Fujifilm Corporation

Kao Corporation

Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Ishikawa

Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi

Katsufumi Ohmuro

Nobutaka Fukagawa

Wataru Hoshino

Yu Naito

Naoya Shimoju

Mayumi Nojiri

Yukito Saitoh

Keita Takahashi

Hideyuki Nishikawa

Hiroshi Matsuyama

Akiko Watano

Ryoji Goto

Taiji Katsumata

Takahiro Ohno

Kotaro Yasuda

Yuki Matsuda

Jun Takeda

Shinichi Morishima

Akio Tamura

Nobuyuki Akutagawa

Tomonobu Komoriya

Yuta Sato

Tatsuya Miyazaki

Yuta Kanazawa

A grease base oil, containing: condensation esters of alcohols (A) and carboxylic acids (B), wherein the alcohols (A) include a polyhydric alcohol represented by General Formula (1), the carboxylic acids (B) include a fatty acid having 5 to 9 carbon atoms (B-1), a branched fatty acid having 15 to 20 carbon atoms (B-2), a cycloalkane monocarboxylic acid having 4 to 8 carbon atoms (B-3), and an aromatic carboxylic acid (B-4), and the carboxylic acids (B) have a percentage of (B-1) above of 30 mol % to 50 mol %, a percentage of (B-2) above of 30 mol % to 50 mol %, a percentage of (B-3) above of 10 mol % to 30 mol %, and a percentage of (B-4) above of 1 mol % to 15 mol %. The grease base oil contains condensation esters having heat resistance and low temperature storageability.

Grease base oil and grease composition containing said grease base oil

An optically anisotropic layer is formed by a liquid crystal compound represented by General Formula 1, in which the long axes of the molecules are oriented. wherein Land Lindependently represent a linking group having a carbonyl group; Fand Findependently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom; n and m independently represent an integer from 0 to 4; a and b independently represent an integer from 1 to 4; Tand Tindependently represent a spacer portion including a straight chain or branched alkylene or alkylene oxide group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and Ar represents a divalent group having at least one aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbon rings and aromatic heterocycles, the number of &#x3a0; electrons in the Ar group being 8 or greater.

Optically anisotropic layer, method for producing the optically anisotropic layer, a laminate, polarizing plate, display device, liquid crystal compound, method for producing the liquid crystal compound, and carboxylic acid compound

A polarizing plate has at least a polarizer layer including a polyvinyl alcohol film dyed with iodine and includes a compound exhibiting a polyiodide ion Iforming ability in an iodide compound-containing solution.

Polarizing plate, liquid crystal display device including same, and method for producing polarizing plate

There is provided a composition containing a discotic liquid crystal compound, a chiral agent, and a surfactant which can form a light reflecting layer formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, which exhibits excellent durability under a hot and humid environment and excellent heat resistance, and has few alignment defects; a light reflecting film; a luminance-improving film; a backlight unit; and a liquid crystal display device.

Composition, light reflecting film, luminance-improving film, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display device

Provided are a brightness enhancement film including a &#x3bb;/4 plate, and a reflection polarizer, in which the reflection polarizer includes at least two light reflection layers formed by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, one light reflection layer of the reflection layers is a layer formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a rod-like liquid crystal compound, and the other light reflection layer is a layer formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a disk-like liquid crystal compound, and an optical sheet member including the brightness enhancement film, and a liquid crystal display device including the optical sheet member. The brightness enhancement film of the present invention has high brightness and is able to suppress an oblique change in the shade at the time of being incorporated in a liquid crystal display device.

Brightness enhancement film, optical sheet member, and liquid crystal display device

The present invention provides a luminance-enhancing film including a &#x3bb;/4 plate, and a reflection polarizer, including a first light reflection layer, a second light reflection layer, and a third light reflection layer from the &#x3bb;/4 plate side sequentially, the light reflection layers being light reflection layers formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, and including blue, green and red light reflection layers, and Rth(550) of the first light reflection layer and Rth(550) of the second light reflection layer having inverse signs; and a luminance-enhancing film including a &#x3bb;/4 plate and a reflection polarizer including at least a light reflection layer formed of a rod-like cholesteric liquid crystal material and a light reflection layer formed of a disk-like cholesteric liquid crystal material. The luminance-enhancing film has high luminance and is able to suppress an oblique change in the color.

Luminance-enhancing film, optical sheet member, and liquid crystal display device

One embodiment of the present invention relates to an optical conversion member including an optical conversion layer containing a quantum dot emitting fluorescent light which is excited by incident excitation light, in which the optical conversion layer contains a quantum dot and polyorganosilsesquioxane, and an adjacent inorganic layer is directly in contact with the optical conversion layer.

Optical conversion member, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display device

Provided is a polarizing plate having improved single plate transmittance under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions, and a liquid crystal display device using the same. A laminate including a polarizer, and an adhesive layer adjoining to at least one surface of the polarizer, the adhesive layer containing a resin and a compound, etc. represented by the formula (1) below. In the formula (1), each of Rand Rindependently represents a hydrogen atom, Cstraight-chain alkyl group, Cbranched alkyl group, Ccycloalkyl group, Calkenyl group or Caromatic group, and Rrepresents a substituent Formula (1) polarizing plate 

Laminate, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display device, and method of manufacturing polarizing plate

Provided is a polarizer durable against high-temperature and high-humidity conditions, small in changes in the single plate transmittance, and a liquid crystal display device. A polarizer including a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, a dichroic colorant, and a compound, etc. represented by the formula (1) below, the content of the compound represented by the formula (1) being 0.01 to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin. In the formula (1) , each of Rand Rindependently represents a hydrogen atom, Cstraight-chain alkyl group, Cbranched alkyl group, Ccycloalkyl group, Calkenyl group or Caromatic group, and Rrepresents a substituent. 

Polarizer, polarizing plate using the same, liquid crystal display device, and method of manufacturing polarizing plate

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Ishikawa