Abstract:
There is provided a phase difference film which includes a substrate, an acrylic resin layer, an intermediate layer containing a main component of the substrate and a main component of the acrylic resin layer between the substrate and the acrylic resin layer, and a specific phase difference layer directly on a surface on the opposite side to the intermediate layer of the acrylic resin layer, in which the substrate contains at least one kind of resin selected from a cellulose acylate resin, a cyclic olefin resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and a styrene resin, the acrylic resin layer contains an acrylic resin having a polar group, the intermediate layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 10 μm, and the phase difference layer is formed by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound containing a vertical alignment agent.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal (LC) display device uses a phase difference film which increases front contrast of the device, and a polarization plate. The film includes a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer thereon, the first layer formed by fixing an LC compound in a homogeneous alignment state, has an order parameter (OP) of 0.75 to 0.95, and layer thickness of 0.3 μm to 3.0 μm, the second layer formed by fixing an LC compound in a homeotropic alignment state, has an OP of 0.60 to 0.95, and layer thickness of 0.3 μm to 3.0 μm, the OP which is denoted by OP=(A∥−A⊥)/(2A⊥+A∥), “A∥” which represents absorbance of the LC compound regarding light polarized parallel to an alignment direction, and “A⊥” which represents absorbance of the LC compound to regarding light polarized vertical to the alignment direction.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method of a multilayer film having: an optical film including: a retardation layer A satisfying the relational expression, nz>nx≧ny, here, nx represents an in-plane refractive index in a direction of an in-plane slow axis, ny represents an in-plane refractive index in a direction orthogonal to the direction of an in-plane slow axis, and nz represents a refractive index in a thickness direction; a retardation layer B of which in-plane retardation Re and thickness direction retardation Rth satisfy the relational expressions, 0 nm≦Re≦20 nm, 50 nm≦Rth≦300 nm, wherein the total film thickness is 5 μm to 40 μm; and a laminate layer C on the surface of the A layer, the manufacturing method including: manufacturing a multilayer structure including the A layer and the C layer by a solution co-casting method; and forming the B layer on the surface of the A layer of the multilayer structure by coating.
Abstract:
There is provided a phase difference film which includes a, an intermediate layer, and a phase difference layer to which an alignment state of a liquid crystal material is fixed in this order, in which the substrate contains cellulose acylate in which an average substitution degree DS of an acyl group satisfies 2.0
Abstract:
An optical film having a thickness of from 20-60 μm, Re(550) of larger than 80-350 nm, an elastic modulus Em in a direction that is in parallel or perpendicular to one arbitrary edge of the film and provides a maximum elastic modulus of the film, and an elastic modulus Es in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of Em, with satisfying Em/Es of 1.5-2.5; and satisfying: - 0.14 ≦ log E T 10 ′ - log E T 100 ′ T 10 - T 100 ≦ - 0.02 wherein T10 represents a temperature where E′RT becomes 1/10; T100 represents a temperature where E′RT becomes 1/100; log E′T10 represents log E′ where E′RT becomes 1/10; and log E′T100 represents log E′ where E′RT becomes 1/100, wherein E′ represents a storage modulus of the film measured by dynamic viscoelastic measurement, and E′RT represents the storage modulus of the film at room temperature.
Abstract:
An optical film having a high Re and a low |Rth| is provided. An optical film consists of a composition that includes cellulose acylate having an acyl group including an aromatic group, and satisfies Formula (I) 150 nm≦Re (550)≦350 nm, Formula (II) −50 nm≦Rth (550)≦50 nm, and Formula (III) 0.07 nm≦degree of cross-sectional orientation P2z≦1, Here, Re (550) represents the in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm, and Rth (550) represents the thickness direction retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm.
Abstract:
A laminated optical film which exhibit a high front contrast ratio and even brightness, improve viewing angle characteristics of a liquid crystal display of a horizontal alignment mode, and have high durability.A laminated optical film comprising: a B layer; and a C layer, wherein the B layer satisfies the following three formulae (Ib) to (IIIb), the C layer satisfies the following two formulae (Ic) and (IIc), and the absolute value |ΔSP value| of a difference in SP value between the primary components of the B and C layers is not more than 1.5, the SP value being determined by Hoy's method. 1.0≦Nz≦3.0; (Ib): 70 nm≦Re(550); and (IIb): 0 nm≦Rth(550)≦200 nm, (IIIb): Re(550)≦10 nm; and (Ic): −200 nm≦Rth(550)≦−50 nm (IIc):