The present invention is to provide an optical film having optically anisotropic layer having excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. An optical film of the present invention is an optical film having at least an optically anisotropic layer, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a predetermined liquid crystal compound and a polymerization initiator, and an extrapolated glass transition starting temperature of the optically anisotropic layer is 70° C. or higher.

The present application relates to a curable composition. The curable composition of the present application exhibits excellent adhesion ability and liquid crystal orientation ability simultaneously before or after curing, so that it can be effectively applied to various optical uses.

Provided are an optically anisotropic film which has excellent moisture-heat resistance and can have a reduction in the thickness, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The optically anisotropic film is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, in which the polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1): L.sup.1-SP.sup.1-(E.sup.3-A.sup.1).sub.m-E.sup.1-G.sup.1-D.sup.1-Ar.sup.1-D.sup.2-G.sup.2-E.sup.2-(A.sup.2-E.sup.4).sub.n-SP.sup.2-L.sup.2 and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (2): L.sup.1-SP.sup.1-(E.sup.3-A.sup.1).sub.m-E.sup.1-G.sup.1-D.sup.1-Ar.sup.2-D.sup.2-G.sup.2-E.sup.2-(A.sup.2-E.sup.4).sub.n-SP.sup.2-L.sup.2, and the optically anisotropic film satisfies Formula (3): Re(450)/Re(550)<1 or Formula (4): Rth(450)/Rth(550)<1, and has a degree of alignment as measured by Raman spectroscopy of 0.4 or more.

Embodiments relate to an optical film and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. More specifically, the embodiments relate to an optical film that is excellent in optical characteristics and has no polarization unevenness since it comprises a base layer that has a low in-plane retardation and a low thickness direction retardation and has an excellent adhesiveness by virtue of a proper level of surface tension, a process for preparing the same, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same.

Provided is a back light unit comprising a plurality of LED light source formed on a printed circuit board and a resin layer which is laminated on the LED light source and forwardly induces diffusion of the emitted light wherein the resin layer is made of synthetic resin comprising an oligomer. According to the present invention, an essential light guide plate for a general back light unit configuration is removed and a resin layer mainly consisting of an oligomer is used to guide the light source, and thereby decreasing the number of the light source, minimizing luminance variation when the unit is lighted at a high temperature and kept it for a predetermined time period, and implementing excellent heat-resistant property and optical property.

A wavelength conversion member suppresses peeling at an edge at cutting; and is used with a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device. The wavelength conversion member includes a first substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, and a second substrate, in which each of the first and second substrates includes a support, a barrier layer, and an organic layer, where each of the barrier layers contains at least aluminum and phosphorus, each of the organic layers is formed of a composition containing a polymer A having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or lower and a polymer B having an acryloyl or methacryloyl group in a molecule thereof, and the wavelength conversion layer is a layer in which at least one selected from the group consisting of a quantum dot, a phosphor particle, and a phosphor coloring agent is dispersed in a matrix made of an acrylic resin.

Provided are an adhesive film, an optical member including the same, and an optical display apparatus including the same, the adhesive film including two or more (meth)acrylic adhesive layers including a first (meth)acrylic adhesive layer and a second (meth)acrylic adhesive layer, and having Young's modulus of approximately 100-1000 MPa and peel strength of approximately 1.0 N/mm or higher at the second (meth)acrylic adhesive layer.

Provided is a circularly polarizing plate and a display device that includes the circularly polarizing plate. The circularly polarizing plate can be applied to a display device such as an organic light emitting display device to minimize blocking of light in the visible light region affecting image quality while blocking harmful ultraviolet rays appropriately and also has excellent durability.

A method for producing a phase difference film is provided. The phase difference film includes an orientation layer formed of a resin C having a negative intrinsic birefringence value. The resin C contains a block copolymer having a block (A) including as a main component a polymerization unit A having a negative intrinsic birefringence value and a block (B) including as a main component a polymerization unit B, and a weight fraction of the block (A) therein being 50% by weight or more and 90% by weight or less. The phase difference film has an NZ factor of greater than 0 and smaller than 1. The method comprising: forming a single layer film of the resin C; and causing phase separation of the resin C in the film, which includes a step of applying to the film a stress along a thickness direction thereof.

The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal material, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel, and a display panel. The display panel includes a thin film transistor substrate, a color film substrate, a polymer layer structure, and a liquid crystal layer. During the preparation, after three different irradiations, the liquid crystal material is directly polymerized into the first polymer layer structure and the second polymer layer structure under the irradiations, eliminating the black matrix structure and the polyimide alignment film structure, improving the display effect of the panel, and reducing preparation costs.