Abstract:
To provide a cellulose acylate film having low moisture permeability and low haze, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display device using the same. A cellulose acylate film comprising at least a cellulose acylate, and a compound represented by the formula (1) below: in the formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or substituent, R2 represents a substituent represented by the formula (2) below; n1 represents an integer of 0 to 4, when n1 is 2 or larger, the plurality of (R1)s may be same with or different from each other; n2 represents an integer of 1 to 5, when n2 is 2 or larger, the plurality of (R2)s may be same with or different from each other;
Abstract:
A cellulose acylate film containing a cellulose acylate and a specific polymer, the specific polymer containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents a substituent; (A) represents an atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a binder composition in which air unevenness is suppressed and which has excellent upper layer coating properties after being formed as a layer, a compound, a binder layer, an optical laminate, an optical laminate manufacturing method, and an image display device. The binder composition of the present invention is a binder composition containing a binder and a compound having a group represented by Formula (B1) or (B2). In Formulae (B1) and (B2), Z represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a fluorine atom or an organosiloxane group.
Abstract:
According to the present invention, provided are an optical laminate which has excellent adhesiveness between two optically anisotropic layers, and in which an A plate or a layer obtained by fixing a twist-aligned liquid crystal phase, which is as an optically anisotropic layer, has excellent liquid crystal alignment properties, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. An optical laminate of the present invention has: a first optically anisotropic layer formed of a first liquid crystal compound; a second optically anisotropic layer formed of a second liquid crystal compound; and a mixed layer which is disposed between the first optically anisotropic layer and the second optically anisotropic layer and contains a component derived from the first liquid crystal compound and a component derived from the second liquid crystal compound, the first optically anisotropic layer is a C plate, the second optically anisotropic layer is an A plate or a layer obtained by fixing a twist-aligned liquid crystal phase, the mixed layer further contains a photo-alignment compound, and in an analysis of components of the optical laminate in a depth direction by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry with ion beam irradiation from a surface of the optical laminate on a first optically anisotropic layer side toward a second optically anisotropic layer side, predetermined requirements are satisfied.
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:
An object of the present invention is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal composition which has excellent coating properties, is capable of suppressing film thickness unevenness, and has good coating properties for an upper layer coating liquid after being formed as an optically anisotropic layer, an anisotropic layer formed using the same; an optical laminate; a method for producing an optical laminate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition of the embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerization initiator, and a compound having a monovalent specific group including a cleavage group capable of decomposing by an action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to generate a polar group, in which the specific group has a fluorine atom or a silicon atom on a side closer to a terminal than the cleavage group.
Abstract:
A photo-alignment copolymer has a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group represented by Formula (1), and a repeating unit B including a crosslinkable group represented by Formula (2), a photo-alignment film is formed using a photo-alignment film composition containing the photo-alignment copolymer, an optical laminate has the photo-alignment film and an optically anisotropic layer, and an image display device has the optical laminate.
Abstract:
A dope composition containing an acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of greater than or equal to 250,000; and an additive having a weight average molecular weight of less than 50,000, in which the acrylic resin includes a methyl methacrylate unit (a), and a mass fraction of an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit (b) other than methyl methacrylate is less than 5 mass %, has excellent manufacturing aptitude from the viewpoint of having a high drying speed and large breaking elongation at a time point of forming an un-stretched film, and enabling a crack at the time of being stretched to be suppressed, has a low haze value and an excellent surface shape at the time of preparing a polarizing plate protective film, and has excellent heat resistance; a polarizing plate protective film; a polarizing plate protective film manufacturing method; a polarizing plate; and a liquid crystal display device.
Abstract:
A polarizing plate protective film containing an acrylic resin, in which the acrylic resin includes a methyl methacrylate unit a, a mass fraction of an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit b other than methyl methacrylate is less than 5 mass %, a weight average molecular weight is 250,000 to 4,000,000, and a weight decreasing amount at the time of being heated at 140° C. for 1 hour is less than or equal to 0.5%, has excellent heat resistance and an excellent surface shape; a dope composition; a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate protective film; a polarizing plate; and a liquid crystal display device.
Abstract:
The inventions are an optical film containing cellulose acylate and a compound having a structure denoted by General Formula (A) described below, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device employing the optical film. L represents n-valent connecting group, n represents an integer of greater than or equal to 2, and A represents a heterocyclic group denoted by General Formula (I). R1, R3, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group. Here, any one of R1, R3, and R5 is bonded to L.