Fujifilm Corporation

Minoru Uemura

Akiyoshi Goto

Yasuhiro Ishiwata

Masafumi Kojima

Shinichi Morishima

Shunya Katoh

Masaru Yoshikawa

Kei Yamamoto

Takao Taguchi

Akihiro Kaneko

Masashi Ogiyama

Tomoki Tasaka

Nobutaka Iwahashi

Hiroshi Matsuyama

Michihiro Shirakawa

Takashi Kawashima

Masatoshi Mizumura

Keiyu Ou

Kazuhiro Marumo

Masao Nakajima

An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, in which an A value determined by Formula (1) is 0.130 or more, and the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more selected from the group consisting of a compound (I) to a compound (III).

Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, resist film, pattern forming method, and method for manufacturing electronic device

An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a photoacid generator A that generates an acid represented by General Formula (I), the acid having a pKa of −1.00 or more; one or more selected from the group consisting of a photoacid generator B that generates an acid having a pKa larger than that of an acid generated from the photoacid generator A by 1.00 or more, and a nitrogen-containing compound C having a pKa of a conjugate acid thereof larger than that of the acid generated from the photoacid generator A by 1.00 or more; and an acid-decomposable resin, in which in a case where the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a photoacid generator D that generates an acid having a pKa of less than −1.00, a ratio of the number of moles of the photoacid generator A to the number of moles of the photoacid generator D in the composition, is 1.0 or more.

An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a compound represented by General Formula (I) and an acid-decomposable resin.MA-L-BM  (I)

Provided is a polarizing film showing high dichroism comprising a substrate, and a photo alignment film and a light absorption anisotropic film laminated on the substrate in this order. The light absorption anisotropic film is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one nematic liquid crystalline azo dichroic dye and in X-ray diffraction measurement thereof, diffraction peaks derived from periodic structure along a vertical direction to the alignment axis are present, the period indicated by at least one of the diffraction peaks is 3.0 to 15.0 &#x212b; and an intensity of the diffraction peak does not show a maximum value in the range of &#xb1;70&#xb0; of the film normal line direction in a plane vertical to the alignment axis.

Polarizing film, display device and production process thereof

A polymerizable liquid-crystal compound of formula (I) effective for preventing crystal deposition after coating with polymerizable liquid crystal (II) or a polymerizable liquid crystal similar thereto. P represents a polymerizable functional group; Sp represents a spacer or a single bond; Zand Zeach represent &#x2014;CO&#x2014;O&#x2014;; Rrepresents a linear alkyl group having 1-15 carbon atoms; R, Rand Reach independently represent an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1-4 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2-5 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 2-5 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 2-4 carbon atoms, an amide group having 2-5 carbon atoms, a cyano group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom; r, rand rindicate an integer from 0-4; when r, rand reach are 2 or more, then R, Rand Reach may be the same or different; however, when Ris a methyl group, then ris not 1. 

Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable composition, polymer material, and film

A cholesteric liquid-crystal mixture containing a compound represented by the general formula (Ia), a compound represented by the general formula (Ib), a fluorine-containing horizontal alignment agent and a polymerization initiator is capable of forming a film which is prevented from precipitation of liquid-crystal compounds therein, of which the haze is reduced and which has a broad reflection width.Z&#x2014;Y-A-Y-M-Y-A-Y&#x2014;Z&#x2003;&#x2003;General Formula (Ia)Z&#x2014;Y-A-Y-M-P&#x2003;&#x2003;General Formula (Ib)

Cholesteric liquid crystal mixture, film, selective reflective plate, laminate, laminated glass

A compound represented by the following formula (1) has sufficient solubility, a wide usable concentration range, and excellent haze-lowering performance. In the formula, Lto Lrepresent a single bond, &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;CO&#x2014;, &#x2014;COO&#x2014;, etc; Spto Sprepresent a single bond or alkylene of 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Aand Arepresent trivalent or tetravalent aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic; T represents the following formulae, etc; Hb represent perfluoroalkyl of 2 to 30 carbon atoms; m and n are 2 or 3; and o and p are an integer of 0 or more. 

Compound, haze-lowering agent, liquid crystal composition, polymer material, and film

A polarizing film comprising a substrate, and a photo alignment film and a light absorption anisotropic film laminated on the substrate in this order, wherein the light absorption anisotropic film has a content ratio of 30% by mass or less of a liquid crystalline non-colorable low molecular weight compound and is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one nematic liquid crystalline azo dichroic dye; in X-ray diffraction measurement thereof, diffraction peaks derived from periodic structure along a vertical direction to the alignment axis are present, the period indicated by at least one of the diffraction peaks is 3.0 to 15.0 &#x212b; and an intensity of the diffraction peak does not show a maximum value in the range of &#xb1;70&#xb0; of the film normal line direction in a plane vertical to the alignment axis.

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Minoru Uemura