JP2007093822A - Optical compensation film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical compensation film including a fluoroaliphatic group-containing polymer capable of making the reduction of drying unevenness and wind unevenness and the degradation in coating application unevenness compatible with each other, and a polarization plate having a satisfactory display grade using such optical compensation film, and a liquid crystal display device. <P>SOLUTION: The optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer consisting of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal component is constituted. In this instance, the liquid crystal composition contains at least one kind of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer including a repeating unit derived from a fluoroaliphatic group non-containing monomer having alicyclic hydrocarbon and the repeating unit derived from the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical compensation film that contributes to an increase in viewing angle of a liquid crystal display device, and a polarizing plate using the same. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly to an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device that performs display by applying a horizontal electric field to liquid crystal molecules aligned in the horizontal direction.

  As a liquid crystal display device, a so-called TN mode is widely used in which a liquid crystal layer in which nematic liquid crystal is twisted is sandwiched between two orthogonal polarizing plates and an electric field is applied in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. In this system, since the liquid crystal rises with respect to the substrate during black display, birefringence occurs due to liquid crystal molecules when viewed from an oblique direction, and light leakage occurs. In order to solve this problem, a system in which a liquid crystal cell is optically compensated by using a film in which liquid crystal molecules are hybrid-aligned and this light leakage is prevented has been put into practical use. However, even if liquid crystal molecules are used, it is very difficult to completely optically compensate the liquid crystal cell without any problem, resulting in a problem that gradation reversal in the lower direction of the screen cannot be suppressed.

  In order to solve such a problem, a liquid crystal display device using a so-called in-plane switching (IPS) mode in which a lateral electric field is applied to the liquid crystal, or a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy is vertically aligned in the panel. A vertical alignment (VA) mode in which alignment is divided by protrusions and slit electrodes has been proposed and put into practical use. In recent years, these panels have been developed not only for monitor applications but also for TV applications, and screen brightness has been greatly improved accordingly. For this reason, slight light leakage in the diagonally oblique incidence direction during black display, which has not been considered as a problem in these operation modes, has become apparent as a cause of deterioration in display quality.

As one means for improving the color tone and the viewing angle of black display, the arrangement of an optical compensation material having birefringence characteristics between the liquid crystal layer and the polarizing plate is also studied in the IPS mode. For example, by arranging a birefringent medium with optical axes orthogonal to each other to compensate for increase / decrease in retardation of the liquid crystal layer during tilting, the white display or halftone display is obliquely arranged between the substrate and the polarizing plate. It is disclosed that coloring can be improved when viewing directly from (see Patent Document 1).
In addition, a method using an optical compensation film made of a styrenic polymer having a negative intrinsic birefringence or a discotic liquid crystal compound (see Patent Documents 2, 3, and 4), or an optical compensation film having a positive birefringence and an optical axis. A method of combining a film in the plane of a film with a film having positive birefringence and an optical axis in the normal direction of the film (see Patent Document 5), biaxial optical compensation sheet having a retardation of half wavelength Using a film having a negative retardation as a protective film of a polarizing plate and providing an optical compensation layer having a positive retardation on this surface (see Patent Document 7) Has been.

  However, many of the proposed methods are methods that improve the viewing angle by canceling the birefringence anisotropy of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal cell, so the polarization axis crossing angle when the orthogonal polarizing plate is viewed from an oblique direction. There is a problem that the light leakage based on the deviation from orthogonality cannot be solved sufficiently. Even in a system that can compensate for this light leakage, it is very difficult to completely optically compensate the liquid crystal cell without any problem. Furthermore, in the optical compensation sheet for IPS mode liquid crystal cell that performs optical compensation with the stretched birefringent polymer film, it is necessary to use a plurality of films. As a result, the thickness of the optical compensation sheet increases, and the display device becomes thinner. It is disadvantageous. Moreover, since an adhesive layer is used for lamination | stacking of a stretched film, the adhesive layer contracted by the temperature / humidity change, and defects, such as peeling and a curvature between films, may generate | occur | produce.

  On the other hand, a method of achieving optical compensation of IPS by combining a retardation film having a positive birefringence and an optical axis in the normal direction has been studied. In order to realize such a retardation film, a liquid crystal material is used. There is known a method of vertically aligning and fixing the alignment state (see, for example, Patent Documents 8 to 10).

  As a method for vertically aligning the rod-like liquid crystal compound, a method using a vertical alignment film as the alignment film, or a vertical alignment agent (for example, a quaternary ammonium-substituted silane coupling agent) is formed on the substrate. A method for forming a layer of a liquid crystal compound thereon has been proposed (for example, Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2). However, in recent years, demands for display characteristics of monitors have become stricter, and anisotropic materials fixed by a conventionally known vertical alignment method do not have sufficient micro-uniformity, and improvements have been demanded.

  On the other hand, in the conventional technology, an optical compensation sheet has been developed mainly assuming a small or medium-sized liquid crystal display device of 15 inches or less. However, recently, it is also necessary to assume a liquid crystal display device having a large size of 17 inches or more and high brightness.

  By the way, in manufacturing an optical compensation film, it is known that it is effective to improve leveling properties in order to reduce unevenness during drying. As one means for improving the leveling property, a method of adding a surfactant to the coating composition has been proposed. This is because when a surfactant is added to the coating, the surface tension is reduced and wetting of the coating is improved, and the change in surface tension during the coating formation process is reduced or reduced to prevent thermal convection. This is based on a mechanism that can improve the uniformity of the film (see Non-Patent Document 3). The optimum surface active species varies depending on the compatibility with the solvent, resin, and various additives in the target coating composition, but when coated with a solvent, it is soluble in the solvent and has the best surface tension reducing ability. It is effective to use a high fluorosurfactant.

In general, a fluorosurfactant has a fluoroaliphatic group for realizing a surface tension reducing function and an affinity for various compositions such as coatings and molding materials when the activator is used as an additive. It consists of a compound having an amphiphilic group contributing to the same in the same molecule. Such a compound is obtained by copolymerizing a monomer having a fluoroaliphatic group and a monomer having a philic group.
Typical examples of the monomer having an amphiphilic group copolymerized with a monomer having a fluoroaliphatic group include poly (oxyalkylene) acrylate and poly (oxyalkylene) methacrylate. Further, Patent Document 11 reports an optical film that achieves both improved wind unevenness and optical performance by using an ω-H type fluoropolymer surfactant.

However, when a conventional fluorosurfactant is used, drying unevenness and wind unevenness are improved, but there is a problem that coating unevenness occurs and the quality of the applied optical compensation film is lowered. In addition, Patent Document 12 reports a fluorosurfactant containing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a bridge-like bond, but there is no description about an optical compensation film, and the effect has not been clarified. .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-80424 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-54982 JP-A-11-202323 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-292522 JP 11-133408 A JP-A-11-305217 JP-A-10-307291 Special Table 2000-514202 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-319408 JP-A-6-331826 JP 2004-333852 A Japanese Patent No. 3041964 Mitsuharu Okano et al., “Liquid Crystal”, Application, Bafukan, 1985, 61 pages Shohei Naemura, Appl. Phys. Lett. 33, No. 1, 1978, 1-3 The latest technology of coating additives, supervised by Haruo Kiryu, CMC, 2001

The purpose of the present invention is to
(1) Providing an optical compensation film containing a fluoroaliphatic group-containing polymer capable of reducing drying unevenness and wind unevenness and not deteriorating coating unevenness;
(2) An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device having good display quality using such an optical compensation film.

  The present inventors have described the structure of a fluoroaliphatic group in a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer that is a constituent of a fluorosurfactant, and a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer and a fluoroaliphatic group-free monomer in a fluorosurfactant As a result of careful examination of the composition of the above, the use of a fluorosurfactant containing a fluoroaliphatic group-free monomer having a cyclic hydrocarbon and a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer having a specific structure results in drying that occurs during coating. It has been found that it is possible to obtain a composition that reduces unevenness and wind unevenness and does not deteriorate coating unevenness.

（一般式［１］において、Ｒ⁰は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｌは２価の連結基を表し、ｎは１〜１８の範囲の整数を表す。）

（一般式［２］において、Ｒ¹は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｌ¹は単結合または２価の連結基を表し、Ｙは環状基を表す）。
[２] 一般式［２］におけるＬ¹が、ヘテロ原子を含む連結基であることを特徴とする、[１]に記載の光学補償フィルム。
[３] 一般式［２］におけるＹが、脂環式の環状基であることを特徴とする、[１]または[２]に記載の光学補償フィルム。
[４] 前記一般式［１］で表されるフルオロ脂肪族基含有モノマーが、下記一般式［３］で表されることを特徴とする、[１]〜[３]のいずれかに記載の光学補償フィルム。

（一般式［３］において、Ｒ⁰は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｘは酸素原子、硫黄原子または−Ｎ（Ｒ）−を表し、ｍは１〜６の範囲の整数、ｎは１〜１８の範囲の整数を表す。ここで、Ｒは水素原子または置換基を有してもよい炭素数１〜８のアルキル基を表す。）
[５] 液晶化合物を含む液晶組成物からなる光学異方性層を有する光学補償フィルムであって、前記液晶組成物が、下記一般式［４］で表されるフルオロ脂肪族基含有モノマーから誘導される繰り返し単位および下記一般式［２］で表されるモノマーから誘導される繰り返し単位を含むフルオロ脂肪族基含有共重合体の少なくとも一種を含有する、前記光学補償フィルム；

（一般式［４］において、Ｒ²は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｌ²は２価の連結基を表し、ｎは１〜６の範囲の整数を表す）。

（一般式［２］において、Ｒ¹は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｌ¹は単結合または２価の連結基を表し、Ｙは環状基を表す）。
[６] 前記一般式［４］で表されるフルオロ脂肪族基含有モノマーが、下記一般式［５］で表されることを特徴とする、[５]に記載の光学補償フィルム。

（一般式［５］においてＲ³は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｘは酸素原子、イオウ原子または−Ｎ（Ｒ）−を表し、ｍは１〜６の範囲の整数、ｎは１〜６の範囲の整数を表し、Ｒは水素原子または置換基を有してもよい炭素数１〜８のアルキル基を表す。）
[７] 一般式［２］におけるＬ¹が、ヘテロ原子を含む連結基であることを特徴とする、[５]または[６]に記載の光学補償フィルム。
[８] 一般式［２］におけるＹが、脂環式の環状基であることを特徴とする、[５]〜[７]のいずれかに記載の光学補償フィルム。
[９] 前記一般式［２］で表されるモノマーが、下記一般式［７］で表される[５]〜[８]のいずれかに記載の光学補償フィルム。

（一般式［７］において、Ｒ¹は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはメチル基を表し、Ｘ¹は酸素原子、イオウ原子または‐Ｎ（Ｒ⁶）−を表し、Ｚ¹は脂環式の縮合環基を表す。ここで、Ｒ⁶は水素原子または置換基を有してもよい炭素数１〜８のアルキル基を表す。）
[１０] 前記液晶化合物が棒状液晶化合物であり、該液晶化合物が、実質的に垂直配向していることを特徴とする、[１]〜[９]のいずれかに記載の光学補償フィルム。
[１１] [１]〜[１０]のいずれかに記載の光学補償フィルムと、偏光膜とを有することを特徴とする偏光板。
[１２] [１]〜[１０]のいずれかに記載の光学補償フィルム、または[１１]に記載の偏光板を有することを特徴とする、液晶表示装置。 That is, the above object of the present invention has been achieved by the following means.
[1] An optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer comprising a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal composition is derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following general formula [1] The optical compensation film comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula [2]:

(In the general formula [1], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L represents a divalent linking group, and n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18).

(In General Formula [2], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ¹ represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y represents a cyclic group).
[2] L ¹ in the general formula [2], characterized in that a linking group containing a hetero atom, an optical compensation film as described in [1].
[3] The optical compensation film according to [1] or [2], wherein Y in the general formula [2] is an alicyclic cyclic group.
[4] The fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1] is represented by the following general formula [3], according to any one of [1] to [3] Optical compensation film.

(In General Formula [3], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N (R) —, m is an integer in the range of 1 to 6, n Represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18. Here, R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent.
[5] An optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer comprising a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal composition is derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following general formula [4] The optical compensation film comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula [2]:

(In the general formula [4], R ² represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ² represents a divalent linking group, and n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6).

(In General Formula [2], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ¹ represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y represents a cyclic group).
[6] The optical compensation film according to [5], wherein the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [4] is represented by the following general formula [5].

(In General Formula [5], R ³ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N (R) —, m is an integer in the range of 1 to 6, and n is The integer in the range of 1-6 is represented, R represents the C1-C8 alkyl group which may have a hydrogen atom or a substituent.)
[7] The optical compensation film according to [5] or [6], wherein L ¹ in the general formula [2] is a linking group containing a hetero atom.
[8] The optical compensation film according to any one of [5] to [7], wherein Y in the general formula [2] is an alicyclic cyclic group.
[9] The optical compensation film according to any one of [5] to [8], wherein the monomer represented by the general formula [2] is represented by the following general formula [7].

(In the general formula [7], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group, X ¹ represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N (R ⁶ ) —, and Z ¹ represents an alicyclic fused ring. Wherein R ⁶ represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.)
[10] The optical compensation film according to any one of [1] to [9], wherein the liquid crystal compound is a rod-like liquid crystal compound, and the liquid crystal compound is substantially vertically aligned.
[11] A polarizing plate comprising the optical compensation film according to any one of [1] to [10] and a polarizing film.
[12] A liquid crystal display device comprising the optical compensation film according to any one of [1] to [10] or the polarizing plate according to [11].

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the optical compensation film which can reduce a drying nonuniformity and a wind nonuniformity without worsening a coating nonuniformity can be provided. Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a polarizing plate or a liquid crystal display device having good display quality using such an optical compensation film.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. The description of the constituent elements described below may be made based on typical embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to such embodiments. In the present specification, a numerical range represented by using “to” means a range including numerical values described before and after “to” as a lower limit value and an upper limit value.

  In this specification, Re (λ) and Rth (λ) respectively represent in-plane retardation and retardation in the thickness direction at a wavelength λ. Re (λ) is measured by making light having a wavelength of λ nm incident in the normal direction of the film in KOBRA 21ADH (manufactured by Oji Scientific Instruments). Rth (λ) is the light of wavelength λnm from the direction inclined by + 40 ° with respect to the normal direction of the film, with Re (λ) and the in-plane slow axis (determined by KOBRA 21ADH) as the tilt axis (rotary axis). And a retardation value measured by making light of wavelength λ nm incident from a direction inclined by −40 ° with respect to the film normal direction with the in-plane slow axis as the tilt axis (rotation axis). KOBRA 21ADH is calculated based on retardation values measured in three directions in total. As the wavelength λ, a value in the range of 450 to 750 nm is usually used. In the present application, a value of 589 nm is used. Here, as the assumed value of the average refractive index, values in the polymer handbook (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and catalogs of various optical films can be used. Those whose average refractive index is not known can be measured with an Abbe refractometer. The average refractive index values of the main optical films are exemplified below: cellulose acylate (1.48), cycloolefin polymer (1.52), polycarbonate (1.59), polymethyl methacrylate (1.49), Polystyrene (1.59). The KOBRA 21ADH calculates nx, ny, and nz by inputting the assumed value of the average refractive index and the film thickness. Nz = (nx−nz) / (nx−ny) is further calculated from the calculated nx, ny, and nz.

  In this specification, “parallel” and “orthogonal” mean that the angle is within a range of strict angle ± 10 ° or less. In this range, an error from a strict angle is preferably less than ± 5 °, and more preferably less than ± 2 °. Further, “substantially vertical” means within a range of less than ± 20 ° from a strict vertical angle. In this range, an error from a strict angle is preferably less than ± 15 °, and more preferably less than ± 10 °. Further, the “slow axis” means a direction in which the refractive index is maximized. Further, the measurement wavelength of the refractive index is a value at λ = 550 nm in the visible light region unless otherwise specified.

  In this specification, unless otherwise specified, the term “polarizing plate” is cut into a size to be incorporated into a long polarizing plate and a liquid crystal device (in this specification, “cutting” includes “punching” and “cutting out”. It is used in the meaning including both of the polarizing plates. In this specification, “polarizing film” and “polarizing plate” are distinguished from each other, but “polarizing plate” means a laminate having a transparent protective film for protecting the polarizing film on at least one surface of the “polarizing film”. It shall be.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the optical compensation film, the polarizing plate, and the liquid crystal display device of the present invention will be described in detail.

Optical Compensation Film First, the optical compensation film of the present invention will be described.
The optical compensation film of the present invention has an optically anisotropic layer made of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound, and the liquid crystal composition contains a copolymer having a fluoroaliphatic group (hereinafter referred to as “fluoroaliphatic group-containing”). It may be abbreviated as “copolymer”). Hereinafter, various aspects of the present invention will be described.

（一般式［１］において、Ｒ⁰は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｌは２価の連結基を表し、ｎは１〜１８の範囲の整数を表す。）

（一般式［２］において、Ｒ¹は水素原子、ハロゲン原子またはアルキル基を表し、Ｌ¹は単結合または２価の連結基を表し、Ｙは環状基を表す）。 The first aspect of the present invention contains at least one of a fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer comprising a repeating unit derived from the monomer (i) below and a repeating unit derived from the monomer (ii) below. The present invention relates to an optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer made of a liquid crystal composition.
(I) Fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following general formula [1] (ii) Monomer represented by the following general formula [2]

(In the general formula [1], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L represents a divalent linking group, and n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18).

(In General Formula [2], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ¹ represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y represents a cyclic group).

In the general formula [2], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. L ¹ represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, but when it represents a divalent linking group, it is preferably bonded to Y by a hetero atom. L ¹ is preferably a divalent linking group containing an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a nitrogen atom. In the case Y is a phenyl group, it is also preferable L ¹ is a single bond.

  Y represents a cyclic group, and the cyclic group may be an alicyclic cyclic group or an aromatic cyclic group. The cyclic group may be a heterocyclic group containing a hetero atom. The cyclic group is preferably an alicyclic cyclic group, and more preferably an alicyclic condensed ring group. The term “alicyclic” as used herein refers to a carbocyclic group having a structure in which carbon atoms are bonded in a cyclic manner, which does not exhibit aromaticity, and a condensed ring group is an organic group having a cyclic structure. Two or more rings are bonded by sharing two or more atoms (see Chemical Dictionary, Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd.). Examples of the cyclic group include a cyclocyclic ring, a dicyclohexane ring, a dicyclopentadiene ring, a norbornene ring, an isobornene ring, an adamantane ring, a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a biphenyl ring, and a pyrene ring. Epoxy ring, oxetane ring, thiophene ring, pyrrole ring, furan ring, pyridine ring, pyrrolidine ring, piperidine ring, piperazine ring, morpholine ring, dioxane ring, quinuclidine ring, tetrahydrofuran ring, aziridine ring, dithiane ring, pyrazole ring, triazole Ring, imidazole ring, oxazole ring, thiazole ring, pyridone ring, quinolone ring, indole ring, benzotriazole ring, quinoline ring, isoquinoline ring, pyridazine ring, pyrimidine ring, pyrazine ring, thiadiazole ring, isoxazole ring, isothiazole Include; ring, heterocyclic ring groups such as. In the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer, two or more types of polymer units of the monomer represented by the general formula [2] may be contained as a constituent unit.

  Among the monomers represented by the general formula [2], a monomer represented by the following general formula [6] is preferable.

In said formula [6], R < ¹ > represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a methyl group, and a hydrogen atom or a methyl group is preferable. L ² represents a divalent linking group containing any one of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom, and is bonded to Z by a hetero atom. As the divalent linking group, —COO—, —COS—, —CON (R ⁵ ) —, and the like are preferable. Here, R ⁵ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent.

  Z represents an alicyclic cyclic group, and the alicyclic cyclic group may be a monocyclic cyclic group such as a cyclohexyl group or a polycyclic cyclic group such as a bicyclohexyl group. In addition, two or more types of polymer units of the monomer represented by the general formula [6] may be included as a constituent unit in the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer.

  Among the monomers represented by the general formula [2], a monomer represented by the following general formula [7] is also preferable.

In the general formula [7], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group, preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. X ¹ represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or N (R ⁶ ) —, preferably an oxygen atom. R ⁶ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms is preferable. Z ¹ represents an alicyclic fused ring group, adamantyl group, norbornyl group are preferably used. In addition, two or more types of polymer units of the monomer represented by the general formula [7] may be included as a structural unit in the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer.

  Examples of more specific monomers of the monomer represented by the general formula [2], the general formula [6], or the general formula [7] are listed below, but the general formula [2], the general formula [6], Or the monomer represented by General formula [7] is not limited to the monomer shown below.

Next, the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1] will be described.

In the general formula [1], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, more preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. L represents a divalent linking group, and a divalent linking group containing an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a nitrogen atom is preferred. n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18, an integer in the range of 4 to 12 is more preferable, an integer in the range of 6 to 8 is more preferable, and 6 is most preferable.
The fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer may contain two or more polymerized units of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1] as structural units.

Among the monomers represented by the general formula [1], monomers represented by the following general formula [3] are preferable.

In the general formula [3], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, more preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or -N (R)-, more preferably an oxygen atom or -N (R)-, and still more preferably an oxygen atom. Here, R represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, more preferably a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and further preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. . m represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6, more preferably an integer in the range of 1 to 3, and even more preferably 1. n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18, an integer in the range of 4 to 12 is more preferable, an integer in the range of 6 to 8 is more preferable, and 6 is most preferable.
In addition, the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer may contain two or more kinds of polymer units of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [3] as structural units.

  Specific examples of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1] or [3] are shown below, but are not limited thereto.

The second embodiment of the present invention contains at least one of a repeating unit derived from the monomer (i) below and a fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer containing a repeating unit derived from the monomer (ii) below. The present invention relates to an optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer made of a liquid crystal composition.
(I) Fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following general formula [4] (ii) Monomer represented by the general formula [2]

In the general formula [4], R ² represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, and more preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. L ² represents a divalent linking group, and a divalent linking group containing an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a nitrogen atom is preferred. n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6, an integer in the range of 4 to 6 is more preferable, and 6 is more preferable.
Two or more kinds of polymer units of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [4] may be contained as a structural unit in the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer.

Among the monomers represented by the general formula [4], monomers represented by the following general formula [5] are preferable.

In the general formula [5], R ³ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, more preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or -N (R)-, more preferably an oxygen atom or -N (R)-, and still more preferably an oxygen atom. Here, R represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, more preferably a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and further preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. . m represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6, more preferably an integer in the range of 1 to 3, and even more preferably 1. n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6, an integer in the range of 4 to 6 is more preferable, and 6 is more preferable.
Two or more kinds of polymer units of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [5] may be contained as a structural unit in the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer.

  Examples of the more specific monomer of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [4] or [5] are listed below. The fluoroaliphatic group represented by the general formula [4] or [5] The containing monomer is not limited to the monomers shown below.

  Moreover, the preferable range of the monomer represented by the general formula [2] in this embodiment is the same as the preferable range in the first embodiment, and specific examples thereof are also the same.

The third aspect of the present invention includes a repeating unit derived from the monomer (i) below, a repeating unit derived from the monomer (ii) below, and a repeating unit derived from the monomer (iii) below. The present invention relates to an optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer made of a liquid crystal composition containing at least one kind of fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer.
(I) a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1] (ii) a monomer represented by the general formula [2] (iii) a fluoroaliphatic group represented by the general formula [4] Containing monomer.
Preferred ranges of the monomers represented by the general formulas [1], [2] and [4] in the present embodiment are the same as the preferred ranges in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, respectively. The example is similar.

The fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer is a more environmentally safe substance because the end of the fluoroaliphatic group is a hydrogen atom, or even if the end is a fluorine atom, the fluoroalkyl chain length is as short as C ₆ or less. It can be said that this is an industrial advantage.

The fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer used in the present invention may be a copolymer with another kind of copolymerizable monomer. Other types of such copolymerizable monomers include Polymer Handbook 2nd ed. , J .; Brandrup, Wiley Interscience (1975) Chapter 2, Pages 1-483 can be used.
For example, a compound having one addition polymerizable unsaturated bond selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, acrylamides, methacrylamides, allyl compounds, vinyl ethers, vinyl esters, etc. Can be mentioned.

Specifically, the following monomers can be mentioned.
Acrylic esters:
Methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, chloroethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, trimethylolpropane monoacrylate, benzyl acrylate, methoxybenzyl acrylate, furfuryl acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, etc.
Methacrylic acid esters:
Methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, chloroethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, trimethylolpropane monomethacrylate, benzyl methacrylate, methoxybenzyl methacrylate, furfuryl methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, etc.

Acrylamides:
Acrylamide, N-alkyl acrylamide (alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, for example, methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group), N, N-dialkyl acrylamide (alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms), N-hydroxyethyl-N-methylacrylamide, N-2-acetamidoethyl-N-acetylacrylamide and the like.
Methacrylamide:
Methacrylamide, N-alkylmethacrylamide (alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl group), N, N-dialkylmethacrylamide (alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms) ), N-hydroxyethyl-N-methylmethacrylamide, N-2-acetamidoethyl-N-acetylmethacrylamide and the like.
Allyl compounds:
Allyl esters (for example, allyl acetate, allyl caproate, allyl caprylate, allyl laurate, allyl palmitate, allyl stearate, allyl benzoate, allyl acetoacetate, allyl lactate, etc.), allyloxyethanol, etc.

Vinyl ethers:
Alkyl vinyl ethers (eg hexyl vinyl ether, octyl vinyl ether, decyl vinyl ether, ethyl hexyl vinyl ether, methoxyethyl vinyl ether, ethoxyethyl vinyl ether, chloroethyl vinyl ether, 1-methyl-2,2-dimethylpropyl vinyl ether, 2-ethylbutyl vinyl ether, hydroxyethyl vinyl ether, Diethylene glycol vinyl ether, dimethylaminoethyl vinyl ether, diethylaminoethyl vinyl ether, butylaminoethyl vinyl ether, benzyl vinyl ether, tetrahydrofurfuryl vinyl ether, etc. Vinyl esters:
Vinyl butyrate, vinyl isobutyrate, vinyl trimethyl acetate, vinyl diethyl acetate, vinyl valerate, vinyl caproate, vinyl chloroacetate, vinyl dichloroacetate, vinyl methoxyacetate, vinyl butoxyacetate, vinyl lactate, vinyl-β-phenylbutyrate Rate, vinyl cyclohexyl carboxylate, etc.

Dialkyl itaconates:
Dimethyl itaconate, diethyl itaconate, dibutyl itaconate, etc.
Dialkyl or monoalkyl esters of fumaric acid:
Dibutyl fumarate, etc. Others, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile,
Maleronitrile, styrene, etc.

The fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1], the general formula [3], the general formula [4] or the general formula [5] constituting the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer used in the present invention. The amount of polymerized units is preferably 80% by mass or less, more preferably 60% by mass or less, and more preferably 50% by mass based on the total polymerized units constituting the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer. More preferably, it is as follows.
The amount of polymerized units of the monomer represented by general formula [2], general formula [6], or general formula [7] preferably used in the present invention is the total polymerized units constituting the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer. Is preferably 20% by mass or more, more preferably 40% by mass or more, and still more preferably 50% by mass.

  The preferred mass average molecular weight of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer used in the present invention is 3000 to 100,000, more preferably 6000 to 80,000, and even more preferably 8,000 to 60,000.

  Here, the mass average molecular weight and the molecular weight were converted to polystyrene by GTH analysis using a column of TSKgel GMHxL, TSKgel G4000HxL, TSKgel G2000HxL (both trade names manufactured by Tosoh Corporation), and solvent THF and differential refractometer detection. Is the molecular weight.

  The fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer used in the present invention can be produced by a known and conventional method. For example, a general-purpose radical polymerization initiator is added to a monomer such as (meth) acrylate having a fluoroaliphatic group or (meth) acrylate having a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group, in an organic solvent. Can be produced by polymerization. Alternatively, other addition-polymerizable unsaturated compounds can be added in the same manner as described above in some cases. Depending on the polymerizability of each monomer, a dropping polymerization method in which a monomer and an initiator are added dropwise to a reaction vessel is also effective for obtaining a polymer having a uniform composition. For example, a polymerization method such as cationic polymerization, radical polymerization, or anionic polymerization using a vinyl group can be employed, and among these, radical polymerization is particularly preferable because it can be used for general purposes. As the polymerization initiator for radical polymerization, known compounds such as radical thermal polymerization initiators and radical photopolymerization initiators can be used, and it is particularly preferable to use radical thermal polymerization initiators. Here, the radical thermal polymerization initiator is a compound that generates radicals by heating to a decomposition temperature or higher. Examples of such radical thermal polymerization initiators include diacyl peroxide (acetyl peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, etc.), ketone peroxide (methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, cyclohexanone peroxide, etc.), hydroperoxide (hydrogen peroxide, tert. -Butyl hydroxide, cumene hydroperoxide, etc.), dialkyl peroxide (di-tert-butyl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide, dilauroyl peroxide, etc.), peroxyesters (tert-butyl peroxyacetate, tert) -Butyl peroxypivalate, etc.), azo compounds (azobisisobutyronitrile, azobisisovaleronitrile, etc.), persulfates (ammonium persulfate, sodium persulfate) And potassium persulfate) and the like. Such radical thermal polymerization initiators can be used singly or in combination of two or more.

  The radical polymerization method is not particularly limited, and an emulsion polymerization method, a suspension polymerization method, a bulk polymerization method, a solution polymerization method, and the like can be adopted. The solution polymerization, which is a typical radical polymerization method, will be described more specifically. The outlines of other polymerization methods are the same, and details thereof are described, for example, in “Polymer Science Experimental Method” edited by Polymer Society (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 1981).

  An organic solvent is used for solution polymerization. These organic solvents can be arbitrarily selected as long as the objects and effects of the present invention are not impaired. These organic solvents are usually organic compounds having boiling points under atmospheric pressure in the range of 50 to 200 ° C., and organic compounds that uniformly dissolve each component are preferred. Examples of preferred organic solvents are: alcohols such as isopropanol and butanol; ethers such as dibutyl ether, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane; ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and cyclohexanone; ethyl acetate and acetic acid And esters such as butyl, amyl acetate, and γ-butyrolactone; and aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, and xylene. These organic solvents can be used alone or in combination of two or more. Furthermore, a water-mixed organic solvent in which water is used in combination with the above organic solvent is also applicable from the viewpoint of the solubility of the monomer and the polymer to be produced.

  Also, the solution polymerization conditions are not particularly limited, but for example, it is preferable to heat within a temperature range of 50 to 200 ° C. for 10 minutes to 30 hours. Furthermore, in order not to deactivate the generated radicals, it is preferable to perform an inert gas purge not only during solution polymerization but also before the start of solution polymerization. Usually, nitrogen gas is suitably used as the inert gas.

  In order to obtain the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer in a preferable molecular weight range, a radical polymerization method using a chain transfer agent is particularly effective. As chain transfer agents, mercaptans (for example, octyl mercaptan, decyl mercaptan, dodecyl mercaptan, tert-dodecyl mercaptan, octadecyl mercaptan, thiophenol, p-nonylthiophenol, etc.), polyhalogenated alkyls (for example, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, etc.) , 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1,1-tribromooctane, etc.) and low-activity monomers (α-methylstyrene, α-methylstyrene dimer, etc.) can be used, preferably carbon These are mercaptans of 4-16. The amount of these chain transfer agents used is remarkably influenced by the activity of the chain transfer agent, the combination of the monomers, the polymerization conditions and the like, and must be precisely controlled. It is about 01 mol% to 50 mol%, preferably 0.05 mol% to 30 mol%, particularly preferably 0.08 mol% to 25 mol%. These chain transfer agents may be present in the system simultaneously with the target monomer whose degree of polymerization is to be controlled in the polymerization process, and the addition method is not particularly limited. It may be added after being dissolved in the monomer, or may be added separately from the monomer.

  Hereinafter, examples of specific structures of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer that can be used in the present invention will be shown, but the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer is not limited to the following examples. In addition, the number in a formula shows the mass ratio of each monomer component. Mw represents a mass average molecular weight.

In the present invention, the liquid crystal composition constituting the optically anisotropic layer contains the aforementioned fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer.
The addition amount of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer in the composition is preferably 0.001% by mass to 5.0% by mass, more preferably 0.01% by mass to 1.0% by mass. is there. Further, the proportion of the mass of fluorine atoms of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer in the composition is preferably 0.0003 mass% to 3.0 mass%, more preferably 0.003 mass% to 0. .6% by mass.
The composition preferably has a water content of 30% by mass or less, more preferably 10% by mass or less, from the viewpoint of improving the surface shape.

《Onium salt》
The composition preferably contains an onium salt. In the present invention, the onium salt contributes to vertically align the molecules of the rod-like liquid crystal compound on the film distribution interface side. Examples of the onium salts include onium salts such as ammonium salts, sulfonium salts, and phosphonium salts. A quaternary onium salt is preferable, and a quaternary ammonium salt is particularly preferable.

  The quaternary ammonium salt is generally a tertiary amine (for example, trimethylamine, triethylamine, tributylamine, triethanolamine, N-methylpyrrolidine, N-methylpiperidine, N, N-dimethylpiperazine, triethylenediamine, N, N, N ', N'-tetramethylethylenediamine, etc.) or nitrogen-containing heterocycle (pyridine ring, picoline ring, 2,2'-bipyridyl ring, 4,4'-bipyridyl ring, 1,10-phenanthroline ring, quinoline ring, oxazole Ring, thiazole ring, N-methylimidazole ring, pyrazine ring, tetrazole ring, etc.) are obtained by alkylation (Mentstock reaction), alkenylation, alkynylation or arylation.

As the quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary ammonium salt composed of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring is preferable, and a quaternary pyridinium salt is particularly preferable.
More specifically, the quaternary ammonium salt is preferably selected from quaternary pyridinium salts represented by the following general formula (3a) or a general formula (3b) described later.

式（３ａ）中、Ｒ⁸は置換もしくは無置換の、アルキル基、アルケニル基、アルキニル基、アラルキル基、アリール基または複素環基を表し、Ｄは水素結合性基を表し、ｍは１〜３の範囲の整数を表し、Ｘ^-はアニオンを表す。

In the formula (3a), R ⁸ represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group, D represents a hydrogen bonding group, and m represents 1 to 3 X ⁻ represents an anion.

First, the general formula (3a) will be described.
The alkyl group represented by R ⁸ is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and more preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. These may be linear, branched or cyclic. Examples of these are methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, n-hexyl, n-octyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl. Group and cyclopropyl group.

  Examples of the substituent of the alkyl group in the present invention include the following. C2-C18 (preferably C2-C8) substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group (eg, vinyl group); C2-C18 (preferably C2-8) substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl Group (eg, ethynyl group); substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms (eg, phenyl group, naphthyl group); halogen atom (eg, F, Cl, Br, etc.); Preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms (eg, methoxy group, ethoxy group); a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms (eg, phenoxy group, biphenyloxy group, p-methoxyphenoxy group); substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms) (eg, methylthio group or ethylthio group); substituted or having 6 to 10 carbon atoms Unsubstituted arylthio group (e.g., phenylthio); substituted or unsubstituted acyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms (preferably 2 to 8 carbon atoms) (e.g., acetyl group, propionyl group);

  C1-C18 (preferably C1-C8) substituted or unsubstituted alkylsulfonyl group or arylsulfonyl group (eg, methanesulfonyl group, p-toluenesulfonyl group); C2-C18 (preferably carbon A substituted or unsubstituted acyloxy group (eg, acetoxy group, propionyloxy group) having 2 to 8 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms (preferably having 2 to 8 carbon atoms) (eg, A methoxycarbonyl group or an ethoxycarbonyl group); a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxycarbonyl group having 7 to 11 carbon atoms (eg, naphthoxycarbonyl group); an unsubstituted amino group or having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (preferably having a carbon number) 1-8) substituted amino groups (eg, methylamino group, dimethylamino group, diethylamino group, anilino group, metho Siphenylamino group, chlorophenylamino group, pyridylamino group, methoxycarbonylamino group, n-butoxycarbonylamino group, phenoxycarbonylamino group, methylcarbamoylamino group, ethylthiocarbamoylamino group, phenylcarbamoylamino group, acetylamino group, ethyl Carbonylamino group, ethylthiocarbamoylamino group, cyclohexylcarbonylamino group, benzoylamino group, chloroacetylamino group, methylsulfonylamino group);

  C1-C18 (preferably C1-C8) substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group (eg, unsubstituted carbamoyl group, methylcarbamoyl group, ethylcarbamoyl group, n-butylcarbamoyl group, tert-butylcarbamoyl group) , Dimethylcarbamoyl group, morpholinocarbamoyl group, pyrrolidinocarbamoyl group); unsubstituted sulfamoyl group, or substituted sulfamoyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms) (eg, methylsulfamoyl group, phenyl) Sulfamoyl group); cyano group; nitro group; carboxy group; hydroxyl group; heterocyclic group (eg, oxazole ring, benzoxazole ring, thiazole ring, benzothiazole ring, imidazole ring, benzimidazole ring, indolenine ring, pyridine ring) Piperidine ring, pyrrolidine ring, Holin ring, sulfolane ring, furan ring, thiophene ring, pyrazole ring, pyrrole ring, chroman ring, a coumarin ring). The substituent for the alkyl group is particularly preferably an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylsulfonyl group, or an aryloxycarbonyl group.

The alkenyl group represented by R ⁸ is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, more preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, such as a vinyl group. , Allyl group, 1-propenyl group, 1,3-butadienyl group and the like. As the substituent for the alkenyl group, those exemplified as the substituent for the alkyl group are preferable.

The alkynyl group represented by R ⁸ is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, more preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, such as an ethynyl group. , 2-propynyl group and the like. As the substituent for the alkynyl group, those exemplified as the substituent for the alkyl group are preferable.

The aralkyl group represented by R ⁸ is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, such as a benzyl group, a methylbenzyl group, a biphenylmethyl group, or a naphthylmethyl group. Examples of the substituent for the aralkyl group include those exemplified as the substituent for the alkyl group.

The aryl group represented by R ⁸ is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, and a fluorenyl group. As the substituent for the aryl group, those exemplified as the substituent for the alkyl group are preferable. Besides these, an alkyl group (for example, methyl, ethyl, etc.), an alkynyl group, and a benzoyl group are also preferable.

The heterocyclic group represented by R ⁸ can be a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring composed of a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. Examples of these include oxazole ring, benzoxazole ring, thiazole ring, benzothiazole ring, imidazole ring, benzimidazole ring, indolenine ring, pyridine ring, piperidine ring, pyrrolidine ring, morpholine ring, sulfolane ring, furan ring, thiophene. A ring, a pyrazole ring, a pyrrole ring, a chroman ring, and a coumarin ring. The heterocyclic group may be substituted, and as the substituent in that case, those exemplified as the substituent of the alkyl group are preferable. As the heterocyclic group represented by R ⁸ , a benzoxazole ring and a benzothiazole ring are particularly preferable.

R ⁸ is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group.

  D represents a hydrogen bonding group. Hydrogen bonds exist between electronegative atoms (eg, O, N, F, Cl) and hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to electronegative atoms as well. As a theoretical interpretation of hydrogen bonding, for example, H.H. Unneyama and K.M. There are reports in Morokuma, Journal of American Chemical Society, Vol. 99, pp. 1316-1332, 1977. Specific examples of hydrogen bonding include J.I. N. Examples include Israes Ativiri, Yasuo Kondo, Hiroyuki Oshima, Intermolecular Force and Surface Force, McGraw Hill, 1991, page 98, FIG. Specific examples of hydrogen bonding include, for example, G.I. R. Examples include those described in Desiraju, Angewent Chemistry International Edition England, Vol. 34, p. 2311, 1995.

  Preferred hydrogen bonding groups include mercapto groups, hydroxy groups, amino groups, carbonamido groups, sulfonamido groups, acid amide groups, ureido groups, carbamoyl groups, carboxyl groups, sulfo groups, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic groups (for example, imidazolyl). Group, benzimidazolyl group, pyrazolyl group, pyridyl group, 1,3,5-triazyl group, pyrimidyl group, pyridazyl group, quinolyl group, benzimidazolyl group, benzthiazolyl group, succinimide group, phthalimide group, maleimide group, uracil group, thiouracil Group, barbituric acid group, hydantoin group, maleic hydrazide group, isatin group, uramil group and the like. More preferable examples of the hydrogen bonding group include an amino group, a carbonamido group, a sulfonamido group, a ureido group, a carbamoyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, and a pyridyl group, and particularly preferably an amino group, a carbamoyl group, A pyridyl group can be mentioned.

X ^- anion represented by may be either an inorganic anion or an organic anion, a halogen anion (for example, fluorine ion, chlorine ion, bromine ion, iodine ion, etc.), sulfonate ion (e.g., methanesulfonic Acid ion, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid ion, methylsulfuric acid ion, p-toluenesulfonic acid ion, p-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid ion, 1,3-benzenedisulfonic acid ion, 1,5-naphthalenedisulfonic acid ion, 2,6-naphthalene Disulfonate ions, etc.), sulfate ions, thiocyanate ions, perchlorate ions, tetrafluoroborate ions, picrate ions, acetate ions, phosphate ions (for example, hexafluorophosphate ions), hydroxide ions, etc. . X ⁻ is preferably a halogen anion, a sulfonate ion, or a hydroxide ion. X ⁻ need not be a monovalent anion and may be a divalent or higher anion. In such a case, the ratio of the cation to the anion in the compound need not be 1: 1, It is determined.

  In the general formula (3a), m represents an integer in the range of 1 to 3, and is preferably 1.

  Further, a more preferred quaternary ammonium salt as the general formula (3a) is represented by the following general formula (4).

In General Formula (4), L ¹ and L ² each independently represent a divalent linking group or a single bond. Examples of the divalent linking group include a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms (for example, a methylene group, an ethylene group, a 1,4-butylene group, etc.), -O-, -C (= O)- , -C (= O) O-, -OC (= O) O-, -S-, -NR'-, -C (= O) NR "-, -S (= O) _2- Two or more connected divalent linking groups are represented, and R ′ and R ″ represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group. In addition, when these bivalent coupling groups are asymmetrical (for example, -C (= O) O- etc.), you may connect in which direction.

  Y represents a substituent other than a hydrogen atom that can be substituted on the phenyl group. Examples of the substituent represented by Y include a halogen atom, an alkyl group (including a cycloalkyl group and a bicycloalkyl group), an alkenyl group (including a cycloalkenyl group and a bicycloalkenyl group), an alkynyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group. , Cyano group, hydroxyl group, nitro group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, acyloxy group, carbamoyloxy group, amino group (including anilino group), acylamino group, sulfamoylamino group, mercapto group, alkylthio group, arylthio group And an acyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, and a carbamoyl group.

R ¹¹ and R ¹² represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group, a carbamoyl group, a hydroxyl group, or an amino group. R ¹¹ and R ¹² may be linked to form a ring.
Z is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group (for example, an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, etc.), or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group (for example, carbon N and p represent an integer of 1 to 10, and q represents an integer of 0 to 4. However, when p is 2 or more, L ² , Y, and q contained in each repeating unit may be the same or different.

The preferable quaternary ammonium represented by the general formula (4) is described in detail below.
In the general formula (4), the divalent linking group represented by L ¹ is preferably —O— or a single bond, and the divalent linking group represented by L ² is —O—, — C (═O) O—, —OC (═O) O— or a single bond is preferred.
In the general formula (4), preferred substituents represented by Y include halogen atoms (for example, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom), alkyl groups [straight-chain, branched, cyclic substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups. And more preferably an alkyl group (preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, a tert-butyl group, an n-octyl group, and a 2-chloroethyl group. , 2-cyanoethyl group, 2-ethylhexyl group), alkoxy group (for example, methoxy group, ethoxy group, etc.) and cyano group.
In general formula (4), R ¹¹ and R ¹² are preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, and most preferably a methyl group.
In the general formula (4), p is preferably 1 to 5, more preferably 2 to 4, n is preferably 1 to 4, more preferably 1 or 2, and q is preferably 0 or 1. However, when p is 2 or more, it is more preferable that q is 1 or more in at least one constituent unit.

  Next, the general formula (3b) will be described.

式（３ｂ）中、Ｒ⁹およびＲ¹⁰は各々置換もしくは無置換の、アルキル基、アルケニル基、アルキニル基、アラルキル基、アリール基または複素環基を表し、Ｘ^-はアニオンを表す。
Ｒ⁹およびＲ¹⁰で各々表される置換もしくは無置換の、アルキル基、アルケニル基、アルキニル基、アラルキル基、アリール基または複素環基は、前記一般式（３ａ）中、Ｒ⁸で表される基と同義であり、その好ましい範囲も同一である。Ｘ^-で表されるアニオンは、前記一般式（３ａ）中、Ｘ^-で表されるアニオンと同義であり、その好ましい範囲も同一である。前記した様に、Ｘ^-は１価のアニオンである必要はなく、２価以上のアニオンであってもよく、かかる場合は、前記化合物中のカチオンとアニオンとの比率も１：２である必要はなく、適宜決定される。

In the formula (3b), R ⁹ and R ¹⁰ each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group, and X ⁻ represents an anion.
The substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group represented by R ⁹ and R ¹⁰ respectively is represented by R ⁸ in the general formula (3a). It is synonymous with a group, and its preferable range is also the same. X ^- anion represented by the In the general formula (3a), X ^- has the same meaning as anion represented by, and the preferable ranges thereof are also the same. As described above, X ⁻ need not be a monovalent anion but may be a divalent or higher anion. In such a case, the ratio of the cation to the anion in the compound should be 1: 2. It is not determined.

  Specific examples of onium salts that can be used in the present invention are shown below, but the onium salts used in the present invention are not limited thereto. In the following specific examples, no. II-1 to 12 are general formulas (3b), No. II-13 to 32 are examples of the compound represented by the general formula (3a).

  Further, the following quaternary ammonium salts (1) to (60) are also preferable.

  The above-mentioned pyridinium derivative is generally obtained by alkylating a pyridine ring (Menstokin reaction).

  The preferable content of the onium salt in the liquid crystal composition varies depending on the type, but is usually 0.01 to 10% by mass with respect to the content of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound used in combination. Is preferable, it is more preferable that it is 0.05-7 mass%, and it is further more preferable that it is 0.05-5 mass%. Two or more kinds of onium salts may be used. In such a case, the total content of all kinds of onium salts to be used is preferably within the above range.

《Liquid crystal compound》
The liquid crystal composition contains at least one liquid crystal compound. The liquid crystal compound is not particularly limited, such as a rod-like liquid crystal compound or a discotic liquid crystal compound, but is preferably a rod-like liquid crystal compound. More preferably, the rod-like liquid crystal compound has positive refractive index anisotropy. The rod-like liquid crystal compound used in the present invention may be a high molecular compound or a low molecular compound. Further, the rod-like liquid crystal compound may no longer have liquid crystallinity when it is fixed in the optically anisotropic layer. Preferred examples of the rod-like liquid crystal compound include azomethines, azoxys, cyanobiphenyls, cyanophenyl esters, benzoic acid esters, cyclohexanecarboxylic acid phenyl esters, cyanophenylcyclohexanes, cyano-substituted phenylpyrimidines, and alkoxy-substituted compounds. Mention may be made of phenylpyrimidines, phenyldioxanes, tolanes and alkenylcyclohexylbenzonitriles. In addition to the above low-molecular liquid crystalline molecules, high-molecular liquid crystalline molecules can also be used. As the liquid crystal molecules, those having a partial structure capable of causing polymerization or crosslinking reaction by actinic rays, electron beams, heat, or the like are preferably used. The number of the partial structures is 1 to 6, preferably 1 to 3. The rod-like liquid crystal molecule that can be used in the present invention is preferably a polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group in order to fix the alignment state. The polymerizable group is preferably a radically polymerizable unsaturated group or a cationically polymerizable group. Specifically, for example, the polymerizable group described in paragraphs [0064] to [0086] of JP-A No. 2002-62427 can be used. Liquid crystal compounds.

《Air interface vertical alignment agent》
The liquid crystal composition preferably contains an additive that promotes vertical alignment at the air interface of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “air interface vertical alignment agent”). Usually, since the rod-like liquid crystal compound has a property of being inclined and aligned on the air interface side, it is necessary to vertically align the liquid crystal compound on the air interface side in order to obtain a uniformly vertically aligned state. For this purpose, an optically anisotropic layer is formed by including in the composition a compound that is unevenly distributed on the air interface side and acts to align the liquid crystal compound vertically by its excluded volume effect or electrostatic effect. It is preferable to do.

  As the air interface vertical alignment agent, compounds described in JP-A Nos. 2002-20363 and 2002-129162 can be used. Also, paragraph numbers [0072] to [0075] of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-53981, paragraph numbers [0071] to [0078] of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-4688, and paragraphs of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-139015. The matters described in the numbers [0052] to [0054], [0065] to [0066], and [0092] to [0094] can be appropriately applied to the present invention. Examples of the air interface vertical alignment agent include the following compounds B-1 to B-33 and compounds C-1 to C-45.

The air interface vertical alignment agent includes a fluoro aliphatic group, a carboxyl group (—COOH), a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H), a sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H), a phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) (OH). ₂ } and a compound containing one or more hydrophilic groups selected from the group consisting of salts thereof. The compound having such a structure increases the inclination angle of the director on the air interface side of the rod-like liquid crystal compound, improves the coating property of the composition, and contributes to the reduction of unevenness and flipping. The compound having at least one of the fluoroaliphatic group and the hydrophilic group (including a polymer and a low molecular weight compound) may have a polymerizable group. In such a case, the liquid crystal molecule used in combination is used. This also contributes to the fixation of the orientation.

The air interface vertical alignment agent used in the present invention is a polymer having at least one fluoroaliphatic group and a hydrophilic group (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “fluorine polymer”); or represented by the following general formula (2): It is preferable that it is a compound.
First, a fluorine polymer that can be used as an air interface vertical alignment agent in the present invention will be described.
<< Fluoropolymer >>
In the liquid crystal composition, as an air interface vertical alignment agent, a fluoro aliphatic group, a carboxyl group (—COOH), a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H), a phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) (OH) ₂ } Alternatively, a fluorine-based polymer having one or more hydrophilic groups selected from the group consisting of salts thereof may be used. The types of polymers are described in “Revised Chemistry of Polymer Synthesis” (Takayuki Otsu, published by Kagaku Dojin Co., 1968), pages 1-4, for example, polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides, polyimides. , Polyurethanes, polycarbonates, polysulfones, polycarbonates, polyethers, polyacetals, polyketones, polyphenylene oxides, polyphenylene sulfides, polyarylates, PTFEs, polyvinylidene fluorides, cellulose derivatives, etc. It is done. The fluoropolymer is preferably a polyolefin.

  The fluorine-based polymer is a polymer having a fluoroaliphatic group in the side chain. The fluoroaliphatic group preferably has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and more preferably 6 to 10 carbon atoms. The aliphatic group may be linear or cyclic, and when it is linear, it may be linear or branched. Of these, a linear fluoroaliphatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable. The degree of substitution with fluorine atoms is not particularly limited, but 50% or more of hydrogen atoms in the aliphatic group are preferably substituted with fluorine atoms, and more preferably 60% or more are substituted. The fluoroaliphatic group is contained in a side chain bonded to the polymer main chain via an ester bond, an amide bond, an imide bond, a urethane bond, a urea bond, an ether bond, a thioether bond, an aromatic ring, or the like. One of the fluoroaliphatic groups is derived from a fluoroaliphatic compound produced by a telomerization method (also referred to as a telomer method) or an oligomerization method (also referred to as an oligomer method). Regarding the production method of these fluoroaliphatic compounds, for example, “Synthesis and Function of Fluorine Compounds” (Supervision: Nobuo Ishikawa, Issue: CMC Co., 1987), “Chemistry of Organic Fluorines Compounds”. II "(Monograph 187, Ed by Milos Hudricky and Attila E. Pavlath, American Chemical Society 1995). The telomerization method is a method of synthesizing a telomer by radical polymerization of a fluorine-containing vinyl compound such as tetrafluoroethylene using an alkyl halide having a large chain transfer constant such as iodide as a telogen (example in Scheme-1). showed that).

  The obtained terminal iodinated telomer is usually subjected to appropriate terminal chemical modification such as [Scheme 2], and led to a fluoroaliphatic compound. These compounds are further converted into a desired monomer structure as needed, and used for the production of a fluoropolymer.

  Specific examples of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer that can be used in the production of a fluorine-based polymer that can be used as an air interface vertical alignment agent in the present invention are given below, but the present invention is not limited in any way by the following specific examples. Absent.

  The fluoropolymer is preferably selected from a copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer and a repeating unit containing a hydrophilic group represented by the following general formula (1). .

In the general formula (1), R ¹ , R ² and R ³ each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. Q represents a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, a phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) (OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof. L represents an arbitrary group selected from the following linking group group, or a divalent linking group formed by combining two or more thereof.
(Linked group group)
Single bond, —O—, —CO—, —NR ⁴ — (R ⁴ represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group), —S—, —SO ₂ —, —P (═O) (OR ⁵ ) — (R ⁵ represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group), an alkylene group, and an arylene group.

In the general formula (1), R ^1, R ² and R ³ each independently represent a substituent selected from a hydrogen atom or the following group of substituents Y.
(Substituent group Y)
An alkyl group (preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms, such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, an isopropyl group, a tert-butyl group, n-octyl group, n-decyl group, n-hexadecyl group, cyclopropyl group, cyclopentyl group, cyclohexyl group and the like, alkenyl group (preferably having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 12 carbon atoms, Particularly preferred is an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, such as vinyl group, allyl group, 2-butenyl group, 3-pentenyl group and the like, and alkynyl group (preferably having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably Is an alkynyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a propargyl group and a 3-pentynyl group. An aryl group (preferably an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 6 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a phenyl group, a p-methylphenyl group, and a naphthyl group. Aralkyl groups (preferably 7 to 30 carbon atoms, more preferably 7 to 20 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 7 to 12 carbon atoms, such as benzyl group, phenethyl group, 3- Phenylpropyl group and the like), a substituted or unsubstituted amino group (preferably an amino group having 0 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 0 to 10 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 0 to 6 carbon atoms, Unsubstituted amino group, methylamino group, dimethylamino group, diethylamino group, anilino group, etc.),

  An alkoxy group (preferably an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, and a butoxy group). An alkoxycarbonyl group (preferably an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 10 carbon atoms such as a methoxycarbonyl group and an ethoxycarbonyl group), acyloxy A group (preferably an acyloxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 10 carbon atoms such as an acetoxy group and a benzoyloxy group), an acylamino group (preferably 2-20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2-16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2-10 carbon atoms. A silamino group, for example, an acetylamino group, a benzoylamino group, and the like, an alkoxycarbonylamino group (preferably having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 2 to 12 carbon atoms). An alkoxycarbonylamino group, for example, a methoxycarbonylamino group), an aryloxycarbonylamino group (preferably having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 7 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 7 to 12 carbon atoms). Aryloxycarbonylamino group, for example, phenyloxycarbonylamino group and the like, sulfonylamino group (preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 1 carbon atoms). 12 sulfonylamino groups such as methanesulfonyl And sulfamoyl groups (preferably having 0 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 0 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 0 to 12 carbon atoms, such as sulfamoyl group). Group, methylsulfamoyl group, dimethylsulfamoyl group, phenylsulfamoyl group and the like), carbamoyl group (preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably carbon number). 1 to 12 carbamoyl groups, for example, unsubstituted carbamoyl group, methylcarbamoyl group, diethylcarbamoyl group, phenylcarbamoyl group and the like),

  An alkylthio group (preferably an alkylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably an alkylthio group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a methylthio group and an ethylthio group), an arylthio group ( Preferably it is C6-C20, More preferably, it is C6-C16, Most preferably, it is C6-C12 arylthio group, for example, a phenylthio group etc. are mentioned, A sulfonyl group (preferably C1-C1). 20, more preferably a sulfonyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably a sulfonyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a mesyl group and a tosyl group, and a sulfinyl group (preferably having a carbon number of 1 to 20, more A sulfinyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms is preferable. Zensulfinyl group and the like), ureido group (preferably a ureido group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, for example, an unsubstituted ureido group , Methylureido group, phenylureido group, etc.), phosphoric acid amide group (preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having 1 to 12 carbon atoms). Yes, for example, diethyl phosphoric acid amide group, phenyl phosphoric acid amide group, etc.), hydroxy group, mercapto group, halogen atom (for example, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom, iodine atom), cyano group, sulfo group, Carboxyl group, nitro group, hydroxamic acid group, sulfino group, hydrazino group, imino group, heterocyclic group (preferably having a carbon number of 1 to 0, more preferably a heterocyclic group of 1 to 12, for example, a heterocyclic group having a heteroatom such as a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, such as an imidazolyl group, a pyridyl group, a quinolyl group, a furyl group , Piperidyl group, morpholino group, benzoxazolyl group, benzimidazolyl group, benzthiazolyl group and the like), silyl group (preferably having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, more preferably 3 to 30 carbon atoms, particularly preferably A silyl group having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a trimethylsilyl group and a triphenylsilyl group). These substituents may be further substituted with these substituents. Moreover, when it has two or more substituents, they may be the same or different. If possible, they may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

R ¹ , R ² and R ³ are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom), or a group represented by -LQ described later. It is preferably a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a chlorine atom, or a group represented by -LQ, more preferably a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Particularly preferred are a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms. Specific examples of the alkyl group include methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, n-butyl group, sec-butyl group and the like. The alkyl group may have a suitable substituent. Examples of the substituent include a halogen atom, aryl group, heterocyclic group, alkoxyl group, aryloxy group, alkylthio group, arylthio group, acyl group, hydroxyl group, acyloxy group, amino group, alkoxycarbonyl group, acylamino group, oxycarbonyl Group, carbamoyl group, sulfonyl group, sulfamoyl group, sulfonamido group, sulfolyl group, carboxyl group and the like. The carbon number of the alkyl group does not include the carbon atom of the substituent. The same applies to the carbon number of other groups.

L represents a divalent linking group selected from the above linking group group, or a divalent linking group formed by combining two or more thereof. During the connecting Motogun, -NR ⁴ - of R ⁴ is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, preferably a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. R ⁵ in —PO (OR ⁵ ) — represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, and preferably an alkyl group. When R ⁴ and R ⁵ represent an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, the preferred range of the carbon number is the same as that described in “Substituent group Y”. L preferably contains a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —NR ⁴ —, —S—, —SO ₂ —, an alkylene group or an arylene group, and —CO—, —O—, —NR ⁴ -, and more preferably contains an alkylene group or an arylene group. When L contains an alkylene group, the alkylene group preferably has 1 to 10 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Specific examples of particularly preferred alkylene groups include methylene, ethylene, trimethylene, tetrabutylene, hexamethylene groups and the like. When L contains an arylene group, the carbon number of the arylene group is preferably 6 to 24, more preferably 6 to 18, and particularly preferably 6 to 12. Specific examples of particularly preferred arylene groups include phenylene and naphthalene groups. When L contains a divalent linking group (that is, an aralkylene group) obtained by combining an alkylene group and an arylene group, the carbon number of the aralkylene group is preferably 7 to 34, more preferably 7 to 26, and particularly preferably. 7-16. Specific examples of particularly preferred aralkylene groups include a phenylenemethylene group, a phenyleneethylene group, and a methylenephenylene group. The group listed as L may have a suitable substituent. Examples of such a substituent include those similar to the substituents exemplified above as the substituents for R ^{1 to} R ³ .

  Although the specific structure of L is illustrated below, this invention is not limited to these specific examples.

  In the formula (1), Q is a carboxyl group, a salt of a carboxyl group (for example, lithium salt, sodium salt, potassium salt, ammonium salt (for example, ammonium, tetramethylammonium, trimethyl-2-hydroxyethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium, trimethyl). Benzylammonium, dimethylphenylammonium, etc.), pyridinium salts, etc.), sulfo groups, salts of sulfo groups (examples of cations forming salts are the same as those described above for carboxyl groups), phosphonoxy groups, salts of phosphonoxy groups (salts) Examples of the cation that forms are the same as those described above for the carboxyl group). A carboxyl group, a sulfo group, and a phospho group are more preferable, and a carboxyl group or a sulfo group is particularly preferable.

  The fluoropolymer may contain one type of repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) or two or more types. Moreover, the said fluorine-type polymer may have 1 type (s) or 2 or more types of repeating units other than said each repeating unit. The other repeating units are not particularly limited, and preferred examples thereof include repeating units derived from ordinary radical polymerizable monomers. Hereinafter, specific examples of monomers for deriving other repeating units will be given. The fluoropolymer may contain a repeating unit derived from one or two or more monomers selected from the following monomer group.

Monomer group (1) Alkenes ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, isobutene, 1-hexene, 1-dodecene, 1-octadecene, 1-eicosene, hexafluoropropene, vinylidene fluoride, chlorotrifluoroethylene, 3, 3, 3-trifluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, etc .;
(2) Dienes 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, 1,3-pentadiene, 2-ethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-n-propyl-1,3-butadiene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3 -Butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3-pentadiene, 1-phenyl-1,3-butadiene, 1-α-naphthyl-1,3-butadiene, 1-β-naphthyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-chloro -1,3-butadiene, 1-bromo-1,3-butadiene, 1-chlorobutadiene, 2-fluoro-1,3-butadiene, 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, 1,1,2- Trichloro-1,3-butadiene and 2-cyano-1,3-butadiene, 1,4-divinylcyclohexane and the like;

(3) Derivatives of α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid (3a) Alkyl acrylates Methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, sec-butyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate , Amyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, n-octyl acrylate, tert-octyl acrylate, dodecyl acrylate, phenyl acrylate, benzyl acrylate, 2-chloroethyl acrylate, 2-bromoethyl acrylate, 4-chlorobutyl acrylate, 2-cyanoethyl acrylate, 2-acetoxyethyl acrylate, methoxybenzyl Chryrate, 2-chlorocyclohexyl acrylate, furfuryl acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, ω-methoxypolyethylene glycol acrylate (number of added polyoxyethylene: n = 2 to 100), 3-methoxy Butyl acrylate, 2-ethoxyethyl acrylate, 2-butoxyethyl acrylate, 2- (2-butoxyethoxy) ethyl acrylate, 1-bromo-2-methoxyethyl acrylate, 1,1-dichloro-2-ethoxyethyl acrylate, glycidyl acrylate Such);

(3b) Alkyl methacrylates Methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, n-propyl methacrylate, isopropyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, sec-butyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, amyl methacrylate, n-hexyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, 2 -Ethylhexyl methacrylate, n-octyl methacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, benzyl methacrylate, phenyl methacrylate, allyl methacrylate, furfuryl methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, cresyl methacrylate, naphthyl methacrylate, 2-methoxyethyl methacrylate, 3-methoxybutyl methacrylate, ω Methoxypolyethylene glycol methacrylate (number of added polyoxyethylene: n = 2 to 100), 2-acetoxyethyl methacrylate, 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate, 2-butoxyethyl methacrylate, 2- (2-butoxyethoxy) ethyl methacrylate Glycidyl methacrylate, 3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate, allyl methacrylate, 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate, etc .;

(3c) Diesters of unsaturated polycarboxylic acids Dimethyl maleate, dibutyl maleate, dimethyl itaconate, dibutyl taconate, dibutyl crotonate, dihexyl crotonate, diethyl fumarate, dimethyl fumarate, etc .;

(3d) Amides of α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acids N, N-dimethylacrylamide, N, N-diethylacrylamide, Nn-propylacrylamide, N-tertbutylacrylamide, N-tertoctylmethacrylamide, N- Cyclohexylacrylamide, N-phenylacrylamide, N- (2-acetoacetoxyethyl) acrylamide, N-benzylacrylamide, N-acryloylmorpholine, diacetone acrylamide, N-methylmaleimide and the like;

(4) Unsaturated nitriles Acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, etc .;
(5) Styrene and its derivatives Styrene, vinyl toluene, ethyl styrene, p-tert butyl styrene, methyl p-vinyl benzoate, α-methyl styrene, p-chloromethyl styrene, vinyl naphthalene, p-methoxy styrene, p-hydroxy Methyl styrene, p-acetoxy styrene, etc .;
(6) Vinyl esters Vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl isobutyrate, vinyl benzoate, vinyl salicylate, vinyl chloroacetate, vinyl methoxyacetate, vinyl vinyl acetate, etc .;

(7) Vinyl ethers Methyl vinyl ether, ethyl vinyl ether, n-propyl vinyl ether, isopropyl vinyl ether, n-butyl vinyl ether, isobutyl vinyl ether, tert-butyl vinyl ether, n-pentyl vinyl ether, n-hexyl vinyl ether, n-octyl vinyl ether, n-dodecyl Vinyl ether, n-eicosyl vinyl ether, 2-ethylhexyl vinyl ether, cyclohexyl vinyl ether, fluorobutyl vinyl ether, fluorobutoxyethyl vinyl ether, etc .; and (8) other polymerizable monomers N-vinyl pyrrolidone, methyl vinyl ketone, phenyl vinyl ketone, Methoxyethyl vinyl ketone, 2-vinyl oxazoline, 2-isopropenyl oxazoline .

  In the fluoropolymer, the amount of the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer is preferably 5% by mass or more, more preferably 10% by mass or more, and more preferably 30% by mass or more of the total amount of constituent monomers of the polymer. More preferably. In the fluoropolymer, the amount of the repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) is preferably 0.5% by mass or more, and 1 to 20% by mass of the total amount of constituent monomers of the fluoropolymer. Is more preferable, and it is further more preferable that it is 1-10 mass%. Since the above-mentioned mass percentage is likely to vary in the preferred range depending on the molecular weight of the monomer used, the content of the repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) is expressed by the number of moles of the functional group per unit mass of the polymer. Can be defined accurately. When this notation is used, the preferable amount of the hydrophilic group (Q in the formula (1)) contained in the fluoropolymer is 0.1 mmol / g to 10 mmol / g, and the more preferable amount is 0. .2 mmol / g to 8 mmol / g.

  The fluoropolymer used in the present invention preferably has a mass average molecular weight of 1,000,000 or less, more preferably 500,000 or less, still more preferably 100,000 or less, 000 to 50,000 is most preferred. The mass average molecular weight can be measured as a value in terms of polystyrene (PS) using gel permeation chromatography (GPC).

  The manufacturing method of the said fluorine-type polymer is not specifically limited, It can manufacture by a well-known and usual method. For example, it can be produced by adding a general-purpose radical polymerization initiator to an organic solvent containing the above-described monomer having a fluoroaliphatic group, a monomer having a hydrogen bonding group, and the like, and polymerizing the mixture. Further, in some cases, other addition-polymerizable unsaturated compounds can be further added and produced by the same method as described above. Depending on the polymerizability of each monomer, a dropping polymerization method in which a monomer and an initiator are added dropwise to a reaction vessel is also effective for obtaining a polymer having a uniform composition. The details of the method for producing the fluoropolymer are as described above for the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer. The fluorine-based polymer also preferably has a polymerizable group as a substituent in order to fix the molecular alignment state of the rod-like liquid crystal compound.

  Specific examples of the fluorine-based polymer preferably used in the present invention as the air interface vertical alignment agent are shown below, but the present invention is not limited to these specific examples. Here, the numerical values (numerical values such as a, b, c, and d) in the formula are mass percentages indicating the composition ratio of each monomer, and Mw is a mass average molecular weight in terms of PS measured by GPC.

  The preferred range of the content of the fluoropolymer in the liquid crystal composition varies depending on the application, but when used for forming an optically anisotropic layer, the composition (in the case of a coating solution, the composition excluding the solvent) Product) is preferably 0.005 to 8% by mass, more preferably 0.01 to 5% by mass, and still more preferably 0.05 to 1% by mass. If the addition amount of the fluorine-based polymer is less than 0.005% by mass, the effect is insufficient, and if it exceeds 8% by mass, the coating film cannot be sufficiently dried, or the performance as an optical film (for example, letter The uniformity of the foundation may be adversely affected.

Next, the fluorine-containing compound represented by the general formula (2) will be described.
<< Fluorine-containing compound represented by formula (2) >>
General formula (2)
(R ⁰ ) _m −L ⁰ − (W) _n
In the formula, R ⁰ represents an alkyl group, an alkyl group having a CF ₃ group at the terminal, or an alkyl group having a CF ₂ H group at the terminal, and m represents an integer of 1 or more. A plurality of R ⁰ may be the same or different, but at least one represents an alkyl group having a CF ₃ group or a CF ₂ H group at the terminal.
L ⁰ represents a (m + n) -valent linking group, W represents a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, a sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, or A phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) (OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof is represented, and n represents an integer of 1 or more.

In formula (2), the alkyl group represented by R ⁰ is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, which may be linear or branched, and preferably has 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Group, more preferably a 4 to 16 alkyl group, and particularly preferably a 6 to 16 alkyl group. As the substituent, any of the substituents exemplified as the substituent group D described later can be applied.

The alkyl group having a CF ₃ group at the terminal represented by R ⁰ preferably has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 4 to 16, and particularly preferably 4 to 8. The alkyl group having a CF ₃ group at the terminal is an alkyl group in which some or all of the hydrogen atoms contained in the alkyl group are substituted with fluorine atoms. 50% or more of the hydrogen atoms in the alkyl group are preferably substituted with fluorine atoms, more preferably 60% or more are substituted, and particularly preferably 70% or more are substituted. The remaining hydrogen atoms may be further substituted with the substituents exemplified as the substituent group D described later. The alkyl group having a CF ₂ H group at the terminal represented by R ⁰ preferably has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 4 to 16 and particularly preferably 4 to 8. The alkyl group having a CF ₂ H group at the terminal is an alkyl group in which some or all of the hydrogen atoms contained in the alkyl group are substituted with fluorine atoms. 50% or more of the hydrogen atoms in the alkyl group are preferably substituted with fluorine atoms, more preferably 60% or more are substituted, and particularly preferably 70% or more are substituted. The remaining hydrogen atoms may be further substituted with the substituents exemplified as the substituent group D described later. Examples of an alkyl group having a CF ₃ group at the terminal represented by R ⁰ or an alkyl group having a CF ₂ H group at the terminal are shown below.

R1: n-C ₈ F _{17-
R2: n-C 6 F 13} -
_{R3: n-C 4 F 9} -
_{R4: n-C 8 F 17} - (CH 2) 2 -
_{R5: n-C 6 F 13} - (CH 2) 2 -
_{R6: n-C 4 F 9} - (CH 2) 2 -
_{R7: H- (CF 2) 8} -
_{R8: H- (CF 2) 6} -
_{R9: H- (CF 2) 4} -
_{R10: H- (CF 2) 8} - (CH 2) -
R11: H— (CF ₂ ) ₆ — (CH ₂ ) —
_{R12: H- (CF 2) 4} - (CH 2) -

In the formula (2), the (m + n) -valent linking group represented by L ⁰ is an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, —CO—, or —NR— (R has 1 carbon atom. A linking group obtained by combining at least two groups selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —SO— and SO ₂ —.

In the formula (2), W represents a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, a sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, or a phosphonoxy group {—OP (= O) (OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof. The preferable range of W is the same as Q in the general formula (1).

  Among the fluorine-containing compounds represented by the general formula (2), a compound represented by the following general formula (2a) or a general formula (2b) described later is preferable.

In formula (2a), R ⁵ and R ⁶ each represents an alkyl group, an alkyl group having a CF ₃ group at the terminal, or an alkyl group having a CF ₂ H group at the terminal, wherein R ⁵ and R ⁶ are simultaneously an alkyl group. Never. W ¹ and W ² are each a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, a sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, a phosphonoxy group {—OP ( ═O) (OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof, or an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an alkylamino group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent, wherein W ¹ and W ² are simultaneously It is not a hydrogen atom.

R ⁵ and R ⁶ have the same meaning as R ⁰ in the general formula (2), and their preferred ranges are also the same. Carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof represented by W ¹ and W ² , sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, phosphonoxy group {—OP (= O) (OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof is synonymous with W in the general formula (2), and its preferred range is also the same. The alkyl group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent represented by W ¹ and W ² may be linear or branched, and preferably has 1 carbon atom. -20 alkyl groups, more preferably 1-8 alkyl groups, and particularly preferably 1-3 alkyl groups. The alkyl group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as the substituent may have at least one carboxyl group, sulfo group, sulfato group or phosphonoxy group. The group and the phosphonoxy group are synonymous with the carboxyl group, the sulfo group, the sulfato group, and the phosphonoxy group represented by W in the general formula (2), and the preferred range is also the same. The alkyl group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as the substituent may be substituted with a substituent other than this, and the substituent is exemplified as the substituent group D described later. Either of these can be applied. The alkoxy group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent represented by W ¹ and W ² may be linear or branched, and preferably has 1 carbon atom. -20 alkoxy groups, more preferably 1-8 alkoxy groups, and particularly preferably 1-4 alkoxy groups. The alkoxy group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as the substituent may have at least one carboxyl group, sulfo group, sulfato group or phosphonoxy group. The group and the phosphonoxy group are synonymous with the carboxyl group, the sulfo group, the sulfato group, and the phosphonoxy group represented by W in the general formula (2), and the preferred range is also the same. The alkoxy group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group may be substituted with other substituents, and the substituents are any of the substituents exemplified as Substituent Group D described later. Can be applied. The alkylamino group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent represented by W ¹ and W ² may be linear or branched, and preferably has a carbon number. 1 to 20 alkylamino groups, more preferably 1 to 8 alkylamino groups, and particularly preferably 1 to 4 alkylamino groups. The alkylamino group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group, or a phosphonoxy group may have at least one carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group, or a phosphonoxy group, such as a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group, and The phosphonoxy group is synonymous with the carboxyl group, sulfo group, sulfato group and phosphonoxy group represented by W in the general formula (2), and the preferred range is also the same. The alkylamino group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group, or a phosphonoxy group may be substituted with other substituents, and the substituents are any of the substituents exemplified as the substituent group D described later. Can apply.

W ¹ and W ² are particularly preferably each a hydrogen atom or (CH ₂ ) _n SO ₃ M (n represents 0 or 1). M represents a cation, but M may not be present when the charge is 0 in the molecule. As the cation represented by M, for example, protonium ion, alkali metal ion (lithium ion, sodium ion, potassium ion, etc.), alkaline earth metal ion (barium ion, calcium ion, etc.), ammonium ion, etc. are preferably applied. . Of these, proton ions, lithium ions, sodium ions, potassium ions, and ammonium ions are particularly preferable.

Next, the following general formula (2b) will be described.
General formula (2b)
(R ⁷ -L ^1- ) _m2 (Ar ¹ ) -W ³
In the formula (2b), R ⁷ represents an alkyl group, an alkyl group having a CF ₃ group at the terminal, or an alkyl group having a CF ₂ H group at the terminal, m2 represents an integer of 1 or more, and a plurality of R ⁷ May be the same or different, but at least one represents an alkyl group having a CF ₃ group or a CF ₂ H group at the terminal. L ¹ represents an alkylene group, an aromatic group, —CO—, —NR— (R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom), —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO. _2- represents a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of a combination thereof, and a plurality of L ¹ may be the same or different. Ar ¹ represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocycle, W ³ represents a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, a sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or A salt thereof, a phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) (OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof, or an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an alkylamino group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group, or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent. .

The aromatic hydrocarbon ring represented by Ar ¹ is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon ring having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a benzene ring and a naphthalene ring. The aromatic heterocycle represented by Ar ¹ is preferably an aromatic heterocycle having at least one of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom and a carbon atom as a ring constituent atom, such as a pyridine ring, A thiophene ring, a furan ring, a pyrimidine ring and the like are preferable. Ar ¹ is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, more preferably a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, and even more preferably a benzene ring.

R ⁷ has the same meaning as R ⁰ in the general formula (2), and its preferred range is also the same. L ¹ is preferably an alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aromatic group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, —CO—, —NR—, —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO ₂ — and Represents a linking group having a total carbon number of 0 to 40 consisting of a combination thereof, particularly preferably an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, —CO—, —NR—, —O—, —S—, —SO. ₂ represents a linking group having 0 to 20 carbon atoms and a combination thereof. Carboxyl group represented by W ³ (—COOH) or a salt thereof, sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) ( OH) ₂ } or a salt thereof, or an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an alkylamino group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group, or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent, as W ¹ and W ² in the general formula (2a). Carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, sulfato group (—OSO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, phosphonoxy group {—OP (═O) (OH) ₂ } Or a salt thereof, or an alkyl group having a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfato group or a phosphonoxy group as a substituent, Alkoxy group or has the same meaning as the alkylamino group and the preferable scope thereof is also the same.

W ³ is preferably a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) or a salt thereof, or a carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof or a sulfo group (—SO ₃ H) as a substituent. Or an alkylamino group having a salt thereof, particularly preferably SO ₃ M or CO ₂ M. M represents a cation, but M may not be present when the charge is 0 in the molecule. As the cation represented by M, for example, protonium ion, alkali metal ion (lithium ion, sodium ion, potassium ion, etc.), alkaline earth metal ion (barium ion, calcium ion, etc.), ammonium ion, etc. are preferably applied. . Of these, proton ions, lithium ions, sodium ions, potassium ions, and ammonium ions are particularly preferable.

  In the present specification, the substituent group D includes an alkyl group (preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms, such as a methyl group. , Ethyl group, isopropyl group, tert-butyl group, n-octyl group, n-decyl group, n-hexadecyl group, cyclopropyl group, cyclopentyl group, cyclohexyl group, etc.), alkenyl group (preferably having 2 carbon atoms) -20, more preferably an alkenyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a vinyl group, an allyl group, a 2-butenyl group, and a 3-pentenyl group), alkynyl A group (preferably an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 12 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 8 carbon atoms, And aryl groups (preferably having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 6 to 12 carbon atoms). For example, phenyl Group, p-methylphenyl group, naphthyl group and the like), substituted or unsubstituted amino group (preferably having 0 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 0 to 10 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 0 to 6 carbon atoms). An amino group, for example, an unsubstituted amino group, a methylamino group, a dimethylamino group, a diethylamino group, a dibenzylamino group and the like),

  An alkoxy group (preferably an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, and a butoxy group). An aryloxy group (preferably an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a phenyloxy group and a 2-naphthyloxy group. An acyl group (preferably having a carbon number of 1-20, more preferably a carbon number of 1-16, particularly preferably a carbon number of 1-12, such as an acetyl group, a benzoyl group, a formyl group, a pivaloyl group, etc. An alkoxycarbonyl group (preferably having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 2 to 2 carbon atoms). 2 alkoxycarbonyl groups, for example, methoxycarbonyl group, ethoxycarbonyl group and the like, and aryloxycarbonyl groups (preferably having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 7 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably carbon numbers). An aryloxycarbonyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, such as a phenyloxycarbonyl group, an acyloxy group (preferably having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 2 to 2 carbon atoms). 10 acyloxy groups such as an acetoxy group and a benzoyloxy group)

  An acylamino group (preferably an acylamino group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 10 carbon atoms, such as an acetylamino group and a benzoylamino group), alkoxycarbonyl An amino group (preferably an alkoxycarbonylamino group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 2 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a methoxycarbonylamino group), aryloxy Carbonylamino group (preferably an aryloxycarbonylamino group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 7 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 7 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a phenyloxycarbonylamino group) Sulfonylamino group (preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferred Or a sulfonylamino group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a methanesulfonylamino group and a benzenesulfonylamino group, and a sulfamoyl group (preferably having a carbon number of 0 to 20). More preferably, it is a sulfamoyl group having 0 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 0 to 12 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a sulfamoyl group, a methylsulfamoyl group, a dimethylsulfamoyl group, and a phenylsulfamoyl group. ), A carbamoyl group (preferably a carbamoyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 16 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms. For example, an unsubstituted carbamoyl group, a methylcarbamoyl group, diethylcarbamoyl group Group, phenylcarbamoyl group, etc.),

  An alkylthio group (preferably an alkylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably an alkylthio group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a methylthio group and an ethylthio group), an arylthio group ( Preferably it is C6-C20, More preferably, it is C6-C16, Most preferably, it is C6-C12 arylthio group, for example, a phenylthio group etc. are mentioned, A sulfonyl group (preferably C1-C1). 20, more preferably a sulfonyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably a sulfonyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, such as a mesyl group and a tosyl group, and a sulfinyl group (preferably having a carbon number of 1 to 20, more A sulfinyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms is preferable. Zensulfinyl group and the like), ureido group (preferably a ureido group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably 1 to 12 carbon atoms, for example, an unsubstituted ureido group , Methylureido group, phenylureido group, etc.), phosphoric acid amide group (preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having 1 to 12 carbon atoms). Yes, for example, diethyl phosphoric acid amide group, phenyl phosphoric acid amide group, etc.), hydroxy group, mercapto group, halogen atom (for example, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom, iodine atom), cyano group, sulfo group, Carboxyl group, nitro group, hydroxamic acid group, sulfino group, hydrazino group, imino group, heterocyclic group (preferably having a carbon number of 1 to 0, more preferably a heterocyclic group of 1 to 12, for example, a heterocyclic group having a heteroatom such as a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, such as an imidazolyl group, a pyridyl group, a quinolyl group, a furyl group , Piperidyl group, morpholino group, benzoxazolyl group, benzimidazolyl group, benzthiazolyl group and the like), silyl group (preferably having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, more preferably 3 to 30 carbon atoms, particularly preferably A silyl group having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a trimethylsilyl group and a triphenylsilyl group). These substituents may be further substituted with these substituents. Further, when two or more substituents are present, they may be the same or different. If possible, they may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

  The fluorine-containing compound preferably has a polymerizable group as a substituent in order to fix the molecular alignment state of the rod-like liquid crystal compound.

  Specific examples of the fluorine-containing compound represented by the general formula (2) that can be used in the present invention are shown below, but the fluorine-containing compound used in the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following specific examples, no. I-1 to 38 are general formula (2a), No. I-39 to 62 are examples of the compound represented by the general formula (2b).

  The preferred range of the content of the fluorine-containing compound in the liquid crystal composition varies depending on the application, but when used for forming an optically anisotropic layer, the composition (in the case of a coating solution, the composition excluding the solvent) Product) is preferably 0.005 to 8% by mass, more preferably 0.01 to 5% by mass, and still more preferably 0.05 to 1% by mass.

<< Other ingredients in the composition >>
The liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal compound (preferably a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound), the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer, and may further include the above-described onium salt and an air interface vertical alignment agent. A polymerization initiator, a plasticizer, a surfactant, a polymerizable monomer and the like may be contained together with the above components. These materials are added for various purposes, for example, for the purpose of fixing the orientation, uniformity of the coating film, strength of the film, and improving the orientation of the liquid crystal compound. These materials are preferably compatible with the liquid crystal compound used in combination and do not inhibit the alignment.

As the polymerization initiator, either a thermal polymerization initiator or a photopolymerization initiator may be used. Photoinitiators are preferred. Examples of the photopolymerization initiator include α-carbonyl compounds (described in US Pat. Nos. 2,367,661 and 2,367,670), acyloin ether (described in US Pat. No. 2,448,828), α-hydrocarbon substituted aromatic acyloin. Compound (described in US Pat. No. 2,722,512), polynuclear quinone compound (described in US Pat. Nos. 3,046,127 and 2,951,758), a combination of triarylimidazole dimer and p-aminophenyl ketone (US Pat. No. 3,549,367) Acridine and phenazine compounds (JP-A-60-105667, U.S. Pat. No. 4,239,850) and oxadiazole compounds (U.S. Pat. No. 4,212,970).
It is preferable that the usage-amount of a photoinitiator is 0.01-20 mass% of solid content of a coating liquid, and it is more preferable that it is 0.5-5 mass%.

  Examples of the polymerizable monomer include radically polymerizable or cationically polymerizable compounds. Preferably, it is a polyfunctional radically polymerizable monomer and is preferably copolymerizable with the above-described polymerizable group-containing liquid crystal compound. Examples thereof include those described in paragraph numbers [0018] to [0020] in JP-A No. 2002-296423. The amount of the compound added is generally in the range of 1 to 50% by mass and preferably in the range of 5 to 30% by mass with respect to the liquid crystal compound.

  The polymer used with the liquid crystal compound is preferably capable of thickening the coating solution. A cellulose ester can be mentioned as an example of a polymer. Preferable examples of the cellulose ester include those described in paragraph [0178] of JP-A No. 2000-155216. The addition amount of the polymer is preferably in the range of 0.1 to 10% by mass, and in the range of 0.1 to 8% by mass with respect to the liquid crystalline molecules so as not to disturb the alignment of the liquid crystal compound. Is more preferable.

<< Method for producing optically anisotropic layer >>
The optically anisotropic layer is prepared by using the liquid crystal composition as a coating solution, and coating the coating solution on the surface of a support or the like, preferably vertically aligning the molecules of the rod-like liquid crystal compound, and adjusting the alignment state. It can be formed by fixing. When the optically anisotropic layer is formed on the temporary support, the formed optically anisotropic layer is transferred onto the support. Furthermore, not only one optically anisotropic layer but also a plurality of optically anisotropic layers may be laminated to form a second retardation region exhibiting preferable optical characteristics described later. Further, the second retardation region may be produced so that the entire laminated body of the support and the optically anisotropic layer satisfies preferable optical characteristics described later.

  As the solvent used for preparing the coating solution, an organic solvent is preferably used. Examples of organic solvents include amides (eg, N, N-dimethylformamide), sulfoxides (eg, dimethyl sulfoxide), heterocyclic compounds (eg, pyridine), hydrocarbons (eg, benzene, hexane), alkyl halides (eg, , Chloroform, dichloromethane), esters (eg, methyl acetate, butyl acetate), ketones (eg, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone), ethers (eg, tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane). Alkyl halides and ketones are preferred. Two or more organic solvents may be used in combination.

  The coating liquid can be applied by a known method (eg, extrusion coating method, direct gravure coating method, reverse gravure coating method, die coating method).

After the molecules of the rod-like liquid crystal compound are vertically aligned, it is preferable to fix the molecules in the alignment state. The immobilization is preferably carried out by a polymerization reaction of the polymerizable monomer when the rod-like liquid crystal compound has a polymerizable group, and / or when a polymerizable monomer is added separately. For the polymerization reaction carried out for immobilization, it is preferable to use a photopolymerization reaction using a photopolymerization initiator. The light irradiation for polymerizing the rod-like liquid crystalline molecules preferably uses ultraviolet rays. The irradiation energy is preferably ^{20mJ / cm 2 ~50J / cm 2} , further preferably 100 to 800 mJ / cm ^2. In order to accelerate the photopolymerization reaction, light irradiation may be performed under heating conditions.

  The thickness of the optically anisotropic layer is preferably 0.1 to 10 μm, more preferably 0.5 to 5 μm, and most preferably 1 to 5 μm.

(Alignment film)
The optical compensation film of the present invention can have an alignment layer and an optically anisotropic layer in this order on a transparent support. The alignment film has a function of defining the alignment direction of the rod-like liquid crystal molecules. However, when the molecules of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound are homeotropically aligned, since there is no in-plane alignment direction, the alignment film is not essential in the present invention. In addition, when the liquid crystal composition contains an onium salt and an air interface vertical alignment agent, the molecules of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound can be stably vertically aligned without using a vertical alignment film. A vertical alignment film is not essential for forming the layer. However, since the alignment film can improve the uniformity of alignment of the liquid crystalline composition or improve the adhesion between the polymer substrate and the optically anisotropic layer, it can be used if necessary. it can. Further, if the molecules of the rod-like liquid crystal compound are aligned and fixed in the alignment state, the alignment film plays the role and can be removed. For example, it is also possible to produce a polarizing plate having an optically anisotropic layer by transferring only the optically anisotropic layer on the alignment film in which the alignment state is fixed onto the polarizing film.

  The alignment film is an organic compound (eg, ω-tricosanoic acid) formed by rubbing treatment of an organic compound (preferably polymer), oblique deposition of an inorganic compound, formation of a layer having a microgroove, or Langmuir-Blodgett method (LB film). , Dioctadecylmethylammonium chloride, methyl stearylate). Furthermore, an alignment film in which an alignment function is generated by application of an electric field, application of a magnetic field, or light irradiation is also known.

The alignment film can be rubbed if necessary. In principle, the polymer used for the alignment film has a molecular structure having a function of aligning liquid crystal molecules.
In the present invention, in addition to the function of aligning liquid crystalline molecules, a cross-linking having a function of aligning a side chain having a crosslinkable functional group (eg, double bond) to the main chain or aligning liquid crystalline molecules. It is preferable to introduce a functional functional group into the side chain.
As the polymer used in the alignment film, either a polymer that can be crosslinked by itself or a polymer that is crosslinked by a crosslinking agent can be used, and a plurality of combinations thereof can be used.

  Examples of the polymer include, for example, methacrylate polymer, styrene polymer, polyolefin, polyvinyl alcohol and modified polyvinyl alcohol, poly (N-methylolacrylamide) described in JP-A-8-338913, paragraph [0022]. , Polyester, polyimide, vinyl acetate polymer, carboxymethyl cellulose, polycarbonate and the like. Silane coupling agents can be used as the polymer. Water-soluble polymers (eg, poly (N-methylolacrylamide), carboxymethylcellulose, gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, modified polyvinyl alcohol) are preferred, gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol and modified polyvinyl alcohol are more preferred, and polyvinyl alcohol and modified polyvinyl alcohol are most preferred. . It is particularly preferable to use two types of polyvinyl alcohol or modified polyvinyl alcohol having different degrees of polymerization.

  The saponification degree of polyvinyl alcohol is preferably 70 to 100%, more preferably 80 to 100%. It is preferable that the polymerization degree of polyvinyl alcohol is 100-5000.

A side chain having a function of aligning liquid crystal molecules generally has a hydrophobic group as a functional group. The specific type of functional group is determined according to the type of liquid crystal molecule and the required alignment state.
For example, the modifying group of the modified polyvinyl alcohol can be introduced by copolymerization modification, chain transfer modification or block polymerization modification. Examples of modifying groups include hydrophilic groups (carboxylic acid groups, sulfonic acid groups, phosphonic acid groups, amino groups, ammonium groups, amide groups, thiol groups, etc.), hydrocarbon groups having 10 to 100 carbon atoms, fluorine atoms Substituted hydrocarbon groups, thioether groups, polymerizable groups (unsaturated polymerizable groups, epoxy groups, azirinidyl groups, etc.), alkoxysilyl groups (trialkoxy, dialkoxy, monoalkoxy) and the like can be mentioned. As specific examples of these modified polyvinyl alcohol compounds, for example, paragraph numbers [0022] to [0145] in JP-A No. 2000-155216 and paragraph numbers [0018] to [0018] in JP-A No. 2002-62426 are described. [0022] and the like.

When a side chain having a crosslinkable functional group is bonded to the main chain of the alignment film polymer or a crosslinkable functional group is introduced into a side chain having a function of aligning liquid crystalline molecules, the alignment film polymer and the optically anisotropic film The polyfunctional monomer contained in the conductive layer can be copolymerized. As a result, not only between the polyfunctional monomer and the polyfunctional monomer, but also between the alignment film polymer and the alignment film polymer and between the polyfunctional monomer and the alignment film polymer is firmly bonded by a covalent bond. Therefore, the strength of the optical compensation film can be remarkably improved by introducing the crosslinkable functional group into the alignment film polymer.
The crosslinkable functional group of the alignment film polymer preferably contains a polymerizable group in the same manner as the polyfunctional monomer. Specifically, for example, those described in paragraphs [0080] to [0100] of JP-A No. 2000-155216, and the like can be mentioned.

Apart from the crosslinkable functional group, the alignment film polymer can also be crosslinked using a crosslinking agent.
Examples of the crosslinking agent include aldehydes, N-methylol compounds, dioxane derivatives, compounds that act by activating carboxyl groups, active vinyl compounds, active halogen compounds, isoxazole, and dialdehyde starch. Two or more kinds of crosslinking agents may be used in combination. Specific examples include compounds described in paragraphs [0023] to [024] in JP-A-2002-62426. Aldehydes having high reaction activity, particularly glutaraldehyde are preferred.

  0.1-20 mass% is preferable with respect to a polymer, and, as for the addition amount of a crosslinking agent, 0.5-15 mass% is more preferable. The amount of the unreacted crosslinking agent remaining in the alignment film is preferably 1.0% by mass or less, and more preferably 0.5% by mass or less. By adjusting in this way, even if the alignment film is used for a long time in a liquid crystal display device or left in a high temperature and high humidity atmosphere for a long time, sufficient durability without reticulation can be obtained.

  The alignment film is basically formed by applying a coating solution containing the above-mentioned polymer that is an alignment film forming material and a crosslinking agent on a transparent support, followed by heat drying (crosslinking), and if necessary, a rubbing treatment. Can be formed. As described above, the crosslinking reaction may be performed at an arbitrary time after coating on the transparent support. When a water-soluble polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol is used as the alignment film forming material, the coating solution is preferably a mixed solvent of an organic solvent (eg, methanol) having a defoaming action and water. The ratio by mass is water: methanol greater than 0 and 99 or less: less than 100, preferably 1 or more, and more preferably greater than 0 and 91 or less: less than 100, 9 or more. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of a bubble is suppressed and the defect of the layer surface of an alignment film and also an optically anisotropic layer reduces significantly.

  The alignment film is preferably applied by spin coating, dip coating, curtain coating, extrusion coating, rod coating, or roll coating. A rod coating method is particularly preferable. The film thickness after drying is preferably 0.1 to 10 μm. Heat drying can be performed at 20 to 110 degrees. In order to form sufficient cross-linking, 60 ° to 100 ° is preferable, and 80 ° to 100 ° is particularly preferable. The drying time can be 1 minute to 36 hours, preferably 1 minute to 30 minutes. The pH is preferably set to an optimum value for the crosslinking agent to be used. When glutaraldehyde is used, the pH is 4.5 to 5.5, and 5 is particularly preferable.

  The alignment film is provided on a transparent support or an undercoat layer formed on the transparent support. The alignment film can be obtained by cross-linking the polymer layer as described above and, if necessary, rubbing the surface.

  For the rubbing treatment, a treatment method widely adopted as a liquid crystal alignment treatment process of LCD can be applied. That is, a method of obtaining the orientation by rubbing the surface of the orientation film in a certain direction using paper, gauze, felt, rubber, nylon, polyester fiber or the like can be used. Generally, it is carried out by rubbing several times using a cloth or the like in which fibers having a uniform length and thickness are planted on average.

  After aligning the liquid crystalline molecules on the alignment film, if necessary, the alignment film polymer is reacted with the polyfunctional monomer contained in the optically anisotropic layer, or the alignment film polymer is formed using a crosslinking agent. It may be cross-linked. The thickness of the alignment film is preferably in the range of 0.1 to 10 μm.

[Support]
In the present invention, the optically anisotropic layer may be formed on a support. The support is preferably transparent, and specifically, the light transmittance is preferably 80% or more. The support preferably has small wavelength dispersion, and specifically, the ratio of Re400 / Re700 is preferably less than 1.2. Among these, a polymer film is preferable. The support for the optically anisotropic layer may be a part of a second retardation region described later, or may be a part or the whole of a first retardation region described later. The support of the optically anisotropic layer may also function as a protective film for the polarizing film.

  The optical anisotropy of the support is preferably small, Re (λ) is preferably 20 nm or less, more preferably 10 nm or less, and most preferably 5 nm or less. Moreover, when it serves also as the below-mentioned 1st phase difference area | region, it is preferable that Re ((lambda)) is 20 nm-150 nm, It is more preferable that it is 40 nm-115 nm, It is more preferable that it is 60 nm-95 nm. Moreover, it is preferable that Nz is 1.5-7, it is more preferable that it is 2.0-5.5, and it is further more preferable that it is 2.5-4.5.

  Examples of the polymer film as the support include cellulose ester, polycarbonate, polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyacrylate, and polymethacrylate films. A cellulose ester film is preferred, an acetyl cellulose film is more preferred, and a triacetyl cellulose film is most preferred. The polymer film is preferably formed by a solvent cast method. The thickness of the transparent support is preferably 20 to 500 μm, and more preferably 40 to 200 μm. In order to improve adhesion between the transparent support and the layer (adhesive layer, vertical alignment film or retardation layer) provided thereon, surface treatment (eg, glow discharge treatment, corona discharge treatment, ultraviolet light (UV) ) Treatment, flame treatment). An adhesive layer (undercoat layer) may be provided on the transparent support. Further, the average particle size is 10 to 100 nm in order to provide the transparent support or the long transparent support with slipperiness in the conveying process or to prevent the back surface and the surface from sticking after winding. It is preferable to use what formed the polymer layer which mixed the inorganic particle of about 5%-40% by solid content weight ratio by the application | coating or co-casting with the support body on the one side of the support body.

Next, the polarizing plate of the present invention will be described.
The polarizing plate of the present invention has the above-described optical compensation film of the present invention and a polarizing film. In general, the polarizing plate can be produced by dyeing a polarizing film made of a polyvinyl alcohol film with iodine and stretching the polarizing film to obtain a polarizing film, and laminating protective films on both sides thereof. When the optical compensation film of the present invention has a support made of a polymer film or the like that supports the optically anisotropic layer, this support can be used as it is for at least one of the protective films. In the present invention, the optically anisotropic layer can also serve as the protective film.

[Protective film for polarizing film]
As the protective film for the polarizing film, a protective film having no absorption in the visible light region, a light transmittance of 80% or more, and a retardation based on birefringence is preferable. Specifically, Re (λ) is preferably 0 to 30 nm, more preferably 0 to 15 nm, and most preferably 0 to 5 nm. Furthermore, Rth (λ) is preferably 0 to 40 nm, more preferably 0 to 20 nm, and most preferably 0 to 10 nm. Any film having this property can be preferably used, but from the viewpoint of durability of the polarizing film, a cellulose acylate or norbornene film is more preferable. Examples of a method for reducing Rth of the cellulose acylate film include methods described in JP-A Nos. 11-246704, 2001-247717, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-379975. Rth can also be reduced by reducing the thickness of the cellulose acylate film. The thickness of the cellulose sylate film as the protective film for the polarizing film is preferably 10 to 100 μm, more preferably 10 to 60 μm, and still more preferably 20 to 45 μm.

Liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device of the present invention has the optical compensation film of the present invention or the polarizing plate of the present invention. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention preferably includes two retardation regions (a first retardation region and a second retardation region), and at least one region thereof includes the optical compensation film of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a pixel region of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention. 2 and 3 are schematic views of an embodiment of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention.

  The liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 2 includes polarizing films 8 and 20, a first retardation region 10, a second retardation region 12, substrates 13 and 17, and a liquid crystal layer 15 sandwiched between the substrates. . The polarizing films 8 and 20 are sandwiched between the protective films 7a and 7b and 19a and 19b, respectively.

  In the liquid crystal display device of FIG. 2, the liquid crystal cell includes substrates 13 and 17 and a liquid crystal layer 15 sandwiched between them. The product Δn · d of the thickness d (μm) of the liquid crystal layer and the refractive index anisotropy Δn is optimal in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 μm for the IPS type having no twisted structure in the transmission mode. In this range, the white display luminance is high and the black display luminance is small, so that a bright and high-contrast display device can be obtained. An alignment film (not shown) is formed on the surfaces of the substrates 13 and 17 that are in contact with the liquid crystal layer 15, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate and are rubbed on the alignment film. The liquid crystal molecule alignment direction in the voltage non-application state or the low application state is controlled by the processing directions 14 and 18 and the like. Further, an electrode (not shown in FIG. 2) capable of applying a voltage to the liquid crystal molecules is formed on the inner surface of the substrate 13 or 17.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows the alignment of liquid crystal molecules in one pixel region of the liquid crystal layer 15. FIG. 1 shows the alignment of liquid crystal molecules in a very small area corresponding to one pixel of the liquid crystal layer 15 in the rubbing direction 4 of the alignment film formed on the inner surfaces of the substrates 13 and 17 and the substrates 13 and 17. It is the schematic diagram shown with the electrodes 2 and 3 which can apply a voltage to the liquid crystal molecule formed in the inner surface. When active driving is performed using a nematic liquid crystal having positive dielectric anisotropy as a field effect liquid crystal, the liquid crystal molecule alignment directions in a no voltage application state or a low application state are 5a and 5b. A display is obtained. When a voltage is applied between the electrodes 2 and 3, the liquid crystal molecules change their orientation directions in the 6a and 6b directions according to the voltage. Usually, bright display is performed in this state.

In FIG. 2, the transmission axis 9 of the polarizing film 8 and the transmission axis 21 of the polarizing film 20 are arranged orthogonally. The slow axis 11 of the first retardation region 10 is parallel to the transmission axis 9 of the polarizing film 8 and the slow axis direction 16 of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer 15 during black display.
In the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 2, the configuration in which the polarizing film 8 is sandwiched between the two protective films 7a and 7b is shown, but the protective film 7b may be omitted. When there is no protective film 7b, it is preferable that a part or all of the first retardation region 10 has a characteristic that can also function as the protective film 7b of the polarizing film. The polarizing film 20 is also sandwiched between the two protective films 19a and 19b. However, the protective film 19a on the side close to the liquid crystal layer 15 may not be provided. In the aspect of FIG. 2, the first retardation region 10 and the second retardation region 12 may be disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the viewing-side polarizing film with reference to the position of the liquid crystal cell. And it may be arranged between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing film on the back side. In this embodiment, in any configuration, the second retardation region is disposed closer to the liquid crystal cell.

  Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In the liquid crystal display device of FIG. 3, the second retardation region 12 is disposed between the polarizing film 8 and the first retardation region 10. In the liquid crystal display device of FIG. 3, the protective film 7b may be omitted. When there is no protective film 7b, it is preferable that a part or all of the second retardation region 12 has a characteristic that can also function as the protective film 7b of the polarizing film. The polarizing film 20 is also sandwiched between the two protective films 19a and 19b. However, the protective film 19a on the side close to the liquid crystal layer 15 may not be provided. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the first retardation region 10 has a slow axis 11 orthogonal to the transmission axis 9 of the polarizing film 8 and the slow axis direction 16 of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer 15 during black display. It is arranged to become. In the aspect of FIG. 3, the first retardation region 10 and the second retardation region 12 may be disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the viewing-side polarizing film with reference to the position of the liquid crystal cell. And it may be arranged between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing film on the back side. In the present embodiment, in any configuration, the first retardation region is disposed closer to the liquid crystal cell.

  3 and 2 show the mode of the transmission mode display device including the upper polarizing plate and the lower polarizing plate, the present invention is a mode of the reflection mode including only one polarizing plate. In such a case, since the optical path in the liquid crystal cell is doubled, the optimum value of Δn · d is about the above half value. The liquid crystal cell used in the present invention is not limited to the IPS mode, and any liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned substantially parallel to the surfaces of the pair of substrates during black display can be used. It can be used suitably. Examples thereof include a ferroelectric liquid crystal display device, an antiferroelectric liquid crystal display device, and an ECB type liquid crystal display device.

  The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and may include other members. For example, a color filter may be disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the polarizing film. Further, an antireflection treatment or a hard coat may be applied to the surface of the protective film of the polarizing film. Moreover, you may use what gave electroconductivity to the structural member. In the case of use as a transmission type, a cold cathode or a hot cathode fluorescent tube, or a backlight having a light emitting diode, a field emission element, or an electroluminescent element as a light source can be disposed on the back surface. In this case, the arrangement of the backlight may be on the upper side or the lower side in FIGS. In addition, a reflective polarizing plate, a diffusion plate, a prism sheet, or a light guide plate can be disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the backlight. In addition, as described above, the liquid crystal display device of the present invention may be of a reflective type. In such a case, only one polarizing plate may be disposed on the observation side, and the back side of the liquid crystal cell or the lower side of the liquid crystal cell. A reflective film is disposed on the inner surface of the substrate. Of course, it is also possible to provide a front light using the light source on the liquid crystal cell observation side.

  The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes an image direct view type, an image projection type, and a light modulation type. The present invention is particularly effective when applied to an active matrix liquid crystal display device using three-terminal or two-terminal semiconductor elements such as TFT and MIM. Of course, a mode applied to a passive matrix liquid crystal display device called time-division driving is also effective.

  Hereinafter, preferred optical characteristics of various members usable in the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, materials used for the members, manufacturing methods thereof, and the like will be described in detail.

[First phase difference region]
The first retardation region included in the liquid crystal display device of the present invention preferably has Re (λ) of 20 nm to 150 nm. In order to effectively reduce the light leakage in the oblique direction, Re (λ) of the first phase difference region is more preferably 40 nm to 115 nm, and further preferably 60 nm to 95 nm. Further, Nz defined by Nz = (nx−nz) / (nx−ny) using the in-plane refractive indexes nx and ny (nx> ny) and the refractive index nz in the thickness direction is 1.5 to 7, in order to effectively reduce light leakage in the oblique direction, Nz of the first phase difference region is more preferably 2.0 to 5.5, and 2.5 to 4 More preferably, it is .5.

  As long as the first retardation region has the optical characteristics, the material and form thereof are basically not particularly limited. For example, it is formed by coating or transferring a low-molecular or high-molecular liquid crystal compound on a transparent support, a retardation film made of a birefringent polymer film, a film obtained by heating and salting a high-molecular compound on a transparent support, Any retardation film having a retardation layer can be used. Moreover, each can also be laminated | stacked and used.

  The birefringent polymer film is preferably a film having excellent controllability of birefringence characteristics, transparency and heat resistance. In this case, the polymer material to be used is not particularly limited as long as it is a polymer that can achieve uniform biaxial orientation, but a conventionally known material that can be formed by a solution casting method or an extrusion method is preferable. Polymers, polycarbonate polymers, polyarylate polymers, polyester polymers, aromatic polymers such as polysulfone, cellulose acylate, or polymers in which two or more of these polymers are mixed Can be mentioned.

The biaxial orientation of the film is a film made of the thermoplastic resin produced by an appropriate method such as an extrusion molding method or a casting film forming method, for example, a longitudinal stretching method using a roll, a transverse stretching method using a tenter, or a biaxial stretching method. For example, it can be achieved by performing a stretching treatment. In the longitudinal stretching method using the roll, an appropriate heating method such as a method using a heating roll, a method of heating an atmosphere, or a method of using them together can be employed. In the biaxial stretching method using a tenter, an appropriate method such as a simultaneous biaxial stretching method using an all tenter method or a sequential biaxial stretching method using a roll tenter method can be employed.
Moreover, a thing with little orientation nonuniformity and phase difference nonuniformity is preferable. The thickness can be appropriately determined depending on the phase difference or the like, but is generally set to, for example, 1 to 300 μm, preferably 10 to 200 μm, particularly 20 to 150 μm from the viewpoint of thinning.

  As the norbornene-based polymer, norbornene and its derivatives, tetracyclododecene and its derivatives, dicyclopentadiene and its derivatives, methanotetrahydrofluorene and its monomers as a main component of a monomer polymer, Ring-opening polymer of norbornene monomer, ring-opening copolymer of norbornene monomer and other monomer capable of ring-opening copolymerization, addition polymer of norbornene monomer, copolymerizable with norbornene monomer Examples include addition copolymers with other monomers and hydrogenated products thereof. Among these, from the viewpoints of heat resistance, mechanical strength, and the like, a ring-opening polymer hydride of a norbornene monomer is most preferable. The molecular weight of the norbornene-based polymer, the monocyclic olefin polymer, or the cyclic conjugated diene polymer is appropriately selected according to the purpose of use, but is a cyclohexane solution (a toluene solution if the polymer resin does not dissolve). The polyisoprene or polystyrene-equivalent weight average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography is usually 5,000 to 500,000, preferably 8,000 to 200,000, more preferably 10,000 to 100,000. When the thickness is within the range, the mechanical strength of the film and the moldability are highly balanced, which is preferable. Typical polymers include those described in JP2003-327800A and JP2004233604A.

  The acyl group of cellulose acylate may be an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, and is not particularly limited. They are, for example, alkyl carbonyl esters, alkenyl carbonyl esters, aromatic carbonyl esters, aromatic alkyl carbonyl esters, etc. of cellulose, each of which may further have a substituted group, and an ester having a total carbon number of 22 or less. Groups are preferred. These preferred cellulose acylates include acyl groups having an ester part having a total carbon number of 22 or less (for example, acetyl group, propionyl group, butyroyl group, barrel group, heptanoyl group, octanoyl group, decanoyl group, dodecanoyl group, tridecanoyl group). Hexadecanoyl group, octadecanoyl group, etc.), arylcarbonyl group (acrylic group, methacrylic group, etc.), allylcarbonyl group (benzoyl group, naphthaloyl group, etc.), and cinnamoyl group. Among these, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate propionate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate stearate, cellulose acetate benzoate, and the like are preferable. In the case of mixed esters, the ratio is not particularly limited, but acetate is the total ester. It is preferable that it is 30 mol% or more.

  Among these, cellulose acylate is preferred, and photographic grades are particularly preferred, and commercially available photographic grades can be obtained with satisfactory quality such as viscosity average degree of polymerization and substitution degree. Manufacturers of photographic grade cellulose triacetate include Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd. (for example, LT-20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 35, 55, 105, etc.), Eastman Chemical (for example, CAB-551). 0.01, CAB-551-0.02, CAB-500-5, CAB-381-0.5, CAB-381-02, CAB-381-20, CAB-321-0.2, CAP-504 0.2, CAP-482-20, CA-398-3, etc.), Coatles, Hoechst, etc., any of which can use photographic grade cellulose acylate. In addition, a plasticizer, a surfactant, a retardation modifier, a UV absorber, and the like can be mixed for the purpose of controlling the mechanical properties and optical properties of the film. Details of these additives are described in, for example, JP-A Nos. 2002-277632 and 2002-182215.

As a method for forming the transparent resin into a sheet or film, for example, either a hot melt molding method or a solution casting method can be used. The heat-melt molding method can be further classified into an extrusion molding method, a press molding method, an inflation molding method, an injection molding method, a blow molding method, a stretch molding method, etc. Among these methods, mechanical strength, surface In order to obtain a film excellent in accuracy and the like, the extrusion molding method, the inflation molding method, and the press molding method are preferable, and the extrusion molding method is most preferable. The molding conditions are appropriately selected depending on the purpose of use and the molding method. In the case of the heat-melt molding method, the cylinder temperature is preferably set in the range of preferably 100 to 400 ° C, more preferably 150 to 350 ° C. The thickness of the sheet or film is preferably 10 to 300 μm, more preferably 30 to 200 μm.
When the glass transition temperature of the transparent resin is Tg, the stretching of the sheet or film is preferably in a temperature range of Tg-30 ° C to Tg + 60 ° C, more preferably in a temperature range of Tg-10 ° C to Tg + 50 ° C. In at least one direction, the stretching ratio is preferably 1.01 to 2 times. The stretching direction may be at least one direction, but when the sheet is obtained by extrusion, the direction is preferably the mechanical flow direction (extrusion direction) of the resin. A free shrink uniaxial stretching method, a fixed width uniaxial stretching method, a biaxial stretching method, and the like are preferable. The optical characteristics can be controlled by controlling the draw ratio and the heating temperature.

[Second phase difference region]
In the second retardation region of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, it is preferable that the in-plane refractive indexes nx and ny are substantially equal, and the refractive index nz in the thickness direction satisfies nx <nz. Furthermore, Rth (λ) in the second retardation region is preferably −80 nm to −400 nm.
A more preferable range of Rth (λ) in the second retardation region varies depending on the optical characteristics of other optical members, and in particular, a protective film (for example, a triacetyl cellulose film) of a polarizing film located closer to the optical film. The Rth (λ) of the second retardation region is preferably −100 nm to −340 nm in order to effectively reduce the light leakage in the oblique direction. More preferably, it is -120 nm to -270 nm. On the other hand, nx and ny in the second phase difference region are preferably substantially the same as described above, and in this case, Re (λ) is a value near zero. Specifically, Re (λ) is preferably 0 to 50 nm, and more preferably 0 to 20 nm.

  The second retardation region may include an optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer formed from the liquid crystal composition. The composition contains a liquid crystal compound. The liquid crystal compound is not particularly limited, such as a rod-like liquid crystal compound or a discotic liquid crystal compound, but is preferably a rod-like liquid crystal compound. More preferably, the composition contains a rod-like liquid crystal compound, and the molecules of the rod-like liquid crystal compound are fixed in a substantially vertically aligned state in the optically anisotropic layer. These liquid crystal compounds may be aligned obliquely or may be changed so that the inclination angle gradually changes (hybrid alignment). Even in the case of oblique alignment or hybrid alignment, the average inclination angle is preferably 70 ° to 90 °, more preferably 80 ° to 90 °, and most preferably 85 ° to 90 °.

  The second retardation region may consist of only the optically anisotropic layer or a plurality of optically anisotropic layers. Further, the second retardation region may be configured so that the entire laminated body of the support and the optically anisotropic layer satisfies the optical characteristics. As the rod-like liquid crystal compound to be used, those that take a nematic liquid crystal phase, a smectic liquid crystal phase, and a lyotropic liquid crystal phase in a temperature range in which the orientation is fixed are preferably used. In order to obtain a uniform alignment state, a liquid crystal exhibiting a nematic phase is preferable. In particular, in the presence of an additive, the rod-like liquid crystal compound that is in the liquid crystal state in an appropriate alignment temperature range is preferably formed using a composition containing the additive and the rod-like liquid crystal compound. .

  The features of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples and comparative examples. The materials, amounts used, ratios, processing details, processing procedures, and the like shown in the following examples can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the specific examples shown below.

(Synthesis of fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer (P-3))

In a reactor equipped with a stirrer and a reflux condenser, 1H, 1H, 5H-octafluoropentyl methacrylate 31.94 g, norbornyl methacrylate 7.99 g, dimethyl 2,2′-azobisisobutyrate 1.1 g, 2 -30 g of butanone was added and heated to 78 ° C for 6 hours under a nitrogen atmosphere to complete the reaction, whereby P-3 was obtained. The weight average molecular weight was 2.0 × 10 ⁴ .

1H, 1H, 7H-dodecafluoroheptyl acrylate 23.96 g, isobornyl acrylate 15.97 g, dimethyl 2,2′-azobisisobutyrate 1.1 g, 2-butanone 30 g To obtain P-6. The weight average molecular weight was 2.9 × 10 ⁴ .
Fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer (P-3) for the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymers (P-18), (P-22), (P-25) and (P-29) shown above It was synthesized by the same method.

<Preparation of IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1>
As shown in FIG. 1, electrodes (2 and 3 in FIG. 1) are arranged on one glass substrate so that the distance between adjacent electrodes is 20 μm, and a polyimide film is used as an alignment film on the electrodes. A rubbing process was performed. The rubbing process was performed in the direction 4 shown in FIG. A polyimide film was provided on one surface of a separately prepared glass substrate, and a rubbing treatment was performed to obtain an alignment film. The two glass substrates are stacked and bonded so that the alignment films face each other, the distance between the substrates (gap; d) is 3.9 μm, and the rubbing directions of the two glass substrates are parallel. A nematic liquid crystal composition having a refractive index anisotropy (Δn) of 0.0769 and a dielectric anisotropy (Δε) of 4.5 was enclosed. The value of d · Δn of the liquid crystal layer was 300 nm.

<Production of First Phase Difference Region 1, First Phase Difference Region 2, and First Phase Difference Region 3>
The following composition was put into a mixing tank and stirred while heating to dissolve each component to prepare a cellulose acetate solution. The solution was filtered using a filter paper (No. 63, manufactured by Advantech) having a retained particle size of 4 μm and a drainage time of 35 seconds at 0.5 MPa (5 kg / cm ² ) or less.

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Cellulose acetate solution composition ────────────────────────────────────
Cellulose acetate having an acetylation degree of 60.9% (degree of polymerization: 300, Mn / Mw = 1.5) 100 parts by weight Triphenyl phosphate (plasticizer) 7.8 parts by weight Biphenyl diphenyl phosphate (plasticizer) 3.9 parts by weight Methylene chloride (first solvent) 300 parts by weight Methanol (second solvent) 54 parts by weight 1-butanol (third solvent) 11 parts by weight ──────────────────── ────────────────

  In another mixing tank, 8 parts by mass of the following retardation increasing agent A, 10 parts by mass of retardation increasing agent B, 0.28 parts by mass of silicon dioxide fine particles (average particle size: 0.1 μm), 80 parts by mass of methylene chloride And 20 parts by mass of methanol were added and stirred while heating to prepare a retardation increasing agent solution (and a fine particle dispersion). The dope was prepared by mixing 474 parts by mass of the cellulose acetate solution with 40 parts by mass of the retardation increasing agent solution and stirring sufficiently.

  The obtained dope was cast using a band casting machine. A film having a residual solvent amount of 15% by mass was stretched transversely at a stretch ratio of 20% using a tenter under the conditions of 130 ° C., held at 50 ° C. for 30 seconds with the stretched width, and then clipped to remove cellulose. An acetate film was prepared. The residual solvent amount at the end of stretching was 5% by mass, and further dried to prepare a film with the residual solvent amount being less than 0.1% by mass.

  The thickness of the film thus obtained (first retardation region 1) was 80 μm. About the produced 1st phase difference area | region 1, Re is 70 nm by measuring the light incident angle dependence of Re using an automatic birefringence meter (KOBRA-21ADH, Oji Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd. product). It was found that Rth was 175 nm and Nz was 3.0.

  In another mixing tank, 16 parts by mass of the retardation increasing agent A, 8 parts by mass of the retardation increasing agent B, 0.28 parts by mass of silicon dioxide fine particles (average particle size: 0.1 μm), and 80 parts by mass of methylene chloride. And 20 parts by mass of methanol were added and stirred while heating to prepare a retardation increasing agent solution (and a fine particle dispersion). 45 parts by mass of the retardation increasing agent solution was mixed with 474 parts by mass of the cellulose acetate solution, and the dope was prepared by sufficiently stirring to form a film in the same manner as in the first retardation region 1 described above. The thickness of the film thus obtained (first retardation region 2) was 80 μm. About the produced 1st phase difference area | region 2, Re is 60 nm by measuring the light incident angle dependence of Re using an automatic birefringence meter (KOBRA-21ADH, Oji Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd. product). It was found that Rth was 210 nm and Nz was 4.0.

  In another mixing tank, 18 parts by mass of the retardation increasing agent A, 0.28 parts by mass of silicon dioxide fine particles (average particle size: 0.1 μm), 80 parts by mass of methylene chloride, and 20 parts by mass of methanol were charged. Stirring while heating, a retardation increasing agent solution (and a fine particle dispersion) was prepared. The same as the first retardation region 1 except that 474 parts by mass of the cellulose acetate solution was mixed with 25 parts by mass of the retardation increasing agent solution, sufficiently stirred to prepare a dope, and the draw ratio was 23%. A film was formed. The film thus obtained (first retardation region 3) had a thickness of 80 μm. About the produced 1st phase difference area | region 3, Re is 35 nm by measuring the light incident angle dependence of Re using an automatic birefringence meter (KOBRA-21ADH, Oji Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd. product). It was found that Rth was 135 nm and Nz was 4.4.

<Production of second retardation regions 1 to 10>
The surfaces of the manufactured first retardation region 1, first retardation region 2, and first retardation region 3 are subjected to saponification treatment, and 25 ml of an alignment film coating solution having the following composition is applied to the film using a wire bar coater. / M ^{2 was} applied. The film was formed by drying with warm air of 60 ° C. for 60 seconds and further with warm air of 100 ° C. for 120 seconds. Next, the formed film was rubbed in a direction parallel to the slow axis direction of the film to obtain an alignment film.
Composition of alignment film coating solution Modified polyvinyl alcohol 10 parts by weight Water 371 parts by weight Methanol 119 parts by weight Glutaraldehyde 0.5 parts by weight

  Next, 3.8 g of the following rod-like liquid crystal compound, 0.06 g of photopolymerization initiator (Irgacure 907, manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals), sensitizer (Kayacure DETX, manufactured by Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.) 0.02 g, 0.015 g of fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer, the following onium salt, 0.076 g, and a solution obtained by dissolving 0.002 g of the following air interface side vertical alignment agent in 9.2 g of methyl ethyl ketone (in Table 1) No. 2-1 to 2-10 coating solutions) shown in FIG. This coating solution was applied to the surface of the alignment film with a wire bar having the count shown in Table 2. This was affixed to a metal frame and heated in a constant temperature bath at 100 ° C. for 2 minutes to align the rod-like liquid crystal compound. Next, UV irradiation was performed at 80 ° C. with a 120 W / cm high-pressure mercury lamp for 20 seconds to crosslink the rod-like liquid crystal compound, and then allowed to cool to room temperature to prepare an optically anisotropic layer.

Table 2 shows the results of visual observation of the state of the optical compensation film surface. The optical compensation film coated with the coating solution containing the composition obtained in the present invention had good wind unevenness. Here, the wind unevenness is a surface failure that changes when the drying conditions are changed, and the coating unevenness is a surface failure that changes when the application conditions are changed, and × when the surface failure can be visually confirmed. It was judged.
In addition, the phase differences 6 and 7 did not show an extinction position, schlieren defects were observed in the respective second phase difference regions, and vertical alignment was not performed. Each of the second retardation regions 6 and 7 is an optically anisotropic layer formed using a coating liquid to which either one of the onium salt and the air interface vertical alignment agent is not added. It was found that both the onium salt and the air interface vertical alignment agent are required for the vertical alignment of the compound.
In addition, using an automatic birefringence meter (KOBRA-21ADH, manufactured by Oji Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd.), the light incident angle dependency of Re of the manufactured film is measured, and the contribution of the support measured in advance is subtracted. Thus, when the optical characteristics of only the second retardation region were calculated, Re was 0 nm and Rth was −225 nm for the second retardation region 1, Re was 0 nm and Rth was −180 nm for the second retardation region 2, respectively. The second retardation region 3 has Re of 0 nm and Rth of −295 nm, the second retardation region 4 has Re of 0 nm and Rth of −170 nm, the second retardation region 5 has Re of 0 nm, Rth of −292 nm, The retardation region 8 has Re of 0 nm and Rth of −226 nm, the second retardation region 9 has Re of 0 nm and Rth of −297 nm, and the second retardation region 10 has Re of 0 nm and Rth of −296 nm. There are both confirmed that the rod-like liquid crystal is aligned substantially vertically.

<Production of Polarizing Plate Protective Film 1>
The following composition was put into a mixing tank, stirred while heating to dissolve each component, and a cellulose acetate solution A was prepared.
<Composition of cellulose acetate solution A>
Cellulose acetate having a substitution degree of 2.86 100 parts by weight Triphenyl phosphate (plasticizer) 7.8 parts by weight Biphenyl diphenyl phosphate (plasticizer) 3.9 parts by weight Methylene chloride (first solvent) 300 parts by weight Methanol (second solvent) ) 54 parts by mass 1-butanol 11 parts by mass

The following composition was charged into another mixing tank, stirred while heating to dissolve each component, and an additive solution B-1 was prepared.
<Additive solution B-1 composition>
Methylene chloride 80 parts by mass Methanol 20 parts by mass The following retardation reducing agent 40 parts by mass

40 parts by mass of the additive solution B-1 was added to 477 parts by mass of the cellulose acetate solution A, and the dope was prepared by sufficiently stirring. The dope was cast from a casting port onto a drum cooled to 0 ° C. The film is peeled off at a solvent content of 70% by mass, and both ends in the width direction of the film are fixed with a pin tenter (the pin tenter described in FIG. 3 of JP-A-4-1009), and the solvent content is 3-5% by mass. In this state, the film was dried while maintaining an interval at which the stretching ratio in the transverse direction (direction perpendicular to the machine direction) was 3%. Then, it further dried by conveying between the rolls of the heat processing apparatus, and produced the polarizing plate protective film 1 with a thickness of 80 μm.
Using an automatic birefringence meter (KOBRA-21ADH, manufactured by Oji Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd.), the light incident angle dependence of Re was measured, and the optical characteristics were calculated. Re was 1 nm and Rth was 6 nm. I was able to confirm.

<Preparation of polarizing plate A>
Next, iodine is adsorbed on the stretched polyvinyl alcohol film to produce a polarizing film, and a commercially available cellulose acetate film (Fujitac TD80UF, manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Re = 3 nm, Rth = 45 nm) is subjected to saponification treatment. A polarizing plate A was formed on one surface of the polarizing film using a polyvinyl alcohol adhesive.

<Preparation of polarizing plate B>
A polarizing film is produced by adsorbing iodine to a stretched polyvinyl alcohol film, and a commercially available cellulose acetate film (Fujitac TD80UF, manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) is subjected to saponification treatment, using a polyvinyl alcohol adhesive, A polarizing plate B was formed on both sides of the polarizing film.

<Preparation of polarizing plate C>
A polarizing film was produced in the same manner, and a commercially available cellulose acetate film (Fujitac TD80UF, manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) was subjected to saponification treatment and attached to one side of the polarizing film using a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive. . In the same manner, the polarizing plate protective film 1 manufactured as described above was attached to the other side of the polarizing film to form a polarizing plate C.

<Preparation of polarizing plate D>
A polarizing film was produced in the same manner, and a commercially available cellulose acetate film (Fujitac TD80UF, manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) was subjected to saponification treatment and attached to one side of the polarizing film using a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive. . In the same manner, a commercially available cellulose acetate film (Fujitac T40UZ, manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Re = 1 nm, Rth = 35 nm) was saponified, and the other side of the polarizing film was coated with a polyvinyl alcohol adhesive. A pasting polarizing plate D was formed.

<Preparation of polarizing plate E>
In the polarizing plate C, a polarizing plate E was formed using ZEONOR ZF14 (manufactured by ZEON Corporation, Re = 5 nm, Rth = 5 nm) instead of the polarizing plate protective film 1.

[Example 1]
Using a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive for the polarizing plate A, the produced film retardation 1 is formed so that the first retardation region 1 side is the polarizing film side and the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the first retardation region 1 A polarizing plate 1 was formed on the side of the polarizing film where the cellulose acetate film was not bonded so that the slow axis was parallel.

This is applied to one of the IPS mode liquid crystal cells 1 produced above so that the slow axis of the first retardation region 1 is parallel to the rubbing direction of the liquid crystal cell (that is, the slow phase of the first retardation region 1). The polarizing plate 1 was affixed so that the axis was parallel to the slow axis of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal cell during black display) and the second retardation region 1 surface side was on the liquid crystal cell side.
Subsequently, the polarizing plate C is attached to the other side of the IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1 so that the polarizing plate protective film 1 side is on the liquid crystal cell side, and in a crossed Nicol arrangement with the polarizing plate 1. A liquid crystal display device was produced. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.05%.

[Example 2]
Using a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive for the polarizing plate A, the produced film retardation 2 is formed so that the first retardation region 1 side is the polarizing film side and the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the first retardation region 1 A polarizing plate 2 was formed on the side of the polarizing film where the cellulose acetate film was not bonded so that the slow axis was parallel.

This is applied to one of the IPS mode liquid crystal cells 1 produced above so that the slow axis of the first retardation region 1 is parallel to the rubbing direction of the liquid crystal cell (that is, the slow phase of the first retardation region 1). The polarizing plate 2 was attached so that the axis was parallel to the slow axis of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal cell during black display) and the second phase difference region 2 surface side was the liquid crystal cell side.
Subsequently, the polarizing plate D is attached to the other side of the IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1 so that the T40UZ side is the liquid crystal cell side and the polarizing plate 2 is in a crossed Nicol arrangement, and the liquid crystal display device is attached. Produced. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.06%.

[Example 3]
Acrylic resin so that the film retardation 3 is applied to the polarizing plate B, the second retardation region 3 side is the polarizing film side, and the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the slow axis of the first retardation region 2 are orthogonal to each other. The sticking polarizing plate 3 was formed using a system adhesive.

This is applied to one of the IPS mode liquid crystal cells 1 produced above so that the slow axis of the first retardation region 2 is orthogonal to the rubbing direction of the liquid crystal cell (that is, the slow phase of the first retardation region 2). The polarizing plate 3 was attached so that the axis was perpendicular to the slow axis of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal cell during black display) and the first retardation region 2 surface side was on the liquid crystal cell side.
Subsequently, the polarizing plate C is attached to the other side of the IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1 so that the polarizing plate protective film 1 side is on the liquid crystal cell side and the polarizing plate 3 is in a crossed Nicol arrangement, A liquid crystal display device was produced. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.06%.

[Example 4]
Acrylic resin so that the film retardation 4 is applied to the polarizing plate C, the second retardation region 4 side is on the polarizing film side, and the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the slow axis of the first retardation region 1 are orthogonal to each other. A polarizing plate 4 was formed on the polarizing plate protective film 1 side using a system adhesive.

This is applied to one of the IPS mode liquid crystal cells 1 produced above so that the slow axis of the first retardation region 1 is orthogonal to the rubbing direction of the liquid crystal cell (that is, the slow phase of the first retardation region 1). The polarizing plate 4 was attached so that the axis was orthogonal to the slow axis of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal cell during black display) and the first phase difference region 1 surface side was on the liquid crystal cell side.
Subsequently, a polarizing plate B was attached to the other side of the IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1 so as to be in a crossed Nicols arrangement with respect to the polarizing plate 4 to produce a liquid crystal display device. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.09%.

[Example 5]
Acrylic resin system in which the film retardation 6 is applied to the polarizing plate E, the second retardation region 6 side is on the polarizing film side, and the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the slow axis of the first phase region 1 are orthogonal to each other. A polarizing plate 6 was formed by sticking to the ZEONOR side using an adhesive.
A liquid crystal display device was prepared in the same manner as in Example 4, and the mole light was measured. The mole light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.15%.

[Example 6]
The first retardation region 3 was bonded to the polarizing plate A using a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive so that the slow axis was parallel to the transmission axis of the polarizing film. Next, in the first retardation region 3 attached to the polarizing plate A, the film retardation 5 is set so that the first retardation region 3 is on the attached first retardation region 3 side, and the polarizing plate A A polarizing plate 5 was formed by attaching the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the slow axis of the first retardation region 3 in parallel with each other using an acrylic resin adhesive. In this case, the first retardation region is composed of a laminate of two first retardation regions 3 (Re = 35 nm, Rth = 135 nm), and Re = 70 nm, Rth = 270 nm, Nz = 4. 4 optical characteristics.

This is applied to one of the IPS mode liquid crystal cells 1 produced above so that the slow axis of the first retardation region 3 is parallel to the rubbing direction of the liquid crystal cell (that is, the slow phase of the first retardation region 3). The polarizing plate 5 was attached so that the axis was parallel to the slow axis of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal cell during black display) and the second retardation region 3 surface side was on the liquid crystal cell side.
Subsequently, the polarizing plate D is attached to the other side of the IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1 so that the T40UZ side is the liquid crystal cell side and the polarizing plate 2 is in a crossed Nicol arrangement, and the liquid crystal display device is attached. Produced. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.13%.

[Comparative Example 1]
A polarizing plate 7 was produced in the same manner except that the film retardation 1 used in the formation of the polarizing plate 1 described in Example 1 was changed to the film retardation 8. Further, in the same manner as described in Example 1, it was attached to a liquid crystal cell to produce a liquid crystal display device. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.13%.

[Comparative Example 2]
A polarizing plate 7 was produced in the same manner except that the film retardation 1 used in the formation of the polarizing plate 1 described in Example 1 was changed to the film retardation 9. Further, in the same manner as described in Example 1, it was attached to a liquid crystal cell to produce a liquid crystal display device. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.08%.

[Comparative Example 3]
A polarizing plate 8 was produced in the same manner except that the film retardation 1 used in the formation of the polarizing plate 1 described in Example 1 was changed to the film retardation 10. Further, in the same manner as described in Example 1, it was attached to a liquid crystal cell to produce a liquid crystal display device. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. The leakage light when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.09%.

[Comparative Example 4]
A commercially available polarizing plate (HLC2-5618, manufactured by Sanritz Co., Ltd.) was attached to both sides of the produced IPS mode liquid crystal cell 1 in a crossed Nicol arrangement to produce a liquid crystal display device. An optical compensation film was not used. In the liquid crystal display device, as in Example 1, the polarizing plate was attached so that the transmission axis of the upper polarizing plate was parallel to the rubbing direction of the liquid crystal cell. The leakage light of the liquid crystal display device thus manufactured was measured. Light leakage when observed from the left oblique direction of 60 ° was 0.55%.

  As described above, the optical compensation film of the present invention can achieve both improvement in wind unevenness and coating unevenness and optical performance. By using the optical compensation film of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device with little light leakage from an oblique direction could be produced.

  The optical compensation film of the present invention is particularly suitable for an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device that performs display by applying a horizontal electric field to liquid crystal molecules aligned in the horizontal direction.

It is the schematic which shows the pixel area example of the liquid crystal display device of this invention. It is the schematic which shows an example of the liquid crystal display device of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the other example of the liquid crystal display device of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Liquid crystal element pixel area 2 Pixel electrode 3 Display electrode 4 Rubbing direction 5a, 5b Director of liquid crystal compound at the time of black display 6a, 6b Director of liquid crystal compound at the time of white display 7a, 7b, 19a, 19b Protective film for polarizing film 8, 20 Polarizing film 9, 21 Polarizing transmission axis 10 of polarizing film First retardation region 11 Slow axis 12 of first retardation region Second retardation region 13, 17 Cell substrate 14, 18 Cell substrate rubbing direction 15 Liquid crystal Layer 16 Slow axis direction of liquid crystal layer

Claims (12)

An optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer comprising a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal composition is repeatedly derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following general formula [1] The optical compensation film comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer containing a unit and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula [2];

(In the general formula [1], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L represents a divalent linking group, and n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18).

(In General Formula [2], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ¹ represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y represents a cyclic group). The optical compensation film according to claim 1, wherein L ¹ in the general formula [2] is a linking group containing a hetero atom.   The optical compensation film according to claim 1, wherein Y in the general formula [2] is an alicyclic cyclic group. The optical compensation film according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [1] is represented by the following general formula [3]. .

(In General Formula [3], R ⁰ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N (R) —, m is an integer in the range of 1 to 6, n Represents an integer in the range of 1 to 18. Here, R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. An optical compensation film having an optically anisotropic layer comprising a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal composition is repeatedly derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the following general formula [4] The optical compensation film comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer containing a unit and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula [2];

(In the general formula [4], R ² represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ² represents a divalent linking group, and n represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6).

(In General Formula [2], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, L ¹ represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y represents a cyclic group). The optical compensation film according to claim 5, wherein the fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by the general formula [4] is represented by the following general formula [5].

(In General Formula [5], R ³ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group, X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N (R) —, m is an integer in the range of 1 to 6, and n is The integer in the range of 1-6 is represented, R represents the C1-C8 alkyl group which may have a hydrogen atom or a substituent.) The optical compensation film according to claim 5 or 6, wherein L ¹ in the general formula [2] is a linking group containing a hetero atom.   8. The optical compensation film according to claim 5, wherein Y in the general formula [2] is an alicyclic cyclic group. The optical compensation film according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the monomer represented by the general formula [2] is represented by the following general formula [7].

(In the general formula [7], R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group, X ¹ represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N (R ⁶ ) —, and Z ¹ represents an alicyclic fused ring. Wherein R ⁶ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent.)   The optical compensation film according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal compound is a rod-like liquid crystal compound, and the liquid crystal compound is substantially vertically aligned.   A polarizing plate comprising the optical compensation film according to claim 1 and a polarizing film.   A liquid crystal display device comprising the optical compensation film according to claim 1, or the polarizing plate according to claim 11.

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