A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first optically functional layer and a first protective layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the polarizer, and the optically functional layer includes a resin layer and acicular microparticles, the resin layer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −70° C. to −15° C. and a storage modulus of 1×10.sup.−3 MPa to 9×10.sup.−1 MPa at 25° C., and the acicular microparticles being oriented in an in-plane direction of the first optically functional layer, and, when a light absorption axis of the polarizer is 0°, orientation angles of longitudinal directions of the acicular microparticles with respect to the light absorption axis of the polarizer have an average value of −10° to +10° and a standard deviation of 15° or less.

A solar cell device includes a light-transmissive substrate, a solar cell module, an optical composite film assembly, and a light-transmissive top plate. The solar cell module is disposed on the light-transmissive substrate and includes a solar cell unit. The optical composite film assembly is light-transmissive, and includes a light diffusion layer and a fiber layer. The optical composite film assembly and the solar cell module are disposed on each other. The light-transmissive top plate is disposed spaced apart from the light-transmissive substrate and cooperates with the light-transmissive substrate to sandwich the solar cell module and the optical composite film assembly.

The present invention discloses a quantum-dot composite film comprising: a quantum-dot prism film, comprising a quantum-dot layer and a first plurality of prisms disposed over the quantum-dot layer, wherein a first optical prism film and a second optical prism film are disposed over the quantum-dot prism film for increasing the brightness level of the quantum-dot prism film.

The invention relates to a diffuser 3 intended to be facing a light source 1 comprising a transmission layer 10 and a diffusion layer 22, 23 intended to diffuse a light transmitted by the light source, the diffuser being characterised in that the diffusion layer comprises a plurality of metal structures 200, 200a, 200b, called metal nanostructures, having dimensions less than a wavelength of the light transmitted, said metal nanostructures having varied sizes and being distributed within the diffusion layer such that adjacent metal nanostructures have between them, varied distances and preferably less than the wavelength of the light transmitted. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a diffuser, and a display system comprising such a diffuser.

A polarizing plater includes a polarizer, a protective film disposed on at least one surface of the polarizer, and a diffusing adhesive layer and a transparent adhesive layer interposed between the polarizer and the protective film. The diffusing adhesive layer includes a diffusing particle. The diffusing particle includes a first diffusing particle and a second diffusing particle which have different average diameters from each other.

A near-to-eye display device includes a spatial light modulator, a rotatable reflective optical element and a pupil-tracking device. The pupil-tracking device tracks the eye pupil position of the user. Based on the data provided by the pupil-tracking device, the reflective optical element is rotated such that the light modulated by the spatial light modulator is directed towards the user's eye pupil.

An optical scattering layer (10) comprising a birefringent matrix material (11) and a plurality of scattering particles (12) dispersed in the matrix material (11). The scattering particles (12) have a particle refractive index (“np”) that for visible light matches the ordinary refractive index (“no”). By matching the refractive index of the scattering particles with one of the refractive indices of the birefringent matrix material, anisotropic scattering is obtained.

A hardcoat comprising a host matrix, a nanoporous filler in which the dispersed phase is a gas, and nonporous nanoparticles. Also, coating and curable compositions useful for preparing the hardcoat, methods of preparing the hardcoat and compositions, articles comprising the hardcoat or composition, and uses thereof.

Subject matter disclosed herein relates to improving a contact diameter of an adhesive/sealing material on surfaces of substrates by altering rheological properties of the adhesive/sealing material. An electrowetting display device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, a first fluid and a second fluid disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first fluid is immiscible with the second fluid. An adhesive/sealing material comprising UV curable epoxy glue is in contact with the second fluid and couples the second substrate to the first substrate. The adhesive/sealing material further comprises silica particles in a range of 1-6% mass fraction of silica that alter rheological properties of the UV curable epoxy glue.

A display panel includes at least one pixel unit. The pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel. The first, second, third and fourth sub-pixels include a first color filter portion, second color filter portion, a third color filter portion and a fourth color filter portion, respectively. The first, second and third color filter portions are configured to emit light of three primary colors. A material of the fourth color filter portion includes at least one light conversion material configured to convert a portion of light directed to the fourth color filter portion into light of at least one primary color. The light of at least one primary color is capable of being mixed with another portion of the light directed to the fourth color filter portion to generate white light.