Abstract: A laminated film obtained by carrying out anti-reflection processing on the surface of a reflection polarizing film. This laminated film comprising (A) a monoaxially oriented laminated film consisting of 501 or more alternating first layers made of a first thermoplastic resin having a positive stress optical coefficient and a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 ?m and second layers made of a second thermoplastic resin different from the first thermoplastic resin and having a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and a low-reflectance layer formed on at least one side of the monoaxially oriented laminated film and having a reflectance of the surface measured from the input side of 3% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which comprises a (meth)acrylic copolymer comprising an alkyl(meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, in which alkyl has 2 to 14 carbon atoms, and a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer containing a copolymerizable photo-initiator group, wherein it has a gel fraction of 10 to 55% and a swelling ratio of 30 to 110, and a sol (uncross-linked polymer) eluted in final pressure-sensitive adhesive with a solvent (ethyl acetate) has a weight average molecular weight of 600,000 or more; and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device, comprising the same. The polarizing plate according to the present invention has an excellent adhesion durability under a high temperature or a high temperature and humidity condition, has an excellent low light leakage property by effectively providing stress release property, and may greatly improve productivity for polarizing plates, by using photo-curing.

Abstract: Stretchable artificial leather comprising a fibrous substrate comprising tricot knitted fabric, and a polyurethane resin layer laminated on the surface of the fibrous substrate, the stretchable artificial leather having fixed load elongation of from 30 to 60% in each of a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction and a bias direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid crystal alignment agent, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the same. The liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer of polyamic acid, a polyimide, or a combination thereof, and an epoxy compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. In the above Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which comprises a (meth)acrylic copolymer comprising 70 to 95 parts by weight of an alkyl(meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, in which alkyl has 2 to 14 carbon atoms, and 5 to 30 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer containing a copolymerizable aromatic group, wherein the composition has a gel fraction of 10 to 55% and a swelling ratio of 30 to 110, and a sol (uncross-linked polymer) eluted therein with a solvent has a weight average molecular weight of 600,000 or more; a polarizing plate comprising the composition; and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. The composition according to the present invention provides workability such as an excellent durability and re-workability, and has an effect of improving a light leakage phenomenon, since the size of birefringence occurred under stress is very small.

Abstract: An optical film 10 of the present invention includes a plurality of optically anisotropic layers 13 which are laminated, wherein the optically anisotropic layer including: a photoalignment layer (A) 11, in which a liquid crystal aligning capability has been generated by means of photoirradiation; and a polymer layer (B) 12, which contains a liquid crystal compound that has a polymerizable group, and which is obtained by polymerization in a state where it has been aligned by the photoalignment layer (A) 11, wherein the photoalignment layer (A) 11 and the polymer layer (B) 12 are bonded by covalent bonding. The plurality of optically anisotropic layers 13 may be an optically anisotropic layer 13 having a function of a one-half wavelength plate, and an optically anisotropic layer 13 having a function of a one-quarter wavelength plate.

Abstract: Provided are adhesive compositions comprising a mixture of a maleimide terminated polyimide resin, a thermoplastic resin compatible with the maleimide terminated polyimide resin, a liquid rubber, and a thermally activated free radical curing agent. Various embodiments add one or more of a silane coupling agent, an ethylenically unsaturated compound with acid functionality, electrically conductive particles, and electrically conductive scrim. Methods of using the compositions also are provided.

Abstract: A polymer-encapsulated pigment and a method of modifying a pigment use functional groups of an interface layer to attach a polymer to a pigment composition. The polymer-encapsulated pigment includes a pigment composition, a polymer and an interface layer. In the polymer-encapsulated pigment and the method, the interface layer is covalently attached to an outer surface of the pigment composition. The polymer is attached to the interface layer with a linking group. The linking group is attached to the interface layer by a covalent bond of a functional group. The linking group includes a nucleophilic carbon atom to which the polymer is covalently attached.

Abstract: A polymer is swollen in a first tank. The swelling temperature is in the range of ?10 to 50° C. The mixture is cooled in a first cooling vessel to the range of ?100 to ?10° C., and thereafter heated in a heating device to the range of 0 to 57° C. The polymer is cellulose acylate in which a degree of substitution of the acyl group for hydroxyl group is at least 2.87. A film obtained from the cellulose acylate has a negative value of ?Re and a positive value of ?Rth, and |?Rth| is at least 10 nm. ?Re and ?Rth are respective difference of Re and Rth at the measurement thereof with use of wavelengths between 700 nm and 400 nm. The film is used adequately as a birefringence film, a protective film for a polarizing filter in a liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A photoalignment material includes an alignment polymer, a photoalignment additive including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and an organic solvent. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 represents a cyclic compound. A and B independently represent a single bond or —(CnH2n)—. “n” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 12. Each —CH2— of A and/or B may be replaced with R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and each —CH2— of A and/or B may be replaced with —O—. R4 represents In Chemical Formula 1, each hydrogen atom excluding hydrogen atoms of R4 may be replaced with chlorine (Cl) or fluorine (F).

Abstract: An optical film, which has been subjected to an orientation treatment, containing a low-molecular weight compound, in which a birefringence ?n(550 nm) is larger than zero (0) in an orientation direction, and the optical film satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2); and a phase difference plate, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same: 0.5<?n(450 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.0; and??Expression (1) 1.05<?n(630 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.5.

Abstract: A semiconductive film formed from a resin composition comprising poly(ether ether ketone) and a conductive filler, wherein the average value of its thickness is 30 to 250 ?m, the maximum value of the thickness is 1 to 1.3 times as much as the minimum value thereof, the average value of its volume resistivity is 1.0×102 to 1.0×1014 ?cm, the maximum value of the volume resistivity is 1 to 30 times as much as the minimum value thereof, and the number of reciprocating folds as determined in accordance with the testing method for folding endurance is at least 5,000 times, and a production process thereof.

Abstract: A light blocking member having variable transmittance, a display panel including the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. A light blocking member having a variable transmittance according to one exemplary embodiment includes a polymerizable compound, a binder, and a thermochromic material that exhibits a black color at a temperature below a threshold temperature and becomes transparent at a temperature above the threshold temperature.

Abstract: A color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is formed by nanoimprint lithography. Nanoimprint lithography, a low cost technology, includes two alternatives, i.e., hot-embossing nanoimprint lithography and UV-curable nanoimprint lithography. Manufacture steps includes providing a substrate with a polymer material layer disposed thereon. A plurality of lands and grooves are formed in the polymer material layer, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer are disposed on the surfaces of the lands and grooves, respectively. Finally, a color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is obtained.

Abstract: A photoalignment compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein “x” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 4, each of R1 and R2 represents —(CH2)n—, “n” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 6, at least one of the (—CH2—)s in R1 is replaceable with R3 represents —(CH2)mCH3, “m” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 12, each hydrogen atom of R3 is replaceable with F or Cl, R4 represents an amino group, aniline group, carboxy group, hydroxyl group, cyano group, alkylene group, or functional groups being represented by the following Chemical Formulas 2, 3, 4, or 5, each hydrogen atom of Chemical Formula 1 is replaceable with —O(CH2)kCH3, —(CH2)kCH3, F, or Cl, and “k” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 3, or 0.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for protecting a susceptor during a cleaning operation by loading a ceramic cover substrate containing either aluminum nitride or beryllium oxide onto the susceptor before introducing the cleaning agent into the chamber. In one embodiment, an aluminum nitride ceramic cover substrate is provided which includes an aluminum nitride ceramic wafer having a thermal conductivity of greater than 160 W/m-K, a circular-shaped geometry having a diameter within a range from about 11 inches to about 13 inches, a thickness within a range from about 0.030 inches to about 0.060 inches, and a flatness of about 0.010 inches or less. The thermal conductivity may be about 180 W/m-K, about 190 W/m-K, or greater. The thickness may be within a range from about 0.035 inches to about 0.050 inches, and the flatness may be about 0.008 inches, about 0.006 inches, or less.

Abstract: A birefringent film of the present invention comprises at least one kind of polycyclic compound including a —COOM group (the M denotes a counter ion), wherein an index ellipsoid satisfies a relation of nz>nx=ny. The polycyclic compound includes, for example, acenaphtho[1,2-b]quinoxaline derivative represented by the following general formula (I). The birefringent film of the present invention can be formed thin-type and have a high birefringent index in the thickness direction, since the birefringent film comprises the polycyclic compound.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-static adhesive composition, and a polarizing plate and/or a surface protective film fabricated using the same. More particularly, an anti-static adhesive composition for imparting enhanced anti-static properties, including a metal salt represented by Formula 1 as an anti-static agent so as to sufficiently inhibit generation of static electricity while not deteriorating inherent physical properties of an adhesive such as adhesiveness, durability and reliability, etc., is provided. In addition, a polarizing plate and and/or a surface protective film fabricated using the foregoing anti-static adhesive composition are provided. M+[(FSO2)2N]???(Formula 1) wherein M is an alkali metal.

Abstract: An optical laminate is provided which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black reproducibility (gradation rendering of black at low brightness). The optical laminate includes a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer or a light diffusion layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer or light diffusion layer has a concavoconvex surface. The anti-dazzling layer satisfies the requirements that Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes in the anti-dazzling layer, ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes, and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a novel method for synthesizing an anthracene derivative with the small number of steps. It is another object to provide a novel anthracene derivative. It is further another object to provide a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device, each using the anthracene derivative. A method for synthesizing an anthracene derivative represented by a general formula (1) is provided by coupling a 9-arylanthracene derivative having an active site at a 10-position with a 9-arylcarbazole derivative having an active site in an aryl group using metal, a metal compound, or a metal catalyst.