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 ?m and 3 ?m 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 ?m and 10 ?m, and wherein a weighted scattering area ratio of a goniophotometer scattering profile of the light scattering film satisfies the following expression.

Abstract: An optical film of the present invention includes a positive A-plate and a positive C-plate, in which the Re(450), Re(550), and Re(650) of the positive A-plate satisfy the relationship of Re(450)?Re(550)?Re(650), the positive A-plate is formed of a cured product of a composition including the liquid crystal compound A, and the positive C-plate is formed of a cured product of a composition including the liquid crystal compound C.

Abstract: An optical film of the present invention includes an optically anisotropic layer containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or an optically anisotropic layer formed by the curing of a polymerizable composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1):

Abstract: A barrier layer-attached substrate according to the present invention is the barrier layer-attached substrate for a display component comprising: a barrier layer-attached substrate in which the barrier layers are formed on the substrate; a plurality of display elements formed on the barrier layer of the barrier layer-attached substrate; and an upper multilayer sealing film formed on the display elements so as to cover the display elements. And the barrier layer-attached substrate is characterized in that a plurality of the barrier layers are formed on the substrate into a divided pattern. With the use of the barrier layer-attached substrate of the present invention, a long-life display component of the present invention can be manufactured.

Abstract: To suppress a phenomenon where an optical axis of the optically anisotropic layer is tilted when the optically anisotropic layer is produced by using a liquid crystalline compound showing smectic phase as a materials showing a higher level of orderliness. An optically anisotropic layer wherein a polymerizable composition, containing one or more polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound showing a smectic phase, is fixed in a state of smectic phase, and a direction of maximum refractive index of the optically anisotropic layer is inclined at 10° or smaller to the surface of the optically anisotropic layer, a method for manufacturing the same, a laminate and a method for manufacturing the same, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic EL display device.

Abstract: Provided is a photochromic polarizing plate exhibiting reduced tint. The photochromic polarizing plate contains a laminate including at least one film, a polarizer, and an optically transparent substrate, wherein the photochromic polarizing plate has a single-plate transmittance T1(?)% and a crossed transmittance T2(?)% at a wavelength of ? nm satisfying Formulae (1) to (4): Formula (1) 55%?T1(430)?38%; Formula (2) 60%?T1(590)?42.5%; Formula (3) 1.0?T1(430)/T1(590)?0.9; and Formula (4) T2(430)?0.02%.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic electroluminescence element which can be easily produced and has a good light-emitting property and a good lifetime property, and a method for producing the same. That is, the present invention provides the organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode, and further comprising a metal doped molybdenum oxide layer provided between the anode and the light-emitting layer; and the method for producing the organic electroluminescence element including a stacking step to obtain a metal doped molybdenum oxide layer by simultaneously depositing molybdenum oxide and a dopant metal on another layer which constitutes the element.

Abstract: A light absorption anisotropic film, having at least one dichroic dye, in which the light absorption anisotropic film shows a diffraction peak derived from a periodic structure in a direction in a plane of the light absorption anisotropic film in X-ray diffraction measurement and the diffraction peak has a half width of 1.0 ? or less.

Abstract: A light absorption anisotropic film, wherein content of a liquid crystalline non-colorable low molecular weight compound is 30% by mass or less; and which is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one type of azo-based dichroic dye having nematic liquid crystallinity; and shows a diffraction peak derived from a periodic structure in a direction parallel to the alignment axis on measurement of X-ray diffraction. The light absorption anisotropic film is high in dichroism.

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 ?m and 3 ?m 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.

Abstract: Provided is printing paper for printing a stereoscopic image, including a light-transmitting image-receiving layer (12) and a linear polarizing layer (14), wherein a linear polarizing layer is patterned in a first domain and a second domain whose directions of polarizing axes are at an angle of 90° with respect to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (I). Each of A1 and A2 represents a group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NRa— (Ra represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent), —S—, and —CO—; each of R1, R2 and R3 represents a substituent; n is an integer from 0 to 2; X represents an alkenylene group, alkynylene group, arylene group, or heterocyclic group; each of L1 and L2 independently represents a linking group.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical film for 3D image display devices, including at least an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition that includes, as the main ingredient thereof, a discotic liquid crystal having at least one polymerizable group, wherein the optically-anisotropic layer is a patterned optically-anisotropic layer which includes a first retardation domain and a second retardation domain differing from each other in at least one of the in-plane slow axis direction and retardation in-plane thereof and in which the first and second retardation domains are alternately arranged in plane.

Abstract: A polarizing element, containing: a transparent support; a light absorption anisotropic layer formed of a dichroic dye composition; and a transparent resin cured layer, with the layers being laminated in this order on the support, and with the composition containing at least one dichroic dye of formula (I) which has nematic mesomorphism but containing no liquid crystalline achromatic compound: wherein R1 to R4 are a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R5 and R6 are a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; L1 represents —N?N—, —CH?N—, —N?CH—, —C(?O)O—, —OC(?O)— or —CH?CH—; A1 represents a phenyl, naphthyl or aromatic heterocyclic group; B1 represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon or divalent aromatic heterocyclic group; and n is an integer from 1 to 5.

Abstract: An optical film comprising a transparent support, and thereon, an alignment layer comprising at least one photo-acid-generating agent, and an optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising a liquid crystal having a polymerizable group as a main ingredient is disclosed. The optically anisotropic layer is an optically anisotropic patterned layer comprising a first retardation domain and a second retardation domain disposed alternately in a plane.

Abstract: A color filter for use in a light-emitting display element which emits at least white light, the color filter including a circularly polarizing layer which includes a polarizing layer, the polarizing layer having an orientation layer and a liquid crystal compound layer, wherein the circularly polarizing layer is formed only in an optical path of the white light.

Abstract: A novel optical compensatory sheet comprising an optically anisotropic layer comprising at least one liquid crystal compound, at least one cellulose ester, and at least one polymer A comprising at least one repeating unit derived from a monomer having a fluoro-aliphatic group, and at least one repeating unit having a group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO3H) or a salt thereof and a phosphonoxy group {—OP(?O) (OH)2} or a salt thereof, is disclosed. A novel optical compensatory sheet comprising an optically anisotropic layer comprising at lest one liquid crystal compound at least one polymer C, having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 5000 and less than 20000, represented by a formula (1b), and at least one polymer D, having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 20000, represented by a formula (1b), is also disclosed.

Abstract: A light absorption anisotropic film, wherein content of a liquid crystalline non-colorable low molecular weight compound is 30% by mass or less; and which is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one type of azo-based dichroic dye having nematic liquid crystallinity; and shows a diffraction peak derived from a periodic structure in a direction parallel to the alignment axis on measurement of X-ray diffraction. The light absorption anisotropic film is high in dichroism.

Abstract: A polarizing film comprising a substrate, and a photo alignment film and a light absorption anisotropic film laminated on the substrate in this order, wherein the light absorption anisotropic film has a content ratio of 30% by mass or less of a liquid crystalline non-colorable low molecular weight compound and is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one nematic liquid crystalline azo dichroic dye; in X-ray diffraction measurement thereof, diffraction peaks derived from periodic structure along a vertical direction to the alignment axis are present, the period indicated by at least one of the diffraction peaks is 3.0 to 15.0A and an intensity of the diffraction peak does not show a maximum value in the range of ±70° of the film normal line direction in a plane vertical to the alignment axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical film for 3D image display devices, comprising at least an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition that comprises, as the main ingredient thereof, a polymerizable liquid crystal, and a polarizing film having an absorption axis in the direction at 45° to an arbitrary side, wherein the total of retardation along the thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm Rth(550) of all the members including the optically-anisotropic layer disposed on one face of the polarizing film is from ?100 to 100 nm.