Abstract: Provided are a conductive member for a touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof, the conductive member having a conductive layer including an opaque conductive material on a flexible transparent insulating substrate, such that damage of the conductive layer is prevented. The manufacturing method of the conductive member including a first conductive layer, an interlayer insulating layer, and a second conductive layer in this order on the flexible substrate, includes: 1) forming the first conductive layer on the substrate; 2) ef-forming the interlayer insulating layer; and 3) forming the second conductive layer, in which each of the steps 1 and 3 includes forming a fine metal wire using a photolithography method, a thickness of the interlayer insulating layer is 1 to 5 µm, and the bend resistance obtained by measuring the conductive member using a cylindrical mandrel method according to JIS-K5600-5-1 is less than 5 mm.

Abstract: A braking system includes an electric motor configured to output a braking force, and a controller configured to control the electric motor. The controller is supplied with electric power from both a main power source and an auxiliary power source. The electric motor has a first state in which the electric motor is supplied with electric power from the main power source when the main power source has a voltage V1 equal to or higher than a threshold value Va; a second state in which the electric motor is supplied with electric power from the auxiliary power source, and the voltage V1 of the main power source is lower than the threshold value Va; and a third state in which the electric motor is supplied with electric power from the main power source, and the voltage V1 of the main power source is lower than the threshold value Va.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting electrochemical cell including a light-emitting layer 3, a first electrode 1, and a second electrode 2, wherein the light-emitting layer contains an ionic compound and the ionic compound contains an anion having a silicon atom. The anion has a silicon-containing group represented, for example, by SiR1R2R3 (R1 to R3 are all bonded directly to Si) and an anion group. The anion group is represented, for example, by —SO3?, —OSO3?, or —OP(OR0)O3?. R0 to R3 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Two alkyl groups selected from R1, R2, and R3 are optionally bonded to each other to form an alkylene group having 4 or 5 carbon atoms and constituting a cyclic structure together with the silicon atom.

Abstract: A braking system includes an electric motor configured to output a braking force, and a controller configured to control the electric motor. The controller is supplied with electric power from both a main power source and an auxiliary power source. The electric motor has a first state in which the electric motor is supplied with electric power from the main power source when the main power source has a voltage V1 equal to or higher than a threshold value Va; a second state in which the electric motor is supplied with electric power from the auxiliary power source, and the voltage V1 of the main power source is lower than the threshold value Va; and a third state in which the electric motor is supplied with electric power from the main power source, and the voltage V1 of the main power source is lower than the threshold value Va.

Abstract: An antireflective film is provided, the antireflective film including: a transparent support; and at least one low refractive index layer, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed from a composition containing at least following (A) to (C): (A) a fluorine-containing antifouling agent having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group; (B) a fluorine-containing copolymer having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group; and (C) inorganic fine particles.

Abstract: An antireflection film includes, in a following order, a transparent substrate film; a medium refractive index layer; a high refractive index layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein the medium refractive index layer is (A) a medium refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.64 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 55.0 to 65.0 nm, the high refractive index layer is (B) a high refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.70 to 1.74 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 105.0 to 115.0 nm, and the low refractive index layer is (C) a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.32 to 1.37 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 85.0 to 95.0 nm.

Abstract: A method for producing an optical film is provided and includes: simultaneously coating at least two coating solutions over a transparent support, the at least two coating solutions each containing a solvent and a solute; and drying the solvent in each of the at least two coating solutions to provide at least two coating layers. When the at least two coating layers are 1, 2, . . . n?1 and n layers in sequence from the outermost surface of the at least two coating layers toward the transparent support, n being an integer of 2 or more, the main component of the solute in the n-th layer is insoluble or sparingly soluble in the main component of the solvent in the (n?1)-th layer.

Abstract: In a method for making an antiglare film including the casting, the releasing, the drying, the applying and the curing as defined herein, the transparent particles have an average primary particle size of greater than 2.5 ?m and not greater than 12 ?m, the transparent base has on at least one side thereof flat portions substantially parallel to a film-forming plane and rounded protrusions arising from the transparent particles, the protrusions having a maximum height Rt from the flat portions of from 1 to 15 ?m, and the cured layer has an average thickness of from 1 to 15.0 ?m and a surface profile with an arithmetic average roughness Ra, a mean spacing between peaks Sm, and an average slope ?a, all as measured in accordance with JIS B0601, satisfying the relationships (1) to (3) as defined herein.

Abstract: An optical film includes, in the following order, a support; an antiglare layer having an uneven surface; a high refractive index layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of the optical film is: 0.03 ?m<Ra<0.4 ?m, an average distance of unevenness (Sm) of the optical film is: 80 ?m<Sm<700 ?m, a region of 0°<?<0.5° (?(0.5)) of the optical film, where ? is a tilting angle of the unevenness, accounts for 40% or more, and an integral reflectance of the optical film is 1.5% or less.

Abstract: An optical film, is provided, the optical film including: a support; and at least one antiglare layer having a surface that has asperities, wherein the at least one antiglare layer contains at least one kind of light transmitting particles including first light transmitting particles in an amount of 0.01 to 1 mass % based on a total solid content in the antiglare layer, the first light transmitting particles have an average particle size that is 0.1 to 4.0 ?m greater than an average thickness of the antiglare layer, and a region ?(0.5) in which slope angles ? of the asperities of the surface of the antiglare layer lie within a range of 0°<?<0.5° constitutes 40% to 98% of the surface of the antiglare layer.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes: a support; a hard coat layer formed by hardening a hard coat layer-coating composition; and a overcoat layer formed by hardening an overcoat layer-coating composition, in this order. Each of the hard coat layer-coating composition and the overcoat layer-coating composition contains a compound having a plurality of polymerizable functional groups in one molecule, and the compound in the overcoat layer-coating composition contains a compound having at least three polymerizable functional groups.

Abstract: An antiglare film is provided, the antiglare film including: a support; and an antiglare layer including a surface that has asperities, wherein the antiglare layer contains at least first light-transmitting particles and second light-transmitting particles, the first light-transmitting particles have an average particle size that is 0.01 to 2.5 ?m greater than an average thickness of the antiglare layer, the second light-transmitting particles have an average particle size that is at least 0.1 ?m smaller than the average thickness of the antiglare layer, the first light-transmitting particles are contained in an amount of 0.1 to 2 mass % based on a total solid content in the antiglare layer, the second light-transmitting particles are contained in an amount of 2 to 30 mass % based on the total solid content in the antiglare layer, and the second light-transmitting particles include organic polymer-containing particles each of which has a core particle/shell layer structure.

Abstract: A method for producing a laminate comprising a support; and at least two layers provided by coating at least two kinds of coating compositions, respectively, the method comprising: simultaneously coating at least two kinds of coating compositions on a support; and drying the at least two kinds of coating compositions, wherein the at least two kinds of coating compositions each comprises a compound having a polymerizable functional group capable of forming a chemical bond to each other.

Abstract: A polarizing plate protective film is provided and has a transparent substrate that is insoluble in a solvent having a dielectric constant of 10 or more and provided with an easily-adhesive layer and a hard coating layer on at least one side thereof in this order.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent support including a light-transmitting particle having an average particle diameter of 6 to 20 ?m, wherein the transparent support has a thickness of from 20 to 200 ?m, the light-transmitting particle is contained in a ratio of 0.5 to 20 mass % based on entire solid content in the transparent support, and the transparent support has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.05 ?m or less.

Abstract: An optical film contains a transparent base material having thereon a hard coat layer formed of a hard coat layer forming composition containing the specific components, wherein a refractive index of the hard coat layer is 1.45 or more and not more than 1.55; and in the hard coat layer forming composition, a content of the component (a) is a content of the component (b) or more.

Abstract: An optical film includes: a transparent base material; and a hard coat layer with a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55, which is formed of a composition containing the following (a), (b) and (c): (a) a compound having two or less functional groups in one molecule, having a mass average molecular weight Mwa satisfying 40<Mwa<500, and satisfying 19<SPa<24.5; (b) a compound having three or more functional groups in one molecule, having a mass average molecular weight Mwb satisfying 100<Mwb<1,600 and 70<(Mwb/(the number of functional groups in one molecule))<300, and SPb satisfying 19<SPb<24.5; and (c) a solvent capable of dissolving and swelling the transparent base material. A content of the compound (a) is 0.5 to 10% by mass to that of the compound (b). SPa and SPb are SP values defined by Hoy method.

Abstract: An oil-in-water type emulsion coating composition having an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the oil-in-water type emulsion coating composition containing: an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups within a molecule; and an organic solvent, in the oil phase, the organic solvent having a solubility of 30 g or less in 100 g of water and having a property capable of swelling or dissolving a substrate.

Abstract: An antiglare film includes a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a binder and a fine particle, wherein the antiglare layer has an average thickness smaller than an average particle diameter of the fine particle, and the antiglare layer has a surface roughness skewness (Rsk) of from 0.5 to 1.5.

Abstract: An optical film, which comprises: a transparent support; and an optical layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the optical layer contains a thickening agent which shows a viscosity of 10 mPa·sec or more when added to 2-butanone in a content of 3% by mass, and the optical layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or more.