Abstract: To suppress a phenomenon where an optical axis of the optically anisotropic layer is tilted when the optically anisotropic layer is produced by using a liquid crystalline compound showing smectic phase as a materials showing a higher level of orderliness. An optically anisotropic layer wherein a polymerizable composition, containing one or more polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound showing a smectic phase, is fixed in a state of smectic phase, and a direction of maximum refractive index of the optically anisotropic layer is inclined at 10° or smaller to the surface of the optically anisotropic layer, a method for manufacturing the same, a laminate and a method for manufacturing the same, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic EL display device.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a phase difference plate for an organic EL display device having excellent light resistance, an organic EL display device, and a method for producing a phase difference plate. The phase difference plate for an organic EL display device of an embodiment of the present invention is a phase difference plate for an organic EL display device having a phase difference layer formed from a composition containing a copolymer having both of a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group and a repeating unit B including a moiety capable of expressing birefringence having reciprocal wavelength dispersion, in which the photo-alignment group includes a double bond structure of C?C or C?N.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL element (1) includes: a step of forming a first electrode layer (5), an organic functional layer (7), and a second electrode layer (9) on a substrate (3), a step of detecting a defective portion after forming the second electrode layer (9), a step of removing the second electrode layer (9) in the defective portion by irradiating the defective portion with a laser beam (L) from the second electrode layer (9) side when the defective portion has been detected, and a step of forming a sealing layer (11) after removing the second electrode layer 9 in the defective portion.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a device base formation step; a dehydration step of dehydrating a protective film-bearing sealing member under a pressure of 1000 Pa or more while conveying the protective film-bearing sealing member 10 in which a protective film 30 is laminated on a sealing member 20; and a sealing member bonding step of peeling off the protective film 30 from the protective film-bearing sealing member which has been subjected to the dehydration step and bonding the sealing member 20 to a device base. In the dehydration step, an atmosphere gas G1 having a dew point of ?40° C. or lower is caused to flow from a downstream side to an upstream side in a conveyance direction of the protective film-bearing sealing member.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic device (1) includes a forming step of forming a plurality of organic device parts (10) at predetermined intervals on a support substrate (3) which extends in one direction, a bonding step of bonding a sealing member (11) respective the organic device parts (10), and a cutting step of separating the organic device parts (10) into pieces, and in the cutting step, while an area of the one main surface (3a) of the support substrate (3) to which the sealing member (11) is not bonded and the sealing member (11) are supported by a support (100) in contact with the area and the sealing member (11), a cutting blade B is made to enter from the side of the other main surface (3b) of the support substrate (3).

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an organic electronic device of the present invention, includes: a removing step of removing a volatile component from a flexible base material; a fixing step of fixing the flexible base material onto a support substrate via an adhesive layer; and a forming step of forming a device main body sequentially including a first electrode layer, at least one organic functional layer, and a second electrode layer on the flexible base material that is fixed onto the support substrate, on a side opposite to the support substrate, in this order, in which a vapor pressure of the volatile component is greater than or equal to 101325 Pa within a temperature range from 20° C. to a melting point of a parent resin of the flexible base material.

Abstract: An optical film is an optical film in which a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase is fixed and a helical axis of the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase is aligned in an in-plane uniaxial direction, and an Nz is 0.2 to 0.75.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an anisotropic light absorption film having both a high alignment degree and high light resistance, and a laminate provided using the anisotropic light absorption film. An anisotropic light absorption film according to the embodiment of the invention is formed from a composition having a first dichroic azo dye, a second dichroic azo dye, and a compound represented by Formula (I) or a polymer thereof, the first dichroic azo dye has a solution absorption maximum wavelength of 400 nm or greater and less than 550 nm, the second dichroic azo dye has a solution absorption maximum wavelength of 550 nm or greater and 750 nm or less, and the film has an arrangement structure of the first dichroic azo dye or an arrangement structure of the second dichroic azo dye therein.

Abstract: To suppress a phenomenon where an optical axis of the optically anisotropic layer is tilted when the optically anisotropic layer is produced by using a liquid crystalline compound showing smectic phase as a materials showing a higher level of orderliness. An optically anisotropic layer wherein a polymerizable composition, containing one or more polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound showing a smectic phase, is fixed in a state of smectic phase, and a direction of maximum refractive index of the optically anisotropic layer is inclined at 10° or smaller to the surface of the optically anisotropic layer, a method for manufacturing the same, a laminate and a method for manufacturing the same, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic EL display device.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic device 10 according to an embodiment includes: a film forming step of continuously forming first to N-th layers (N is an integer of 2 or more) on a first electrode layer 14 formed on a main surface 12a of a flexible substrate while continuously conveying the flexible substrate 12, wherein in the film forming step, the first to N-th layers are sequentially formed on the first electrode layer by supplying materials of the first to N-th layers from first to N-th film forming sources to the flexible substrate through first to N-th shielding parts arranged between the first to N-th film forming sources and the flexible substrate, the first to N-th shielding parts are fixed in a conveyance direction of the flexible substrate in a state of being spaced apart from the flexible substrate, and a shielding area due to at least one shielding part of the first to N-th shielding parts is different from a shielding area due to other shielding part.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic device 1, includes: first forming steps S02 and S03 of producing a support substrate 10 with an organic functional layer; a winding step S05 of winding the support substrate 10 with an organic functional layer and a protective film 13; a peeling step S06 of feeding out the protective film 13 and the support substrate 10 have been wound in, and peeling off the protective film 13; a heating step S07 of heating the support substrate 10 with an organic functional layer after the peeling step S06; and a second forming step S08 of forming at least one layer selected from the second electrode layer 9 and an organic functional layer 7 not formed in the first forming step S03 and being one of the organic functional layers comprising the multiple organic functional layers, after the heating step S07.

Abstract: A phase difference film is formed by using a liquid crystal compound and that indicates an Nz factor of more than 0 and less than 1, an optical film with same, and a display device. The phase difference film is formed by using a composition including a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a mesogen group, where an order parameter of the mesogen group in an in-plane slow axis direction of the phase difference film is set as Sx, an order parameter of the mesogen group in a direction orthogonal to the in-plane slow axis direction in a plane is set as Sy, and an order parameter of the mesogen group in a thickness direction of the phase difference film is set as Sz, in a case where the mesogen group has a rod or a disc shape, differing Expressions are satisfied.

Abstract: A composite film includes at least one phase difference layer, a substrate, and an inorganic layer, in which the phase difference layer is a layer formed by curing a composition including a liquid crystal compound, the inorganic layer includes silicon nitride, a distance between the substrate and a surface of the composite film is 60 ?m or less, with respect to each of the layers other than the substrate, a product E×t×1 of a modulus of elasticity E in unit of GPa, a thickness t in unit of ?m, and a distance 1 from a surface of the substrate to a center of each of the layer in unit of ?m satisfies Expression 1, and a total SUM(E×t×1) of E×t×1 of each of the layers other than the substrate satisfies Expression 2, 0.8?E×t×1 (Expression 1), SUM(E×t×1)?1500 (Expression 2); and the composite film.

Abstract: According to a method for manufacturing an organic electronic device, a sealing member (19) that includes a sealing substrate (15), an adhesive part (13) exhibiting adhesiveness and is provided on the sealing substrate (15), and a hygroscopic part (11) being a hygroscopic cured product provided on the adhesive part (13) is bonded to an organic electronic element (17).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic electronic element according to one embodiment includes: a hole injection layer coating film formation step of applying a hole injection layer coating liquid containing a material having an electron-accepting property on a plastic substrate 10 to form a hole injection layer coating film 22b; and a heat treatment step of heating the hole injection layer coating film by irradiating the hole injection layer coating film with an infrared ray to form a hole injection layer. The hole injection layer coating film has absorption in a first wavelength range of 1.2 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and the infrared ray is an infrared ray in which 80% or more of total radiation energy of the infrared ray in a wavelength range of 1.2 ?m to 10.0 ?m is included in the first wavelength range.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising: a transparent support substrate having flexibility; a light emitting element disposed on the transparent support substrate and including a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer disposed between the pair of electrodes; a sealing material layer disposed on the transparent support substrate so as to cover and seal the light emitting element; and a sealing substrate disposed on the sealing material layer, wherein based on an arithmetic average of roughness profile defined in JIS B 0601-1994, the surface roughness of a surface of the sealing substrate beside the sealing material layer has a smaller value than the surface roughness of the other surface of the sealing substrate, and the arithmetic average of roughness profile of the surface of the sealing substrate beside the sealing material layer and a thickness of the sealing material layer satisfy a requirement represented by the following formula (I): 0.002<(Ra/t)<0.

Abstract: An organic EL element comprises a supporting substrate 12 having a first side surface 12b and a second side surface 12c located opposite to the first side surface in the first direction, a first electrode-attached on the supporting substrate, an organic EL body 16 disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode 18 disposed extending from the first side surface to the second side surface and covering at least a part of the organic EL body, and a sealing member disposed on the second electrode, extending from the first side surface to the second side surface and sealing at least the organic EL body, each of the side surfaces 18a and 20a of the second electrode and the sealing member on the first side surface-side being made evened with the first side surface, and each of the side surfaces 18b and 20b of the second electrode and the sealing member on the second side surface-side being made evened with the second side surface, in the first direction.

Abstract: An organic EL element comprises a supporting substrate 12 having a first side surface 12b and a second side surface 12c located opposite to the first side surface in the first direction, a first electrode-attached on the supporting substrate, an organic EL body 16 disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode 18 disposed extending from the first side surface to the second side surface and covering at least a part of the organic EL body, and a sealing member disposed on the second electrode, extending from the first side surface to the second side surface and sealing at least the organic EL body, each of the side surfaces 18a and 20a of the second electrode and the sealing member on the first side surface-side being made evened with the first side surface, and each of the side surfaces 18b and 20b of the second electrode and the sealing member on the second side surface-side being made evened with the second side surface, in the first direction.

Abstract: A production method for an organic EL element includes a step of forming an organic EL section on an organic EL section arrangement area in a first electrode section while conveying an electrode-attached substrate in a first direction, a step of forming a band-shaped conductive film along the first direction to cover the organic EL section and at least a part of an external connection area in the first electrode section while conveying the electrode-attached substrate on which the organic EL section is formed in the first direction, and a step of forming a groove section that separates the conductive film into a first part and a second part being a second electrode section by removing the conductive film in a predetermined area in a second direction while conveying the electrode-attached substrate on which the conductive film is formed in the first direction, and extends in the first direction.

Abstract: An organic EL element includes a support substrate, an organic EL portion that is disposed on the support substrate and is formed by stacking a first electrode layer, an organic functional layer, and a second electrode layer, a sealing member that seals the organic EL portion, and one or more moisture absorbing portions that have moisture absorption characteristics. The moisture absorbing portion is disposed in an outer edge portion of a light emitting area of the organic EL portion in which the first electrode layer, the organic functional layer, and the second electrode layer are sequentially continuously superimposed when viewed in a stacking direction of the organic EL portion. An area of the moisture absorbing portion disposed on the light emitting area is smaller than an area of the light emitting area.