Teijin Limited

Jyuhou Matsuo

Katsushi Sasaki

Toru Sawaki

Wataru Funakoshi

Masumi Hirata

Hiroaki Kaneko

Akihiko Uchiyama

Yuhei Ono

Masasi Simonaru

Satoshi Kitazawa

Hidemi Takemoto

Masanori Abe

Yoshiki Matsuoka

The present invention provides a retardation film which can remarkably improve the controllability of retardation, and can also sufficiently control the wavelength dependency of retardation. The retardation film of the present invention can achieve a widening of the viewing angle at a high degree, when it is applied to a liquid crystal display device. Further, the present invention provides a laminated polarizing which comprises the retardation film and enables widening the viewing angle. Furthermore, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having high performance, especially a widened viewing angle. The retardation film of the present invention comprises a structural body which simultaneously has form birefringence and molecular-orientation birefringence. Specifically, the retardation film comprises a periodic structure () having a unit of at least two layers () having different average refractive indices from each other, and at least one of the at least two layers is a layer having optical anisotropy due to molecular-orientation birefringence.

Retardation film, laminated polarizing film, and liquid crystal display device

A polycarbonate resin composition which is excellent in thermal stability such as color retention at the time of melt molding, for example, the prevention of yellowing, and moldability such as releasability and transferability and therefore particularly suitable for the production of precision optical moldings such as optical disk substrates and lenses. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises (A) an aromatic polycarbonate, and (B) a cyclic carbonate compound, a monoester compound of a divalent aliphatic alcohol having 3 to 14 carbon.atoms and an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, or an ether compound obtained by converting at least one hydroxyl group of a polyvalent aliphatic alcohol having 3 to 14 carbon atoms into an aliphatic oxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or (C) a partial ester compound of an aliphatic alcohol having a valence of 2 to 6 and 2 to 14 carbon atoms and an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, a cyclic phenol compound or a compound selected from hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, boric acid, and amine salts and ammonium salts thereof.

Polycarbonate resin composition optical recording medium, and substrate therefor

Aromatic polycarbonate having a reduced discoloration and improved heat stability, hue, etc. is provided by keeping a pressure in a raw material melting vessel and the linear velocity of a gas in a transporting piping in a specific range, keeping the concentration of a nitrogen-containing basic compound in a specific range, recycling a byproduct containing specific amounts of impurities, suppressing the amounts of a nitrogen-containing basic compound, metallic elements and a silicic acid derivative in the carbonic acid diester at specific values or less, prescribing the material quality of the reaction facilities, and/or forming an oxide layer at the inner wall surfaces of the reaction facilities.

Carbonic acid diester, aromatic polycarbonate and facilities, and preparation thereof

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Jyuhou Matsuo