The present invention relates to siloxane polymer, copolymer or oligomer for the photoalignment of liquid crystals, especially for the planar orientation of liquid crystals, and which derives from at least one monomer of formula (I), to compositions thereof, to a process for the preparation of the linear, branched or crosslinked siloxane polymer, and to its use for optical and electro optical devices, such as liquid crystal devices (LCDs):

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Provided is a colorant filter including at least one colorant; and at least one binder, in which the colorant filter has an absorption spectrum having an absorption maximum in a wavelength region of 560 nm to 620 nm, and in the absorption spectrum, a difference D1 between two wavelengths which give 10% absorbance with respect to an absorbance at the absorption maximum and a difference D2 between two wavelengths which give 50% absorbance with respect to the absorbance at the absorption maximum satisfy Expressions (a) D1≤90 nm and (b) D1/D2≤4.0.

A polyimide precursor which is characterized by: containing, as a structural unit derived from a diamine, a structural unit derived from 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine in an amount of 60% by mole or more with respect to all structural units derived from a diamine; and containing, as structural units derived from a tetracarboxylic dianhydride, structural units derived from one or more kinds selected from 4,4′-(2,2′-hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic dianhydride and 4,4′-oxydiphthalic dianhydride in a total amount of 20% by mole or more with respect to all structural units derived from a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, in which a yellowness index (converted for a film thickness of 10 μm) for a polyimide obtained by imidization is 10 or less, and a tear propagation resistance is 1.0 mN/μm or more.

Disclosed are a polarizer, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The polarizer includes an optical retardation layer and a linear polarization layer which are laminated, wherein the optical retardation layer includes at least two types of retardation regions for performing phase retardation on incident light, a phase retardation amount of each type of retardation region including a quarter of a wavelength of light of one color, and the phase retardation amounts of the at least two types of retardation regions including quarters of wavelengths of light of at least two different colors. The present disclosure is favorable to improving the color cast of the display device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent moisture-heat resistance and an excellent surface condition, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition of an embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a compound represented by Formula (1): L.sup.1-SP.sup.1-(E.sup.3-A.sup.1).sub.m-E.sup.1-G.sup.1-C(═O)—O—C(═O)-G.sup.2-E.sup.2-(A.sup.2-E.sup.4).sub.n-SP.sup.2-L.sup.2, in which a content of the compound represented by Formula (1) is 0.01 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.

This application provides an alignment film transfer printing plate including a substrate, a first dot arranged on the substrate, and a plurality of second dots arranged around the first dot. A height of each of the second dots in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate is less than or equal to a height of the first dot in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, a blocking portion is formed on an end of the first dot away from the substrate, and an area of an end surface of each of the second dots away from the substrate is less than an area of an end surface of the blocking portion away from the substrate.

The present invention provides a composition to form an optically anisotropic film exhibiting excellent reverse wavelength dispersibility, an optically anisotropic film, a circularly polarizing plate; a display device; and a near-infrared absorbing coloring agent. The composition includes a liquid crystal compound or a polymer, and a near-infrared absorbing coloring agent having a structural moiety including a coloring agent skeleton and a mesogenic group that is bonded to the coloring agent skeleton, in which the near-infrared absorbing coloring agent satisfies Condition 1 where an absolute value λ1 of a square root of a first eigenvalue and an absolute value λ2 of a square root of a second eigenvalue satisfy a relationship of Formula (A) λ2/λ1≤0.60; and Condition 2: An angle between a direction of a transition moment of absorption of the infrared absorbing coloring agent and a direction of an eigenvector of the first eigenvalue is 75.0° or more.

The invention relates to liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.

A flexible electronic assembly includes an electronic component, a flexible substrate and a supporting layer. The flexible substrate includes a first surface coupled to the electronic component and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The supporting layer is coupled to the second surface, and the supporting layer includes a plurality of protrusions. In a plan view of the flexible electronic assembly, one of the plurality of protrusions includes at least a rounded corner.

Liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.