Fujifilm Corporation

Masataka Yoshizawa

Takuya Arai

Yoshihisa Tsukada

Naotsugu Muro

Toshihide Yoshitani

Masahiko Mori

Katsumi Araki

Kazufumi Omura

Satoshi Matsubaguchi

Ayako Matsumoto

Kazuaki Oguma

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Akira Yamamoto

Hisashi Mikoshiba

Shinichi Morishima

Hideyuki Nishikawa

Masaki Noro

Makoto Takahashi

Yuta Takahashi

Tatsuhiko Obayashi

Shuntaro Ibuki

Daiki Wakizaka

Masato Nagura

Takato Suzuki

Miho Asahi

Takafumi Hosokawa

Naozumi Shiraiwa

Hiroyuki Naitou

Yi Li

Ayumi Someya

The present invention is to provide a laminate that includes a polarizer and a photo alignment film and is excellent in the moisture-heat resistance of the polarizer, a method of producing a laminate, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic EL display device including the laminate. The laminate of the present invention includes a polarizer, and a photo alignment film that is adjacently arranged on the polarizer, the photo alignment film is a layer formed by bringing a composition for forming a photo alignment film into direct contact with a surface of the polarizer, and the composition for forming a photo alignment film contains Compound A having a photo-aligned group and Compound B having a crosslinking group, or Compound C having a photo-aligned group and a crosslinking group.

Laminate, method of producing the same, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display device, and organic EL display device

The invention is directed to a polymerizable composition containing: a compound containing a repeating unit having a polyether structure having a fluorine atom and four or more polymerizable groups and being represented by the formula (I) as defined herein; a photopolymerization initiator; and an organic solvent, or a polymerizable composition containing: a compound containing a repeating unit having a polyether structure having a fluorine atom and four or more polymerizable groups and being represented by one of the formulae (I-1) to (I-5) as defined herein; a photopolymerization initiator; and an organic solvent.

Polymerizable composition and antireflective film, polarizing plate and image display device using the same

A curable resin composition containing a compound of formula (1), a compound of formula (2) and a thermal- or photo-radical polymerization initiator is capable of producing a cured product having a low Abbe's number and capable of realizing burr reduction in molding the composition. Arto Arrepresent aryl or heteroaryl, at least one of Arto Aris aromatic condensed ring, and two or more of Arto Arhave a polymerizable group, and at least one of Rto Rforms a ring, or at least two bond to each other to form a ring: 

Semi-cured product, cured product and method for producing these, optical component, curable resin composition, and compound

A binder composition for a magnetic recording medium contains a vinyl copolymer having structural units denoted by each of formulas [1], [2] and [3]. In formula [1], Ris hydrogen, halogen, or methyl, Lis a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y is an alicyclic group. In formula [2], Ris hydrogen, halogen, or methyl, Lis a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Z is a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of from 8 to 50. In formula [3], Ris hydrogen, halogen, or methyl, and Lis a single bond or a divalent linking group:   

Binder composition for magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording medium

A binder composition for a magnetic recording medium contains a vinyl copolymer having a structural unit of general formula [1]: wherein Ris H, halogen, or methyl, Lis a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y is an alicyclic group; a structural unit of general formula [2]: wherein Ris H, halogen, or methyl, Lis a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Z is a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of from 8 to 50; and a structural unit of general formula [3]: wherein Ris H, halogen, or methyl, and Lis a single bond or a divalent linking group.

An optical compensatory film comprising an optically anisotropic layer composed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal composition contains a copolymer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer of formula [1] and a repeating unit derived from a monomer of formula [2]: wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L represents a divalent linking group, and n represents an integer of 1-18; wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, Lrepresents a divalent linking group, and R, Rand Rrepresents a hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group.

Optical compensatory film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device

A thermal transfer ink sheet having a dye layer containing a polyvinyl acetal modified with a compound of the formula [1] and a polyvinyl acetal modified with a compound of the formula [2]: wherein Rrepresents a substituted alkyl group, etc; Rrepresents H, etc; wherein Rrepresents a linear hydrocarbon group, etc; Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, etc.

Thermal transfer ink sheet, ink cartridge, coating composition for dye layer of thermal transfer ink sheet, and thermal transfer recording method

A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising, as formed on a support, a dye layer containing a thermal transferable dye in a resin binder, wherein the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal modified with at least one compound of the following formula [1]: wherein one of Rand Ris a branched hydrocarbon group and the other is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or Rand Rare groups that bond to each other to form a cyclic hydrocarbon.

A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising, as formed on a support, a dye layer containing a thermal transferable dye in a resin binder, wherein the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal modified with at least one compound of the following formula [1]: wherein Ris a substituted linear alkyl group, a substituted branched alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group, and Ris a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted linear alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted branched alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group.

A composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound, and at least one polymer is disclosed. The polymer comprises a constitutional unit represented by a following formula (A) and a constitutional unit derived from a monomer having a fluoroaliphatic group(s): 

Liquid crystal composition, retardation plate, liquid crystal display device, and process for producing retardation plate

A coating composition capable of improving evenness in drying and evenness in airing and causing no impairment of evenness in coating, which is useful for an antireflective film having high uniformity in surface conditions and attaining sufficient antireflection performance and for a polarizing plate and a display device each using such an antireflective film. A coating composition including a fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer that includes a repeating unit corresponding to the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following formula (1) and a repeating unit corresponding to the monomer represented by the following formula (2) was found: in formula [1], Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group; L represents a divalent linkage group; and n represents an integer of 1 to 18, and in formula [2], Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group; Lrepresents a divalent linkage group; and R, Rand Reach represents a 1-20C linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group which may have a substituent.

Coating composition, optical film, antireflective film, polarizing plate, and display device using the same

An image-forming method, having: superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet so that at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet can be contacted with a thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals given from a thermal head, thereby to form an image; wherein the heat-sensitive transfer sheet has the thermal transfer layer that contains a thermally transferable colorant on one surface of a substrate film, and a heat-resistant sliding layer that is formed so as to contain a hardener on the other surface; and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet has, on a support, the at least one receptor layer that contains a latex polymer, and at least one heat insulation layer that contains hollow polymer particles but does not contain a resin having poor resistance to an organic solvent.

Image-forming method using thermal transfer system

A coating composition for producing a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprising at least one receiving layer on a support, wherein the coating composition contains a polymer latex containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following formula: wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or methyl group; Lrepresents a divalent connecting group; and Z represents a C-Cstraight-chain, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group.

Coating composition for producing heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet and heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet

A compound represented by the Formula (1) below is provided: wherein X denotes a divalent linking group, Rand Rindependently denote an alkyl group having 3 or more carbons and having at least one hydroxy group or an aralkyl group having 8 or more carbons and having at least one hydroxy group, the alkyl group and aralkyl group may have a substituent, and M denotes a hydrogen atom or a cation. There is also provided a polyurethane resin obtained by polymerization of a polyisocyanate and a polyol that includes the compound. There is also provided a magnetic recording medium that includes a non-magnetic support and, above the support, at least one magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder that includes the polyurethane resin. There is also provided a magnetic recording medium that includes a non-magnetic support, above the support at least one non-magnetic layer including a non-magnetic powder dispersed in a binder (), and, above the non-magnetic layer, at least one magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder (), in which binder () and/or binder () is the polyurethane resin.

Sulfonic acid polyol compound, polyurethane resin, polyurethane resin for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium

A compound represented by the Formula (1) below is provided: wherein X denotes a divalent linking group, Rand Rindependently denote an alkyl group having 3 or more carbons and having at least one hydroxy group or an aralkyl group having 8 or more carbons and having at least one hydroxy group, the alkyl group and aralkyl group may have a substituent, and M denotes a hydrogen atom or a cation. There is also provided a polyurethane resin obtained by polymerization of a polyisocyanate and a polyol that includes the compound. There is also provided a magnetic recording medium that includes a non-magnetic support and, above the support, at least one magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder that includes the polyurethane resin. There is also provided a magnetic recording medium that includes a non-magnetic support, above the support at least one non-magnetic layer including a non-magnetic powder dispersed in a binder (1), and, above the non-magnetic layer, at least one magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder (2), in which binder (1) and/or binder (2) is the polyurethane resin.

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Minami-ashigara, Japan

Masataka Yoshizawa