Abstract: A protective layer to be used in a foldable device having a cover window containing glass, contains: at least one of the following (A), (B), or (C), wherein (A) is a polymerized substance of a polymerizable compound which has one or more hydrogen bonding group and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule of the polymerizable compound, in which a hydrogen-bonding proton value is 3.5 mol/kg or more and a (meth)acryloyl value is 4.8 mol/kg or more, (B) is a compound including a metal coordinate bond, and (C) is a compound including a host-guest binding.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and an acidic compound, in which a pKa of the acidic compound is more than ?10 and 5 or less, and a content of the acidic compound is 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate, which has a polarizer and an optically anisotropic layer and is excellent in thermal durability, and an organic electroluminescent device and a liquid crystal display device, which include the laminate. The laminate has two substrates and a polarizing plate disposed between the two substrates, in which the polarizing plate has a polarizer and an optically anisotropic layer, the polarizer contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, the optically anisotropic layer is formed of a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by General Formula (I): L1-G1-D1-Ar-D2-G2-L2, a moisture permeability of the substrate is 10?3 g/m2·day or less, and a water content of the polarizing plate is 3.0 g/m2 or less.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer includes a repeating unit represented by General Formula (I).

Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer includes at least one repeating unit represented by any of General Formulae (I) to (III):

Abstract: An antiglare film includes, in order: a substrate; a first layer; and a second layer with an uneven structure including elongated projection portions on a surface opposite to a substrate side and an arithmetic mean height Sa on that side of the substrate is 30 to 160 nm, an average distance between adjacent elongated projection portions is 5 to 80 ?m, a content of particles having a particle diameter of 300 nm or more in the second layer is 0% to 0.1% by mass with respect to a total mass of the second layer, an average film thickness of the second layer is 0.3 to 3 ?m, a haze of the antiglare film is 1% to 20%, and where a surface of the antiglare film on the opposite to the substrate side is rubbed 100 times with #0000 steel wool under a load of 1 kg/cm2, no scratch occurs.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film which is excellent in the adhesiveness between a polymer support and a photo alignment film and in which a liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility is uniformly aligned. The optical film is obtained by laminating, in the following order: a polymer support containing an additive; a photo alignment film; and an optically anisotropic film, wherein the optically anisotropic film is formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility, and an amount of a component derived from the additive of the polymer support, which is contained in a boundary region with the optically anisotropic film in the photo alignment film is 0.10 to 0.50 mass % with respect to a total mass of the photo alignment film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film which is excellent in the adhesiveness between a polymer support and a photo alignment film and in which a liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility is uniformly aligned. The optical film is obtained by laminating, in the following order: a polymer support containing an additive; a photo alignment film; and an optically anisotropic film, wherein the optically anisotropic film is formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility, and an amount of a component derived from the additive of the polymer support, which is contained in a boundary region with the optically anisotropic film in the photo alignment film is 0.10 to 0.50 mass % with respect to a total mass of the photo alignment film.

Abstract: A hardcoat film includes: a substrate; and a hardcoat layer, in which the hardcoat film satisfies the following Formulas (i) and (ii), (i) E?(0.4)HC×dHC?8,000 MPa·?m, (ii) E?(4)HC×dHC?4,000 MPa·?m, E?(0.4)HC is an elastic modulus of the hardcoat layer obtained in a case where an elongation rate is 0.4%, E?(4)HC is an elastic modulus of the hardcoat layer obtained in a case where an elongation rate is 4%, and dHC is a film thickness of the hardcoat layer.

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 polyorganosilsesquioxane includes: a constitutional unit (a) having a fluorine atom-containing group; a constitutional unit (b) having a cationically polymerizable group; and a constitutional unit (c) having a radically polymerizable group.

Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device in which blue brightness is improved, and an antireflection function in an oblique direction is enhanced. The problem is solved by ensuring that a polarizer, a phase difference layer, a circularly polarized light separating layer, and a light emitting element are provided from a viewing side, an in-plane retardation Re(550) of the phase difference layer is set to 100 to 160 nm, the circularly polarized light separating layer is a cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a selective reflection center wavelength in a range of 425 to 475 nm, and a sum of retardations Rth(550) in a thickness direction of members arranged between the polarizer and the light emitting element is set to ?50 to 50 nm.

Abstract: A hardcoat film includes: a substrate; and a hardcoat layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hardcoat layer contains a compound having a silsesquioxane structure, in a case where ?A represents a modulus of elasticity of the substrate and ?B represents a modulus of elasticity of the hardcoat layer, a difference ?? of a modulus of elasticity represented by ?A??B is 1,800 to 4,900 MPa, the modulus of elasticity of the substrate is 6.0 to 9.0 GPa, and a recovery rate of the hardcoat layer in an indentation test that is represented by the following equation is 84% to 99%, Recovery ? ? rate ? ? ( % ) = Maximum ? ? indentation ? ? depth ? ? ( ?m ) - Depth ? ? after ? ? ? unloading ? ? ( ?m ) Maximumin ? ? indentation ? ? depth ? ? ( ?m ) × 10 ? 0 .

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film which is excellent in the adhesiveness between a polymer support and a photo alignment film and in which a liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility is uniformly aligned. Another object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate formed of the optical film, and an image display device formed of the optical film or the polarizing plate.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate, which has a polarizer and an optically anisotropic layer and is excellent in thermal durability, and an organic electroluminescent device and a liquid crystal display device, which include the laminate. The laminate has two substrates and a polarizing plate disposed between the two substrates, in which the polarizing plate has a polarizer and an optically anisotropic layer, the polarizer contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, the optically anisotropic layer is formed of a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by General Formula (I): L1-G1-D1-Ar-D2-G2-L2, a moisture permeability of the substrate is 10?3 g/m2·day or less, and a water content of the polarizing plate is 3.0 g/m2 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and an acidic compound, in which a pKa of the acidic compound is more than ?10 and 5 or less, and a content of the acidic compound is 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.

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: 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: Provided are: an infrared control film in which an infrared light transmittance changes depending on the temperature, a tint in a front direction is excellent, and durability is excellent; and a window including the infrared control film. The infrared control film includes: a liquid crystal layer; and two substrates each of which includes at least one of an ultraviolet absorber or a colorant, in which the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the two substrates, the substrate includes 0.001 mass % or higher of the ultraviolet absorber or the colorant, a transmittance of the infrared control film at 0° C. with respect to an incidence ray at 1000 nm at a polar angle of 0° is higher than 70%, a transmittance of the infrared control film at 40° C. with respect to an incidence ray at 1000 nm at a polar angle of 0° is lower than 60%, and the following expressions are satisfied: 0.8<a1<1.2, 0.8<b1<1.