Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Nippon Nyukazai Co., Ltd.

Seiko Epson Corporation

Seiko Instruments Inc

Taku Nakamura

Masashi Ogawa

Kunio Ishigaki

Koichi Nakamura

Nobuyuki Iwasaki

Yoshiharu Yabuki

Hiroyuki Mori

Hiroyuki Hirai

Toshiaki Aono

Tsumoru Hirano

Tomokazu Yasuda

Jiro Tsukahara

Takeshi Shibata

Kazuhiro Nakamura

Shunichi Ishikawa

Yasuo Kasama

Masasi Ogawa

Yukihide Urata

Eiji Funatsu

Akira Hibino

Yuta Saito

Kozo Sato

Toru Harada

Hiroshi Hayashi

Shigeru Nakamura

Yoji Ito

Hiroshi Kawamoto

Tsukasa Yamada

Yasuo Mukunoki

Shigeki Yokoyama

Masakazu Yoneyama

Shinzo Kishimoto

Shinji Sakaguchi

Akio Mitsui

Keiji Takeda

Sumito Yamada

Naoyasu Deguchi

Isao Shimamura

Yukio Karino

Mitsunori Hirano

Takushi Miyazako

Yosuke Nishiura

Shigeru Nagatomo

Shuzo Suga

Koh Kamada

Shingo Yamauchi

Shigenori Moriuchi

Kenichi Nakamura

Isao Ikuhara

Ryuichi Takahashi

Taku Murata

Itsuki Toriya

Koichi Hotta

Masatoshi Sugiysma

Wataru Kagayama

Koji Kameyama

[Problem] Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition excellent in weather resistance. [Solution] A thermoplastic resin composition containing (a) a thermoplastic resin and (b) an ionically bonded salt represented by the following Chemical Formula (1) or (2): in the Chemical Formulae (1) and (2) above, Rand Reach independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl group having from 7 to 31 carbon atoms, A is a linear or branched alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 0 to 50, Q1 and Q2 each independently represent at least one kind selected from the group consisting of an ammonium ion, an imidazolium ion, a pyridinium ion, a pyrrolidinium ion, a pyrrolinium ion, a piperidinium ion, a pyrazinium ion, a pyrimidinium ion, a triazolium ion, a triazinium ion, a quinolinium ion, an isoquinolinium ion, an indolinium ion, a quinoxalinium ion, a piperazinium ion, an oxazolinium ion, a thiazolinium ion, and a morpholinium ion.

Thermoplastic resin composition

An antistatic agent for an ABS resin includes an ionically bonded salt where Ris a substituted or unsubstituted straight, branched or cyclic Cto Calkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted Cto Caryl groupor a substituted or unsubstituted Cto Carylalkyl group, A is a straight or branched Cto Calkylene group, n is an integer from 0 to 50, and Qis a secondary or tertiary ammonium ion, or where Ris a substituted or unsubstituted straight, branched or cyclic Cto Calkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted Cto Caryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted Cto Carylalkyl group, A is a straight or branched Cto Calkylene group, and Qis a secondary or tertiary ammonium ion.

Anti-static agent for ABS resin composition, and ABS resin composition

An anti-reflection film comprises a low refractive index layer. The low refractive index layer comprises a polymer binder and micro particles. The micro particles are so deposited to superpose at least one micro particle on another micro particle, to form micro voids surrounded by the micro particles. The micro particles have a mean particle size of 5 to 200 nm. A display device provided with the anti-reflection film is also disclosed.

Anti-reflection film and display device having the same

An anti-reflection film comprises a high refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.65-2.40, and a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.20-1.55. Another anti-reflection film comprises only a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.20-1.55. In the invention, the first improvement resides in a high refractive index layer composed of inorganic fine particles having a mean particle size of 1-200 nm in an amount of 5-65 vol. % and a crosslinked anionic polymer in an amount of 35 to 95 vol. %. The second improvement resides in a low refractive index layer composed of inorganic fine particles having a mean particle size of 0.5-200 nm in an amount of 50-95 wt. % and a polymer in an amount of 5-50 wt. %, and two or more of those particles are piled up to form micro voidsby the adjacent particles.

Anti-reflection film and display device using the same

A liquid crystal display is composed of a liquid crystal cell which comprises a pair of transparent substrates at least one of which is provided with an electrode thereon and liquid crystal sealed therebetween, a polarizing sheet arranged on at least one side of the cell, the liquid crystal aligning parallel to a plane of the substrate and varying its direction of molecular major axis in a plane parallel to the plane of the substrate under variation of voltage applied to the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal display has an optical compensatory sheet between at least one side of the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing sheet, the optical compensatory sheet having an optically negative uniaxial property and an optic axis parallel to a plane of the sheet.

Liquid crystal display having optical compensatory sheet with negative uniaxial property and an optical axis parallel to the plane of the sheet

An optical filter comprises a transparent support and a filter layer. The filter layer has an absorption maximum in the wavelength range of 500 to 550 nm. The filter layer further has another absorption maximum in the wavelength range of 560 to 620 nm. The optical filter has a transmittance in the range of 40 to 85% at the absorption maximum in the wavelength range of 500 to 550 nm. The optical filter further has a transmittance in the range of 0.01 to 80% at the absorption maximum in the wavelength range of 560 to 620 nm.

Optical filter comprising transparent support and filter layer having

Disclosed is an elliptically polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film and an optical compensatory sheet provided, in which the compensatory sheet has a direction of a minimum retardation inclined at 5 to 50 degrees from the normal of the sheet. A process for preparation of the elliptically polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display provided with the elliptically polarizing plate are also disclosed.

Elliptically polarizing plate and liquid crystal display in which a

Disclosed is an optical compensatory sheet which comprises a transparent support and an optically anisotropic layer provided thereon, wherein the optically anisotropic layer comprises a compound having a discotic structure unit in its molecule and has negative birefringence, and the discotic structure unit has a plane inclined from a plane of the transparent support at an angle varying along a direction of depth of the anisotropic layer. A liquid crystal display and a color liquid crystal display provided with the optical compensatory sheet are also disclosed.

Liquid crystal display with optical compensatory sheet having discotic

Disclosed is an elliptically polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film and an optical compensatory sheet provided, in which the compensatory sheet has an optically negative monoaxial property and a direction of a minimum retardation inclined at 5 to 50 degrees from the normal of the sheet. A process for preparation of the elliptically polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display provided with the elliptically polarizing plate are also disclosed.

Elliptically polarizing plate comprising discotic liquid crystal and in

A process for preparation of a light-sensitive material containing microcapsules is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a light-sensitive layer provided on a support. The microcapsules are dispersed in the light-sensitive layer. The process of the present invention comprises the steps of: (1) mixing a silver halide emulsion and the reducing agent or the photopolymerization initiator with the polymerizable compound to prepare a light-sensitive composition; (2) emulsifying the composition in an aqueous medium to prepare an aqueous emulsion; (3) forming a shell around the droplets of the composition contained in the aqueous emulsion to prepare a microcapsule dispersion; (4) coagulating the aqueous medium to set the microcapsule dispersion; (5) storing the set microcapsule dispersion; (6) melting the aqueous medium to prepare a coating solution of the light-sensitive layer; and (7) coating the solution on the support. Between the steps (2) and (3), the process preferably further contains the steps of: (a) precipitating the droplets of the light-sensitive composition in the aqueous emulsion; (b) removing at least 50% of the supernatant medium from the droplets; and (c) emulsifying the droplets in an aqueous medium again.

Process for preparation of light-sensitive material containing

An image forming method of imagewise exposing and heating a light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support and a light-sensitive layer provided thereon. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide, a reducing agent, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound, a color image forming substance and a base precursor. The silver halide, the reducing agent, the polymerizable compound, the color image forming substance and the base precursor are contained in microcapsules which are dispersed in the light-sensitive layer. According to the present invention, the support is made of a thin polymer film having a thickness of not more than 75 .mu.m. The light-sensitive material is heated from the side of the support for 0.1 to 5 seconds.

Image forming method of exposing and heating light-sensitive material

Disclosed are oily droplets comprising an oily core containing a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a film formed around the oily core which is composed of a reaction product of the compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group with a water-soluble polymer having a sulfinyl group. Also disclosed are microcapsules comprising the oily droplet and a resin wall formed therearound. Further disclosed are processes for preparing the oily droplets and the microcapsules.

Oily droplet of hydrophobic material, microcapsule, and processes for

An image recording material comprises a support and an image recording layer provided thereon which contains a salicyclic acid derivative or its metal salt, which functions as a developer of a leuco dye to form a color image. A new salicylic acid developer is herein disclosed. The salicylic acid developer is a salicylic acid derivative having the formula (I) or its metal salt: ##STR1## in which each of R.sup.13 and R.sup.15 independently is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a tertiary aralkyl group; R.sup.16 is an alkyl group or an aryl group; and when R.sup.15 is hydrogen R.sup.13 is a tertiary aralkyl group. An image recording process employing the image recording material is also disclosed.

Image recording material containing salicylic acid developer and image

Disclosed is a light-sensitive material comprising a support and a light-sensitive layer provided thereon which contains silver halide, a reducing agent and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound. The silver halide and the polymerizable compound are contained in oily droplets. The oily droplets are a core material of microcupsules. The oily droplet has a film therearound which is composed of a reaction product of a water-soluble polymer having a sulfinyl group with an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound.

Light-sensitive material containing silver halide reducing agent and

A base precursor in the form of a salt of an organic base with a carboxylic acid is disclosed. The organic base is a diacidic to tetraacidic base which is composed of two to four guanidine moieties and at least one linking group for the guanidine moities. The organic base is such a hydrophilic compound that the number of carbon atoms contained in the organic base is not more than six times the number of the guanidine moieties. The linking group is a residue of a hydrocarbon or a heterocyclic ring. The guanidine moiety corresponds to an atomic group formed by removing one or two hydrogen atoms from a compound having the following formula (I): ##STR1## where each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, each of which may have one or more substituent groups, and any two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be combined together to form a five-membered or six-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring. A process for formation of an organic base from the base precursor and a light-sensitive material containing the base precursor are also disclosed.

Process for formation of base

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