (I); a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device using the optical film; and a compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1a and R1a each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; R5a represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, or a substituent, via a heteroatom or the carbon atom, which has a specific unsaturated moiety in an a-position; R5b represents a substituent; and each group of R1a, R3a and R5b may be substituted with a substituent.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing an optically anisotropic layer, with a polarizer, which has a plurality of regions in which alignment states of a liquid crystal compound are fixed and different from one another; laminate, with a polarizer; and a composition. The method includes: 1) forming a composition layer containing a chiral agent containing at least a photosensitive chiral agent and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound on a substrate, 2) subjecting the composition layer to a heat treatment, 3) subjecting the composition layer to light irradiation under oxygen concentration of 1% by volume or more, after step 2), and 4) subjecting the composition layer to a curing treatment to form an optically anisotropic layer, and 5) carrying out step 3) under heating conditions, or subjecting the composition layer to a heat treatment between step 3) and step 4), with a predetermined amount of chiral agent.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical film with a resin substrate adhered to an optically anisotropic layer and suppression of occurrence of optical defects in the optically anisotropic layer. The optical film has a resin substrate having an alignment regulating force and an optically anisotropic layer arranged thereon, in which the optically anisotropic layer contains a liquid crystal compound and a compound having a heteroatom different from the liquid crystal compound, and in a case where a surface of the optical film on an optically anisotropic layer side thereof is a first surface and a surface of the optical film on a resin substrate side thereof is a second surface, and components of the optical film in a depth direction are analyzed by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry while irradiating the optical film with an ion beam from the first surface toward the second surface, the obtained profile satisfies a predetermined requirement.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film having an optically-anisotropic layer having excellent durability, a polarizing plate and an image display device in which the optical film is used, a polymerizable compound used in the optical film, and a method for manufacturing a 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid monoaryl ester. The optical film of the present invention is an optical film having at least an optically-anisotropic layer, in which the optically-anisotropic layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable compound which has a specific structure, a liquid crystal compound which has a specific structure, and a polymerization initiator.
Abstract:
A cellulose acylate film, containing at least: a cellulose acylate; and a compound represented by the following Formula (I): wherein R1, R3 and R5 each independently designate a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an aromatic group, which groups may have a further substituent; with the proviso that at least one of R1, R3 and R5 is an alkyl group substituted with a group having a ring structure or a cycloalkyl group, and the total number of the ring structures existing in R1, R3 and R5 is 3 or more.