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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2008
Shoichi Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Junzo Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Shoichi Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Junzo Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Nitto Denko Corporation, Ibaraki-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a birefringent film that hardly generates cracks even when the film is exposed under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment for a long period of time. The birefringent film of the present invention is a film containing, as a major component, a lyotropic liquid crystalline polycyclic compound containing an acenaphtho[1,2-b]quinoxaline derivative unit in a molecular structure and having a molecular weight of 500 or higher. The birefringent film of the present invention preferably has a refractive index ellipsoid showing a relationship of nx≧nz>ny, and more preferably has an in-plane birefringence of 0.01 or higher at the wavelength of 590 nm.