Abstract: A polarizing plate is provided with an optical compensation film and includes a polarizing plate, an adhesive layer A, an optical compensation film, and an adhesive layer B adhered to one another, wherein the polarizing plate comprises a polyvinyl alcohol polarizing film containing a dichroic substance, and wherein the elastic modulus of the adhesive layer A of the polarizing plate with an optical compensation film is not greater than 0.06 MPa. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display is provided in which the polarizing plate with an optical compensation film is furnished on at least one side of the liquid crystal cell. Thus, display irregularities can be improved.

Abstract: An optical member comprising an optical material or a laminated body of the optical materials in a shape a sheet or a film and an adhesive layer at least on one side thereof, wherein a repulsive force when deformed at 180° in radius of 25 mm with 25 mm width shows 0.2 to 0.8 N, is used in a liquid crystal display. The optical member have a peeling strength may be decreased without decrease in adhesive strength of adhesive itself to enable easy formation of trigger for peeling.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive optical film that has good reworkability, and further has excellent moisture heat resistance, and that gives neither foaming nor peeling under heated and humidified treatment is provided.

Abstract: A polarizing plate is provided with an optical compensation film and includes a polarizing plate, an adhesive layer A, an optical compensation film, and an adhesive layer B adhered to one another, wherein the polarizing plate comprises a polyvinyl alcohol polarizing film containing a dichroic substance, and wherein the elastic modulus of the adhesive layer A of the polarizing plate with an optical compensation film is not greater than 0.06 MPa. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display is provided in which the polarizing plate with an optical compensation film is furnished on at least one side of the liquid crystal cell. Thus, display irregularities can be improved.

Abstract: In an optical member, a surface of an optical material is bonded to and covered with a protective film having a outer surface roughness Ra of at least 0.03 &mgr;m, or in an optical member, an adhesive layer disposed on an uttermost surface of an optical material is provisionally bonded to and covered with a separator having a outer surface roughness Ra of at least 0.03 &mgr;m, hardly generates blocking and, even if the optical members are transported or stored in a stacked state and subjected to a process of automatically assembling liquid crystal display and the like, the optical members can be smoothly separated unit by unit from the stack, thereby avoiding stoppage of the assembling line caused by catching plural units, and enabling production of liquid crystal display and the like with a good assembling efficiency.

Abstract: An optical member comprising an optical material or a laminated body of the optical materials in a shape a sheet or a film and an adhesive layer at least on one side thereof, wherein a repulsive force when deformed at 180° in radius of 25 mm with 25 mm width shows 0.2 to 0.8 N, is used in a liquid crystal display. The optical member have a peeling strength may be decreased without decrease in adhesive strength of adhesive itself to enable easy formation of trigger for peeling.

Abstract: An acrylic derived adhesive that is used for attachment of a polarizing plate having a difference of no more than 5% between an initial gel ratio and a gel ratio after the adhesive is heated at 80° C. for 500 hours is efficiently used as adhesive for polarizing plate excellent in long-term preservation quality and for optical member.

Abstract: When a noise level of upward signal received by a center equipment exceeds a predetermined maximum noise level, line equipment located the closest upstream from a noise source is specified and attenuation of the upward signal on the specified line equipment is increased in levels until the noise level of the upward signal received by the center equipment is equal to or under the maximum noise level. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent abnormal noise to affect the whole system without interrupting the upward signal from a cable modem located downstream of the noise source to the center equipment.

Abstract: An optical diffusing layer comprising a resin coated layer having a surface fine concavo-convex structure, wherein an average of peak-to-peak distance (Sm), an average of center line surface roughness (Ra), and an average of ten-point surface roughness (Rz) on the surface with fine concavo-convex structure satisfy specified equations, is capable of maintaining antiglare property and screen glare simultaneously controlled, when applied to an LCD in which high definition is required.

Abstract: A wide viewing angle polarizing plate capable of forming a liquid crystal display which causes less brightness unevenness by heat history, thereby exhibiting good visibility at a wide viewing angle, comprises a polarizing plate in which a transparent protective layer made of an compensating plate is provided on at least one surface of a polarizing film, one or both of a brightness enhanced plate and a retardation plate laminated on the polarizing plate via an adhesive layer, have a 1000% modulus at 90° C. of at most 6 g/mm2, thereby to form a laminate, and an adhesive layer disposed on one surface or on both surfaces of the outer surface of the laminate.

Abstract: A wide viewing angle polarizing plate capable of forming a liquid crystal display which causes less brightness unevenness by heat history, thereby exhibiting good visibility at a wide viewing angle comprises a polarizing plate in which a transparent protective layer made of an compensating plate is provided on at least one surface of a polarizing film, one or both of a brightness enhanced plate and a retardation plate laminated on the polarizing plate via an adhesive layer have a 1000% modulus at 90° C. of at most 6 g/mm2, thereby to form a laminate, and an adhesive layer disposed on one surface or on both surfaces of the outer surface of the laminate.

Abstract: The antiglare layer includes at least one resin coat layer (a) containing particles and a resin coat layer (b) laminated on said resin coat layer (a). The resincoat layer (b) contains particles and has a surface uneven configuration. An average particle size of the particles contained in the resin coat layer (b) is smaller than or equal to an average particle size of the particles contained in the resin coat layer (a), is capable of restraining the screen glaring phenomenon while maintaining the antiglare property and in which the whiting is observed to the least extent.

Abstract: An optical member is made from an optical material either one of or each of two surfaces of which is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesion layer having a 1000% elastic modulus in a range of from 3 g/mm2 to 10 g/mm2 at 90° C. The optical member exhibits characteristic in which the quantity of curl is not larger than 3 mm per 12 inches when the optical member adhesively bonded to a resin substrate through the pressure sensitive adhesion layer is heated at 80° C. for 150 hours. A cell substrate comprises a resin substrate having a curl quantity of not larger than 3 mm per 12 inches when an optical member is heated at 80° C. for 150 hours after the optical member is adhesively bonded to the resin substrate through the pressure sensitive adhesion layer. A liquid-crystal display wherein an optical member is adhesively bonded, through a pressure sensitive adhesion layer of the optical member, to either one of or each of two surfaces of a liquid-crystal cell is formed by use of the cell substrate.

Abstract: The antiglare layer includes at least one resin coat layer (a) containing particles and a resin coat layer (b) laminated on said resin coat layer (a). The resin coat layer (b) contains particles and has a surface uneven configuration. An average particle size of the particles contained in the resin coat layer (b) is smaller than or equal to an average particle size of the particles contained in the resin coat layer (a), is capable of restraining the screen glaring phenomenon while maintaining the antiglare property and in which the whiting is observed to the least extent.

Abstract: An optical film laminate which is less apt to have adhesive deficiencies or cause adhesive soils. The optical film laminate comprises an optical film layer 1 and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3, wherein non-tacky powders 5 are adhered to edge surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: There is provided an optical member having an optical material and a tacky layer provided on at least one surface of the optical material. The tacky layer has an initial adhesive force of not smaller than 400 g per 25 mm based on 90° peeling from a resin substrate and has an adhesive force of not larger than 1000 g per 25 mm after heating at 70° C. for 5 hours. There is also provided a cell substrate made of a resin substrate. The resin substrate has an initial adhesive force of not smaller than 400 g per 25 mm on based on 90° peeling from the tacky layer provided on the optical material and having an adhesive force of not larger than 1000 g per 25 mm after heating at 70° C. for 5 hours. And there is provided a liquid-crystal display in which the optical member is adhesively bonded through the tacky layer of the optical member to the surface of a liquid-crystal cell formed by used of the cell substrate.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition showing the adhesive force and the cohesive force with a good stability is disclosed. The composition comprises a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (a) having an alkyl group having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (b) having a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group at the terminal end and having an alkyl group having from 3 to 14 total carbon atoms as the ester side chain. In particular, when the carbon atom number of the alkyl group of the monomer (b) is less by one than or not less than the same number as the carbon atom number of the alkyl group of the monomer (a), the effect of the functional group can be most effectively exhibited. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet is also disclosed, comprising a support having formed at least one surface thereof the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.