An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition capable of forming an optically anisotropic layer with suppressed alignment defects and an excellent alignment degree, an optically anisotropic layer, a laminate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention includes a rod-like liquid crystal compound, and an interface improver having a repeating unit B1 represented by Formula (N-1) and a repeating unit B2 having a fluorine atom. In Formula (N-1), R.sup.B11 and R.sup.B12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R.sup.B13 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or a cyano group. Here, in a case where R.sup.B11 and R.sup.B12 represent a substituent, R.sup.B11 and R.sup.B12 may be linked to each other to form a ring.

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A liquid crystal composition contains a side chain type polymer liquid crystalline compound which can form a light absorption anisotropic film having a high alignment degree and has excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, a light absorption anisotropic film obtained using the composition, a laminate, and an image display device. The composition includes: a side chain type polymer liquid crystalline compound; and a dichroic substance, in which the compound is a copolymer having a repeating unit (1) containing a mesogenic group with a molecular weight of greater than 280 and a repeating unit (2) with a molecular weight of 280 or less, a content of the repeating unit (2) is less than 14% by mass with respect to a total mass of the compound, and a content of the dichroic substance is greater than 2% by mass with respect to a total solid content of the composition.

Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal layer having an excellent reflection anisotropy, a low haze, and a high circular polarization degree of reflected light, and a method for producing the same. In addition, provided are a laminate, an optically anisotropic body, and a reflective film, each of which including the cholesteric liquid crystal layer. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer formed using a liquid crystal compound, in which, in at least one main plane out of a pair of main planes of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a direction of a molecular axis of the liquid crystal compound changes while continually rotating along at least one in-plane direction, the molecular axis of the liquid crystal compound is tilted with respect to the main plane of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and an arrangement direction of bright portions and dark portions derived from the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, as observed under a scanning electron microscope in a cross section perpendicular to the main plane, is tilted with respect to the main plane of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

Provided is a laminate which is suppressed in crystal precipitation in a pressure sensitive adhesive layer containing an ultraviolet absorber and which has an optically anisotropic layer exhibiting excellent light resistance; a liquid crystal display device; and an organic EL display device. The laminate includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and an optically anisotropic layer, in which the pressure sensitive adhesive layer contains a (meth)acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive and a compound represented by Formula (I), and the optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed of a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersibility.

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Provided is a laminate which is suppressed in crystal precipitation in a transparent resin film containing an ultraviolet absorber even in an evaluation of moisture-heat resistance and which has an optically anisotropic layer exhibiting excellent light resistance; a liquid crystal display device; and an organic EL display device. The laminate includes a transparent resin film and an optically anisotropic layer, in which the transparent resin film contains a resin and a resin and a compound represented by Formula (I), the resin is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a cellulose-based resin, a (meth)acrylic resin, a polyester-based resin, a polyamide-based resin, a polyimide-based resin, and a cycloolefin-based resin, and the optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed of a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersibility.

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Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet having excellent light resistance (particularly, excellent light resistance for light having a wavelength of 370 to 400 nm), a laminate, a display device, and an organic EL display device. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet includes a (meth)acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive and a compound represented by Formula (I), in which the (meth)acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive is formed of a (meth)acrylic resin, and an absolute value of a difference between a log P value of the (meth)acrylic resin and a log P value of the compound represented by Formula (I) is 2.50 or more.

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An object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate that has excellent uniformity and is capable of suppressing a change in tint of reflected light during black display in a case where the optical laminate is used for an image display device, and an image display device formed of the optical laminate.

The optical laminate is an optical laminate including a light absorption anisotropic layer containing a dichroic substance, a photo-alignment film, and a base material in order, in which the photo-alignment film contains a specific compound having a refractive index of 1.55 to 1.70, and the base material has a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher.

A polarizer with a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and an array structure formed of the second dichroic material.

Provided is a polarizer-forming composition from which a polarizer with a high degree of alignment and excellent heat resistance can be formed, a polarizer, and an image display device. The polarizer-forming composition includes a liquid crystal compound, and a dichroic material, in which the liquid crystal compound is a polymer liquid crystal compound, and a content of a component having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or less which is contained in the polymer liquid crystal compound is in a range of 0.10% to 5.0% by mass.

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. In the embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal layer of the display panel includes a plurality of dichroic dye liquid crystal microcapsules, a dichroic dye in dichroic dye liquid crystal microcapsules can absorb incident light such that when the display panel performs no signal transmission, the dichroic dye polymer network liquid crystal can effectively absorb incident light to lower a dark state transmittance of the display panel to further enhance contrast of the display panel and improve optical characteristics thereof.