Retroreflective sheeting having a structured layer of cube corner elements and an at least one optically variable mark therein, and methods of making same.

A document, product, or package, such as a banknote, passport or the like comprises structures having dichroic effects that change color with viewing angle in both transmission and reflection. Such structures can be useful as security features that counter the ability to effectively use counterfeit documents, products, packages, etc.

The present disclosure is related to an optical film. The optical film may include a substrate and a planarization layer. A plurality of cavities may be on a surface of the substrate. A cross-sectional area of each of the cavities parallel to a bottom surface thereof may increase along a direction away from the bottom surface. The planarization layer may be on the surface of the substrate having the cavities. A refractive index of the planarization layer may be larger than that of the substrate.

A system for manufacturing a laminated film, in which a first film and a second film are sequentially laminated, and the system includes: a film supplying part which supplies the first film and the second film; a bonding part which includes a first roll and a second roll that rotate in opposite directions, and compresses the first film and the second film supplied from the film supplying part and bonds the first film and the second film as the laminated film; and a bending inducing part which supports and bends the laminated film bonded and output from the bonding part, in which the second roll shifts in a direction along a circumference of a virtual circle having a larger radius than a radius of the first roll to control the bending of the laminated film.

A method of making a shaped abrasion-resistant multilayer optical film includes providing a curable composition comprising, based on the total weight of components a) to d) components: a) 87 to 96 weight percent of urethane (meth)acrylate compound having an average (meth)acrylate functionality of 2 to 4.8; b) 2 to 12.5 weight percent of (meth)acrylate monomer having a (meth)acrylate functionality of 1 to 2, wherein the (meth)acrylate monomer does not comprise a urethane (meth)acrylate compound; optionally c) 0.5 to 2 weight percent of silicone (meth)acrylate; and d) optional effective amount of photoinitiator. The curable composition is coated onto an MOF. Optionally, the curable composition to is at least partially dried. Next, the curable composition or the at least partially dried curable composition is at least partially cured to provide an abrasion-resistant multilayer optical film. Lastly, the abrasion-resistant multilayer optical film is thermoformed using a female mold having a mold surface. At least a portion of the mold surface has a radius of curvature of 58 to 76 mm and a maximum depth of 13 to 20 mm.

An optical device is disclose herein. In some embodiments, an optical device includes an active liquid crystal element film, wherein the active liquid crystal element film comprises two base films, an active liquid crystal layer present between the two base films, wherein the active liquid crystal layer contains a liquid crystal compound and is capable of switching between a first oriented state and a second oriented state, and a polarizing coating layer, wherein the polarizing coating layer is present between one of the two base films and the active liquid crystal layer. The optical device is capable of varying transmittance, and can be used for various applications such as sunglasses, AR (augmented reality) or VR (virtual reality) eyewear, an outer wall of a building or a sunroof for a vehicle.

Transparent conductive films comprising sparse metal conductive layers are processed after coating with an overcoat to lower the sheet resistance of the film. The sparse metal conductive layer can comprise a fused metal nanostructured network. A coating, such as a polymer overcoat or a polymer undercoat can noble metal ions that can further reduce the sheet resistance with the application of heat and optionally humidity. In particular, silver ions in a coating are demonstrated to provide important stabilization of sparse metal conductive layers, whether or not fused, upon the application of heat and humidity. A coating can further comprise a metal salt stabilization composition.

A unitary optical film stack comprising a light redirecting film assembly; a light diffusion film assembly; and an optical adhesive; wherein the light redirecting film assembly and the light diffusion film assembly are physically coupled non-continuously to minimize optical coupling.

Optical films having a curved shaped and methods of shaping optical films are described. A method of shaping an optical film includes the steps of disposing the optical film adjacent first and second rollers spaced apart along a first direction, securing opposing first and second ends of the optical film, providing a curved mold surface, and shaping the optical film by contacting the optical film with the curved mold surface while stretching the optical film along the first direction and keeping a threshold distance between closest points on the optical film contacting the first roller and contacting the curved mold surface less than the width of the optical film to reduce buckling of the optical film.

The present specification relates to a viewing angle compensation film, a polarizing plate including the same, and a display device including the same, and the viewing angle compensation film includes: a pattern layer; and a low refractive layer, in which a difference in refractive index between the pattern layer and the low refractive layer is 0.02 to 0.4, the pattern layer includes: a first surface which comprises a flat surface; and a second surface which faces the first surface and includes multiple protruding portions, each of the protruding portions includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, an angle θ.sub.1 between the first surface and the first inclined surface or a surface extending from the first inclined surface and an angle θ.sub.2 between the first surface and the second inclined surface or a surface extending from the second inclined surface are different from each other, and an angle θ between the first inclined surface or the surface extending from the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface or the surface extending from the second inclined surface is 20° to 60°, such that there is an effect of improving a contrast ratio and a viewing angle.