A view angle control structure and a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus at least includes the view angle control structure, which includes first and second polarizing layers, first and second substrates and a polarization adjusting layer. The first and second polarizing layers are sequentially disposed on a transmission path of a light beam. The first and second substrates are sequentially disposed on the transmission path of the light beam and located between the first and second polarizing layers. At least one of the first and second substrates has a birefringence. The polarization adjusting layer is disposed on the transmission path of the light beam and located between the first and second substrates for changing a polarization state of the light beam according to an applied voltage. The view angle control structure and the display apparatus of the invention are excellent in anti-peeping effect, slimness and image quality.

A liquid crystal display panel is described. In an embodiment, the liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a first linear polarizer disposed at a side of the first substrate away from the liquid crystal layer; a first quarter-wave plate disposed between the first substrate and the first linear polarizer, where an angle between a slow axis of the first quarter-wave plate and an absorption axis of the first linear polarizer is 45 or 135; a first retardation film disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first quarter-wave plate; a second quarter-wave plate disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate, where slow axes of the first and second quarter-wave plates are perpendicular; and a second linear polarizer disposed at a side of the second substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, where absorption axes of the first and second linear polarizers are perpendicular

A light modulation device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulation device includes a first polymer film substrate, a second polymer film substrate, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second polymer film substrates, wherein the active liquid crystal layer is capable of switching between a first orientation state and a second orientation state different from the first orientation state under an applied voltage, the first and second polymer film substrates have an in-plane retardation of 4,000 nm or more for light having a wavelength of 550 nm, a ratio of an elongation (E1) in a first direction to an elongation (E2) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of 3 or more, and wherein an angle formed by the first directions of the first and second polymer film substrates is in a range of 0 degrees to 10 degrees.

This application relates to a laminate comprising: a first half wave plate; a second half wave plate; and a positive C plate provided between the first half wave plate and the second half wave plate and a liquid crystal display comprising the same.

Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents and a plurality of alkyl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in optical films, such as optical films having certain Nz values, A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology.

A liquid crystal panel includes a substrate and a display medium layer. The display medium layer is located on the substrate. The display medium layer includes multiple first liquid crystal capsules and multiple second liquid crystal capsules. Each of the first liquid crystal capsules includes multiple first liquid crystal molecules. A dielectric anisotropy of the first liquid crystal molecules is greater than 0. A refractive index of the first liquid crystal capsules on the z-axis is greater than refractive indices of the first liquid crystal capsules on the x-axis and on the y-axis. Each of the second liquid crystal capsules includes second liquid crystal molecules. A dielectric anisotropy of the second liquid crystal molecules is greater than 0. A refractive index of the second liquid crystal capsules on the z-axis is smaller than refractive indices of the second liquid crystal capsules on the x-axis and on the y-axis.

The present application relates to a light modulation device and a use thereof. The present application can provide a light modulation device having both excellent mechanical properties and optical properties by applying a polymer film that is also optically anisotropic and mechanically anisotropic to a substrate.

An optical device includes a first polarizer which has an absorption axis in a thickness direction; a second polarizer which has an absorption axis in a thickness direction; and a functional layer which is disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer and is capable of switching between a state in which an in-plane retardation is 0 and a state in which an in-plane retardation is greater than 0. A display device includes a display element; and the optical device.

A cured-film-forming composition for forming a cured-film, an orientation material and a retardation material, includes: a component (A), which is a cinnamic acid derivative of the following Formula (1):

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(wherein A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or methyl group; R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, etc., R.sup.2 is an aromatic group, etc., R.sup.3 is a single bond, an oxygen atom, etc., R.sup.4 to R.sup.7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, etc., and n is an integer of 0 to 3); a component (B), which is a hydrophilic polymer having one or more substituents selected from a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, and an amino group; a component (C), which is a crosslinking agent; and further including a component (D), which is a crosslinking catalyst as needed.

A circularly polarizing plate includes: a first retardation layer having negative refractive index anisotropy; a second retardation layer having positive refractive index anisotropy; and a linear polarizer, the first retardation layer and the second retardation layer being disposed such that their optical axes are parallel to each other, the first retardation layer providing an in-plane retardation whose absolute value is |R1()| to light having a wavelength of nm, the second retardation layer providing an in-plane retardation whose absolute value is |R2()| to light having a wavelength of nm, the first retardation layer and the second retardation layer satisfying the following formulas (1) to (4):
|R1(450)|>|R1(550)|>|R1(650)|(1)
|R2(550)|>|R1(550)|(2)
|R2(550)||R1(550)|>|R2(450)||R1(450)|(3)
|R2(650)||R1(650)|>|R2(550)||R1(550)|(4).