The present invention relates to a flexible and transparent polyimide laminate and manufacturing method thereof. The flexible and transparent polyimide laminate comprises a conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a polyimide substrate. The conductive layer includes a plurality of metal nanowires, and is attached on the polyimide substrate by the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is an insoluble polyimide film and is polymerized by aromatic dianhydride and one of the following monomer: alicyclic diamines, fluorine-containing diamines, and the combination thereof.

The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention can provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive having low time-dependency of dependability and adhesion strength and having excellent interfacial adhesion strength. After being applied to an optical member such as a polarizing plate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition exhibits excellent interfacial adhesion strength and maintains excellent dependability without time-dependency.

The present invention is a two-part adhesive layer including a first, optically clear adhesive composition and a second, light-blocking adhesive composition substantially surrounding the first, optically clear adhesive composition.

A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film stacked on at least one surface of the polarizer, and the polarizer includes a hydrophobic polyvinyl alcohol resin, the polarizer has a surface roughness (Ra) of about 10 nm or less on a surface thereof facing the protective film, and the polarizing plate has a maximum metal ion-infiltration length of about 400 μm or less between the polarizer and the protective film when metal powder-containing pastes are deposited on a surface of the polarizing plate in a thickness direction thereof and left at 60° C. and 95% relative humidity (RH) for 240 hours.

The present invention relates to a thermally curable sealant composition for sealing liquid crystal by means of one-drop-filling process, the cured product thereof and the manufacturing method of liquid crystal by using the same.

An azobenzene derivative, a preparation method of the azobenzene derivative, an azophenyl light control reversible adhesive, and a method of using the azophenyl light control reversible adhesive are disclosed. The azobenzene derivative has a molecular structure as P1 or P2. In the abovementioned preparation method, the azobenzene derivative P1 or P2 is obtained from an esterification reaction of an azophenyl group, 3,4,5-tripentyloxybenzoic acid or 3,4,5-tri(dodecyloxy)benzoic acid, and 2,2′-dihydroxy-1,1′-binaphthol. The melting point of the azobenzene derivative P1 or P2 is modified commonly by alkyl chains and binaphthol to be slightly higher than room temperature.

The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus using LEDs as light sources and a display using the lighting apparatus, particularly, the present invention provides a lighting apparatus including: a plurality of light sources located on a printed circuit board; and a reflecting unit provided on the printed circuit board; and a spaced area provided inside the reflective unit.

A method of producing an optical panel assembly including the polarizing film in a continuous manner by laminating a polarizing film to a surface of a rectangular-shaped optical panel, is disclosed. The polarizing film is formed by performing a step of subjecting a laminate including a continuous web of a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a 2-stage stretching consisting of a preliminary in-air stretching and an in-boric-acid-solution stretching, to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 μm or less, and a step of causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer.

To provide a glass laminate of which an increase of the peel strength between a glass substrate and a silicone resin layer is suppressed even after a high temperature heat treatment, and from which the glass substrate can readily be separated. A glass laminate comprising a support substrate, a silicone resin layer and a glass substrate in this order, with a peel strength at the interface between the support substrate and the silicon resin layer higher than the peel strength at the interface between the silicone resin layer and the glass substrate, wherein a silicone resin in the silicone resin layer is a cured product obtained by reacting an alkenyl-group containing organopolysiloxane (A) and a hydrogen polysiloxane (B) having a hydrosilyl group, and the mixing molar ratio of the hydrosilyl groups in the hydrogen polysiloxane (B) to the alkenyl groups in the alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane (A) (that is, number of mols of hydrosilyl groups/number of mols of alkenyl groups) is from 0.15/1 to 0.65/1.

Provided are a laminate film which enables to enhance luminance, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including this laminate film, as well as a method for producing this laminate film. Provided are laminate films including an optical functional layer and a barrier layer stacked on at least one surface of the optical functional layer, laminate films each having a film having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the optical functional layer, on a lateral surface of the optical functional layer. It is preferable that the optical functional layer include at least one of a quantum dot and a quantum rod.