Fujifilm Corporation

Jyunko Ibaraki

Wataru Hoshino

Yoshiaki Takada

An object of the invention is to provide a coloring composition with which a light absorption anisotropic film maintaining an excellent dichroic ratio and having good pressing resistance can be formed, and a light absorption anisotropic film, a laminate, and an image display device using the coloring composition. A coloring composition according to the invention contains: a polymer compound having a repeating unit including a crosslinkable group and a mesogenic group in the same side chain, or a polymer compound separately having a repeating unit including a crosslinkable group in a side chain and a repeating unit including a mesogenic group in a side chain; and a dichroic dye compound.

Coloring composition, light absorption anisotropic film, laminate, and image display device

The object of the present invention is to provide a cellulose acylate-containing film capable of improving durability of polarizer, and of suppressing bleeding of an additive for improving the durability of the polarizer, a method of manufacturing the film, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device and a composition. The present invention provides a film which includes a compound represented by Formula 1 defined by the specification, a compound represented by Formula 2 defined by the specification, and a cellulose acylate; wherein the content of each of the compounds represented by Formula 1 and Formula 2 in a zone ranging from one surface of the film to a depth of 10%, is higher than the content in the residual zone.

Film, method of manufacturing film, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display device, and composition

An object of the present invention is to provide a film capable of giving a necessary retardation without degrading the contrast. The present invention provides a retardation film formed from a composition which includes a polymer compound, a rod-like liquid crystal compound and a photo-reactive compound, wherein the polymer compound has a side chain which has one or more azo groups and/or cynnamate groups, and 3 or more and 10 or less arylene groups; the side chain further has an optionally substituted amino group, or a hydrocarbon group at the terminal; an absolute value of difference between an SP value of the polymer compound and an SP value of the photo-reactive compound is 1.1 or less; and an in-plane retardation of the film at wavelength of 550 nm is 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Jyunko Ibaraki