Abstract: A housing includes a screen guard defining a transparent section, and a main body molded to the screen guard. The screen guard and the main body cooperatively define a cavity for accommodating electronic components of the electronic device.

Abstract: A cholesteric liquid crystal composition homogenously having a desired pitch length and pitch gradient and capable of giving a layer having a broad selective reflection bandwidth; a circularly-polarized light separating sheet having the broad selective reflection bandwidth and capable of being produced simply and homogenously; and a method for producing such a sheet. A cholesteric liquid crystal composition which contains a nematic liquid crystal compound having a reactive group, contains a chiral agent, has a ?n value of 0.18 or more and has an absolute value of a temperature dependency parameter ?? represented by ??={(2(?b??a)/(?b+?a)}×{100/(b?a)} (“a” and “b” represent the temperature (° C.), ?a represents a selective reflection center wavelength at “a” ° C. and ?b represents the selective reflection center wavelength at “b” ° C.) of 0.

Abstract: To provide: a color filter substrate with high display quality in which defective portions of a bank member (black matrix), such as a pin hole, a portion having an insufficient film thickness, a portion having an insufficient width, and a disconnection portion, or color mixing defects of a colored layer are corrected by the simple and inexpensive method; a liquid crystal display device including such a color filter; and production methods thereof. The color filter substrate of the present invention is a color filter substrate comprising a bank member and a colored layer on a substrate, wherein the color filter substrate has a structure in which a color mixing member formed of colored layer materials of two or more colors is formed in a defective portion of the bank member or along the bank member.

Abstract: A cellulose ester film is provided and includes a polycondensate obtained from a diol and a dicarboxylic acid, and the polycondensate contains the following (1) and (2). (1) A dicarboxylic acid residue containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residue having an average carbon number of 4.0 to 5.0, in which a ratio of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue represented by the following equation is from 40% by mole to 95% by mole: The ratio of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue=[(the number of moles of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue)/((the number of moles of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue)+(the number of moles of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues))]×100. (2) An aliphatic diol residue having an average carbon number of 2.0 to 3.0.

Abstract: A color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is formed by nanoimprint lithography. Nanoimprint lithography, a low cost technology, includes two alternatives, i.e., hot-embossing nanoimprint lithography and UV-curable nanoimprint lithography. Manufacture steps includes providing a substrate with a polymer material layer disposed thereon. A plurality of lands and grooves are formed in the polymer material layer, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer are disposed on the surfaces of the lands and grooves, respectively. Finally, a color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is obtained.

Abstract: A coating liquid for forming a polarizing film comprising a lyotropic liquid crystal compound (A) exhibiting light absorption characteristics in a visible light region having a wavelength 400 nm or longer, a lyotropic liquid crystal compound (B) exhibiting no or low light absorption characteristics in the visible light region having a wavelength 400 nm or longer and a solvent dissolving the lyotropic liquid crystal compound (A) and the lyotropic liquid crystal compound (B).

Abstract: A transparent polymer film satisfying Rth/Re??0.39, Re>0 and Rth<0 and having a moisture permeability of 100-2000 g/(m2·day) at 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90%, and not containing an additive composition that raises Rth by at least 8 nm.

Abstract: An optically-compensatory film comprising: a cyclic polyolefin film satisfying expression (I); and a cellulose acylate film satisfying expressions (II) and (III), or a liquid-crystal display device comprising at least one cyclic polyolefin film satisfying expression (I) and at least one cellulose acylate film satisfying expressions (II) and (III): 35?Re(630)?350 and 70?Rth(630)?400,??(I) 0?Re(630)?10 and |Rth(630)|?25, and??(II) |Re(400)?Re(700)|?10 and |Rth(400)?Rth(700)|?35,??(III) wherein Re(?) represents an in-plane retardation value (unit: nm) at a wavelength of ? nm; and Rth(?) represents a thickness-direction retardation value at a wavelength of ? nm.

Abstract: A cellulose derivative film having high optical isotropy over the whole visible region and high durability against high temperature and humidity conditions is provided. The film contains a cellulose derivative having a substituent the polarizability anisotropy ?? (=?x?(?y+?z)/2) of which is 2.5×10?24 cm3 or more, and the film has an in-plane retardation Re and a thickness direction retardation Rth satisfying the respective inequalities: |Rth(589)|?25 nm and |Re(589)|?10 nm. Also provided are an optical compensation film, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal device that use the cellulose derivative film and exhibit excellent viewing angle characteristics and durability.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film, having: a cellulose acylate mixture; and a plasticizer, wherein the cellulose acylate mixture contains: a cellulose acetate having a degree of substitution with acetyl group of 2.7 to 2.95; a cellulose acylate having a total degree of substitution with acyl group of 2.0 to 2.9 and a degree of substation with acyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms of 0.05 to 0.40, a mixing ratio of the cellulose acetate to the cellulose acylate is 90/10 to 40/60 by mass, the cellulose acylate mixture has a total degree of substitution with acyl group of 2.6 to 2.95, a degree of substitution with acetyl group of 2.2 to 2.9, and a degree of substitution with acyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms of 0.05 to 0.40, and an amount of the plasicizer is 30% to 60% by mass based on the cellulose acylate mixture.

Abstract: Provided are an optical film for use in flat panel display (FPD) devices, and a method for manufacturing the same. Particularly, there is provided a method for imparting surface roughness to an optical film, which includes forming dented craters having a radius of curvature of 10 nm-100 ?m on the surface of an optical film obtained by a solution casting process and forming a plateau between one crater and another crater. There is also provided an optical film obtained by the same method.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film in which the number of V-shaped thickness-uneven portions having a variation width in the thickness direction of 0.1 to 10% of a film thickness and a width in the in-plane direction of 1 to 20 mm is in the range of 0 to 10 per 100 m in the length direction of the film. A display unevenness is solved in a liquid crystal display device having the cellulose acylate film.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for polarizing plates in which an acrylic polymer, a tin compound having a dialkyl group and serving as a cross-linking accelerator and an isocyanate cross-linker are dissolved in an organic solvent, the acrylic polymer being formed by copolymerization of monomers containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate, a hydroxyl group containing monomer and/or a carboxyl group containing monomer, wherein preferably, a solution containing 30% by weight of the acrylic polymer which constitutes the adhesive composition, dissolved in 70% by weight of ethyl acetate has a viscosity in the range of 0.5 to 10.0 Pa·s measured at 23° C., and the acrylic polymer has a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 300,000 to 700,000.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-static adhesive composition, and a polarizing plate and/or a surface protective film fabricated using the same. More particularly, an anti-static adhesive composition for imparting enhanced anti-static properties, including a metal salt represented by Formula 1 as an anti-static agent so as to sufficiently inhibit generation of static electricity while not deteriorating inherent physical properties of an adhesive such as adhesiveness, durability and reliability, etc., is provided. In addition, a polarizing plate and and/or a surface protective film fabricated using the foregoing anti-static adhesive composition are provided. M+[(FSO2)2N]???(Formula 1) wherein M is an alkali metal.

Abstract: Microstructured optical films, assemblies of films including at least one microstructured optical film, and (e.g. illuminated) display devices including a single microstructured optical film or assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds represented by Formula (1): wherein Ra is independently halogen, cyano, —CF3, —CF2H, —CFH2, —OCF3, —OCF2H, —N?C?O, —N?C?S or alkyl having a carbon number of approximately 1 to approximately 20; in the alkyl, optional —CH2— may be substituted with —O—, —S—, —SO2—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH?CH—, —CF?CF— or —C?C—, and optional hydrogen may be substituted with halogen; Rb is fluorine or —CF3; A is independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-phenylene, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, fluorene-2,7-diyl or bicyclo[2.2.

Abstract: Disclosed are a retardation film including a polymer resin; and an optically anisotropic compound having a silicon group, and a polarizing plate including the retardation film. Also, disclosed is a liquid crystal display including the retardation film and/or the polarizing plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing film containing an azo compound represented by the following formula (1): in which X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and M is a counter ion.

Abstract: A display device capable of improving the contrast ratio and having a polarizing layer formed by applying shear stress to a material containing a dye having a lyotropic liquid crystallinity to align the molecule of the dye, wherein the display device has an underlayer film forming a base for the polarizing layer, the molecule of the dye has a sulfo group, and the underlayer film comprises a material having a basic surface functional group.

Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent support; and a hardcoat layer that is a layer formed by curing a coating solution containing (A) an octa- to pentadeca-functional urethane (meth)acrylate-based compound having a molecular weight of 800 to 2,000 and having two or more urethane bonds in its molecule, and a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film, which has a film thickness of from 20 to 70 ?m and an elastic modulus of from 3.5 to 10 GPa in at least one direction of a film casting direction and a width direction.

Abstract: An edge coated glass polarized lens includes a lens body and an edge coating made from a UV curable material having a composition including: an aliphatic polyesterpolyol based urethane methacrylate formed by reaction of reactants including an aliphatic polyesterpolyol, a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and a diisocyanate, and having a number average molecular weight ranging from 800 to 4500; a reactive diluent including a methacrylate monomer; an adhesion enhancer including a silane material selected from methacrylate-functional silane, amino methacrylate-functional silane, vinyl-functional silane, and combinations thereof; and a photo initiator.

Abstract: A process of producing a cellulose acylate film is disclosed. The process comprises a forming step of forming a web of a fluid, comprising a cellulose acylate, aromatic group-containing oligomer and solvent, by casting the fluid onto a support, a stretching step of stretching the web, thereby to align molecules of the aromatic group-containing oligomer along the stretching direction, and a heat-treatment step of subjecting the stretched web to a heat treatment, thereby to at least increase the alignment degree of molecules of the aromatic group-containing oligomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to backlight modules for display devices and liquid crystal displays incorporating the same, and more particularly, to a backlight module for generating light with a single polarization state. The present invention provides a backlight module, comprising an optical cavity for reflecting and depolarizing light that is incident upon a front surface of said optical cavity and a multilayer polarizer comprising a plurality of layers. Said multilayer polarizer faces the front surface of the optical cavity and the layers are arranged in such a way that a light of polarization substantially parallel to the transmission axis of said multilayer polarizer is substantially transmitted and the light of substantially orthogonal polarization is substantially reflected by said multilayer polarizer in at least one predetermined wavelength subrange of the visible wavelength range.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards polymerizable dichroic azo dyes comprising azo-chromophores having at least one standard mesogenic ring system attached to said chromophores and at least one polymerizable group leading to dyes having sufficient solubilty and a very high order parameter.

Abstract: An optical performance humidity dependency improving agent for cellulose acylate film, which contains a compound having a nucleic acid base skeleton, is capable of preventing the fluctuation of Re and Rth of the film against the humidity change in usage environments.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a cellulose resin film, with which the deterioration of the entire film and the occurrence of die lines can be prevented. The method for producing a cellulose resin film, including the steps of: discharging two cellulose resins A and B molten in the respective extruders in the form of an A/B/A three-layer sheet from a die upon a support by co-extrusion; and cooling and solidifying the sheet-shaped molten resin into a film, wherein the resin A, which forms a pair of outer layers of the A/B/A three-layer sheet, has a number average molecular weight smaller than that of the resin B, which forms the inner layer of the A/B/A three-layer sheet, and the resin A has a number average molecular weight of 20,000 or more and 50,000 or less, and the resin B has a number average molecular weight of 30,000 or more and 100,000 or less.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film comprising at least one cellulose acylate, at least one sterol derivative represented by formula (1), and at least one saccharide derivative and/or at least one oligomer plasticizer is disclosed. R1, R2 and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a substituent represented by -L-R*, provided that at least one of them represents the substituent represented by -L-R*; L represents a single bond or a divalent connecting group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —CO—, —CONR6—, —CH2— and a combination thereof, R* represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring group, heterocyclic group or alkyl group; R4 represents a carboxyl group or —CHR7—CH(CH3)2; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A retardation plate comprising at least one optically anisotropic layer, wherein at least one of said optically anisotropic layers is formed from a composition containing a liquid crystalline compound represented by the following formula: wherein Y11, Y12 and Y13 are methine or N; L1, L2 and L3 are single bond or divalent group; H1, H2 and H3 are formula (DI-A) or (DI-B); YA1, YA2, YB1 and YB2 are methine or N; XA and XB are O, S, etc.; R1, R2 and R3 are -(-L21-Q2)n1-L22-L23-Q1; L21 is single bond or divalent group; Q2 is cyclic divalent group; n1 is 0-4; L22 is —O—, —O—CO—, etc; L23 is —O—, —S—, etc.; Q1 is polymerizable group or H.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an optical compensation film that allows superior phase difference between a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer and excellent wavelength dispersibility in terms of front and inclined retardation of liquid crystal layers in liquid crystal cells, a polarizing plate containing the optical compensation film, and a liquid-crystal display device that can display superior images with less color change due to the polarizing plate. In order to attain the object, an optical compensation film etc. is provided that comprises at least a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer satisfies at least one of the following Equations (i) to (iii): 1?Re1450)(0°)/Re1650)(0°)?1.25:??Equation (i) 1?Re1450)(40°)/Re1650)(40°)?1.25:??Equation (ii) 1?Re1450)(?40°)/Re1650)(?40°)?1.25:??Equation (iii).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal cell and two polarizing plates disposed on the both sides thereof, wherein a protective film satisfying the specific conditions of retardation is sandwitched each between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing plates. The liquid crystal display device can be easily produced at low costs and has a low viewing angle dependency of color.

Abstract: An antireflection film comprising: a transparent plastic film substrate; a hard coat layer; and a low refractive layer, in this order, wherein the low refractive layer is formed by a curable composition comprising: (a) an inorganic fine particle; (b) at least one of a cationic polymerizable compound having a silyl group within the molecule; a hydrolysate of the compound; and a partial condensate of the compound; and (c) a photo-cationic polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A resin film has a photoelastic coefficient of from 0 to 30×10?8 cm2/N; and Re satisfying the following formulae (1) to (4): 20 nm<Re(548)<300 nm??Formula (1): 0.5<Re(446)/Re(548)<1??Formula (2): 1.0<Re(629)/Re(548)<2.0??Formula (3): 0.1%?[{Re(548) at 25° C., 10% RH?Re(548) at 25° C., 80% RH}/Re(548) at 25° C., 60% RH]?20%,??Formula (4): wherein Re(?) represents an in-plane retardation at a wavelength of ?.

Abstract: A discotic nematic material comprising a compound of R1—H1—Ar—H2—R wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring; H1 and H2 represent an aromatic hetero ring; and R1 and R2 represent a substituent having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms. The discotic nematic material contains a discotic liquid-crystal compound having a smaller number of side branches and capable of expressing an ND phase.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of an in-plane switching mode comprises a pair of polarizing plates which are constituted with a polarizing plate at the output side comprising a polarizer at the output side and a polarizing plate at the incident side comprising a polarizer at the incident side having a transmission axis approximately perpendicular to a transmission axis of the polarizer at the output side and two or more sheets of optically anisotropic members and liquid crystal cells disposed between the pair of polarizing plates. The device exhibits excellent scratch resistance and excellent quality of black depth and uniform and high contrast in viewing at any angles.

Abstract: A process for the producing a coating fluid of the present invention comprises a step of adjusting a pH of the coating fluid by mixing ammonium hydroxide into an acid solution containing a lyotropic liquid crystal compound and a solvent. Further, a process for the producing an optically anisotropic film of the present invention comprises a step of obtaining an optically anisotropic film by casting the coating fluid produced by the aforementioned process for production of the coating fluid in a thin film state, followed by drying.

Abstract: A polarizing plate is provided and is excellent in characteristics of optical compensation, small in a change of polarization performance over time and excellent in moisture and heat resistance. The polarizing plate contains a polarizing film and two transparent protective films provided one on each side of the polarizing film, in which at least one of the two protective films is an optical compensatory sheet containing a cellulose acylate film. The polarizing plate has specified single-plate transmittance and polarization degree P and has specified ranges of variations of the transmittance and the polarization degree P after a passage of a specified period of time under a high-temperature high-humidity atmosphere and a high-temperature low-humidity atmosphere. The liquid crystal display device of VA mode using the polarizing plate is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film that includes i) a (meth)acrylic resin, and 5 to 45 parts by weight of ii) a graft copolymer, prepared by grafting a (meth)acrylic resin onto a copolymer of (meth)acrylic rubber and aromatic vinyl compound, based on 100 parts by weight of the i) (meth)acrylic resin, and an electronic device including the optical film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device that has an excellent mass-productivity and gives an image improved by the reduction of the chromaticity difference between white display and black display, the reduction of coloring and luminance in black display, and the improvement of the contrast ratio. In the present invention, of a pair of alignment films 131 and 132 formed on a pair of substrates 101 and 102, respectively, the alignment film 132 formed on the glass substrate 102 on the observer side is made of a material obtained by adding a photoisomerized compound to a photosensitive polymer and has anisotropic absorption all over the visible light wavelength region (approximately 400 nm to 750 nm).

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and is excellent in increasability of an in-plane retardation and a retardation in a thickness direction, from which an additive does not bleed out, and which is excellent in surface properties. The cellulose acylate film has a thickness of 40 ?m to 180 ?m and contains no retardation increasing agent. Retardation values Re and Rth of the cellulose acylate film meet the following formulae (III) to (V): 46?Re?100??(III) Rth=a?5.9Re??(IV) 520?a?670??(V) A polarizing plate and a VA mode liquid crystal display having wide viewing angle characteristics and small changes in color, which are using the cellulose acylate film, are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds represented by Formula (1): wherein Ra is alkyl or the like; Rb is fluorine or —CF3; A is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like; Z is a single bond, alkylene or the like; Y is a single bond, alkylene or the like; and m and n are an integer of approximately 0 to approximately 5.

Abstract: Films, such as optical films that comprise a microstructured surface are described. The microstructures comprise the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition comprising certain polyalkyl nitrogen or phosphorus onium fluoroalkyl sulfonyl salts as an antistatic agent. Also described is a polymerizable resin comprising at least one di(meth)acrylate monomer comprising at least two aromatic rings, a reactive diluent; and the polyalkyl nitrogen or phosphorus onium fluoroalkyl sulfonyl salts as an antistatic agent antistatic agent.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film capable of contributing to reduction in thickness, preventing uneven heating, and favorably preventing light leak in black display, and an image display apparatus using such an optical film. An optical film of the present invention includes a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer having a refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz, and a second optical compensation layer having a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz in the stated order. In the optical film, an angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer is +17° to +27° or ?17° to ?27°, an angle formed between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the second optical compensation layer is +85° to +95°, and an Nz coefficient of the second optical compensation layer is 1.2?Nz?2.

Abstract: A durable optical film or element includes a polymerized structure having a microstructured surface and a plurality of surface modified colloidal nanoparticles of silica, zirconia, or mixtures thereof. Display devices including the durable microstructured film are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. More specifically, the present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a) acrylic copolymers; b) a hydrophilic plasticizer; and c) a hydrophobic plasticizer. The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention has no mura under moisture and heat resistant condition, and thus has an excellent stain resistance of adherends, and an excellent wettability, endurance reliability, transparency and adhesion reliability, regardless of whether surface property of the adherend is hydrophillic or hydrophobic.

Abstract: The invention concerns a film, in particular a stamping film, laminating film or sticker film, which has at least one anisotropic polymer layer of an at least partially oriented liquid crystal material. The anisotropic polymer layer has one or more first regions which form a first security feature and in which the anisotropic polymer layer has properties which linearly polarise or which rotate the direction of rotation, and one or more second regions which form a second security element and in which the anisotropic polymer layer has circularly polarising properties. The first security feature is visualised when viewed through a first polariser and the second security feature is visualised when viewed through a second polariser responsive to a different polarisation state from that of the first polariser.

Abstract: An optical film laminate that has predefined slit lines for enhancing both product accuracy and manufacturing speed in liquid-crystal display element manufacturing to radically improve manufacturing yield. The optical film laminate formed as a continuous web with the predefined slit lines for use in a continuous manufacturing system by laminating optically functional film sheets to liquid-crystal panels. The optical film laminate having defect-free regions having a predefined length corresponding to the dimension of a liquid-crystal panel and defective regions having a predefined length different from the defect-free region, based on the detected position of defects. The optical film laminate having a carrier film releasably laminated to an adhesive layer, wherein defect-free normal polarizing sheets and a defective polarizing sheets are formed on the carrier film by forming slit lines corresponding to above regions along the transverse direction of the optical film laminate.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and an assembly process for the manufacture of liquid crystal displays. The assembly process is especially advantageous because it can be easily scalable to roll-to-roll continuous manufacturing of liquid crystal displays. The invention is directed to a photoalignable top-sealing composition for top-sealing a liquid crystal display cell.

Abstract: A cyclic olefin-based polymer containing a repeating unit represented by formula (1), an optical material containing the cyclic olefin-based polymer, a polarizing plate containing the optical material, and a liquid crystal display device containing the polarizing plate: in which R1 represents a substituent; L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and forms an alcohol together with the —OH group; p represents an integer of 0 or 1; q represents an integer of from 0 to 3; r represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and R1 and L may be combined with each other to form a 5- to 7-membered ring.