Tosoh Corporation

Yasuyoshi Fujii

Takahiro Kitagawa

Shinsuke Toyomasu

Kota Sakaguchi

Masayasu Ito

Tohru Doi

Saki Ito

Akira Inui

A novel copolymer suitable for an optical film which is excellent in optical characteristics and has high retardation even in a thin film state, and an optical film containing the same are provided. A copolymer excellent in optical characteristics and easy to form a composite with a different polymer, and an optical film composed of the same are also provided.

Copolymer and optical film using same

To provide a novel fumaric acid diester-cinnamic acid ester-based copolymer having a high molecular weight, which is expected to maintain excellent strength or ensures excellent toughness even when formed into a film, a method for efficiently producing the copolymer, and a film using the same. The fumaric acid diester-cinnamic acid ester-based copolymer contains a fumaric acid diester residue unit, a cinnamic acid ester residue unit having an alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 6, and a residue unit of a polyfunctional monomer having two or more radical polymerizable functional groups.

Fumaric acid diester-cinnamic acid ester-based copolymer, production method thereof and film using the same

To provide a novel diisopropyl fumarate-cinnamic acid derivative-based copolymer expected to be formed into a retardation film having excellent optical properties ensuring that, for example, the refractive index in the film thickness direction and the out-of-plane retardation are large and even in the form of a thin film, the film has a high out-of-plane retardation, and a retardation film using the same. The diisopropyl fumarate-cinnamic acid derivative-based copolymer contains: a diisopropyl fumarate residue unit; and a cinnamic acid residue unit or a cinnamic acid ester residue unit having an alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 6.

Diisopropyl fumarate-cinnamic acid derivative copolymer and retardation film using the same

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