Abstract: A copolymer includes a repeating unit represented by Formula (I); and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), in Formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and having at least one fluorine atom as a substituent, or a group including —Si(Ra3)(Ra4)O—; L represents a divalent linking group as defined herein; and Ra3 and Ra4 each independently represent an alkyl group as defined herein, in Formula (II), R10 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group; R11 and R12 may be linked to each other; and X1 represents a divalent linking group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a functional film including a copolymer that contains a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II) shown in the description, or a crosslinked reaction product derived from the copolymer; a polarizing plate having this functional film; and a display device.

Abstract: A hardcoat film has a substrate, a hardcoat layer, and a mixed layer in this order. The hardcoat layer contains a cured product of polyorganosilsesquioxane (a1) having an epoxy group. The mixed layer contains a cured product of a compound (b1) having an epoxy group and a cured product of a compound (b2) having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule.

Abstract: A hardcoat film includes a substrate; a hardcoat layer; and an anti-scratch layer, where the hardcoat layer includes a cured product of polyorganosilsesquioxane, the polyorganosilsesquioxane has a siloxane constitutional unit containing a (meth)acryloyl group and a siloxane constitutional unit containing an epoxy group and is represented by the General Formula (1), a film thickness of the anti-scratch layer is 0.05 to 5 ?m, and the anti-scratch layer includes a cured product of a compound having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, where Ra represents a group containing a (meth)acryloyl group; Rb represents a group containing an epoxy group; Rc represents a monovalent substituent; p, q, and r represent a proportion of Ra, Rb, and Rc in the General Formula (1) respectively; p+q+r is 100; p and q are greater than 0; r is equal to or greater than 0; p/q is 0.01 to 99.

Abstract: A composition for forming a hardcoat layer includes a polyorganosilsesquioxane; and a polymerization initiator, in which the polyorganosilsesquioxane has, at least, a siloxane constitutional unit containing an oxetanyl group and a siloxane constitutional unit containing an epoxy group and is represented by the General Formula (1), in the General Formula (1), Ra represents a group containing an oxetanyl group; Rb represents a group containing an epoxy group; Rc represents a monovalent substituent; Ra, Rb, and Rc each have a structure including none of an amide bond, a urea bond, and a urethane bond; p and q represent an integer equal to or greater than 1; r represents an integer equal to or greater than 0; p/q is equal to or greater than 1.0 and less than 99.

Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate including a polarizer and a polarizing plate protective film laminated on the polarizer, in which the polarizing plate protective film contains at least one compound represented by any one of General Formulas (1) to (3) and cellulose acylate; an image display device using the polarizing plate; and a polarizing plate protective film used for the polarizing plate, and R7—N?C?N—R8??General Formula (3) in which R1 to R8 represent a specific substituent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a functional film including a copolymer that contains a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II) shown in the description, or a crosslinked reaction product derived from the copolymer; a polarizing plate having this functional film; and a display device.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a film forming composition, which contains a polymer having a repeating unit represented by General Formula (I) and a curable compound, an optical film having a film formed of the composition, a hardcoat film, a polarizing plate, and a method for manufacturing a hydrophilized hardcoat film. In General Formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, L represents an ester bond, an ether bond, a phenylene group, or an amide bond, R2 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer composition includes repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer represented by Formula (I) and from a monomer having at least two polymerizable groups, in which the latter is 3% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the fluorine-containing copolymer, and the former is 15% by mass or more with respect to a total solid content in the composition, in the Formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 represents a group having at least one fluorine atom; and L1 represents a divalent linking group including at least one selected from the group consisting of —O—, —(C?O)O—, —O(C?O)—, —(C?O)NH—, —NH(C?O)—, a divalent aromatic group which may have a substituent, a divalent aliphatic chain group which may have a substituent, and a divalent aliphatic cyclic group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal film having an optically anisotropic layer having excellent alignment and excellent adhesiveness. The present invention further provides an optical laminate, a circularly polarizing plate, and an organic EL display device, each of which uses the optically anisotropic layer. The liquid crystal film of an embodiment of the present invention is a liquid crystal film having at least an optically anisotropic layer formed with a liquid crystal composition including a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer, and a support, in which the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer has a repeating unit derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by General Formula (1) and a repeating unit having a polymerizable group polymerizable with the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.

Abstract: A composition for preparing an optical functional layer capable of forming an optical film having an excellent surface condition and excellent lamination properties with another layer, includes a liquid crystal compound and a copolymer, and the copolymer includes a constitutional unit corresponding to a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by Formula I, and a constitutional unit corresponding to a monomer represented by Formula II. In Formulae I and II, R1, R10, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom has a fluorine atom as a substituent, and L represents a divalent linking group constituted by at least one selected from the group consisting of —O—, —(C?O)O—, —O(C?O)—, a divalent chain group, and a divalent aliphatic cyclic group.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photo-alignable polymer which has excellent coating properties, is capable of suppressing film thickness unevenness, and has excellent upper layer coating properties and good liquid crystal alignment properties after being formed as a layer; a binder composition; a binder layer; an optical laminate; a method for producing an optical laminate; and an image display device. The photo-alignable polymer of an embodiment of the present invention is a photo-alignable polymer having a repeating unit A including a cleavage group capable of decomposing by an action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to generate a polar group, in which the repeating unit A has the cleavage group in a side chain, has a fluorine atom or a silicon atom on a side closer to a terminal than the cleavage group in the side chain, and the photo-alignable polymer satisfies Condition 1 or Condition 2 shown below.

Abstract: A laminate is capable of forming an orientation film formed by orienting a rod-like liquid crystal compound or a disk-like liquid crystal compound having a horizontal orientation ability or a vertical orientation ability with respect to a surface of the laminate, on the surface, by using an orientation restraining force of the surface, the laminate including: a cholesteric liquid crystal layer. An optical film sequentially includes: a support; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer; and an orientation film.

Abstract: A polymer having a partial structure formed by performing radical polymerization with respect to a compound having a mesogenic group derived from at least one type of liquid crystal compound selected from a rod-like liquid crystal compound and a disk-like liquid crystal compound, and two or more polymerizable groups, in which the polymer is a branched polymer, and a composition containing the polymer, an optical film, and a liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to method of manufacturing a hard coat film, wherein the hard coat film comprises a plastic substrate and a hard coat layer, the method comprises forming the hard coat layer by subjecting a photopolymerizable hard coating composition to photopolymerization processing, and the photopolymerizable hard coating composition comprises a radical polymerizable compound having two or more radical polymerizable groups selected from the group consisting of acryloyloxy groups, acryloyl groups, methacryloyloxy groups, and methacryloyl groups per molecule, a cationic polymerizable compound, a radical photopolymerization initiator, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal compound; a photo-alignment compound; and a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer having two or more radically polymerizable double bonds and one or more hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: An optical film has a resin film and a hardcoat layer disposed on one surface of the resin film, in which the hardcoat layer contains a polysiloxane-containing compound and a fluorine-containing compound, and a film thickness of the resin film is equal to or greater than 80 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a functional film including a copolymer that contains a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II) shown in the description, or a crosslinked reaction product derived from the copolymer; a polarizing plate having this functional film; and a display device.

Abstract: A copolymer includes a repeating unit represented by Formula (I); and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), in Formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and having at least one fluorine atom as a substituent, or a group including —Si(Ra3)(Ra4)O—; L represents a divalent linking group as defined herein; and Ra3 and Ra4 each independently represent an alkyl group as defined herein, in Formula (II), R10 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group; R11 and R12 may be linked to each other; and X1 represents a divalent linking group.

Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate including a polarizer and a polarizing plate protective film laminated on the polarizer, in which the polarizing plate protective film contains at least one compound represented by any one of General Formulas (1) to (3) and cellulose acylate; an image display device using the polarizing plate; and a polarizing plate protective film used for the polarizing plate, and R7—N?C?N—R8??General Formula (3) in which R1 to R8 represent a specific substituent.