Abstract: Provided are a transparent base material film laminate that is used by being arranged on the viewing side of a polarizing plate of an image display device having a backlight light source and the polarizing plate, the laminate having a first transparent base material film and a second transparent base material film, in which a Re of the first transparent base material film is 4,000 nm or more, the laminate is arranged for use such that an angle formed between a slow axis of the first transparent base material film and an absorption axis of the polarizing plate is 45°±20° and such that an angle formed between a slow axis of the second transparent base material film and the absorption axis of the polarizing plate is 90°±30° or 0°±30°, an angle formed between the slow axes of the first transparent base material film and the second transparent base material film is neither 0° nor 90°, and the second transparent base material film is used by being arranged on the viewing side with respect to the first transparent b

Abstract: Provided are a transparent base material film laminate that is used by being arranged on the viewing side of a polarizing plate of an image display device having a backlight light source and the polarizing plate, the laminate having a first transparent base material film and a second transparent base material film, in which a Re of the first transparent base material film is 4,000 nm or more, the laminate is arranged for use such that an angle formed between a slow axis of the first transparent base material film and an absorption axis of the polarizing plate is 45°±20° and such that an angle formed between a slow axis of the second transparent base material film and the absorption axis of the polarizing plate is 90°±30° or 0°±30°, an angle formed between the slow axes of the first transparent base material film and the second transparent base material film is neither 0° nor 90°, and the second transparent base material film is used by being arranged on the viewing side with respect to the first transparent b

Abstract: A heat ray-shielding material including a metal particle-containing layer containing at least one kind of metal particle. The metal particle contains substantially hexagonal or substantially discoidal metallic flat particles in an amount of 60% by number or more. The main planes of the metallic flat particles are oriented at an angle ranging from 0° to ±30° relative to one surface of the metal particle-containing layer.

Abstract: A composition for forming a silver ion diffusion-suppressing layer includes an insulating resin and a compound including: a structure selected from the group consisting of a triazole structure, a thiadiazole structure and a benzimidazole structure; a mercapto group; and at least one hydrocarbon group optionally containing a heteroatom, with the total number of carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon group or groups being 5 or more. The composition for forming a silver ion diffusion-suppressing layer allows formation of a silver ion diffusion-suppressing layer capable of suppressing silver ion migration between metal interconnects containing silver or a silver alloy to improve the reliability on the insulation between the metal interconnects.

Abstract: A capacitance type touch panel includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of electrode portions; a plurality of lead-out wiring portions; a transparent resin layer; and a substrate disposed on the transparent resin layer, wherein at least on the surface of the peripheral edge of the transparent resin layer exposed between the insulating layer and the substrate and on the exposed surface of the lead-out wiring portions, a sealing layer is disposed, and the sealing layer has a moisture vapor transmittance equal to or less than 20 g/m2/24 h/atm (25° C., 90% RH, 25 ?m), and has a thickness equal to or greater than 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: A touch panel having an input region and an outside region positioned outside the input region includes at least: a substrate; detection electrodes disposed on the substrate corresponding to the input region; lead-out wirings which are disposed on the substrate corresponding to the outside region and are electrically connected to the detection electrodes; and a protective layer disposed on the substrate corresponding to the outside region so as to cover the lead-out wirings. The protective layer is formed by using an epoxy resin, and the lead-out wirings contain metal silver and gelatin. In the touch panel, the occurrence of ion migration between lead-out wirings is further inhibited.

Abstract: A capacitance type touch panel includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of electrode portions; a plurality of lead-out wiring portions; a transparent resin layer; and a substrate disposed on the transparent resin layer, wherein at least on the surface of the peripheral edge of the transparent resin layer exposed between the insulating layer and the substrate and on the exposed surface of the lead-out wiring portions, a sealing layer is disposed, and the sealing layer has a moisture vapor transmittance equal to or less than 20 g/m2/24 h/atm (25° C., 90% RH, 25 ?m), and has a thickness equal to or greater than 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: A composition for forming a silver ion diffusion-suppressing layer includes an insulating resin and a compound including: a structure selected from the group consisting of a triazole structure, a thiadiazole structure and a benzimidazole structure; a mercapto group; and at least one hydrocarbon group optionally containing a heteroatom, with the total number of carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon group or groups being 5 or more. The composition for forming a silver ion diffusion-suppressing layer allows formation of a silver ion diffusion-suppressing layer capable of suppressing silver ion migration between metal interconnects containing silver or a silver alloy to improve the reliability on the insulation between the metal interconnects.

Abstract: A conductive member including: a base material; and a conductive layer disposed on the base material, wherein the conductive layer includes: a metal nanowire including a metal element (a) and having an average minor axis length of 150 nm or less; and a sol-gel cured product obtained by hydrolyzing and polycondensing an alkoxide compound of an element (b) selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Zr, and Al; and a ratio of the substance amount of the element (b) contained in the conductive layer to the substance amount of the metal element (a) contained in the conductive layer is in a range of from 0.10/1 to 22/1.

Abstract: A conductive member containing a base material and a conductive layer provided on the base material, wherein the conductive layer includes (i) a metallic nanowire having an average short-axis length of 150 nm or less and (ii) a binder, the binder including a three-dimensional crosslinked structure that includes a partial structure represented by the following Formula (Ia) and a partial structure represented by the following Formula (IIa) or Formula (IIb). In the Formulae, each of M1 and M2 independently represents an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti and Zr. Each R3 independently represents a hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A conductive composition including metal nanowires having an average minor axis diameter of 5 nm to 45 nm, and a water-insoluble polymer containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group selected from an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group.

Abstract: A fine structure body comprises: (i) a base body, and (ii) a plurality of metal nanorods, which have been distributed and located on a surface of the base body, a proportion X being equal to at least 15%, the proportion X being calculated with the formula: X=(A?B)/C×100[%] wherein A represents the sum total of the projected areas of all of the metal nanorods, B represents the sum total of the projected areas of certain metal nanorods, each of which is located as an isolated metal nanorod at a spacing larger than 10 nm from the closest metal nanorod, and C represents the entire projected area of the fine structure body, including regions free from the metal nanorods.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat ray-shielding material which includes metal particle-containing layer containing at least one kind of metal particle, wherein the metal particle contains substantially hexagonal or substantially discoidal metallic flat particles in an amount of 60% by number or more, and the main planes of the metallic flat particles are oriented at an angle ranging from 0° to ±30° relative to one surface of the metal particle-containing layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing film which contains at least dichroic anisotropic metal nanoparticles and a thermoplastic resin, wherein the polarizing film has a thickness of 12.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film having a phase difference film, and a polarized film formed on both surfaces of the phase difference film, wherein the polarized film contains at least a polarizer, and the absorption axis of the polarizer is substantially perpendicularly oriented to the polarized film surface. The present invention also provides a glass using the optical film.

Abstract: A polarizing plate including a polarizing film containing at least a polarizer, wherein the polarizing film has a main absorption axis which is polygonally or smoothly curved.

Abstract: A composite metal nanorod, including a core nanorod and a shell, the core nanorod being covered with the shell to form a core-shell structure, wherein the composite metal nanorod contains at least two different metals, and wherein the composite metal nanorod has an equivalent-volume-sphere radius of 15 nm or smaller and has an aspect ratio of 1.1 to 10.

Abstract: There is provided a front window for means of traveling, which contains at least a base, a polarizing film, and a anti-reflection film, wherein the polarizing film contains at least an anisotropic absorber, and the anisotropic absorber has a reduction ratio of a parallel polarized light (s-polarized light) included in incident light of 90% or less.

Abstract: To provide bent rod-shaped metal particles having at least one bend point, wherein an average bend angle at the bend point is 5° to 175°.

Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate including a polarizing layer containing anisotropic metal nanoparticles produced by reducing a metal ion in a liquid crystal matrix. An embodiment in which the liquid crystal matrix is characterized in that molecules of a liquid crystal compound are fixed in an alignment state of any one of substantially horizontal alignment, substantially vertical alignment, diagonal alignment, hybrid alignment and spiral alignment; an embodiment in which the reduction is at least one of photoreduction, thermal reduction and chemical reduction; and the like are favorable.