Abstract: A polarizing component and a display panel are provided in embodiments of the disclosure, the polarizing component comprising: a first polarizer on a light-incident side thereof, and configured to polarize a light incident thereon into a first linearly polarized light; a wave plate layer on a surface of the first polarizer facing away from the light-incident side; and a second polarizer on a surface of the wave plate layer facing away from the light-incident side, on a light-emergent side opposite to the light-incident side, and configured to polarize a light incident thereon into a second linearly polarized light; the wave plate layer comprises a phase delay portion configured to delay a phase of the first linearly polarized light incident thereon in a direction different from a direction of an optical axis of the phase delay portion such that a polarized light exiting the phase delay portion comprises a first polarized light in a first polarization direction and a second polarized light in a second polariza

Abstract: Rolls of film are described. In particular, rolls of film including multilayer birefringent polarizers having low pass axis variation are described. The multilayer birefringent polarizers have low pass axis variation across a full crossweb width of the roll of film.

Abstract: To prevent arcing discharge of a liquid crystal device. Provided is a liquid crystal device including a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate, a second substrate and an insulating film, wherein the liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes electrode 1, the second substrate includes electrode 2, the insulating film is arranged between electrode 1 and electrode 2, and the insulating film is a cured product of a thermosetting polymer composition.

Abstract: For a flexible, optically clear display stack, an adhesive, a system, and a method are provided. The adhesive is formed of polymer chains, at least a portion of which are cross-linked, a non-volatile diluent having a volume % in the range of between about 40 and 95, and is characterized with a low shear modulus of less than 10 kPa. The system is formed by at least first and second optically clear thin films with the adhesive disposed between the first and second thin films. The method includes the steps to form the system.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided. The adhesive composition includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin; a melamine-based crosslinking agent; an acid catalyst; and a silane-based additive. The weight ratio of the melamine-based crosslinking agent and the acid catalyst is from 5:1 to 1:1. The acid catalyst also has a sulfonic acid group. A protective film and a polarizing plate including an adhesive layer including the adhesive composition, and an image display device including the polarizing plate is also provided.

Abstract: An optical film includes: a protective layer; and a contrast ratio improvement layer including a first resin layer and a second resin layer facing the first resin layer, the second resin layer and the first resin layer being sequentially stacked from a lower surface of the protective layer, wherein the second resin layer has a refractive index greater than that of the first resin layer. The first resin layer has a patterned portion with at least two embossed optical patterns and flat sections immediately adjacent to and between the embossed optical patterns. The patterned section is in at least a portion thereof facing the second resin layer. A polarizing plate including the optical film and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the polarizing plate are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acryl-based adhesive composition containing an acryl-based copolymer, which is formed by polymerization of a monomer mixture that contains a (meth)acryl-based monomer having an acetoacetyl group, a (meth)acryl-based monomer having a hydroxy group, a (meth)acrylate monomer having an alicyclic group, and an alkyl (meth) acrylate-based monomer; and a curing agent containing a metal chelate compound and an isocyanate compound, in which the acryl-based adhesive composition has a glass transition temperature of ?30° C. or greater after curing; and a polarizing plate and a display device prepared using the same.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate in which the coloring of reflected light is reduced. The laminate includes an optical film having a light absorption anisotropic film formed using a composition including a dichroic substance and having a transmittance of more than 50%, a ?/4 plate, and a metal electrode in this order, in which in a case where a degree (%) of polarization at a wavelength of ? of the optical film is defined as P(?) and a reflectance (%) at the wavelength of ? of the metal electrode is defined as R(?), a ratio of a minimum value of R/P to a maximum value of R/P at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm is more than 85%.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizing film; a first base layer; and a pattern layer, the first base layer and the pattern layer being sequentially arranged on a light exit surface of the polarizing film, and the pattern layer includes a first layer and a second layer sequentially arranged on the first base layer, the first layer having a higher index of refraction than the second layer, and the first layer includes a patterned portion at at least a portion thereof facing the second layer, the patterned portion including at least two optical patterns and a flat section between optical patterns of the at least two optical patterns that are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer according to the embodiment of the present invention is a polarizer which is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a polymer liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the polymer liquid crystal compound is a thermotropic liquid crystal and a crystalline polymer, and the polymer liquid crystal compound and the dichroic material are horizontally aligned.

Abstract: A polymer stabilized vertical alignment liquid crystal display (PS-VA LCD) panel and a method of manufacturing same. The PS-VA LCD panel includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of vesicles disposed around the crystal layer, wherein the vesicles includes a plurality of free radical inhibitors; and a sealant using for encapsulating the liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment agent composition for producing a liquid crystal alignment film having enhanced alignment property and stability and a high voltage holding ratio, a method of producing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the same, are provided.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a pattern layer on a surface of the polarizer and including a first resin layer and a second resin layer facing the first resin layer, the first resin layer including a patterned portion located at at least a portion thereof facing the second resin layer, the patterned portion includes at least two embossed optical patterns and a flat section formed between a pair of adjacent embossed optical patterns, each of the embossed optical patterns includes an upper surface defining a wave pattern, and the wave pattern has a value of about 20% to 60%, as calculated according to Formula 1 herein, and a pitch of greater than about 100 ?m and less than about 400 ?m.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate formed with an alignment film on a pixel; a counter substrate disposed opposite to the TFT substrate and formed with an alignment film on a top surface on the TFT substrate side; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. In the liquid crystal display device, the alignment film is configured of a first alignment film layer contacting the liquid crystal layer and having at least one kind of polyimide and a second alignment film layer formed below the first alignment film layer and having at least one kind of polyimide, the first alignment film layer is a material that is enabled to provide liquid crystal alignment regulating force by applying polarized light, and the first alignment film layer and the second alignment film layer contain a common polyimide structure.

Abstract: A light conversion member includes a light conversion film, a first gas barrier, and a first base material. The light conversion film converts color of light from a specific color. The first gas barrier is located on a side of the light conversion film where the light to be converted is incident. The first gas barrier includes one or more gas barrier layers that prevent moisture and gas from entering the light conversion film. The first base material is located on an opposite side of the first gas barrier from a face on which the light conversion film is located. The first base material transmits the light and holds the light conversion film and the first gas barrier. For a light of the specific color, a light transmittance of the first base material combined with the first gas barrier is higher than a light transmittance of the first base material alone.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate overlapping the first substrate and spaced apart therefrom; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules; a first alignment layer between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of protrusions between the first alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the first alignment layer includes a photoinitiator, wherein the plurality of protrusions include a polymerization product of the photoinitiator, a reactive mesogen, and a vertical alignment additive, and the vertical alignment additive may be less reactive than the photoinitiator.

Abstract: The present application relates to a photocurable solventless pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive polarizing plate and a display device. According to the present application, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal device, which have excellent durability and antistatic abilities, can be provided.

Abstract: Provided are a viewer-side polarizing plate for a liquid crystal display device, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same, the polarizing plate comprising a polarizer and a protective film formed on a light exit surface of the polarizer, wherein the protective film includes a first primer layer, a protective film substrate, a second primer layer, and a coating layer, which are sequentially laminated on the polarizer, a first protective film satisfies a relation of Equation 1, and the protective film substrate has an in-plane phase difference of 500 nm or less at a wavelength of 550 nm in Equation 2.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for a liquid crystal alignment agent, a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal alignment film, a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal alignment film. More specifically, there are provided the manufacturing method of a liquid crystal alignment film capable of providing the liquid crystal alignment film in which light irradiation energy is able to be reduced, and alignment characteristic and stability are excellent and the voltage holding ratio and electrical characteristics are also excellent through a simple process including applying and drying the composition for a liquid crystal alignment agent on the substrate, directly performing light irradiation to conduct alignment treatment while a high-temperature heat treatment process is omitted, followed by curing by heat treatment, the liquid crystal alignment film, and the liquid crystal display device including the same.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive film, an optical member including the same, and an optical display apparatus including the same, the adhesive film including two or more (meth)acrylic adhesive layers including a first (meth)acrylic adhesive layer and a second (meth)acrylic adhesive layer, and having Young's modulus of approximately 100-1000 MPa and peel strength of approximately 1.0 N/mm or higher at the second (meth)acrylic adhesive layer.