Abstract:
Provided are a method of manufacturing an optical element in which an optically-anisotropic layer having a small amount of in-plane unevenness can be prepared, and an optical element. The method of manufacturing an optical element is a method of manufacturing an optical element, the optical element including an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed using a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound, an alignment film that aligns the liquid crystal compound, and a support, the method including: an alignment film forming step of forming the alignment film on one surface of the support; and an optically-anisotropic layer forming step of forming an optically-anisotropic layer on the alignment film, in which the alignment film includes a photo-alignable material, the alignment film forming step includes an exposure step of exposing different in-plane positions of the alignment film to light components having different polarization directions, and the support scatters light in a wavelength range of at least a part of a light absorption band where a photochemical reaction of the alignment film occurs by irradiating the alignment film with the polarized light in the exposure step.
Abstract:
The optical element is an optical element including a first optically anisotropic layer which is a cured layer of a liquid crystal composition containing a rod-like liquid crystal compound and a second optically anisotropic layer which is laminated on the first optically anisotropic layer and is a cured layer of a liquid crystal composition containing a disk-like liquid crystal compound, wherein each of the first optically anisotropic layer and the second optically anisotropic layer, has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an optical axis of the rod-like liquid crystal compound and an optical axis of the disk-like liquid crystal compound are respectively parallel to a surface of the optically anisotropic layer and oriented along at least one in-plane direction, orientation of the optical axis changes continuously and rotationally, and the orientation of the optical axis rotates by 180° with a period of 0.5 μm to 5 μm.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide: an optical element in which incident light can be transmitted or reflected at an angle in the predetermined direction and the wavelength dependence of the amount of transmitted light or reflected light is small; and an optical element including the optical element. The optical element according to the present invention comprises: an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed using a composition including a liquid crystal compound and an infrared absorbing colorant, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and an absorption of the infrared absorbing colorant in a wavelength range of 700 to 2000 nm in a minor axis direction is higher than an absorption of the infrared absorbing colorant in a wavelength range of 700 to 2000 nm in a major axis direction.
Abstract:
An object is to provide an optical element in which a wavelength dependence of refraction of transmitted light is small, and a light guide element including the optical element. The optical element includes: plurality of optically-anisotropic layers that are formed using a composition including a liquid crystal compound and have a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound continuously rotates in one in-plane direction; and a wavelength selective phase difference layer that is disposed between two optically-anisotropic layers and converts circularly polarized light in a specific wavelength range into circularly polarized light having an opposite turning direction, in which, in a case where, in the liquid crystal alignment pattern, a length over which the direction of the optical axis rotates by 180° in the in-plane direction in which the direction of the optical axis changes is set as a single period, a length of the single period in at least one optically-anisotropic layer is different from that of another optically-anisotropic layer.
Abstract:
The present invention is to provide an optical film having optically anisotropic layer having excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. An 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 predetermined liquid crystal compound and a polymerization initiator, and an extrapolated glass transition starting temperature of the optically anisotropic layer is 70° C. or higher.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film having an optically anisotropic layer having excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. This optical film of the present invention is an optical film at least having an optically anisotropic layer, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a predetermined liquid crystal compound, a predetermined mesogen compound, and a polymerization initiator, an I/O value of the liquid crystal compound is more than 0.56, and an I/O value of the mesogen compound is 0.56 or less.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film having an optically anisotropic layer having excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. An optical film of the present invention includes an optically anisotropic layer, an overcoat layer, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer in this order, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group and a polymerization initiator, the overcoat layer is a layer obtained by curing a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer having two or more polymerizable groups, and a molecular weight per polymerizable group in the polyfunctional polymerizable monomer is 140 or less.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film having an optically anisotropic layer having excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. This optical film of the present invention is an optical film at least having an optically anisotropic layer, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a predetermined liquid crystal compound and a polymerization initiator, and the optically anisotropic layer has a density of 1.20 g/cm3 or more and a crosslinking point density of 0.0016 mol/cm3 or more.
Abstract:
A resin composition for laser engraving has excellent roll detachability and sheet appearance when the resin composition is subjected to calender processing. A method produces a flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving, and a method produces a flexographic printing plate and uses the resin composition for laser engraving. A method for producing a flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving, includes, in the following order, forming a relief forming layer using a resin composition for laser engraving, through sheet molding using a calender roll; and crosslinking the relief forming layer by means of heat, and obtaining a flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving having a crosslinked relief forming layer, in which the resin composition for laser engraving is a resin composition including a diene-based polymer, a thermal polymerization initiator, carbon black, and a filler other than carbon black.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second polarizers with absorption axes orthogonal to each other; first and second substrates between the first and second polarizers and at least one of which has a transparent electrode; and a twisted-nematic liquid crystal cell disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein a light scattering film is provided at a viewing side of the first and second polarizers and includes a support member and a liquid crystal layer composed of a liquid crystal compound, wherein the pitch of the liquid crystal compound ranges between 0.35 μm and 3 μm and is oriented at 45° relative to a liquid-crystal direction of the liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal layer has a thickness between 0.17 μm and 10 μm, and wherein a weighted scattering area ratio of a goniophotometer scattering profile of the light scattering film satisfies the following expression: S 60 / ( S 0 ) 2 × 1000 > 40 S 0 = ∑ S 0 ( θ ) × θ ∑ S 0 ( θ ) S 60 = ∑ S 60 ( θ ) × exp ( - 0.2 × θ ) ∑ S 60 ( θ )