A movable member is gripped in a delamination-start configuration, and the other-end side of a rib of a delamination member is pressed towards the other-end side of a flexible plate. The flexible plate then warps and deforms about the other end side of the flexible plate, which is supported by a support member, the flexible plate deforming along the direction in which delamination progresses. In concert with the delamination action, a reinforcing plate also warps and deforms along with the flexible plate, the reinforcing plate being vacuum-chucked to an air-permeable electroconductive sheet on the flexible plate, and the reinforcing plate is sequentially delaminated from a substrate 2 along the direction in which delamination progresses.

Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a laminate including a first substrate, an interlayer and a light responsive material disposed on the first substrate, and a second substrate disposed on the interlayer. The laminate may be complexly curved. The light responsive material may include any one or more of an electrochromic material, a photochromic material, a suspended particle material, a micro-blind material and a liquid crystal material. In one or more embodiments, the laminate comprises a display unit disposed between the first and second substrate. Methods for forming the laminate are also disclosed.

A transparent electrode film includes a transparent electrode disposed on a transparent film base, wherein the transparent electrode contains a transparent conductive layer and a conductive metal pattern layer. The conductive metal pattern layer is patterned in the in-plane direction of the transparent film base. The transparent conductive layer and a protecting layer are disposed in a region where the conductive metal pattern layer is provided, and the conductive metal pattern layer is disposed closer to the transparent film base than the transparent conductive layer and the protecting layer. The protecting layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a precious metal and a metal oxide. The transparent electroconductive layer is also disposed at opening sections where the electroconductive metal pattern layer is absent.

The present invention provides a laminate including a support substrate, a silicone resin layer and a substrate arranged in this order, in which the silicone resin layer contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of 3d transition metals, 4d transition metals, lanthanide metals, and bismuth and in which end portion degradation of a silicone resin layer is suppressed.

The present invention provides a laminate superior in foaming resistance, including a support substrate, a silicone resin layer and a substrate arranged in this order, in which the silicone resin layer contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of zirconium, aluminum, and tin.

A method for manufacturing the display device (70, 80) comprises: providing a first flexible substrate (101) comprising a first and second surfaces and a second flexible substrate (102) comprising a third and fourth surfaces; joining the second surface of the first flexible substrate with the third surface of the second flexible substrate by a connecting element (11) to form a laminated structure, wherein the first surface of the first flexible substrate (101) is a first outer surface of the laminated structure, and the fourth surface of the second flexible substrate (102) is a second outer surface of the laminated structure; forming a first flexible display element layer (10a) and a second flexible display element layer (10b) respectively on the first and second outer surfaces of the laminated structure; separating the first flexible substrate (101) from the second flexible substrate (102) of the laminated structure. The manufacturing method can achieve simultaneous processing of two substrates during part of the manufacturing technology, thus improving the production efficiency and reducing the production costs.

Provided is a curable silicone composition, a cured product thereof, a laminate body, a manufacturing method thereof, and an optical device or optical display exhibiting excellent performance for use as a member where transparency is required such as for an optical display, a touch panel, or the like. A curable silicone composition, comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane having in a molecule at least 2 alkenyl groups with 2 to 12 carbon atoms; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. Component (B) is present in an amount such that the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in component (B) are 0.5 to 2 mol per mol of aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in component (A), and 2 to 17.5 mol % of the silicon-bonded organic groups in the curable silicone composition are aryl groups.

A liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal film and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal composition can be uniformly aligned with no problems such as dewetting in an operation of aligning horizontally alignable liquid crystals. Also, a state of the aligned liquid crystal compound can be stably maintained.

An embodiment provides an adhesive film having, in order from the surface layer side, a first hard coat, a second hard coat, a transparent resin film layer, and an adhesive layer. The first hard coat is formed from a coating that does not include inorganic particles. The second hard coat is formed from a coating that includes inorganic particles. The adhesive film satisfies the following conditions: (i) the total light transmittance is at least 85%; and (vii) the pencil hardness of the first hard coat surface is at least 5H. Another embodiment provides an adhesive film having, in order from the surface layer side, a first hard coat, a second hard coat, a transparent resin film layer, and an adhesive layer. The first hard coat is formed from a coating that does not include inorganic particles. The second hard coat is formed from a coating that includes inorganic particles. The adhesive film satisfies the following conditions: (i) the total light transmittance is at least 85%; (iv) the water contact angle at the first hard coat surface is at least 100 degrees; and (v) the water contact angle at the first hard coat surface after 20,000 reciprocal cotton rubs is at least 100 degrees.

A window deco film includes a hard coating layer, and a deco layer, a light-shielding layer and an acryl-based coating layer formed on the hard coating layer. The window deco film may have a remarkably reduced thickness, and thus an entire thickness of an image display device including a window substrate to which the window deco film is applied may be also reduced. Additionally, even when the window deco film is attached to a curved window substrate, a bubble may not be generated at a curved portion of the window substrate. A mura caused by a retardation or a phase difference due to the window deco film may be suppressed. Thus, the window deco film may have an improved transmittance.