Nitto-denko Corporation

Wakayama Prefecture

Tomohiro Mori

Minoru Miyatake

Shusaku Goto

Takeharu Kitagawa

Takashi Kamijo

Takuya Nakazono

Masayuki Satake

Yuusuke Toyama

Atsushi Yasui

Tomoyuki Kimura

Kentaro Yoshida

Satoru Kunikata

Takaaki Ishii

Masakuni Fujita

Akinori Izaki

Takeshi Mori

Akane Saito

Hitoshi Saomoto

Takashi Shimizu

Shoichi Matsuda

Toshitsugu Hosokawa

Kenichi Okada

Taiki Shimokuri

Toshitaka Takahashi

Yousuke Makihata

Masato Katsuda

Kunihiro Inui

Nobuyuki Haida

Arata Fujihara

Hitoshi Kitagishi

Mami Kawaguchi

Tsuyoshi Masuda

Yuji Miyaki

Provided are a photon up-conversion film, which is capable, of high-efficiency up-conversion even in air and even when low-intensity light is used, and a simple method of producing the film. The photon up-conversion film according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a matrix including a resin; and a pore portion, wherein the photon up-conversion film includes at least a sensitizing component capable of absorbing light in a first wavelength region λ1, and a light-emitting component capable of radiating light in a second wavelength region λ2 including wavelengths shorter than those of the first wavelength region λ1, and wherein the sensitizing component and the light-emitting component are present at an interface between the matrix and the pore portion.

Photon up-conversion film and method of producing the film

Provided are a novel solid-based upconversion film having high emission efficiency and a method for producing the upconversion film. An upconversion film according to the present invention is a stretched film formed of a composition at least including an acceptor, a donor, and a matrix resin, wherein the matrix resin is a poly(vinyl alcohol)-based resin, and the matrix resin is oriented by stretching. A method for producing an upconversion film according to the present invention is a method for producing a photon upconversion film including a step of stretching a composition at least including an acceptor, a donor, and a matrix resin, wherein the matrix resin is a poly(vinyl alcohol)-based resin, and the stretching is wet-stretching in an aqueous solution of boric acid.

Photon upconversion film and method for producing the same

A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate strip includes the steps of: forming an optical film laminate which includes an optical film having a continuous web of polarizing film, and a resin film bonded to the optical film; creating a reference mark to extend across the optical film laminate in a width direction thereof; performing a defect inspection for detecting a defect existing in the optical film, and, when a defect is detected, recording a position of the defect in the form of a laminate widthwise position and a laminate lengthwise position as measured from the reference mark; cutting the optical film laminate along a direction parallel to the length direction to form a plurality of continuous webs of laminate strips; based on the widthwise position of the defect detected by the defect inspection, determining which of the cut laminate strips has the defect, and, with respect to a specific laminate strip which is determined to have the defect, storing information about the defect together with identification information for identifying the specific laminate strip; and winding each of the laminate strips into a roll.

Method of producing roll of laminate strip with polarizing film

An aqueous dispersion-type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film includes a emulsion particles of a core-shell structure, wherein the emulsion particles include a (meth)acryl-based copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of &#x2212;55&#xb0; C. to 0&#xb0; C. and a (meth)acryl-based copolymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0&#xb0; C. to 180&#xb0; C., in a single emulsion particle, one of the copolymers (A) and (B) forms a core layer, and another forms a shell layer, at least one of the copolymers (A) and (B) contains a carboxyl group-containing monomer, a difference of the glass transition temperatures between the copolymers (A) and (B) is 50&#xb0; C. or more, and a ratio (A)/(B) (by weight) is in the range of 50/50 to 90/10.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for optical film, pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for optical film, pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film, and image display device

A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film of the invention includes: a polarizing film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the polarizing film, wherein the polarizing film includes a polarizer and a transparent protective film provided on only one side of the polarizer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a side of the polarizer where the transparent protective film is absent, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A) and an alkali metal salt (B). The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with an antistatic function and satisfactory durability and whose optical properties are less likely to be degraded.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film and image display

A method of producing a thin polarizing film having an excellent polarization degree includes, forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on a thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate, subjecting the laminate to underwater stretching in an aqueous solution of boric acid and stretching the laminate while drying the laminate after the underwater stretching.

Method of producing thin polarizing film involving in-air stretching, underwater stretching, and stretching while drying

A method of producing an optical panel assembly including the polarizing film in a continuous manner by laminating a polarizing film to a surface of a rectangular-shaped optical panel, is disclosed. The polarizing film is formed by performing a step of subjecting a laminate including a continuous web of a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a 2-stage stretching consisting of a preliminary in-air stretching and an in-boric-acid-solution stretching, to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 &#x3bc;m or less, and a step of causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer.

Method and apparatus for continuously producing optical panel assemblies

A method for manufacturing a thin high-performance polarizing film includes coating a polyvinyl alcohol type resin on a resin substrate having a thickness of at least 20 &#x3bc;m and then drying the resin to thereby form a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, immersing thus produced polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer in a dyeing solution including a dichroic material to thereby have the dichroic material impregnated in the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, stretching the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer having the dichroic material impregnated therein together with the resin substrate in a boric acid solution such that a total stretching ratio of 5.0 or more of the original length is achieved.

Thin high-performance polarizing film and method for manufacturing the same

A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate strip including a polarizing film includes the steps of: forming a continuous web of optical film laminate including a polarizing film which consists of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer and has a thickness of 10 &#x3bc;m or less, wherein the polarizing film is formed by performing an stretching sub-step of subjecting a laminate comprising a continuous web of thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a uniaxial stretching in a lengthwise direction of the laminate based on 2-stage stretching consisting of preliminary in-air stretching and in-boric-acid-solution stretching; cutting the continuous web of optical film laminate along a direction parallel to the length direction to form at least one continuous web of laminate strip having a given width; and winding the continuous web of laminate strip having the given width into a roll.

A method of producing a roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate, usable in a process of laminating an optical film sheet including a polarizing film and formed to a size corresponding to that an optical panel to a surface of the optical panel being fed to a lamination position, is disclosed. The polarizing film is prepared by subjecting a laminate including a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to uniaxial 2-stage stretching to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 &#x3bc;m or less, and causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer. A carrier film is releasably attached to the continuous web of optical film laminate including the polarizing film, through an adhesive layer. A defect inspection is performed for the optical film laminate and the adhesive layer.

Roll of continuous web of optical film laminate and production method therefor

The present invention provides a thin polarizing film which has only a small environmental load and has excellent optical characteristics. The thin polarizing film is produced by forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on a thermoplastic resin substrate. The thin polarizing film has a thickness of 10 &#x3bc;m or less, a single axis transmittance of 42.0% or more, a polarization degree of 99.95% or more, and an iodine content of 17.6 grams per 400&#xd7;700 square millimeters or less, which is measured by an ion chromatography method.

Thin polarizing film, optical laminate with thin polarizing film, and production method for thin polarizing film

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Tomohiro Mori