Abstract: A spacer, a method for manufacturing the spacer, and a display device are provided. The method includes: a step S10 of reacting a resin compound and a pyridine compound to generate an intermediate, a step S20 of reacting the intermediate and a metal ligand by a coordination reaction to obtain a coordination structure, and a step S30 of mixing the coordination structure, a monomer, a solvent, a starting agent, and an additive to prepare the spacer.

Abstract: A foldable display device may include a display panel, a window disposed on a first surface of the display panel, a metal plate disposed on a second surface of the display panel opposite to the first surface, and a functional member disposed between the display panel and the metal plate, the functional member including a first functional layer in which a plurality of holes are formed and a filler filling each of the holes. An elastic modulus of the filler may be greater than an elastic modulus of the first functional layer.

Abstract: A laminator for high-precision solvent-bonding of retardation films is disclosed. The laminator is capable of producing laminates with high orientation repeatability and low in-plane stress which can otherwise create gaps between optimum theoretical performance and that which is physically realizable. Batch-mode laminators are scalable to large area mother-sheets and are suited to high-throughput manufacturing.

Abstract: The sealing material composition of the disclosure includes an unsaturated carbonyl compound having at least two unsaturated carbonyl groups and a curing agent that is thermally reactive with the unsaturated carbonyl compound and contains a compound having at least two of one or more kinds of functional groups selected from the group consisting of a mercaptan group, a hydroxyl group, and a secondary amine group.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover plate, a first adhesive component, and a second adhesive component. The first adhesive component which is adhered underneath the cover plate, includes a plurality of first pattered sensing lines. The second adhesive component which is adhered underneath the first adhesive component, includes a plurality of second pattered sensing lines. The first pattered sensing lines and second pattered sensing lines are electrically insulated from each other.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an adhesive sheet which effectively blocks light in a ultraviolet region without impairing the transmittance of light in a visible light region and adhesion, an adhesive composition comprising a binder resin, and a light absorbing dye dispersed in the binder resin, and the present invention can effectively block light in a wavelength range of 410 nm or less, and can be applied to various kinds of display devices.

Abstract: One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article has an improved average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be suppressed by inserting a nanoporous crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal light deflection apparatus includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode, and liquid crystals sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. A high-resistivity layer is provided on at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode. The high-resistivity layer is covered sequentially by a first barrier layer formed from metal oxide and a second barrier layer formed from metal nitride or metal carbide.

Abstract: Described herein are organosilicon modification layers and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between a sheet and carrier. The modification layers bond the sheet and carrier together such that a permanent bond is prevented at high temperature processing as well as maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.

Abstract: Described herein are organosilicon modification layers and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between a sheet and carrier. The modification layers bond the sheet and carrier together such that a permanent bond is prevented at high temperature processing as well as maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a base; an alignment inducing layer on the base and including a first compound represented by formula A1 or a polymer of the first compound; and a liquid crystal layer on the alignment inducing layer that includes liquid crystals: where R1 may be hydrogen or a polymerizable group, R2 may be a hydrophilic group, SP1 and SP2 may each independently be a single bond, a C1-C12 alkylene group, or a C1-C12 alkoxylene group, Z may be a single bond, an ester group, or an ether group, and X1, X2 and X3 may each independently be hydrogen, a methyl group, fluorine, or chlorine.

Abstract: A multilayer adhesive tape exhibiting high step coverage and having both high reworkability and excellent punchability is provided. The multilayer adhesive tape sequentially includes: a first outer adhesive layer; an intermediate adhesive layer; and a second outer adhesive layer, in which a glass transition temperature of the intermediate adhesive layer is ?40° C. or more and 0° C. or less, a glass transition temperature of each of the first outer adhesive layer and the second outer adhesive layer is ?60° C. or more and ?20° C. or less, and a difference in glass transition temperature between each of the first outer adhesive layer and the second outer adhesive layer and the intermediate adhesive layer is 5° C. or more and 25° C. or less.

Abstract: An adhesive member for a display device is disclosed. The adhesive member may include an adhesive film configured to roll along a rolling axis. The adhesive film may include an adhesive portion including a plurality of adhesive lines. The plurality of adhesive lines may not be orthogonal to the rolling axis.

Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both the surfaces and the transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds, and when a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) is defined as 100% by weight, one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms are comprised in a proportion of 15% or more by weight.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprises: a display panel comprising a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix form on a substrate having flexibility; a supporting member having a surface, the substrate of the display panel being placed on the surface; and a holding member provided at a part of or the entire of an outer edge of the display panel along the outer edge so as to rim the display panel, the holding member holding the display panel on the surface of the supporting member. The holding member engages with an outer periphery of the display panel, the holding member is bonded to the surface of the supporting member, and the substrate closely contacts with the surface of the supporting member at a lower strength than a bonding strength between the holding member and the surface of the supporting member.

Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both surfaces of a polarizer, and transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) on/over one of both the surfaces has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) on/over the other surface has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises, as radical polymerizable compounds, a component A having a logPow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a logPow more than 7, these logPow values being each an octanol/water distribution coefficient.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing an element chip includes: sticking an adhesive tape having translucency to a front surface of a semiconductor wafer; measuring a position and a width of a second close contact portion in a dividing region; applying a laser beam having a beam diameter smaller than the width of the second close contact portion to the adhesive tape such that the laser beam does not protrude from the second close contact portion based on the width of the second close contact portion and the beam diameter, and forming an exposed portion; exposing the front surface to plasma with a back surface held by a dicing tape, and while protecting an element region from the plasma with an adhesive tape, etching the dividing region exposed in the exposed portion to dice the substrate into a plurality of element chips; and removing the adhesive tape remaining on the front surface.

Abstract: A method for sealing a container having an opening by contacting the opening with a mixture including a phenethylamine and a first polymer, adding a fluid to be contained to the container, and then adding a second mixture, comprising a second polymer, whereupon an interaction between the first and second polymer mixtures result in a seal being formed over the opening, thereby containing the fluid. The first polymer is typically a water-swellable polymer and the second polymer is typically a hydrophilic polymer that will form an interpenetrating network with the swellable polymer.

Abstract: A solar control composite has improved seasonal selectivity, allowing a greater amount of heat to be transmitted through the composite during the winter and a lower amount of heat transmitted through the composite during the summer.

Abstract: Provided is a thermosetting resin composition containing a polyimide compound (A) having a structural unit derived from a maleimide compound (a1) having at least two N-substituted maleimide groups and a structural unit derived from a diamine compound (a2); a modified polybutadiene (B); and an inorganic filler (C).

Abstract: An adhesive composition for a polarizing plate is adapted to exhibit a variation in relaxation modulus of an adhesive layer in a range of 75% to 95% before and after leaving the same at a temperature of ?20° C. to 0° C. for 4 hours, such that it is possible to remarkably improve thermal-shock durability of the polarizing plate, and suppress a damage of the polarizing plate in a thermal-shock durability test, while maintaining excellent adhesiveness.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a display device with a first main surface and a second main surface which is opposite to the first main surface, a first member disposed in the first main surface side of the display panel, a second member disposed between the first member and the display panel, and a cover member disposed in the second main surface side of the display panel, and having a rigidity greater than that of the display panel. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the second member is greater than that of the first member.

Abstract: A lens includes immobilized liquid crystals. The liquid crystals in a first region are aligned in a first orientation. The liquid crystals in a second region, located between the first region and a third region and adjacent to the first region and the third region, are aligned in a second orientation that is distinct from the first orientation. The liquid crystals in the third region, located between the second region and a fourth region and adjacent to the second region and the fourth region, are aligned in the first orientation. The liquid crystals in the fourth region, located adjacent to the third region, are aligned in the second orientation. A method for making the lens is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a stretched laminate formed by stretching a laminate including: a non-stretched high-density polyethylene film; and a non-stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film attached to at least one surface of the high-density polyethylene film, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol-based film has a thickness of 10 ?m or less after stretching. In addition, there are provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizer using the stretched laminate, a thin polarizer manufacturing by the method, and a polarizing plate including the thin polarizer.

Abstract: There has been a case where peeling occurs if an internal stress of a wiring of a TFT is strong. In particular, the internal stress of a gate electrode largely influences a stress that a semiconductor film receives, and there has been a case where the internal stress becomes a cause of reduction in electric characteristics of a TFT depending on the internal stress. According to the present invention, an impurity element is introduced into a wiring, or both the introduction of an impurity element and heat treatment are performed, whereby the wiring can be controlled to have a desired internal stress. It is effective that the present invention is particularly applied to a gate electrode. Further, it is possible that the introduction of an impurity element and the heat treatment are conducted to only a desired region to conduct control to attain a desired internal stress.

Abstract: The present invention provides polymer compositions containing a block copolymer having a formula A-B-A, wherein the block A is a vinyl aromatic block and the block B is a hydrogenated conjugated diene block, and compounds made from the polymer compositions. The block copolymer exhibits excellent flow characteristics, which allow it to be molded or extruded to isotropic articles. The present invention also provides films and molded articles therefrom.

Abstract: A window member includes: a glass member; a display member wherein the glass member has a bottom surface which faces and overlays the display member and a pattern layer provided on a first surface of the glass member and having a fine pattern. The pattern layer is silk-screen printed on the first surface of the glass member to directly contact the surface of the glass member. A method of manufacturing a window member, includes: forming a pattern layer such that the pattern layer contacts a surface of the glass member along a periphery of the glass member. The pattern layer is formed at a location which is offset inward from a periphery of the glass member.

Abstract: A capacitance touch panel includes a display, a lower adhesive layer, a capacitance touch panel sensor, an upper adhesive layer, and a protective substrate, which are formed in this order. A temperature dependency of relative permittivity in the upper adhesive layer and a temperature dependency of relative permittivity in the lower adhesive layer as determined by a temperature dependency evaluation test are both up to 30%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite optical reflective film for a backlight source system and a preparation method therefor. The composite optical reflective film comprises a transparent diaphragm and a reflective diaphragm, wherein the reflective diaphragm is spliced to the transparent diaphragm through an adhesive, and the other face of the reflective diaphragm is coated with a reflective coating. The composite optical reflective film has good dimension stability, is not easy to warp and deform, has a higher reflectivity, has a simple preparation process and is easy to operate.

Abstract: In some implementations, an electronic device includes a display stack to display content. The display stack can include a number of substrates coupled using a liquid optically clear adhesive (LOCA). In some implementations, the LOCA can have a modulus of elasticity of no greater than 80,000 Pa. Additionally, the display stack can be formed using a process that includes applying an external force to the display stack by placing the display stack between two fixtures. In an implementation, the external force can be applied while heating the display stack at a temperature of at least 60° C. and cooling the display stack according to a particular cooling rate.

Abstract: A window member includes: a glass member; a display member wherein the glass member has a bottom surface which faces and overlays the display member and a pattern layer provided on a first surface of the glass member and having a fine pattern. The pattern layer is silk-screen printed on the first surface of the glass member to directly contact the surface of the glass member. A method of manufacturing a window member, includes: forming a pattern layer such that the pattern layer contacts a surface of the glass member along a periphery of the glass member. The pattern layer is formed at a location which is offset inward from a periphery of the glass member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that maintains a more uniform cell gap and improves adherence between two display panels by improving adhesion between substrates and their bead spacers, as well as a manufacturing method thereof. An exemplary liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a bead spacer comprising a plurality of beads and a first adhesive coupling the beads to the first substrate; a second adhesive corresponding to the bead spacer and disposed on the second substrate so as to contact the bead spacer; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A device has a first substrate having a first surface; a first electrode pad arranged on the first surface of the first substrate; a first insulator film provided on the first surface of the first substrate so that the first electrode pad is exposed; a first bump electrode provided on the first electrode pad and having a first diameter; and a second bump electrode provided on the first insulator film and having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the invention comprises an optical film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness (?m) standard deviation of 0.12 ?m or less. The pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film makes it possible to reduce the problem of visible unevenness caused by a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention can provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive having low time-dependency of dependability and adhesion strength and having excellent interfacial adhesion strength. After being applied to an optical member such as a polarizing plate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition exhibits excellent interfacial adhesion strength and maintains excellent dependability without time-dependency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a polarizer and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and more particularly, to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including (A) an acrylic copolymer and (B) a liquid optically-anisotropic compound having a mesogen core in its structure. The liquid optically-anisotropic compound having a mesogen core in its structure according to the present invention has superior solubility and compatibility with pressure-sensitive adhesive resin, and thus the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including the liquid optically-anisotropic compound can relax stress caused by shrinkage of the polarizer and effectively compensate negative birefringence. Therefore, the polarizer and the LCD device using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can prevent light leakage originating from stress concentration in spite of long-term use.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which display defects are not easily generated even when an alignment film is not formed. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer that is held between the pair of substrates, wherein both substrates of the pair of substrates do not substantially include an alignment film, at least one substrate of the pair of substrates includes a polymer layer that controls the alignment of liquid crystal molecules adjacent thereto, the polymer layer is formed by polymerization of monomers of at least one kind included in a liquid crystal layer composition, and the monomers of at least one kind contain a compound represented by the following formula (1): (wherein A represents an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, an ethacrylate group, a vinyl group, or an allyl group; a represents 0 or 1; and m represents a natural number of 4 to 12).

Abstract: A polymer sheet includes a polyurethane core. The polyurethane core has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The polymer sheet can have at least one functional layer overlying a major surface. The polymer sheet has a thickness tPS. The polyurethane core has a thickness tPC. In embodiments tPC can at least 0.3 of tPS. The polyurethane core can have at least one feature selected from the group: (i) an elasticity as measured according to the Thin Gauge Elasticity Test of not more than 30%, (ii) a loss of tensile strength of not greater than 30% when exposed to UV light according to standard SAE J1960 (Rev. August 2003), (iii) a thickness of polyurethane core tPC of not greater than 0.2 mm, (iv) an elongation at break of at least 200%, and (v) a tensile strength at break of at least 0.3 MPa.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizing plate placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizing plate placed on the other side of the liquid crystal cell, a retardation film placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed between the liquid crystal cell and the retardation film, wherein the first and second polarizing plates have absorption axes whose directions are substantially orthogonal to each other, the retardation film is a norbornene resin-containing stretched film and has a refractive index ellipsoid satisfying the relation nx?nz>ny, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive that may be produced by crosslinking a composition including a (meth)acrylate (co)polymer and a crosslinking agent including a peroxide as a main component.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film 22 including a polymer compound having a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain on one substrate of a pair of substrates 20 and 30; forming a second alignment film 32 on the other substrate of the pair of substrates 20 and 30; arranging the pair of substrates 20 and 30 so that the first alignment film 22 and the second alignment film 32 are opposed to each other, and sealing a liquid crystal layer 40 containing a liquid crystal molecule 41 having negative dielectric constant anisotropy between the first alignment film 22 and the second alignment film 32; and bridging the polymer compound to give pretilt to the liquid crystal molecule 41 after sealing the liquid crystal layer 40.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel with a flat plate in which a member partially provided with a light blocking part is disposed in front of a display panel, and a curable resin therebetween is sufficiently cured even in an area behind the light blocking part. The display panel with a flat plate of the present invention includes: a flat plate provided with a light passing part and a light blocking part; a display panel; and an adhesive layer between the flat plate and the display panel, the adhesive layer being a cured resin layer obtainable by polymerization involving at least one reactive component selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate oligomer, a bicyclic ring-containing (meth)acrylate monomer, and a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer, a peroxide component, and a primer as reaction materials.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes a polarizer; and a protective film attached to at least one side of the polarizer via an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is formed of a water-based adhesive including a polyvinyl alcohol resin, a zirconium compound, and an imine crosslinking agent. The polarizing plate has a variation in light transmittance (|B?A|) from 0% to about 0.25% at wavelengths from 400 nm to 780 nm, where A is an average value of initial light transmittance of the polarizing plate at wavelengths from 400 nm to 780 nm, and B is an average value of light transmittance of the polarizing plate at wavelengths from 400 nm to 780 nm measured after the polarizing plate has been dipped in water of 25° C. for 3 hours, followed by drying at 25° C. for 2 hours.

Abstract: An optical element is provided. The optical element is a light-dividing element, for example an element that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarized states. The optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: An optical device is provided. The optical device according to one embodiment may be a light-dividing device, for example, a device that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarization states. For example, the optical device can be used to realize a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: An optical element and a stereoscopic image display device are provided. The optical element is a light-dividing element, for example an element that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarized states. Therefore, the optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: A photocurable resin composition including: (A) a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a polyoxyalkylene structure, (B) a (meth)acrylic polymer, (C) a (meth)acrylic monomer, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the component (A) is produced using monomer components including (a1) a polyoxyalkylene polyol, (a2) a polyisocyanate, and (a3) a hydroxyl group-containing mono(meth)acrylate compound, a relationship N (=n1/n2) between the total mass n1 of the monomer components and the total equivalent weight n2 of acryloyl groups within the all monomer components is 4,000 or greater, and the component (A) is substantially free of unreacted isocyanate groups.

Abstract: An optical element and a stereoscopic image display device are provided. The optical element is a light-dividing element, for example, an element that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarized states. Therefore, the optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: A optical assembly is utilized in various applications including in a display assembly. The optical assembly includes a first translucent substrate, a second translucent substrate, a first layer of adhesive, and a second layer of adhesive. The first layer of adhesive is bonded to the first translusive substrate and the second layer of adhesive is bonded to the second translusive substrate. The first layer of adhesive is configured for diffusive effects, and the second layer of adhesive is configured for diffusive effects.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and at least one driving chip. The display panel has a display region and a non-display region and includes a pixel array, a plurality of pads, a passivation layer, and a plurality of conductive patterns. The pixel array is located in the display region. The pads are located in the non-display region and electrically connected to the pixel array. The passivation layer is located on the pads and has a plurality of through holes. Each of the conductive patterns covers one of the pads and is electrically connected to the pad through at least one of the through holes. A material of the conductive patterns includes a polymer conductive material. The driving chip is located on the display panel and electrically connected to the pads of the display panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a bottom frame having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extending from an edge region of the horizontal portion; a backlight unit disposed on the horizontal portion; a liquid crystal panel on the vertical portion and over the backlight unit; a side frame combined with the bottom frame to surround the vertical portion, the side frame having a step portion; and a side supporting means on the step portion, the side supporting means contacting a side surface of the liquid crystal panel to support the liquid crystal panel, wherein the side supporting means includes a light-curable material that expands due to irradiation of a ultraviolet ray.