Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, in which a backlight unit, a light conversion member, a selective reflection member, a liquid crystal cell, and a display-side polarizer are disposed in this order, the backlight unit includes a light source that emits unpolarized light having a light emission central wavelength in a wavelength range of 300 nm to lower than 430 nm, the selective reflection member reflects 60% to 100% of the unpolarized light entering the selective reflection member and transmits at least some of light in a wavelength of higher than 430 nm to 650 nm, and the light conversion member includes an aligned fluorescent material that emits blue, green and red light which are linearly polarized in a vibration direction parallel to an absorption axis of the display-side polarizer, is improved in terms of the front surface luminance.

Abstract: A thin optical film with high hygrothermal durability and high front contrast, includes cellulose acylate whose degree of substitution of acyl group is from 2.0 to 2.6 and at least one optical performance developer, wherein the cellulose acylate has a mannose content of 0.2% by mass or less, and the optical film has a thickness of 40 ?m or thinner and satisfies: MA?MB×1.1??Formula I CA?CB×1.1??Formula II wherein, A denotes the depthwise region ranging from one surface up to 2 ?m depth of the optical film, and B denotes the depthwise region ranging from the other surface up to 2 ?m depth, and MA and MB represent the mannose content in regions A and B; CA and CB represent the content of the optical performance developer in regions A and B; and MA, MB, CA and CB are given in % by mass.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent laminate which does not have a problem in which a transparent electrode pattern is visually recognized, a capacitance type input device having the transparent laminate, and an image display device provided with the capacitance type input device as a constituent element. The transparent laminate of the invention includes a region where a transparent substrate, a first transparent film having a refractive index of 1.6 to 1.78 and a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm, a transparent electrode pattern, and a second transparent film having a refractive index of 1.6 to 1.78 and a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm are laminated in this order in a plane.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent laminate which does not have a problem in which a transparent electrode pattern is visually recognized, a capacitance type input device having the transparent laminate, and an image display device provided with the capacitance type input device as a constituent element. The transparent laminate of the invention includes a region where a transparent substrate, a first transparent film which contains a metal oxide and has a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm, a transparent electrode pattern, and a second transparent film which contains 5 mass % to 80 mass % of metal oxide particles and has a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm are laminated in this order in a plane.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a hard coat film including a first layer in which a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule is detected as a main component and an organic solvent-soluble resin is not detected by composition analysis using a RAMAN spectroscopy; and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, in which an organic solvent-soluble resin and a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule are detected by the composition analysis, and a thickness is greater than 15 ?m. Further, the present invention relates to a polarizing plate, an image display device, and a method for producing the hard coat film.

Abstract: A polarization plate includes a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film in this order, in which the first protective film is a film including a (meth)acryl-based resin, a thickness of the first protective film is in a range of 20 ?m to 30 ?m, a thickness of the second protective film is in a range of 1.5 times to 1.8 times of the thickness of the first protective film, and a humidity dimensional change ratio of the second protective film in the direction orthogonal to an absorption axis of the polarizer is in a range of 0.45% to 0.8%.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate including a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film in this order, in which the first protective film is a film including a synthetic polymer, and has a thickness of 30 ?m or less, an elastic modulus in the TD direction of 2 GPa to 2.5 GPa, and a humidity dimensional change rate in a TD direction of 0.1% or less, and the second protective film has an evaluation value represented by the following Equation (2) of 7.0 to 11.0: Evaluation value=elastic modulus (GPa) of the second protective film in a TD direction/humidity dimensional change rate (%) of the second protective film in the TD direction×(thickness (?m) of the second protective film/thickness (?m) of the first protective film)2×(30/thickness (?m) of the polarizer)1/2 Equation (2).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device improved in front surface luminance, having a backlight unit, a light conversion member, a polarization separating member, a liquid crystal cell, and a display-side polarizer; the backlight unit includes an unpolarized blue light source and a reflection member that converts circularly-polarized to unpolarized blue light and reflects same; the light conversion member includes a circularly polarized luminescence fluorescent material that emits green and red lights which are circularly-polarized; the polarization separating member includes a reflection polarizer that separates the unpolarized blue light into blue transmitted light that is right- or left-circularly-polarized light and blue reflected light that is the other circularly-polarized light and a ?/4 plate that converts the blue transmitted light, the green and red lights, which are circularly-polarized, to linearly-polarized lights; and an absorption axis of the display-side polarizer is parallel to vibration directions o

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, in which a backlight unit, a light conversion member, a selective reflection member, a liquid crystal cell, and a display-side polarizer are disposed in this order, the backlight unit includes a light source that emits unpolarized light having a light emission central wavelength in a wavelength range of 300 nm to lower than 430 nm, the selective reflection member reflects 60% to 100% of the unpolarized light entering the selective reflection member and transmits at least some of light in a wavelength of higher than 430 nm to 650 nm, and the light conversion member includes an aligned fluorescent material that emits blue, green and red light which are linearly polarized in a vibration direction parallel to an absorption axis of the display-side polarizer, is improved in terms of the front surface luminance.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device having a backlight unit emitting unpolarized blue light, a light conversion member, a polarization separating member, a backlight-side polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, and a display-side polarizing plate wherein the polarization separating member separates the unpolarized blue light into blue transmitted light and blue reflected light which are linearly polarized in vibration directions that are orthogonal to each other, and transmits some of light in a wavelength range each of 500 nm to 600 nm and 600 nm to 650 nm, the light conversion member includes a fluorescent material that, due to blue light entering the light conversion member, emits green light which is linearly-polarized light and red light which is linearly-polarized light; and a transmission axis of the backlight-side polarizer is parallel to vibration directions of the green and red light, is improved in terms of front surface luminance and color reproduction region.

Abstract: A polarization plate includes a polarizer having polarization performance; a first protective film bonded to one surface of the polarizer through an adhesive layer 1; and a second protective film bonded to the other surface of the polarizer through an adhesive layer 2, in which a modulus of elasticity of the first protective film at 25° C. and relative humidity of 60% in an absorption axis direction of the polarizer is greater than or equal to 1.0 GPa and less than 4.0 GPa, a ratio of the modulus of elasticity of the first protective film at 25° C. and relative humidity of 60% in the absorption axis direction of the polarizer to a modulus of elasticity of the first protective film at 25° C. and relative humidity of 60% in a direction orthogonal to the absorption axis of the polarizer is less than or equal to 0.8, a modulus of elasticity of the second protective film at 25° C. and relative humidity of 60% in the absorption axis direction of the polarizer is greater than or equal to 2.0 GPa and less than 5.

Abstract: A VA mode liquid crystal display device including a backlight; a first polarizing plate; a VA mode liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizing plate, in this order, wherein the first polarizing plate includes a first polarizer and a first optical film, and the second polarizing plate includes a second polarizer and a second optical film, the optical film contains an acrylic resin, and a tensile elastic modulus of the optical film in a machine direction, which are abbreviated as EMD, and a tensile elastic modulus in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction, which is abbreviated as ETD, satisfy the relationship of Equation (1): EMD/ETD<0.8.

Abstract: A thin optical film with high hygrothermal durability and high front contrast, includes cellulose acylate whose degree of substitution of acyl group is from 2.0 to 2.6 and at least one optical performance developer, wherein the cellulose acylate has a mannose content of 0.2% by mass or less, and the optical film has a thickness of 40 ?m or thinner and satisfies: MA?MB×1.1??Formula I CA?CB×1.1??Formula II wherein, A denotes the depthwise region ranging from one surface up to 2 ?m depth of the optical film, and B denotes the depthwise region ranging from the other surface up to 2 ?m depth, and MA and MB represent the mannose content in regions A and B; CA and CB represent the content of the optical performance developer in regions A and B; and MA, MB, CA and CB are given in % by mass.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate including a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film in this order, in which the first protective film is a film including a synthetic polymer, and has a thickness of 30 ?m or less, an elastic modulus in the TD direction of 2 GPa to 2.5 GPa, and a humidity dimensional change rate in a TD direction of 0.1% or less, and the second protective film has an evaluation value represented by the following Equation (2) of 7.0 to 11.0: Evaluation value=elastic modulus (GPa) of the second protective film in a TD direction/humidity dimensional change rate (%) of the second protective film in the TD direction×(thickness (?m) of the second protective film/thickness (?m) of the first protective film)2×(30/thickness (?m) of the polarizer)1/2 Equation (2).

Abstract: Provided is a transparent laminate which does not have a problem in which a transparent electrode pattern is visually recognized, a capacitance type input device having the transparent laminate, and an image display device provided with the capacitance type input device as a constituent element. The transparent laminate of the invention includes a region where a transparent substrate, a first transparent film which contains a metal oxide and has a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm, a transparent electrode pattern, and a second transparent film which contains 5 mass % to 80 mass % of metal oxide particles and has a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm are laminated in this order in a plane.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent laminate which does not have a problem in which a transparent electrode pattern is visually recognized, a capacitance type input device having the transparent laminate, and an image display device provided with the capacitance type input device as a constituent element. The transparent laminate of the invention includes a region where a transparent substrate, a first transparent film having a refractive index of 1.6 to 1.78 and a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm, a transparent electrode pattern, and a second transparent film having a refractive index of 1.6 to 1.78 and a film thickness of 55 nm to 110 nm are laminated in this order in a plane.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding film comprises a conductive portion and an opening portion, and a moire preventing part is formed in the opening portion. The moire preventing part may be formed approximately at the center of the opening portion, and may be formed on a line connecting intersections facing each other in the conductive portion in the mesh pattern. The moire preventing part may have a substantially circular planar shape or a polygonal planar shape (such as a quadrangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, or octagonal shape). Of course the moire preventing part may have an at least partially curved planar shape. The electromagnetic shielding film preferably satisfies the inequality 0.1Sa?Sb?5.0Sa, in which Sa is the area of the intersection of the conductive portion and Sb is the area of the moire preventing part.

Abstract: A polarization plate includes a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film in this order, in which the first protective film is a film including a (meth)acryl-based resin, a thickness of the first protective film is in a range of 20 ?m to 30 ?m, a thickness of the second protective film is in a range of 1.5 times to 1.8 times of the thickness of the first protective film, and a humidity dimensional change ratio of the second protective film in the direction orthogonal to an absorption axis of the polarizer is in a range of 0.45% to 0.8%.

Abstract: There is provided an optical film including an acrylic resin, wherein a tensile elastic modulus in a machine direction, which are abbreviated as EMD, and a tensile elastic modulus in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction, which is abbreviated as ETD, satisfy the relationship of Equation (1): EMD/ETD<0.8??Equation (1).

Abstract: A color filter including a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel and a blue (B) pixel, wherein at least one of the red (R) pixel, the green (G) pixel and the blue (B) pixel includes one or more kinds of dyes and one or more kinds of pigments and wherein areas of the red (R) pixel, the green (G) pixel and the blue (B) pixel are not the same.