Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Nitto-denko Corporation

Shingo Namiki

Yuuichi Hirami

Nao Murakami

Masanori Yamamoto

Takashi Shimizu

Hiroyuki Hayashi

Hisatoshi Uehara

Michiaki Fuji

Hiroshi Sumimura

Takehito Nagao

Tomohiko Tanaka

Masashi Yokogi

Masaki Yamamoto

Koji Nakamura

Tomoko Maeda

Kazuki Uwada

Haruhiko Kusaka

Kenichi Satake

Naoko Sumitani

Tadashi Kojima

Yuuichi Nishida

Akira Kosuge

Asami Kakiuchi

Shigeki Ohta

Masato Ando

Yasuhiro Oda

Yuuichirou Kutsunugi

Taiki Shimada

Tomoaki Kanemasa

Naoya Kageyama

Takahiro Fukumoto

A thermoplastic resin including a structural unit of formula (1): wherein Ato Aare each independently ═CH— or ═N—, and at least one of Ato Ais ═N—. Rto Rare each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, or the like. At least two adjacent groups out of Rto Rare optionally bonded to each other to form a ring. Rand Rare each independently a direct bond or an optionally substituted alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. X is an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, or an optionally substituted amino group, and n is an integer of 1 to 5. A retardation film, a circularly polarizing plate containing the thermoplastic resin are disclosed.

Thermoplastic resin, optical film made therefrom, diol compound, diester compound

A polycarbonate resin composition may include a first polycarbonate resin and a second polycarbonate resin, which a molded article may include, and a multilayer body may have a resin layer A including the polycarbonate resin composition and a resin layer B including a resin different from the resin layer A. The first polycarbonate resin may include 40% by weight or more of a structural unit of formula (1) The second polycarbonate resin may include less than 40% by weight of the structural unit of formula (1). The weight ratio of the first polycarbonate resin to the second polycarbonate resin, the first polycarbonate resin/the second polycarbonate resin, may be in a range of from 55/45 to 99/1. The polycarbonate resin composition may have two or more glass transition temperatures.

Polycarbonate resin composition, molded article, and multilayer body

An object of the present invention is to provide a retardation film excellent in various properties such as optical properties, heat resistance, mechanical properties, and reliability. The present invention relates to a retardation film containing a thermoplastic resin and composed of a single layer, in which the retardation film has a value of wavelength dispersion that is a ratio of retardations at a wavelength of 450 nm and at a wavelength of 550 nm being 0.75 or more and 0.92 or less; a birefringence at a wavelength of 550 nm and the wavelength dispersion satisfy a relationship of &#x394;n&#x2265;0.0140&#xd7;(R450/R550)&#x2212;0.0082; and a photoelastic coefficient is 25&#xd7;10Paor less.

Retardation film, circularly-polarizing plate, and image-displaying device

The retardation film of the present invention contains a resin having positive refractive index anisotropy and containing at least one bonding group of a carbonate bond and an ester bond and one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the general formula (2), in which the value of wavelength dispersion (R450/R550) as a ratio of retardation R450 at a wavelength of 450 nm to retardation R550 at a wavelength of 550 nm is more than 0.5 and less than 1.0: (in formula (1) and formula (2), definitions of Rto Rare the same as in the description).

The retardation film of the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and is constituted of a single layer. A value of wavelength dispersion (R450/R550) that is a ratio of a retardation R450 at a wavelength of 450 nm and a retardation R550 at a wavelength of 550 nm is 0.70 or more and 0.85 or less; and a photoelastic coefficient is 14&#xd7;10Paor less.

The object of the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin which is excellent in various properties, such as heat resistance, optical properties, melt processability, etc., and an optical film composed of the same and the present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin containing at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein in the formula (1), Rto Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom. 

Polycarbonate resin, molded article, and optical film

The invention relates to a resin composition which comprises a polymer having a divalent oligofluorene as a repeating unit therein, wherein the divalent oligofluorene contains at least two fluorene units optionally having a substituent, and the 9-positioned carbon atoms of the fluorene units bond to each other via a direct bond or via an alkylene group optionally having a substituent, an arylene group optionally having a substituent, or an aralkylene group optionally having a substituent, and a ratio of a retardation measured at a wavelength of 450 nm (Re450) to a retardation measured at a wavelength of 550 nm (Re550) satisfies the following formula (2): Re450/Re550&#x2266;1.0.

Resin composition, stretched film, circularly polarizing plate, and image display device

The present invention provides a retardation film web having sufficient reversed wavelength dispersion characteristics and favorable for film lamination according to a roll-to-roll system. A retardation film web of the present invention includes a polycarbonate resin or a polyester carbonate resin, an orientation angle &#x3b8; which is an angle between a slow axis and a width direction satisfies the following formula (I), and a ratio of an in-plane retardation R450 measured at a wavelength of 450 nm to an in-plane retardation R550 measured at a wavelength of 550 nm satisfies the following formula (II):38&#xb0;&#x2266;&#x3b8;&#x2266;52&#xb0;&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)R450/R550&#x3c;1&#x2003;&#x2003;(II).

Retardation film web, circularly polarizing plate and organic EL panel

The invention is to provide polycarbonate resins having excellent light resistance, transparency, hue, heat resistance, thermal stability, and mechanical strength and to provide processes for efficiently and stably producing a polycarbonate resin which stably shows those performances. The invention includes: polycarbonate resins which at least contain structural units derived from a dihydroxy compound having the portion represented by formula (1) as part of the structure thereof and which have specific properties; and processes for producing the polycarbonate resins,CH&#x2014;O&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)where the case where the portion represented by formula (1) is part of &#x2014;CH&#x2014;O&#x2014;H is excluded.

Polycarbonate resins and processes for producing the same

The present invention is a method for producing a polycarbonate resin, comprising performing polycondensation through a transesterification reaction by using a catalyst and using a dihydroxy compound and a carbonic acid diester as raw material monomers, and feeding the produced polycarbonate resin to an extruder, wherein the dihydroxy compound contains at least a dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by formula (1) in a part of the structure, the dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by formula (1) contains a compound having a cyclic ether structure, and the temperature at the time of feeding the polycarbonate resin to the extruder is from 180&#xb0; C. to less than 250&#xb0; C., with the proviso excluding the case where the moiety represented by formula (1) is a part of &#x2014;CH&#x2014;O&#x2014;HCH&#x2014;O&#x2003;&#x2003;(1).

Production method of polycarbonate resin

The invention is to provide polycarbonate resins having excellent light resistance, transparency, hue, heat resistance, thermal stability, and mechanical strength and to provide processes for efficiently and stably producing a polycarbonate resin which stably shows those performances. The invention includes: polycarbonate resins which at least contain structural units derived from a dihydroxy compound having the portion represented by the following general formula (1) as part of the structure thereof and which have specific properties; and processes for producing the polycarbonate resins.[Chem. 1]CH&#x2014;O&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)(The case where the portion represented by general formula (1) is part of &#x2014;CH&#x2014;O&#x2014;H is excluded.)

The polycarbonate resin of the present invention comprises a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by a specific formula (1), a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by a specific formula (2), and a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by any one of specific formulae (3) to (6), wherein the content of structural units derived from dihydroxy compounds represented by the specific formulae (3) to (6) is within a specific range based on the total of structural units derived from dihydroxy compounds in the polycarbonate resin.

Polycarbonate resin and transparent film comprising the same

The present invention is a production method of a polycarbonate resin, including a step of performing melt polycondensation by continuously feeding a dihydroxy compound (A) having a predetermined moiety in a part of the structure and a carbonic acid diester each in a liquid state to a reactor, wherein the residence time from liquefaction of the dihydroxy compound to its feeding to a reactor is from 0.1 to 10 hours.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a polycarbonate having excellent characteristics such as hue and mechanical properties with a stable quality and a high yield by solving a plurality of problems as those described above in producing a polycarbonate by using a specific dihydroxy compound exhibiting low thermal stability as compared with bisphenols and having a &#x2014;CH&#x2014;O&#x2014; structure. The polycarbonate obtained by polycondensation in the present invention is a polycarbonate having an appropriate viscosity despite decrease in the reaction temperature, providing for a color tone less susceptible to yellowing, and exhibiting excellent mechanical properties.

Production method of polycarbonate, and polycarbonate pellet

A method for producing a polycarbonate resin comprises a step of performing polycondensation through a transesterification reaction in the presence of a transesterification catalyst by using a dihydroxy compound as a raw material compound and a carbonic acid diester, wherein the dihydroxy compound comprises at least an aliphatic dihydroxy compound having an etheric oxygen atom on a hydroxy group, the raw material compound comprises the specific amount of a nitrogen-containing compound, and the production method of a polycarbonate resin comprises a step of previously heating the aliphatic dihydroxy compound at the specific temperature, holding the compound in the melted state for the specific time, and then mixing the melt with a carbonic acid diester.

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