Nitto-Denko Corporation

Akiko Sugino

Atsushi Kishi

Takeshi Murashige

Daisuke Hattori

Takashi Yamaoka

Junichi Inagaki

Kuniaki Ishibashi

Tsuyoshi Chiba

Masakuni Fujita

Kozo Nakamura

Masayuki Satake

Hiroyuki Takemoto

Kenta Watanabe

Mariko Hirai

Ryota Morishima

Masanori Otsuka

Jin Yoshikawa

Masashi Shinagawa

Yutaka Fujita

Tetsuro Ikeda

Provided is a thin glass laminate, which is prevented from being broken by bending of a thin glass, and which is excellent in bending durability. The thin glass laminate of the present invention includes a resin film and a thin glass arranged at least on the resin film, wherein the thin glass has a thickness of from 30 μm to 150 μm, and wherein at least part of an end surface of the thin glass is formed of an inclined surface extending downward and outward and/or a curved surface. In one embodiment, at an upper end of the thin glass, at least part of the end surface is formed of the inclined surface extending downward and outward or the curved surface.

Thin glass laminated body

Provided is a laminate that includes a thin glass film and is hence excellent in flexibility, and that is excellent in puncture resistance. A laminate for an image display apparatus of the present invention includes: a glass film; and a resin layer arranged on one side of the glass film, wherein the glass film has a thickness of more than 50 &#x3bc;m and 150 &#x3bc;m or less, wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a puncture strength measured in conformity with JIS Z 1707:1997 of more than 2 kg and 50 kg or less, and wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a bending radius of from 15 mm to 200 mm.

Laminate for image display devices

The present invention provides a light control film, including: a first transparent substrate; a first transparent electrode layer; a light control layer which contains a liquid crystal compound, and which enables switching between a light transmitting state and a light scattering state in accordance with a voltage to be applied; a second transparent electrode layer; and a second transparent substrate in the stated order, wherein the first transparent substrate has a front retardation of 50 nm or less, wherein the second transparent substrate has a front retardation of 50 nm or less, and wherein the light control film has a total light transmittance of from 85% to 99% in the light transmitting state.

Light control film and liquid crystal display device

The present invention provides a laminate of a void-containing layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive/adhesive layer that achieves both a pressure-sensitive adhesive force or an adhesive force and a reduction of a tendency of a pressure-sensitive adhesive or an adhesive to penetrate into voids. The first laminate of the present invention includes: a void-containing layer (); and a pressure-sensitive adhesive/adhesive layer (), wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive/adhesive layer () is directly laminated on one or both sides of the void-containing layer (), the void-containing layer () has a void fraction of 35 vol % or more, and, after a heat/humidification durability test of holding at a temperature of 85&#xb0; C. and a relative humidity of 85% for 500 hours, a void remaining ratio of the void-containing layer () is 50 vol % or more before the heat/humidification durability test.

Laminate, optical member, and optical apparatus

Provided is a light extraction member which can be obtained at an adequate cost, while achieving desired light output characteristics without requiring complicated design and structure, and which is easily combined with another member, while exhibiting excellent productivity and excellent handling properties. A light extraction member according to the present embodiment includes: a light guide part which has a first main surface being on the light output side and a second main surface being on the reverse side of the first main surface; and a light output control layer which is a predetermined pattern formed on the first main surface. With respect to this light extraction member, the refractive index n1 of the light guide part and the refractive index n2 of the light output control layer satisfy relational expression n1&#x3e;n2; and the refractive index n2 of the light output control layer is from 1.01 to 1.30.

Light extraction member

The present invention provides a light control element which has a light weight and high reliability and can easily be bonded to a glass surface or the like. The light control element of the present invention includes a glass film, a light control layer, a resin film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the stated order, wherein the light control element has a bending radius of from 20 mm to 100 mm, and wherein the glass film has a thickness of from 50 &#x3bc;m to 200 &#x3bc;m.

Dimming element including glass film

An input display device includes a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules that are homogeneously aligned in an absence of an electric field, a first polarizer disposed on a viewing side of the liquid crystal layer, a capacitive sensor disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, and an antistatic layer disposed between the first polarizer and the capacitive sensor, the antistatic layer being attached to the first polarizer. The capacitive sensor has a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode pattern formed on the transparent substrate, and a first adhesive layer formed on the transparent substrate to embed the transparent electrode pattern, and the antistatic layer has a surface resistance value of 1.0&#xd7;10to 1.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;/&#x25a1;.

Input display device

A film sensor includes a polarizing film, an antistatic layer and a capacitive sensor that are laminated in this order, the capacitive sensor having a transparent film, a transparent electrode pattern formed on one side of the transparent film, and an adhesive layer formed on the one side of the transparent film to embed the transparent electrode pattern. The transparent film is disposed between the antistatic layer and the transparent electrode pattern. The antistatic layer has a surface resistance value of 1.0&#xd7;10to 1.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;/&#x25a1;.

Film sensor

An adhesive of the present invention is used for polarizing plate to provide a transparent protective film on at least one side of a polarizer and comprises a resin solution comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, a crosslinking agent and a leveling agent containing an acetylene skeleton-containing compound, wherein 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of the leveling agent is added to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin. The adhesive for polarizing plate can provide a satisfactory wettability when applied to transparent protective films and allows the production of polarizing plates to have water resistance at high temperature and satisfactory optical properties.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Akiko Sugino