Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including at least a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing plate; and a backlight including at least a light source, in which the polarizing plate includes a polarizer and at least one sheet of protective film, the protective film included in the polarizing plate is positioned closest to the backlight side in the liquid crystal panel, and the protective film positioned closest to the backlight side in the liquid crystal panel is an organic solvent-soluble resin film in which an apparent shear strength measured at a surface on the backlight side is 106 MPa or greater and an apparent shear strength measured at a surface on the polarizer side is 101 MPa or less.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing plate; and a backlight unit including a light source. An outermost surface of the liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit side is a surface of a protective film included in the polarizing plate, an outermost surface of the backlight unit on the liquid crystal panel side is a surface of a diffusion member, and where an arithmetic mean roughness measured on an outermost surface of the liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit side is Ra1, a pencil hardness is P1, an arithmetic mean roughness measured on an outermost surface of the backlight unit on the liquid crystal panel side is Ra2, and a pencil hardness is P2, Expression 1: 33 nm<Ra1<135 nm, Expression 2: Ra2<15 nm, and Expression 3: P1<P2 are satisfied.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a hard coat film including a first layer in which a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule is detected as a main component and an organic solvent-soluble resin is not detected by composition analysis using a RAMAN spectroscopy; and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, in which an organic solvent-soluble resin and a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule are detected by the composition analysis, and a thickness is greater than 15 ?m. Further, the present invention relates to a polarizing plate, an image display device, and a method for producing the hard coat film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including at least a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing plate; and a backlight including at least a light source, in which the polarizing plate includes a polarizer and at least one sheet of protective film, the protective film included in the polarizing plate is positioned closest to the backlight side in the liquid crystal panel, and the protective film positioned closest to the backlight side in the liquid crystal panel is an organic solvent-soluble resin film in which an apparent shear strength measured at a surface on the backlight side is 106 MPa or greater and an apparent shear strength measured at a surface on the polarizer side is 101 MPa or less.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing plate; and a backlight unit including a light source. An outermost surface of the liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit side is a surface of a protective film included in the polarizing plate, an outermost surface of the backlight unit on the liquid crystal panel side is a surface of a diffusion member, and where an arithmetic mean roughness measured on an outermost surface of the liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit side is Ra1, a pencil hardness is P1, an arithmetic mean roughness measured on an outermost surface of the backlight unit on the liquid crystal panel side is Ra2, and a pencil hardness is P2, Expression 1: 33 nm<Ra1<135 nm, Expression 2: Ra2<15 nm, and Expression 3: P1<P2 are satisfied.

Abstract: A hardcoat film includes a base material film and a cured layer disposed on at least one surface of the base material film, in which the cured layer is obtained by curing an active energy ray-curable resin composition, a film thickness of the cured layer is greater than 10 ?m, and contains polyrotaxane, inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of less than 2 ?m, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of equal to or greater than 2 ?m, and a mass of the particles is equal to or greater than 0.10 g/cm3. In the hardcoat film, both high surface hardness and sufficient surface asperities can be achieved in the cured layer having a large film thickness containing the inorganic fine particles. Also provided are a front plate of an image display element, a resistive film-type touch panel, a capacitance-type touch panel, and an image display.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a hard coat film including a first layer in which a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule is detected as a main component and an organic solvent-soluble resin is not detected by composition analysis using a RAMAN spectroscopy; and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, in which an organic solvent-soluble resin and a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule are detected by the composition analysis, and a thickness is greater than 15 ?m. Further, the present invention relates to a polarizing plate, an image display device, and a method for producing the hard coat film.

Abstract: A colored composition for use in electrowetting displays includes a non-polar solvent and a dipyrromethene dye having a solubility in n-hexane of 1% by mass or higher at 25° C. and 0.1 MPa. In a particular embodiment, an electrowetting display device that employs the colored composition exhibits increased responsiveness, and exhibits suppressed backflow at the time of image display.

Abstract: A colored composition including a non-polar solvent and a methine dye represented by the following Formula (1) and having a solubility in n-hexane of 1% by mass or higher at 25° C. and 0.1 MPa: wherein, in Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, —COOR11, or —CONR11R12; Ar represents an aromatic ring; each of R9 and R10 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; each of R11 and R12 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and R11 and R12 may be linked to each other to form a 5-membered, 6-membered, or 7-membered ring; n represents an integer from 0 to 2; and none of R1, R9, R10 and Ar has a dissociable group different from NH.

Abstract: An optical element including a cell a cell, the cell including: a first substrate, at least a portion of at least one surface of the first substrate being electroconductive; a second substrate disposed so as to face the electroconductive surface of the first substrate; an electrically non-conductive oil and an electroconductive hydrophilic liquid that are provided between the electroconductive surface of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a hydrophobic insulating film that is provided at at least a portion of the electroconductive surface side of the first substrate, that contacts the oil, and that includes a crosslinked structure derived from a siloxane compound having an unsaturated double bond, the profile of an interface between the oil and the hydrophilic liquid changing according to a voltage applied across the hydrophilic liquid and the electroconductive surface of the first substrate.

Abstract: A colored composition including: (A) a phthalocyanine compound having a particular structure, (B) a yellow coloring material, and (C) a solvent.

Abstract: A colored composition including a non-polar solvent and a methine dye represented by the following Formula (1) and having a solubility in n-hexane of 1% by mass or higher at 25° C. and 0.1 MPa: wherein, in Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, —COOR11, or —CONR11R12; Ar represents an aromatic ring; each of R9 and R10 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; each of R11 and R12 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and R11 and R12 may be linked to each other to form a 5-membered, 6-membered, or 7-membered ring; n represents an integer from 0 to 2; and none of R1, R9, R10 and Ar has a dissociable group different from NH.

Abstract: A colored composition for use in electrowetting displays, the colored composition includes a non-polar solvent and a dipyrromethene dye having a solubility in n-hexane of 1% by mass or higher at 25° C. and 0.1 MPa.

Abstract: An antireflective film comprising: a support; and at least one layer including an antireflective layer, wherein at least one of said at least one layer laminated on the support is a layer formed by ionizing radiation curing of a composition containing a combination of a radical polymerization initiator with at least one compound selected from two or more kinds of initiator assistants and further containing an ionizing radiation curable compound.

Abstract: An antireflection film comprising a transparent support, a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed with a composition containing a binder polymer, a polymerization initiator and an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing hardenable compound.

Abstract: An optical film comprising a substrate and a layer, the layer comprising a cured object of a composition which contains at least one of: a hydrolyzate of at least one organosilane compound having a directly silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group; and a partial condensate of the hydrolyzate, and further contains a compound having a polymerization initiation site, and an antireflection film comprising a substrate and at least one layer including an antireflection layer, wherein at least one of the at least one layer is a layer formed by curing, with at least one of a light and a heat energy, a composition which contains at least one of: a hydrolyzate of at least one organosilane compound having a directly silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group; and a partial condensate of the hydrolyzate, and further contains a compound having a polymerization initiation site.

Abstract: A transparent film comprises: a transparent support; and a hard coat layer on the transparent support, wherein the hard coat layer is a layer which is obtained by: applying on a transparent support an applying composition comprising an ionizing radiation curable compound and at least one kind of active halogen compound; drying; and hardening by irradiation of ionizing radiation.

Abstract: An optical film comprising a support and a layer containing a cured product of a composition which contains a fluorinated photopolymerization initiator and an ionizing radiation-curing compound.

Abstract: In a fine particle dispersion, fine particles including an oil-soluble dye having an oxidation potential higher than 1.0 V vs SCE and a polymer having at least one of an amide group, a glycidyl group and a hydroxyl group are dispersed in an aqueous medium. Further, an ink composition includes the fine particle dispersion.

Abstract: The invention provides: a photosensitive composition which has a high deformation restorability and may eliminate display unevenness in a liquid crystal display device, a photosensitive resin transfer film and a method for producing a photospacer using the composition or the film; and a liquid crystal display device substrate and a liquid crystal display device which may eliminate display unevenness and thus display high quality images. The photosensitive composition includes: a resin (A) including a group having a cyclic structure including two or more heteroatoms in a side chain, a group having an acidic group in a side chain, and a group having an ethylenically unsaturated group in a side chain; a polymerizable compound (B); and a photopolymerization initiator (C).