Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and has a surface where a first in-plane orientation in a portion from 0 to 3 ?m in depth from the surface is lower than a second in-plane orientation in a portion from 3 ?m to 10 ?m in depth from the surface.

Abstract: An optical film contains a cellulose ester and more than 30% by mass, relative to the cellulose ester, of a condensation product of at least one polyhydric alcohol having an average of 2.01 or more carbon atoms and at least one polybasic acid having an average of 4.10 or more carbon atoms, and at least one of the at least one polyhydric alcohol contains at least three carbon atoms bonded together without being interrupted by any other atom.

Abstract: An optical resin film is provided, in which a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in planar direction and a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in thickness direction are independently controlled, is provided and has at least an additive having a negative intrinsic birefringence.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film, comprising a cellulose acylate having at least one substituent (Substituent A) comprising an aromatic group having at least one C4 or longer aliphatic group, is disclosed.

Abstract: A polymer film, wherein when any point in the polymer film is taken as a center, a maximum difference between high and low film thicknesses within a range of 60 mm diameter is not more than 1 ?m, an RMS value of a film thickness is 0 ?m to 0.15 ?m or a difference between maximum and minimum values of slow axis angle in any 60 mm×60 mm square in the polymer film is 0° to 0.40°; and a solution casting film-forming method comprising: casting a dope on a support; peeling the casted film, wherein a dry wind of 3 m/s to 15 m/s is applied to the casted film within 15 seconds from the casting, and wherein before the dry wind is applied to the casted film, an air floating on a surface of the casted film has a wind velocity of less than 3 m/s.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and has a surface where a first in-plane orientation in a portion from 0 to 3 ?m in depth from the surface is lower than a second in-plane orientation in a portion from 3 ?m to 10 ?m in depth from the surface.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film comprising a compound having a hydrogen-donating group capable of forming a hydrogen bond and an aromatic ring, and a compound represented by the following formula: wherein R2, R4, and R5 represent H or a substituent, R11 and R13 represent H or an alkyl group, L1 and L2 represent a single bond or a divalent linking group, Ar1 represents an arylene group or a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar2 represents an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group, n represents an integer of 3 or more.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and has an elasticity modulus of 4,800 MPa to 10,000 MPa in at least either a machine direction MD at film-formation time or a direction TD perpendicular to the machine direction.

Abstract: A cellulosic substance composition includes: a cellulosic substance having a branched structure or cyclic structure-containing aliphatic acyl group (A) having from 4 to 30 carbon atoms, the aliphatic acyl group (A) being represented by formula (1): wherein R11, R12 and R13 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, provided that at least two of R11, R12 and R13 are an alkyl group; R11, R12 and R13 may each independently have a substituent; at least two of R11, R12 and R13 may be connected to each other to form a ring; and a portion of * represents a bond to a cellulose skeleton of the cellulosic substance.

Abstract: A polymer film, wherein when any point in the polymer film is taken as a center, a maximum difference between high and low film thicknesses within a range of 60 mm diameter is not more than 1 ?m, an RMS value of a film thickness is 0 ?m to 0.15 ?m or a difference between maximum and minimum values of slow axis angle in any 60 mm×60 mm square in the polymer film is 0° to 0.40°; and a solution casting film-forming method comprising: casting a dope on a support; peeling the casted film, wherein a dry wind of 3 m/s to 15 m/s is applied to the casted film within 15 seconds from the casting, and wherein before the dry wind is applied to the casted film, an air floating on a surface of the casted film has a wind velocity of less than 3 m/s.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film, comprising a cellulose acylate having at least one substituent (Substituent A) comprising an aromatic group having at least one C4 or longer aliphatic group, is disclosed.

Abstract: A novel cellulose acylate film is disclosed. The film is formed of a composition comprising at least one cellulose acylate having an aromatic group-containing acyl group (Substituent A), in which a substitution degree with Substituent A satisfies following relational expressions (I) and (II): ?0.25?SA2+DSA3?DSA6?0.20, ??(I) 0.35?DSA2+DSA3+DSA6, ??(II) wherein DSA2, DSA3 and DSA6 each indicate a substitution degree with Substituent A at the 2-, 3- and 6-positions of the cellulose acylate.

Abstract: An optical resin film is provided, in which a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in planar direction and a wavelength dispersion of a retardation in thickness direction are independently controlled, is provided and has at least an additive having a negative intrinsic birefringence.

Abstract: A cellulosic substance composition contains a cellulosic substance having an aliphatic acyl group containing a branched structure having from 5 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A cellulose ester film comprising a cellulose ester and a reaction product between at least one epoxy compound and at least one polymerization accelerator; a polarizing plate using the cellulose ester film as a protective layer of a polarizer; and a liquid crystal display device using either the cellulose ester film or the polarizing plate.

Abstract: An optical film includes at least one kind of humidity dependency improver that improves ?Re, wherein the optical film has a ratio of Re/Rth which is larger as a wavelength is longer in the visible wavelength region; and Re which is larger as a wavelength is longer in the visible wavelength region, wherein Re represents an in-plane retardation (unit: nm) of the optical film; Rth represents a retardation (unit: nm) in a thickness direction of the optical film; and ?Re represents a humidity dependency of Re defined by the following formula (1): ?Re=|Re(550)10%RH?Re(550)80%RH|,: ??Formula (1) wherein Re(550)10%RH represents Re at a wavelength of 550 nm, at a temperature of 25° C. and at a relative humidity of 10%; and Re(550)80%RH represents Re at a wavelength of 550 nm, at a temperature of 25° C. and at a relative humidity of 80%.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film comprising a compound having a hydrogen-donating group capable of forming a hydrogen bond and an aromatic ring, and a compound represented by the following formula: wherein R2, R4, and R5 represent H or a substituent, R11 and R13 represent H or an alkyl group, L1 and L2 represent a single bond or a divalent linking group, Ar1 represents an arylene group or a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar2 represents an aryl group or a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group, n represents an integer of 3 or more.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and has an elasticity modulus of 4,800 MPa to 10,000 MPa in at least either a machine direction MD at film-formation time or a direction TD perpendicular to the machine direction.