Abstract: A polymeric lyotropic liquid crystal solution comprises a birefringent aromatic polymer. A linear polarizer layer is obtained by shear-coating the polymeric lyotropic liquid crystal solution on a coatable substrate, and treating the resulting coating layer with a doping-passivation solution containing iodine and multi-valent cations. A linear polarizer includes a birefringent coating layer of 1.0 micrometers or less in thickness, and contains birefringent aromatic polymer, iodine anions, and multi-valent cations. An optical article includes an optical retarder layer of 1.0 micrometers or less in thickness and a linear polarizer layer of 1.0 micrometers or less in thickness, with an intermediate layer between the linear polarizer layer and the optical retarder layer.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an optical film and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. More specifically, the embodiments relate to an optical film that is excellent in optical characteristics and has no polarization unevenness since it comprises a base layer that has a low in-plane retardation and a low thickness direction retardation and has an excellent adhesiveness by virtue of a proper level of surface tension, a process for preparing the same, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same.

Abstract: An optically transparent adhesive resin composition includes an ester polymer which contains an ester bond within a repeating unit, a (meth)acrylic ester polymer which contains a (meth)acrylic ester bond within the repeating unit, a rubber polymer, and a crystalline polymer.

Abstract: A multilayer adhesive film is provided including: a first outer adhesive layer; a second outer adhesive layer; and an intermediate adhesive layer disposed between the first outer adhesive layer and the second outer adhesive layer. The multilayer adhesive film has both high step absorbency and excellent reworkability.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition excellent in vertical alignment and compatibility and to provide a liquid crystal display device produced using the same. The problem is solved by a liquid crystal composition containing one or two or more kinds of self-aligning polymerizable monomers and one or two or more kinds of polymerizable monomers (or polymerizable compounds) having a specific chemical structure, and a liquid crystal display device produced using the same, specifically a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable monomer represented by General Formula (I) and a spontaneously aligning monomer which has a chemical structure different from that of the polymerizable monomer represented by General Formula (I), and has a polar group, and a liquid crystal display device containing the same.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a cyclic compound containing nitrogen, and a color conversion film, a backlight unit, and a display apparatus, including the same.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes at least two components that are stacked, and at least one optical adhesive layer. Each optical adhesive layer is disposed between two adjacent components of the at least two components, and includes at least two adhesive layers stacked in a stacking direction of the at least two components. The at least two adhesive layers include at least one first adhesive layer and at least one second adhesive layer. One of the at least one first adhesive layer is adhered to one of the two adjacent components, and a storage modulus of each second adhesive layer is less than a storage modulus of each first adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention is a multi-layer tube comprising at least two layers having an (a) layer containing an aliphatic polyamide composition (A) and a (b) layer containing a semi-aromatic polyamide composition (B) containing a specific semi-aromatic polyamide (B1), wherein the aliphatic polyamide composition (A) contains a specific amount of an aliphatic polyamide (A1) and a specific amount of an elastomer polymer (A2) containing an unsaturated compound having a carboxyl group and/or acid anhydride group, and the product of the terminal amino group concentration [X] of the aliphatic polyamide (A1) per g of the aliphatic polyamide composition (A) and the total concentration [Y] of the carboxyl group and acid anhydride group of the elastomer polymer (A2) per g of the aliphatic polyamide composition (A) is a specific amount.

Abstract: This invention discloses novel compounds containing carbazole and (or) DBX units, separated with polyaromatic spacers. These compounds can be used as hosts for PHOLEDs.

Abstract: Provided is an oxygen-absorbing packaging material which is used for adhesive patches or the like containing an easily oxidizable component and an oily component, and which has improved tearability, while maintaining good heat seal strength. The present invention relates to an easily tearable oxygen-absorbing packaging material which has a multilayer structure comprising an oxygen barrier layer, an oxygen absorption layer and a sealant film, and wherein: the sealant film is a multilayer resin film that comprises at least a core layer and an inner layer having heat sealability; and the core layer contains 20-40% by mass of a cyclic polyolefin resin and/or an acrylic resin and 60-80% by mass of a polyethylene terephthalate resin relative to the total mass of the core layer.

Abstract: The present application relates to a curable composition. The curable composition of the present application exhibits excellent adhesion ability and liquid crystal orientation ability simultaneously before or after curing, so that it can be effectively applied to various optical uses.

Abstract: The present application relates to a curable composition. The curable composition of the present application exhibits excellent adhesion ability and liquid crystal orientation ability simultaneously before or after curing, so that it can be effectively applied to various optical uses.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (i) has, as Ki1 in the formula (i), a structure represented by any one of formula (K-1) to formula (K-3). When used in a liquid crystal composition, it adheres to substrates which hold the liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal layer) therebetween, thereby permitting liquid crystal molecules to be maintained in the state of being aligned in the vertical direction. The liquid crystal composition using the compound enables liquid crystal molecules to be aligned even when the PI layer is not provided (vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules is induced without the voltage applied and horizontal alignment of liquid crystal molecules is realized with the voltage applied). It is possible to provide a polymerizable compound being excellent in storability and capable of uniform vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules with no PI layer provided.

Abstract: A photoluminescent liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper and lower substrates, and a photoluminescent color filter layer disposed between the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer; an optical device disposed on the upper substrate; a polarizing plate disposed under the lower substrate; and a backlight unit disposed under the polarizing plate and which emits blue light, where the photoluminescent color filter layer includes a first color filter which emits polarized red light, a second color filter which emits polarized green light, and a third color filter which emits polarized blue light, and the first color filter and the second color filter include a semiconductor nanocrystal-polymer composite.

Abstract: A layered structure including a transparent substrate; a photoluminescent layer disposed on the transparent substrate and a pattern of a quantum dot polymer composite; and a capping layer disposed on the photoluminescent layer and including an inorganic material, a method of producing the same, a liquid crystal display including the same. The quantum dot polymer composite includes a polymer matrix; and a plurality of quantum dots in the polymer matrix, the pattern of the quantum dot polymer composite includes at least one repeating section and the repeating section includes a first section configured to emit light of a first peak wavelength, the inorganic material is disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the repeating section, and the inorganic material includes a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal oxynitride, a metal sulfide, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A multi-layer glass phosphor powder sheet and its preparation method, and a light-emitting device. The preparation method for the multi-layer glass phosphor powder sheet includes: mixing a first optical functional material, a glass powder and an organic carrier to obtain a first slurry, and mixing a second optical functional material, the glass powder and the organic carriers to obtain a second slurry; coating the first slurry on a first substrate, and drying it at a first temperature so that at least some of the organic carrier is volatilized, to obtain a first functional layer, the first temperature being lower than a softening point of the glass powder; coating the second slurry on the surface of the first functional layer, to obtain a second functional layer; and sintering the first substrate on which the functional layers are coated at a second temperature, to obtain the multi-layer glass phosphor powder sheet.

Abstract: A layered structure including a photoluminescent layer including a quantum dot polymer composite; a light absorption layer disposed on the photoluminescent layer, the light absorption layer including an absorptive color-filter material; and a silicon containing layer disposed between the photoluminescent layer and the light absorption layer, wherein the quantum dot polymer composite includes a first polymer matrix and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the first polymer matrix, and the plurality of quantum dots absorb excitation light and emits light in a longer wavelength than the wavelength of the excited light; and the absorptive color-filter material is dispersed in a second polymer matrix, and the absorptive color-filter material absorbs the excitation light that passes through the photoluminescent layer and transmits the light emitted from the plurality of quantum dots and an electronic device including the same.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a window panel covering the display panel, and including a display area configured to transmit the image and a non-display area surrounding the display area; and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the window panel, wherein the window panel includes: a window substrate facing the display panel; a protective layer on a portion of a surface of the window substrate in the non-display area; and a light blocking layer on the protective layer, wherein the protective layer is an organic-inorganic composite layer.

Abstract: Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of pivaloyl substituents and a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in films, such as +A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology.

Abstract: A laminated film having a haze of 1.0% or less and including two kinds of silica particles (silica particles A and silica particles B) in a cured layer, wherein the occupied area proportion of the silica particles A on a cross-sectional TEM image of the cured layer is 0.5% to 20.0% and satisfies the following relationship with the occupied area proportion of the silica particles B: 0.005?occupied area proportion of silica particles A/occupied area proportion of silica particles B?0.400, the variation coefficient of the occupied area proportion of the silica particles A on the cross-sectional TEM image of the cured layer is more than 0.5% and 3.0% or less, and the variation coefficient of the occupied area proportion of the silica particles B is 0.0% to 0.5%; a production method thereof; a polarizing plate; a liquid crystal panel; a liquid crystal display; and a touch panel.