Fujifilm Corporation

Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Udc Ireland Limited

Tomoki Tasaka

Yasuhiro Ishiwata

Takao Taguchi

Minoru Uemura

Masao Nakajima

Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Hiroyuki Mifune

Shinichi Morishima

Shunya Katoh

Hirotomo Sasaki

Masaru Yoshikawa

Yosuke Takeuchi

Atsushi Matsunaga

Masafumi Mizuno

Taro Hashizume

Masaomi Kimura

A cholesteric liquid crystal mixture containing a compound represented by Z&#x2014;Y-A-Y-M-Y-A-Y&#x2014;Z, a compound represented by Z&#x2014;Y-A-Y-M-P, and a tri- or higher functional polymerizable monomer suppresses deposition of a liquid crystal at the time of forming a film, exhibits a wide characteristic reflection bandwidth of the film. Zto Zrepresent a polymerizable group; Ato Arepresent an alkylene spacer having a chain of 1 to 30 atoms; Mand Mrepresent (-T-Y)-T-; n indicates a natural number; Tand Trepresent a hydrocarbon or heterocyclic ring; Yto Y, Yand Yrepresent a single bond, &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;CO&#x2014;, &#x2014;O&#x2014;CO&#x2014;, &#x2014;CO&#x2014;O&#x2014; or &#x2014;O&#x2014;CO&#x2014;O&#x2014;; and P represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Cholesteric liquid crystal mixture, film, IR reflection plate, laminate, and laminated glass

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 color filter for use in a light-emitting display element which emits at least white light, the color filter including a circularly polarizing layer which includes a polarizing layer, the polarizing layer having an orientation layer and a liquid crystal compound layer, wherein the circularly polarizing layer is formed only in an optical path of the white light.

Color filter and light-emitting display element

An optical film includes: a polarizer having an absorption axis; and at least three retardation films, each having a slow axis, wherein the absorption axis of the polarizer intersects the slow axis of each of the at least three retardation films at right angles and is parallel to the slow axis of each of the at least three retardation films, the slow axis of each of the at least three retardation films are parallel to each other, a total amount of Nz value of each of the at least three retardation films, the Nz value being defined by formula (I), is half as many as the number of the at least three retardation films, and an in-plane retardation Reof each of the at least three retardation films, the in-plane retardation Rebeing defined by formula (II), ranges from 200 to 350 nm:=()/() &#x2003;&#x2003;(I)=()&#xd7;. &#x2003;&#x2003;(II)

Optical film, image display device, and liquid-crystal display device

A silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more which has been chemically sensitized with a compound capable of releasing an Au Ch ion is described, wherein grains of the silver halide contain in the shell portion thereof 0.01 to 0.50 mol % of silver iodide per mol of the total silver, with Ch representing S, Se or Te.

Silver halide emulsion and image-forming method using silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing the same

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