JP6112249B2 - Polarizing plate set and liquid crystal panel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a set of polarizing plates in which warpage of a liquid crystal panel is suppressed under a high temperature environment, and a liquid crystal panel using the set.

  In recent years, low-power consumption, low-voltage, light-weight and thin liquid crystal displays are rapidly spreading as information display devices such as mobile phones, portable information terminals, computer monitors, and televisions. With the development of liquid crystal technology, liquid crystal displays in various modes have been proposed, and problems with liquid crystal displays such as response speed, contrast, and narrow viewing angle are being solved. In addition, with the spread of mobile liquid crystal displays, thin and light liquid crystal panels are also required.

  As the liquid crystal panel is made thinner, there is a problem that the liquid crystal panel warps due to contraction of the polarizing plate bonded to the liquid crystal cell in a high temperature environment, and the liquid crystal panel does not fit in the final product casing.

  In order to suppress such warpage of the liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display has been changed by changing the thickness of the polarizing plate disposed on the liquid crystal cell viewing side and the side opposite to the liquid crystal cell viewing side (back side). Techniques for suppressing panel warpage have been developed. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-58429 (Patent Document 1), the thickness of the polarizing film (polarizing film as referred to in the present invention) of the polarizing plate disposed on the viewing side of the liquid crystal cell is disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal cell. A method for suppressing warpage of a liquid crystal display panel by making it thinner than a polarizing film is described.

  In JP 2013-37115 A (Patent Document 2), a polarizing film (a polarizing film referred to in the present invention) included in the optical laminate on the viewing side is disposed on the side opposite to the viewing side. There has been proposed a technique for suppressing the warpage of the liquid crystal panel by making it 5 μm or more thicker than the polarizing film included in the laminate. However, there is still much room for improvement in suppressing the warpage of the liquid crystal panel.

JP 2012-58429 A JP2013-37115A

  The objective of this invention is providing the liquid crystal panel formed by bonding the set of the polarizing plate which can suppress the curvature of a liquid crystal panel in a high temperature environment, and this polarizing plate set to a liquid crystal cell.

  The present invention is a set of a viewing-side polarizing plate disposed on the viewing side of a liquid crystal cell and a back-side polarizing plate disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal cell, the back-side polarizing plate comprising a brightness enhancement film and an absorption type The polarizing plate is laminated, the distance from the liquid crystal cell to the brightness enhancement film is 100 μm or less, the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours, and the back surface A set of polarizing plates is provided, wherein the ratio of the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours is more than 1 and 1.4 or less.

  The thickness of the polarizing film included in the viewing side polarizing plate is preferably larger than the thickness of the polarizing film of the absorption polarizing plate included in the back side polarizing plate in order to suppress warpage. Also. In the absorptive polarizing plate included in the back side polarizing plate, a configuration having a protective film only on one side is preferable in order to reduce the distance between the liquid crystal cell and the brightness enhancement film.

The viewing side polarizing plate preferably has an absorption axis in the short side direction of the liquid crystal cell, and the back side polarizing plate has an absorption axis in the long side direction of the liquid crystal cell.

  The present invention also includes the above-described set of polarizing plates and a liquid crystal cell, a viewing side polarizing plate is attached to the viewing side of the liquid crystal cell, and a back side polarizing plate is attached to the back side of the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal panel is characterized in that the amount of warping when heated at 85 ° C. for 240 hours is 0.5 mm or less in absolute value.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the curvature in the high temperature environment in a liquid crystal panel can be eliminated, and the liquid crystal panel which can be accommodated in the housing | casing of a final product can be obtained even in a high temperature environment.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the example of the preferable layer structure in the set of the polarizing plate which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the example of the preferable layer structure in the set of the polarizing plate which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of an example of the reflective polarizing film used for this invention.

Hereinafter, a set of polarizing plates according to the present invention and a liquid crystal panel using the same will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

  The set of polarizing plates of the present invention includes a viewing side polarizing plate 30 and a back side polarizing plate 60. With reference to FIG. 1, the layer structure of the visual recognition side polarizing plate 30 and the back side polarizing plate 60 concerning this invention is demonstrated. In FIG. 1, the viewing-side polarizing plate 30 is obtained by bonding protective films 31 a and 32 b to both surfaces of a polarizing film 32. It is also useful to form a surface treatment layer on the surface of the protective film 31a opposite to the bonding surface with the polarizing film 32. About the back side polarizing plate 60, the absorption-type polarizing plate 50 is formed by bonding the protective film 51 to at least one surface of the polarizing film 52. Further, the brightness enhancement film 61 is laminated on the absorption polarizing plate 50 via the adhesive layer 54 to form the back side polarizing plate 60. These polarizing plates are bonded to the liquid crystal cell via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers 33 and 53, respectively, to form a liquid crystal panel.

  In the back side polarizing plate, the distance from the liquid crystal cell to the brightness enhancement film 61 is 100 μm or less, preferably 80 μm or less, and more preferably 60 μm or less. Although a minimum is not specifically limited, Usually, it is 5 micrometers or more, More typically, it is 10 micrometers or more. Moreover, the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing-side polarizing plate 30 is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours, and the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the back-side polarizing plate 60 is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours. The ratio is more than 1 and 1.4 or less, preferably 1.01 or more and 1.04 or less, and more preferably 1.05 or more and 1.3 or less. In the present invention, the distance from the liquid crystal cell to the brightness enhancement film refers to the surface in contact with the liquid crystal cell in the back side polarizing plate (for example, the surface in contact with the liquid crystal cell of the adhesive layer 53 corresponds to this in FIGS. It means the distance from the surface of the brightness enhancement film to the liquid crystal cell side.

  The amount of warpage of the liquid crystal panel is greatly influenced by the brightness enhancement film disposed on the outermost layer from the liquid crystal cell. For this reason, the distance between the liquid crystal panel and the brightness enhancement film satisfies the above, and the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing side polarizing plate 30 and the back side polarizing plate 60 are heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours is described above. By setting the range, the amount of warpage of the liquid crystal panel can be reduced.

  In the present invention, since the brightness enhancement film can be brought closer to the liquid crystal cell, it is preferable that the absorption polarizing plate 50 included in the back side polarizing plate 60 has a protective film only on one side of the polarizing film. Thus, by arranging the brightness enhancement film at a position close to the liquid crystal cell, it is possible to reduce the influence of the force generated by the dimensional change of the brightness enhancement film on the warpage of the liquid crystal panel.

  Further, the viewing side polarizing plate has an arrangement in which the absorption axis is substantially parallel to the short side direction of the liquid crystal cell, and the back side polarizing plate has an arrangement in which the absorption axis is substantially parallel to the long side direction of the liquid crystal cell. It is preferable. “Substantially parallel” is not limited to being strictly parallel. For example, the angle formed by the absorption axis of the polarizing plate and each side of the liquid crystal cell is preferably 5 ° or less, and more preferably 3 ° or less. More preferably, it is 1 ° or less. When such a shaft configuration is adopted, the warpage of the liquid crystal panel can be reduced more remarkably.

  Moreover, according to this invention, the liquid crystal panel by which said visual recognition side polarizing plate 30 and back side polarizing plate 60 were laminated | stacked on the liquid crystal cell via the adhesive layer is also provided.

  Hereinafter, the set of polarizing plates and the members constituting the liquid crystal panel of the present invention will be described in detail. Moreover, the polarizing film 32 which a viewing side polarizing plate has, and the polarizing film 52 which a back side polarizing plate has may be named generically, and may only be called a polarizing film, and the protective film 31a, the protective film 31b, and the protective film 51 may be called. Collectively, it may be simply referred to as a protective film.

[Polarizing films 32 and 52]
As the polarizing films 32 and 51, any appropriate film can be used as long as the dimensional change rate and the thickness of the polarizing film are satisfied. The polarizing film is usually a step of uniaxially stretching a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film, a step of adsorbing a dichroic dye by dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film with a dichroic dye, a polyvinyl on which the dichroic dye is adsorbed The alcohol-based resin film is manufactured through a step of crosslinking with a boric acid aqueous solution and a step of washing with water after the crosslinking treatment with the boric acid aqueous solution.

  The polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can be produced by saponifying a polyvinyl acetate-based resin. The polyvinyl acetate resin may be a copolymer of vinyl acetate and another monomer copolymerizable therewith, in addition to polyvinyl acetate which is a homopolymer of vinyl acetate. Examples of other monomers copolymerizable with vinyl acetate include unsaturated carboxylic acids, olefins, vinyl ethers, unsaturated sulfonic acids, and acrylamides having an ammonium group.

  The saponification degree of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is usually about 85 to 100 mol%, preferably 98 mol% or more. The polyvinyl alcohol resin may be modified, for example, polyvinyl formal or polyvinyl acetal modified with aldehydes can be used. The degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is usually about 1,000 to 10,000, preferably about 1,500 to 5,000.

  What formed such a polyvinyl alcohol-type resin into a film is used as a raw film of a polarizing film. The method for forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is not particularly limited, and can be formed by a known method. The film thickness of a polyvinyl alcohol-type resin raw film is about 10-100 micrometers, for example, Preferably it is about 10-50 micrometers.

  The longitudinal uniaxial stretching of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film can be performed before dyeing with the dichroic dye, simultaneously with dyeing, or after dyeing. When longitudinal uniaxial stretching is performed after dyeing, the longitudinal uniaxial stretching may be performed before boric acid treatment or during boric acid treatment. Of course, longitudinal uniaxial stretching can also be performed in a plurality of stages shown here. For the longitudinal uniaxial stretching, a method of stretching uniaxially between rolls having different peripheral speeds, a method of stretching uniaxially using a hot roll, or the like can be adopted. The longitudinal uniaxial stretching may be performed by dry stretching in which stretching is performed in the air, or may be performed by wet stretching in which a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film is stretched using a solvent such as water. The draw ratio is usually about 3 to 8 times.

  The polyvinyl alcohol resin film can be dyed with a dichroic dye by, for example, a method of immersing the polyvinyl alcohol resin film in an aqueous solution containing the dichroic dye. Specifically, iodine or a dichroic organic dye is used as the dichroic dye. In addition, it is preferable to perform the process which a polyvinyl alcohol-type resin film swells by immersing in water before a dyeing process.

  When iodine is used as the dichroic dye, a method of dyeing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in an aqueous solution containing iodine and potassium iodide is usually employed. The content of iodine in this aqueous solution is usually about 0.01 to 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of water, and the content of potassium iodide is usually about 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. It is. The temperature of the aqueous solution used for dyeing is usually about 20 to 40 ° C. Moreover, the immersion time (dyeing time) in this aqueous solution is usually about 20 to 1,800 seconds.

On the other hand, when a dichroic organic dye is used as the dichroic dye, a method of immersing and dyeing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble dichroic organic dye is usually employed. The content of the dichroic organic dye in this aqueous solution is usually about 1 × 10 ⁻⁴ to 10 parts by weight, preferably 1 × 10 ⁻³ to 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. This aqueous dye solution may contain an inorganic salt such as sodium sulfate as a dyeing assistant. The temperature of the aqueous dichroic organic dye solution used for dyeing is usually about 20 to 80 ° C. Moreover, the immersion time (dyeing time) in this aqueous solution is usually about 10 to 1,800 seconds.

  The boric acid treatment after dyeing with the dichroic dye can be performed by a method of immersing the dyed polyvinyl alcohol resin film in a boric acid-containing aqueous solution. The boric acid content in the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is usually about 2 to 15 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 12 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. When iodine is used as the dichroic dye, the boric acid-containing aqueous solution preferably contains potassium iodide. The content of potassium iodide in the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is usually about 0.1 to 15 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 12 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. The immersion time in the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is usually about 60 to 1,200 seconds, preferably 150 to 600 seconds, and more preferably 200 to 400 seconds. The temperature of the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is usually 50 ° C. or higher, preferably 50 to 85 ° C., more preferably 60 to 80 ° C.

  The polyvinyl alcohol resin film after the boric acid treatment is usually washed with water. The water washing treatment can be performed, for example, by a method of immersing a boric acid-treated polyvinyl alcohol resin film in water. The temperature of water in the water washing treatment is usually about 5 to 40 ° C. The immersion time is usually about 1 to 120 seconds.

  After washing with water, a drying process is performed to obtain a polarizing film. The drying process can be performed using a hot air dryer or a far infrared heater. The temperature of a drying process is about 30-100 degreeC normally, Preferably it is 50-80 degreeC. The drying time is usually about 60 to 600 seconds, preferably 120 to 600 seconds. By the drying treatment, the moisture content in the polarizing film is reduced to a practical level. The moisture content is usually about 5 to 20% by weight, preferably 8 to 15% by weight. When the moisture content is less than 5% by weight, the polarizing film loses its flexibility, and may be damaged or broken after drying. On the other hand, if the moisture content exceeds 20% by weight, the thermal stability tends to be insufficient.

  As described above, a polarizing film having a dichroic dye adsorbed and oriented on a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film can be produced.

In addition, the stretching, dyeing, boric acid treatment, water washing step, and drying step of the polyvinyl alcohol resin film in the production process of the polarizing film may be performed in accordance with, for example, the method described in JP2012-159778A. . In the method described in this document, it is also useful to use a method of forming a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer to be a polarizing film by coating a polyvinyl alcohol resin on a base film.

  In order to suppress the shrinkage force of the polarizing film to a desired dimensional change rate, the thickness of the polarizing film is preferably 15 μm or less, and may be less than 15 μm. The thickness of the polarizing film is usually 3 μm or more in that good optical properties can be imparted.

  It is preferable that the thickness of the polarizing film 32 included in the viewing side polarizing plate is larger than the thickness of the polarizing film 52 included in the back side polarizing plate. For example, it is preferable that the polarizing film 32 included in the viewing side polarizing plate has a thickness of 10 μm or more, and the polarizing film included in the back side polarizing plate has a thickness of less than 10 μm. The thickness difference between the polarizing film 32 and the polarizing film 52 is preferably 2 μm or more, preferably 5 μm or more, and preferably less than 10 μm.

[Protective films 31a, 31b, 51]
As protective film 31a, 31b, 51, what is formed from appropriate transparent resin can be used. Specifically, it is preferable to use a polymer made of a polymer excellent in transparency, uniform optical properties, mechanical strength, thermal stability, and the like. Examples of such transparent resin films include cellulose films such as triacetyl cellulose and diacetyl cellulose, polyester films such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene isophthalate, and polybutylene terephthalate, polymethyl (meth) acrylate, and polyethyl (meth) acrylate. An acrylic film such as, for example, a polycarbonate film, a polyethersulfone film, a polysulfone film, a polyimide film, a polyolefin film, and a polynorbornene film can be used, but is not limited thereto.

  The protective films 31a and 31b applied to the viewing-side polarizing plate 30 and the protective film 51 applied to the rear-side polarizing plate 60 may be the same or different from each other. .

  Prior to bonding to the polarizing film, the protective film may be subjected to easy adhesion treatment such as saponification treatment, corona treatment, primer treatment, and anchor coating treatment on the bonding surface. The thickness of the protective film is usually in the range of about 5 to 200 μm, preferably 10 μm or more, preferably 80 μm or less, more preferably 40 μm or less.

  Moreover, in order to provide a desired surface optical characteristic or other characteristics, a coating layer (surface treatment layer 35) can be provided on the outer surface of the protective film 31a. Specific examples of the coating layer include a hard coat layer, an antiglare layer, an antireflection layer, an antistatic layer, and an antifouling layer. The method for forming the coating layer is not particularly limited, and a known method can be used.

  Moreover, you may use the phase difference plate for improving the visibility when seeing a screen through polarized sunglasses as the protective film 31a. It is desirable to arrange a λ / 4 wavelength plate as a retardation plate from the viewpoint of improving visibility. Moreover, when laminating | stacking with the polarizing film on long, when the angle | corner with respect to a long long side direction is extended | stretched to about 45 degrees or 135 degrees, since a polarizing plate can be produced by roll-to-roll, it is preferable.

  When the liquid crystal cell is in an in-plane switching (IPS) mode, the protective film 31b and the protective film 51 are formed of a polarizing film and a liquid crystal cell so as not to impair the wide viewing angle characteristics inherent in the IPS mode liquid crystal cell. In the case where it is disposed between these, the thickness direction retardation value Rth is preferably in the range of −10 to 10 nm. The in-plane retardation value Re is also preferably in the range of −10 to 10 nm.

The retardation value Rth in the thickness direction is a value obtained by multiplying the value obtained by subtracting the refractive index in the thickness direction from the in-plane average refractive index, and is defined by the following formula (a). The in-plane retardation value Re is a value obtained by multiplying the in-plane refractive index difference by the film thickness, and is defined by the following formula (b).
Rth = [(n _x + _ny ) / 2−n _z ] × d (a)
_{Re = (n x -n y)} × d (b)

Wherein, n _x is a refractive index in x-axis direction in the film plane (in-plane slow axis direction), n _y is a y-axis direction (in-plane fast axis direction in the film plane, the plane In the direction perpendicular to the x-axis), _nz is the refractive index in the z-axis direction (thickness direction) perpendicular to the film surface, and d is the thickness of the film.

  Here, the phase difference value may be a value at an arbitrary wavelength in the range of about 500 to 650 nm near the center of visible light, but in this specification, the phase difference value at a wavelength of 590 nm is used as a standard. The retardation value Rth in the thickness direction and the in-plane retardation value Re can be measured using various commercially available retardation meters.

  Examples of the method for controlling the retardation value Rth in the thickness direction of the protective film within a range of −10 to 10 nm include a method for minimizing the distortion remaining in the plane and in the thickness direction as much as possible. For example, in the solvent casting method, a method of relaxing residual shrinkage strain in the plane and in the thickness direction generated when the cast resin solution is dried by heat treatment can be employed. On the other hand, in the melt extrusion method, the distance from the die to the cooling drum is reduced as much as possible in order to prevent the resin film from being drawn from the die and cooled, and the extrusion amount and the rotation speed of the cooling drum are reduced. A method of controlling the film so that the film is not stretched can be employed. Moreover, the method of relieving the distortion which remains in the obtained film by heat processing similarly to the solvent casting method is also employable.

[Brightness enhancement film 61]
The back side polarizing plate 60 of the present invention has a configuration in which a brightness enhancement film 61 and an absorption type polarizing plate 50 are laminated. As the brightness enhancement film 61, a linearly polarized light separation type reflective polarizing film is typically mentioned. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example of the reflective polarizing film used in the present invention. The reflective polarizing film 61 is a multilayer laminate in which layers A having birefringence and layers B substantially not having birefringence are alternately laminated. For example, in the illustrated example, the refractive index nx in the x-axis direction of the A layer is larger than the refractive index ny in the y-axis direction, and the refractive index nx in the x-axis direction and the refractive index ny in the y-axis direction of the B layer are substantially equal. Are the same. Accordingly, the difference in refractive index between the A layer and the B layer is large in the x-axis direction and is substantially zero in the y-axis direction. As a result, the x-axis direction becomes the reflection axis, and the y-axis direction becomes the transmission axis. The difference in refractive index between the A layer and the B layer in the x-axis direction is preferably 0.2 to 0.3. The x-axis direction corresponds to the stretching direction of the reflective polarizing film.

  The A layer is preferably made of a material that exhibits birefringence by stretching. Representative examples of such materials include naphthalene dicarboxylic acid polyesters (for example, polyethylene naphthalate), polycarbonates, and acrylic resins (for example, polymethyl methacrylate). Polyethylene naphthalate is preferred. The B layer is preferably made of a material that does not substantially exhibit birefringence even when stretched. A typical example of such a material is a copolyester of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid and terephthalic acid.

  The reflective polarizing film transmits light having a first polarization direction (for example, p-wave) at the interface between the A layer and the B layer, and has a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction. (For example, s wave) is reflected. The reflected light is partially transmitted as light having the first polarization direction and partially reflected as light having the second polarization direction at the interface between the A layer and the B layer. The light utilization efficiency can be increased by repeating such reflection and transmission many times inside the reflective polarizing film.

  Preferably, the reflective polarizing film 61 includes the reflective layer R as the outermost layer opposite to the polarizing film 52. By providing the reflective layer R, it is possible to further use the light that has not been finally used and has returned to the outermost part of the reflective polarizing film, so that the light use efficiency can be further increased. The reflective layer R typically exhibits a reflective function due to the multilayer structure of the polyester resin layer.

  The total thickness of the reflective polarizing film can be appropriately set according to the purpose, the total number of layers included in the reflective polarizing film, and the like. From the viewpoint of suppressing dimensional changes in a high temperature environment, the total thickness of the reflective polarizing film is preferably 15 μm to 50 μm, and more preferably 30 μm or less.

  As the reflective polarizing film, for example, the one described in JP-T-9-507308 can be used.

As the reflective polarizing film 61, a commercially available product may be used as it is, or a commercially available product may be used after secondary processing (for example, stretching). As a commercial item, 3M company brand name DBEF and APF are mentioned, for example.

[Bonding of polarizing film and protective film]
The polarizing film and the protective film can be bonded with an adhesive or an adhesive. The adhesive layer that bonds the polarizing film and the protective film can have a thickness of about 0.01 to 30 μm, preferably 0.01 to 10 μm, and more preferably 0.05 to 5 μm. If the thickness of the adhesive layer is within this range, the protective film and the polarizing film to be laminated do not float or peel off, and an adhesive force having no practical problem can be obtained. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding the polarizing film and the protective film can have a thickness of about 5 to 50 μm, preferably 5 to 30 μm, and more preferably 10 to 25 μm.

  In adhering the polarizing film and the protective film, it is also useful to perform a saponification treatment, a corona treatment, a plasma treatment or the like on the polarizing film or the protective film in advance.

  In forming the adhesive layer, an appropriate adhesive can be used as appropriate according to the type and purpose of the adherend, and an anchor coating agent can be used as necessary. Examples of the adhesive include a solvent-type adhesive, an emulsion-type adhesive, a pressure-sensitive adhesive, a rewet-adhesive, a polycondensation-type adhesive, a solventless-type adhesive, a film-type adhesive, and a hot-melt-type adhesive. Can be mentioned.

  One preferred adhesive is an aqueous adhesive, that is, an adhesive component in which the adhesive component is dissolved or dispersed in water. Examples of adhesive components that can be dissolved in water include polyvinyl alcohol resins. An example of an adhesive component that can be dispersed in water is a urethane resin having a hydrophilic group. The water-based adhesive can be prepared by mixing such an adhesive component with water together with an additional additive added as necessary. Examples of commercially available polyvinyl alcohol resins that can be used as water-based adhesives include “KL-318”, which is a carboxyl group-modified polyvinyl alcohol sold by Kuraray Co., Ltd.

  The water-based adhesive can contain a crosslinking agent as necessary. Examples of the crosslinking agent include amine compounds, aldehyde compounds, methylol compounds, water-soluble epoxy resins, isocyanate compounds, and polyvalent metal salts. When a polyvinyl alcohol resin is used as an adhesive component, an aldehyde compound such as glyoxal, a methylol compound such as methylol melamine, a water-soluble epoxy resin, or the like is preferably used as a crosslinking agent. Here, the water-soluble epoxy resin is, for example, a polyamide obtained by reacting epichlorohydrin with a polyamide polyamine which is a reaction product of a polyalkylene polyamine such as diethylenetriamine or triethylenetetramine and a dicarboxylic acid such as adipic acid. It can be an epoxy resin. An example of a commercially available water-soluble epoxy resin is “Smilease Resin (registered trademark) 650 (30)” sold by Taoka Chemical Co., Ltd.

  A polarizing plate can be obtained by applying a water-based adhesive to the polarizing film and / or the adhesive surface of the protective film to be bonded to the polarizing film and bonding them together, followed by drying treatment. Prior to adhesion, it is also effective to subject the protective film to easy adhesion treatment such as saponification treatment, corona discharge treatment, plasma treatment, or primer treatment to enhance wettability. A drying temperature can be about 50-100 degreeC, for example. After the drying treatment, curing at a temperature slightly higher than room temperature, for example, at a temperature of about 30 to 50 ° C. for about 1 to 10 days is preferable for further enhancing the adhesive force.

  Another preferred adhesive is a curable adhesive composition containing an epoxy compound that is cured by irradiation with active energy rays or heating. Here, the curable epoxy compound has at least two epoxy groups in the molecule. In this case, the adhesive between the polarizing film and the protective film is performed by irradiating the applied layer of the adhesive composition with an active energy ray or applying heat to the adhesive composition, and a curable epoxy compound contained in the adhesive. It can carry out by the method of hardening. Curing of the epoxy compound is generally performed by cationic polymerization of the epoxy compound. Further, from the viewpoint of productivity, this curing is preferably performed by irradiation with active energy rays.

  From the viewpoint of weather resistance, refractive index, cationic polymerizability, etc., the epoxy compound contained in the curable adhesive composition is preferably one that does not contain an aromatic ring in the molecule. Examples of epoxy compounds that do not contain an aromatic ring in the molecule include hydrogenated epoxy compounds, alicyclic epoxy compounds, and aliphatic epoxy compounds. The epoxy compound that is suitably used for such a curable adhesive composition is described in detail in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-245925, but the outline is also described here.

  The hydrogenated epoxy compound is a glycidyl compound obtained by subjecting an aromatic polyhydroxy compound, which is a raw material of an aromatic epoxy compound, to a nuclear hydrogenated polyhydroxy compound obtained by selectively performing a nuclear hydrogenation reaction in the presence of a catalyst and under pressure. It can be etherified. Examples of the aromatic polyhydroxy compound that is a raw material of the aromatic epoxy compound include bisphenols such as bisphenol A, bisphenol F, and bisphenol S; And novolak type resins; polyhydroxy compounds such as tetrahydroxydiphenylmethane, tetrahydroxybenzophenone, and polyvinylphenol. A glycidyl ether can be obtained by performing a nuclear hydrogenation reaction on such an aromatic polyhydroxy compound and reacting the resulting hydrogenated polyhydroxy compound with epichlorohydrin. Suitable hydrogenated epoxy compounds include hydrogenated glycidyl ether of bisphenol A.

  An alicyclic epoxy compound is a compound having at least one epoxy group bonded to an alicyclic ring in the molecule. The “epoxy group bonded to the alicyclic ring” means a bridged oxygen atom —O— in the structure represented by the following formula, and m is an integer of 2 to 5.

A compound in which one or a plurality of hydrogen atoms in (CH ₂ ) _m in this formula are removed and bonded to another chemical structure can be an alicyclic epoxy compound. Further, one or more hydrogen atoms in (CH ₂ ) _m forming the alicyclic ring may be appropriately substituted with a linear alkyl group such as a methyl group or an ethyl group. Among alicyclic epoxy compounds, an epoxy compound having an oxabicyclohexane ring (m = 3 in the above formula) or an oxabicycloheptane ring (m = 4 in the above formula) has excellent adhesion. It is preferably used from the indication. Specific examples of the alicyclic epoxy compound are listed below. Here, the compound names are given first, and then the chemical formulas corresponding to each are shown, and the same reference numerals are given to the compound names and the chemical formulas corresponding thereto.

A: 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl 3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate,
B: 3,4-epoxy-6-methylcyclohexylmethyl 3,4-epoxy-6-methylcyclohexanecarboxylate,
C: ethylene bis (3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate),
D: Bis (3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl) adipate,
E: bis (3,4-epoxy-6-methylcyclohexylmethyl) adipate,
F: Diethylene glycol bis (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl methyl ether),
G: ethylene glycol bis (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl methyl ether),
H: 2,3,14,15-diepoxy-7,11,18,21-tetraoxatrispiro [5.2.2.5.2.2] henicosane,
I: 3- (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) -8,9-epoxy-1,5-dioxaspiro [5.5] undecane,
J: 4-vinylcyclohexene dioxide,
K: Limonene dioxide
L: bis (2,3-epoxycyclopentyl) ether,
M: Dicyclopentadiene dioxide and the like.

  The aliphatic epoxy compound can be a polyglycidyl ether of an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol or an alkylene oxide adduct thereof. More specifically, diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol; diglycidyl ether of 1,4-butanediol; diglycidyl ether of 1,6-hexanediol; triglycidyl ether of glycerin; triglycidyl ether of trimethylolpropane; ethylene Polyglycidyl ether of polyether polyol (for example, diglycidyl ether of polyethylene glycol) obtained by adding alkylene oxide (ethylene oxide or propylene oxide) to aliphatic polyhydric alcohol such as glycol, propylene glycol, and glycerin Can be mentioned.

  In the curable adhesive composition, the epoxy compound may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Among these, the epoxy compound preferably includes an alicyclic epoxy compound having at least one epoxy group bonded to the alicyclic ring in the molecule.

  The epoxy compound used in the curable adhesive composition usually has an epoxy equivalent in the range of 30 to 3,000 g / equivalent, and this epoxy equivalent is preferably in the range of 50 to 1,500 g / equivalent. When an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of less than 30 g / equivalent is used, there is a possibility that the flexibility of the polarizing plate after curing is lowered or the adhesive strength is lowered. On the other hand, in a compound having an epoxy equivalent exceeding 3,000 g / equivalent, compatibility with other components contained in the adhesive composition may be reduced.

  From the viewpoint of reactivity, cationic polymerization is preferably used as the curing reaction of the epoxy compound. For that purpose, it is preferable to mix | blend a cationic polymerization initiator with the curable adhesive composition containing an epoxy compound. The cationic polymerization initiator generates a cationic species or a Lewis acid by irradiation or heating with active energy rays such as visible light, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and electron beams, and initiates an epoxy group polymerization reaction. From the viewpoint of workability, it is preferable that the cationic polymerization initiator is provided with latency. Hereinafter, a cationic polymerization initiator that generates a cationic species or Lewis acid by irradiation of active energy rays and initiates a polymerization reaction of an epoxy group is referred to as a “photo cationic polymerization initiator”, and generates a cationic species or a Lewis acid by heat. The cationic polymerization initiator that initiates the polymerization reaction of the epoxy group is referred to as “thermal cationic polymerization initiator”.

  The method of curing the adhesive composition by irradiation with active energy rays using a cationic photopolymerization initiator enables curing at normal temperature and humidity, reducing the need to consider the distortion due to heat resistance or expansion of the polarizing film. And it is advantageous in that the protective film and the polarizing film can be satisfactorily bonded. In addition, since the cationic photopolymerization initiator acts catalytically by light, it is excellent in storage stability and workability even when mixed with an epoxy compound.

  Examples of the photocationic polymerization initiator include aromatic diazonium salts; onium salts such as aromatic iodonium salts and aromatic sulfonium salts, and iron-allene complexes. The compounding quantity of a photocationic polymerization initiator is 0.5-20 weight part normally with respect to 100 weight part of epoxy compounds, Preferably it is 1 weight part or more, Preferably it is 15 weight part or less. If the amount of the cationic photopolymerization initiator is less than 0.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the epoxy compound, the curing becomes insufficient, and the mechanical strength and adhesive strength of the cured product tend to be reduced. On the other hand, when the blending amount of the cationic photopolymerization initiator exceeds 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the epoxy compound, the ionic substance in the cured product increases, resulting in an increase in the hygroscopic property of the cured product and durability performance. May be reduced.

  When using a photocationic polymerization initiator, the curable adhesive composition may further contain a photosensitizer as necessary. By using a photosensitizer, the reactivity of cationic polymerization can be improved, and the mechanical strength and adhesive strength of the cured product can be improved. Examples of the photosensitizer include carbonyl compounds, organic sulfur compounds, persulfides, redox compounds, azo compounds, diazo compounds, halogen compounds, and photoreducible dyes. When mix | blending a photosensitizer, it is preferable to make the quantity into the range of 0.1-20 weight part with respect to 100 weight part of curable adhesive compositions. Further, a sensitizing aid such as a naphthoquinone derivative may be used for improving the curing rate.

  On the other hand, examples of the thermal cationic polymerization initiator include benzylsulfonium salt, thiophenium salt, thioranium salt, benzylammonium, pyridinium salt, hydrazinium salt, carboxylic acid ester, sulfonic acid ester, and amine imide.

  The curable adhesive composition containing the epoxy compound is preferably cured by photocationic polymerization as described above, but can be cured by thermal cationic polymerization in the presence of the above-mentioned thermal cationic polymerization initiator. Cationic polymerization and thermal cationic polymerization can be used in combination. When photocationic polymerization and thermal cationic polymerization are used in combination, the curable adhesive composition preferably contains both a photocationic polymerization initiator and a thermal cationic polymerization initiator.

  The curable adhesive composition may further contain a compound that promotes cationic polymerization, such as an oxetane compound or a polyol compound. An oxetane compound is a compound having a 4-membered ring ether in the molecule. When mix | blending an oxetane compound, the quantity is 5 to 95 weight% normally in a curable adhesive composition, Preferably it is 5 to 50 weight%. The polyol compound may be alkylene glycol including ethylene glycol, hexamethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol or the like, or an oligomer thereof, polyester polyol, polycaprolactone polyol, polycarbonate polyol and the like. When a polyol compound is blended, the amount is usually 50% by weight or less, preferably 30% by weight or less in the curable adhesive composition.

  In addition, the curable adhesive composition may have other additives such as ion trapping agents, antioxidants, chain transfer agents, sensitizers, tackifiers, thermoplastic resins, fillers, as long as the adhesiveness is not impaired. Agents, flow modifiers, plasticizers, antifoaming agents, and the like. Examples of the ion trapping agent include inorganic compounds including powdered bismuth-based, antimony-based, magnesium-based, aluminum-based, calcium-based, titanium-based, and mixed systems thereof. Examples of the antioxidant include And hindered phenolic antioxidants.

  After applying the curable adhesive composition containing the epoxy compound to the adhesive surface of the polarizing film or the protective film, or to the adhesive surface of both of them, it is pasted on the adhesive-coated surface, and active energy rays. The polarizing film and the protective film can be bonded by curing the uncured adhesive layer by irradiating or heating. As an adhesive coating method, for example, various coating methods such as a doctor blade, a wire bar, a die coater, a comma coater, and a gravure coater can be adopted.

  This curable adhesive composition can basically be used as a solvent-free adhesive that does not substantially contain a solvent, but each coating system has an optimum viscosity range, so that the viscosity is adjusted. For this purpose, a solvent may be contained. The solvent is preferably an organic solvent that dissolves each component including an epoxy compound well without degrading the optical performance of the polarizing film. For example, hydrocarbons typified by toluene, typified by ethyl acetate, etc. Esters can be used.

  When the adhesive composition is cured by irradiation with active energy rays, the above-mentioned various types of active energy rays can be used, but since the handling is easy and the amount of irradiation light is easy to control, ultraviolet rays are not emitted. Preferably used. Active energy rays such as ultraviolet irradiation intensity and irradiation dose do not affect various optical performance including polarization degree of polarizing film, and various optical performance including transparency and retardation characteristics of protective film. Therefore, it is determined as appropriate so as to maintain an appropriate productivity.

  When the adhesive composition is cured by heat, it can be heated by a generally known method. Usually, heating is performed at a temperature higher than the temperature at which the thermal cationic polymerization initiator compounded in the curable adhesive composition generates cationic species and Lewis acid, and the specific heating temperature is, for example, about 50 to 200 ° C. .

[Adhesive]
The pressure-sensitive adhesive is not particularly limited as long as it has excellent optical transparency and excellent pressure-sensitive adhesive properties including appropriate wettability, cohesiveness, adhesiveness, and the like. Specifically, as the pressure-sensitive adhesive forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive (acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive) containing an acrylic resin is preferable.

  The acrylic resin contained in the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive is a resin mainly composed of an acrylic acid alkyl ester such as butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, isooctyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. This acrylic resin is usually copolymerized with a polar monomer. The polar monomer is a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a polar functional group. Here, the polymerizable unsaturated bond is generally derived from a (meth) acryloyl group, and the polar functional group. The group can be a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an amino group, an epoxy group, or the like. Specific examples of polar monomers include (meth) acrylic acid, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, (meth) acrylamide, 2-N, N-dimethylaminoethyl ( Examples include meth) acrylate and glycidyl (meth) acrylate.

  The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive usually contains a crosslinking agent together with the acrylic resin. A typical example of the crosslinking agent is an isocyanate compound having at least two isocyanato groups (—NCO) in the molecule.

  Various additives may be further blended in the adhesive. Suitable additives include silane coupling agents and antistatic agents. A silane coupling agent is effective in increasing the adhesive strength with glass. Antistatic agents are effective in reducing or preventing the generation of static electricity.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is prepared by preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive component as described above is dissolved in an organic solvent, and applying the composition directly on a polarizing film or a protective film, and removing the solvent by drying. Alternatively, the above pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is applied to the release-treated surface of a base film made of a resin film that has been subjected to a release treatment, and the solvent is removed by drying to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the transparent protective film. It can be formed by sticking and transferring the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. When a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on the transparent protective film by the former direct coating method, a resin film (also called a separator) that has been subjected to a release treatment is bonded to the surface, and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is kept until use. It is customary to protect temporarily. The latter transfer method is often employed from the viewpoint of the handleability of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that is an organic solvent solution. In this case, the release-treated base film used for forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer first is used. It is also advantageous in that it can be used as a separator after being attached to a polarizing plate.

  Before laminating the pressure-sensitive adhesive on the polarizing film or the protective film, it is also useful to perform corona treatment or plasma treatment on the polarizing film surface, the protective film surface and the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface in advance.

[Adhesive layers 33 and 53, adhesive layer 54]
An adhesive or a pressure-sensitive adhesive can be used for bonding between the polarizing plate and the liquid crystal cell, and bonding between the absorption-type polarizing plate 50 and the brightness enhancement film 61, and it is preferable to use a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is not particularly limited as long as it has excellent optical transparency and excellent pressure-sensitive adhesive properties including appropriate wettability, cohesiveness, adhesion, and the like. Specifically, as the pressure-sensitive adhesive forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive (acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive) containing an acrylic resin is preferable.

  As an adhesive layer, the thing equivalent to what is used for pasting of the above-mentioned polarizing film and a protective film can be used. Different adhesives may be used, or the same adhesive may be used.

  Before laminating the pressure-sensitive adhesive on the polarizing plate, it is also useful to perform corona treatment or plasma treatment on the polarizing film surface, the protective film surface, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface in advance. In addition, when laminating the brightness enhancement film, it is also useful to perform corona treatment or plasma treatment on the bonding surface and the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the brightness enhancement film 61 in advance. From the viewpoint of bringing the brightness enhancement film 61 closer to the liquid crystal cell, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer used for laminating the brightness enhancement film is preferably 25 μm or less. More preferably, it is 15 μm or less. Usually, the thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 3 μm or more.

  In the set of polarizing plates of the present invention described above, the absorption axis of the polarizing film 32 in the viewing side polarizing plate 30 is substantially parallel to the short side direction of the liquid crystal cell, and the polarizing film 52 in the back side polarizing plate 60. Is preferably substantially parallel to the long side direction of the liquid crystal cell.

[Liquid Crystal Cell]
The liquid crystal cell has two cell substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates. In general, the cell substrate is often made of glass, but may be a plastic substrate. In addition, the liquid crystal cell itself used in the liquid crystal panel of the present invention is composed of various types employed in this field (for example, known modes such as IPS mode, VA mode, and TN mode as drive modes). Can do.

[LCD panel]
A liquid crystal panel can be produced by bonding a polarizing plate to a liquid crystal cell via an adhesive layer.

  In the liquid crystal panel of the present invention, the distance from the liquid crystal cell to the brightness enhancement film is 100 μm or less, and the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours and the back side polarizing plate is 85. A set of polarizing plates in which the ratio of the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when heated at 100 ° C. for 100 hours is more than 1 and 1.4 or less is used. From another viewpoint, in the liquid crystal panel of the present invention, the absolute value of the warp amount when heated at 85 ° C. for 240 hours is 0.5 mm or less, preferably 0.3 mm or less. By bonding such a set of polarizing plates to a liquid crystal cell, the liquid crystal panel of the present invention is a liquid crystal display panel that is prevented from warping in a high-temperature environment and fits in a housing of the final product.

  The liquid crystal panel of the present invention is particularly suitably used for small and medium-sized liquid crystal display devices that are often exposed to high temperatures such as outdoors. For example, it is suitable when the size of the liquid crystal panel is 15 inches diagonal or less.

  In addition, the distance from the liquid crystal cell to the brightness enhancement film is preferably 80 μm or less and more preferably 60 μm or less in that the warpage of the liquid crystal panel in a high temperature environment can be further reduced. The ratio between the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours and the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the back side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours is 1 It is preferably 0.01 or more and 1.4 or less, and more preferably 1.05 or more and 1.3 or less.

  The dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing-side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours is preferably 1.0% or more, and more preferably 1.1% or more. Further, the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the back-side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours is preferably 1.1% or less, and more preferably 1.0% or less. In addition, the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction of the polarizing plate is controlled by adjusting, for example, the length and temperature of the drying process after bonding the protective film to the polarizing film, the thickness of the polarizing film, the stretching ratio of the polarizing film, and the like. can do.

  Moreover, after producing a polarizing plate, the method of adjusting the dimensional change rate of the absorption axis direction of a polarizing plate by performing heat processing in the range of 40 to 80 degreeC is also useful. From the viewpoint of avoiding poor appearance due to rapid contraction of the polarizing plate, it is more preferable to perform heat treatment in the range of 40 ° C to 60 ° C.

The rate of dimensional change in the absorption axis direction when the polarizing plate was heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours was as follows. First, the polarizing plate is cut into a size of 100 mm in the long direction and 100 mm in the width direction, and is left to stand in an environment of a temperature of 23 ° C. and a humidity of 55% for one day, and the dimension (L ₀ ) in the MD direction (absorption axis direction) is set. taking measurement. Next, the size (L ₁ ) in the MD direction after standing in an environment of 85 ° C. for 100 hours and standing in a high temperature environment is measured. Based on the result, the dimensional change rate (%) was obtained from the equation (c).

Dimensional change rate = [(L ₀ −L ₁ ) / L ₀ ] × 100 (c)

The ratio of the dimensional change rate can be obtained from the value of the dimensional change rate A of the viewing side polarizing plate and the dimensional change rate B of the back side polarizing plate by the following formula (d).

Ratio of dimensional change rate = A / B (d)

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example is shown and this invention is demonstrated further more concretely, this invention is not limited by these examples. In the examples, the parts and% representing the content or amount used are based on weight unless otherwise specified. In addition, each physical property in the following examples was measured by the following method.

(1) Measurement of thickness:
Measurement was performed using a digital micrometer “MH-15M” manufactured by Nikon Corporation.

(2) Measurement of in-plane retardation and thickness direction retardation:
In-plane retardation and thickness direction retardation at a wavelength of 590 nm at a temperature of 23 ° C. using a phase difference meter “KOBRA (registered trademark) -WPR” based on the parallel Nicol rotation method manufactured by Oji Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd. It was measured.
(3) Measurement of dimensional change rate Measurement was performed using a Nikon Corporation two-dimensional measuring instrument “NEXIV VMR-12072”.
(4) Measurement of the amount of warping of the polarizing plate The prepared liquid crystal panel was allowed to stand in an environment of 85 ° C. for 240 hours, and then the two-dimensional measuring instrument “NEXIV VMR-12070” manufactured by Nikon Corporation with the viewing side polarizing plate facing upward. It was placed on a measuring table. Next, after focusing on the surface of the measuring table and using that as a reference, focusing on each of the four corners, four sides of the liquid crystal panel and the center of the liquid crystal panel surface, and measuring the distance from the reference focus The longest distance in absolute value from the measurement table was taken as the amount of warpage.

[Production Example 1] Production of Polarizing Film 1 A 20 μm-thick polyvinyl alcohol film (average polymerization degree of about 2400, saponification degree of 99.9 mol% or more) is uniaxially stretched about 4 times by dry stretching, and the tension state is further increased. The sample was immersed in pure water at 40 ° C. for 40 seconds while being kept, and then immersed in an aqueous solution having a weight ratio of iodine / potassium iodide / water of 0.052 / 5.7 / 100 at 28 ° C. for 30 seconds to perform the dyeing treatment. went. Thereafter, it was immersed in an aqueous solution having a weight ratio of potassium iodide / boric acid / water of 11.0 / 6.2 / 100 at 70 ° C. for 120 seconds. Subsequently, after washing with pure water at 8 ° C. for 15 seconds, the film is dried at 60 ° C. for 50 seconds and then at 75 ° C. for 20 seconds while being held at a tension of 300 N, and iodine is adsorbed and oriented on the polyvinyl alcohol film. An absorption polarizing film having a thickness of 7 μm was obtained.

[Production Example 2] Production of Polarizing Film 2 A 30 μm-thick polyvinyl alcohol film (average polymerization degree of about 2400, saponification degree of 99.9 mol% or more) is uniaxially stretched about 4 times by dry stretching, and the tension state is further increased. The sample was immersed in pure water at 40 ° C. for 40 seconds while being kept, and then immersed in an aqueous solution having a weight ratio of iodine / potassium iodide / water of 0.052 / 5.7 / 100 at 28 ° C. for 30 seconds to perform the dyeing treatment. went. Thereafter, it was immersed in an aqueous solution having a weight ratio of potassium iodide / boric acid / water of 11.0 / 6.2 / 100 at 70 ° C. for 120 seconds. Subsequently, after washing with pure water at 8 ° C. for 15 seconds, the film is dried at 60 ° C. for 50 seconds and then at 75 ° C. for 20 seconds while being held at a tension of 300 N, and iodine is adsorbed and oriented on the polyvinyl alcohol film. An absorption polarizing film with a thickness of 12 μm was obtained.

[Production Example 3] Preparation of water-based adhesive 3 parts by weight of carboxyl group-modified polyvinyl alcohol [trade name “KL-318” obtained from Kuraray Co., Ltd.] was dissolved in 100 parts by weight of water, and a water-soluble epoxy was dissolved in the aqueous solution. 1.5 parts by weight of a resin-based polyamide epoxy additive [trade name “Smileise Resin (registered trademark) 650 (30)” obtained from Taoka Chemical Co., Ltd., aqueous solution with a solid content of 30 wt%] was added. A water-based adhesive was prepared.

[Adhesives A and B]
The following two types of pressure-sensitive adhesives were prepared.
Adhesive A: 20 μm thick sheet adhesive (“NCF #KT” manufactured by Lintec Corporation)
Adhesive B: 5 μm thick sheet adhesive (“NCF # L2” manufactured by Lintec Corporation)
Adhesive C: Sheet adhesive with a thickness of 15 μm [“NCF # K1” manufactured by Lintec Corporation]

[Protective films A, B, C, D, E, F]
The following four types of protective films were prepared.
Protective film A: Triacetyl cellulose film with hard coat manufactured by Konica Minolta, Inc .; 25KCHCN-TC (thickness 32 μm)
Protective film B: Triacetyl cellulose film manufactured by Konica Minolta, Inc .; KC2CT (thickness 20 μm, in-plane retardation value at wavelength 590 nm = 1.2 nm, thickness direction retardation at wavelength 590 nm = 1.3 nm)
Protective film C: cyclic polyolefin resin film manufactured by ZEON Corporation; ZF14-023 (thickness 23 μm, in-plane retardation value at wavelength 590 nm = 0.5 nm, thickness direction retardation at wavelength 590 nm = 4.3 nm)
Protective film D: ZEON CORPORATION cyclic polyolefin resin film; ZF14-013 (thickness 13 μm, in-plane retardation value at wavelength 590 nm = 0.5 nm, thickness direction retardation at wavelength 590 nm = 3.3 nm)
Protective film E: Triacetyl cellulose film manufactured by Konica Minolta, Inc .; KC2UAW (thickness 25 μm)
Protective film F: Triacetyl cellulose film manufactured by Konica Minolta, Inc .; KC4UYW (thickness 40 μm)

[Brightness enhancement film A]
The following brightness enhancement films were prepared.
Brightness enhancement film A: 26 μm thick brightness enhancement film (trade name “Advanced Polarized Film, Version 3 made by 3M”)

[Production Example 4] Production of viewing-side polarizing plate 1 The protective film A was subjected to saponification treatment, and one surface of the protective film C was subjected to corona treatment. The protective film A, the polarizing film 2 and the protective film C are bonded with a water-based adhesive so that the triacetyl cellulose surface of the protective film A and the corona-treated surface of the protective film C are bonded to the polarizing film 2, respectively. The viewing-side polarizing plate 1 was obtained by performing a drying process. The dimensional change rate in the MD direction of the viewing-side polarizing plate 1 was 1.02%. In addition, the dimensional change rate was adjusted by adjusting the drying time in the said drying process.
Furthermore, the adhesive A was bonded on the protective film C of the visual recognition side polarizing plate 1, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the corona treatment was performed in advance on the protective film surface and the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface.

[Production Examples 5 to 9] Production of viewing-side polarizing plates 2 to 6 Production Example 4 except that the drying time in the drying treatment was adjusted to change the dimensional change rate in the MD direction (absorption axis direction). In the same manner as above, viewing-side polarizing plates 2 to 6 were respectively prepared, and then adhesive A was bonded onto the protective film C to form an adhesive layer. The dimensional change rates of the viewing side polarizing plates 2 to 6 were as follows.
Viewing side polarizing plate 2: 1.09
Viewing side polarizing plate 3: 1.23
Viewing side polarizing plate 4: 1.30
Viewing side polarizing plate 5: 1.41
Viewing side polarizing plate 6: 0.95

[Production Example 10] Production of back side polarizing plate 1 The protective film C was subjected to corona treatment. The protective film C and the polarizing film 1 were bonded with a water-based adhesive so that the surface subjected to the corona treatment became a bonding surface with the polarizing film 1. Next, the adhesive B was bonded to the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the protective film C in the polarizing film 1 was bonded, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the surface of the polarizing film 1 and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive B were previously subjected to corona treatment. Next, the brightness enhancement film A was bonded to the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive B opposite to the surface on which the polarizing film 1 was bonded, and a back side polarizing plate 1 was prepared. At this time, the surface of the brightness enhancement film A was previously subjected to corona treatment. The dimensional change rate in the MD direction of the back-side polarizing plate 1 was 0.98%.
Adhesive A was bonded to the protective film C surface of the back-side polarizing plate 1 thus obtained to form an adhesive layer. Also in this case, the surface of the protective film C and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A were previously subjected to corona treatment.

[Production Example 11] Production of back side polarizing plate 2 The protective film C was subjected to corona treatment. The protective film C and the polarizing film 1 were bonded with a water-based adhesive so that the surface subjected to the corona treatment became a bonding surface with the polarizing film 1. Next, the adhesive B was bonded to the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the polarizing film 1 was bonded in the protective film C, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the surface of the protective film C and the surface of the adhesive B were subjected to corona treatment in advance. Next, the brightness enhancement film A was bonded to the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive B opposite to the surface on which the protective film C was bonded, and the back side polarizing plate 2 was produced. At this time, the surface of the brightness enhancement film A was previously subjected to corona treatment. The dimensional change rate in the MD direction of the back-side polarizing plate 2 was 0.98%.
The pressure-sensitive adhesive A was bonded to the surface of the polarizing film 1 of the back-side polarizing plate 2 thus obtained to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. Also in this case, the surface of the polarizing film 1 and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A were previously subjected to corona treatment.

[Production Example 12] Production of back side polarizing plate 3 The protective film D was subjected to corona treatment. The protective film D and the polarizing film 1 were bonded with a water-based adhesive so that the surface subjected to the corona treatment became a bonding surface with the polarizing film 1. Next, the adhesive B was bonded to the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the polarizing film 1 in the protective film D was bonded, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the surface of the protective film D and the surface of the adhesive B were subjected to corona treatment in advance. Next, the protective film E which performed the fighting process on the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the protective film D in the adhesive B was bonded was bonded. Furthermore, the adhesive C was bonded to the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the adhesive B of the protective film E was bonded, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive C was previously subjected to corona treatment. Finally, the brightness enhancement film A was bonded to the surface opposite to the surface on which the protective film E of the adhesive C was bonded, and the back side polarizing plate 3 was produced. At this time, the surface of the brightness enhancement film A was previously subjected to corona treatment. The dimensional change rate in the MD direction of the back side polarizing plate 3 was 0.97%.
The pressure-sensitive adhesive A was bonded to the surface of the polarizing film 1 of the back-side polarizing plate 3 thus obtained to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. Also in this case, the surface of the polarizing film 1 and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A were previously subjected to corona treatment.

[Production Example 13] Production of back side polarizing plate 4 The protective film D was subjected to corona treatment. The protective film D and the polarizing film 1 were bonded with a water-based adhesive so that the surface subjected to the corona treatment became a bonding surface with the polarizing film 1. Next, the adhesive B was bonded to the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the polarizing film 1 in the protective film D was bonded, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the surface of the protective film D and the surface of the adhesive B were subjected to corona treatment in advance. Next, the protective film F which performed the fight process on the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the protective film D in the adhesive B was bonded was bonded. Furthermore, the adhesive B was bonded to the surface opposite to the surface where the adhesive B of the protective film F was bonded to form an adhesive layer. At this time, the surface of the adhesive B was previously subjected to corona treatment. Finally, the brightness enhancement film A was bonded to the surface opposite to the surface on which the protective film F of the adhesive B was bonded, and the back side polarizing plate 4 was produced. At this time, the surface of the brightness enhancement film A was previously subjected to corona treatment. The dimensional change rate in the MD direction of the back side polarizing plate 4 was 0.75%.
Adhesive A was bonded to the surface of the polarizing film 1 of the back-side polarizing plate 4 thus obtained to form an adhesive layer. Also in this case, the surface of the polarizing film 1 and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A were previously subjected to corona treatment.

[Production Example 13] Production of back side polarizing plate 5 The protective film D was subjected to corona treatment. The protective film D and the polarizing film 1 were bonded with a water-based adhesive so that the surface subjected to the corona treatment became a bonding surface with the polarizing film 1. Next, the adhesive B was bonded to the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the polarizing film 1 in the protective film D was bonded, and the adhesive layer was formed. At this time, the surface of the protective film D and the surface of the adhesive B were subjected to corona treatment in advance. Next, the protective film F which performed the fight process on the surface on the opposite side to the surface where the protective film D in the adhesive B was bonded was bonded. Furthermore, the adhesive A was bonded to the surface opposite to the surface where the adhesive B of the protective film F was bonded to form an adhesive layer. At this time, the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A was previously subjected to corona treatment. Finally, the brightness enhancement film A was bonded to the surface opposite to the surface on which the protective film F of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A was bonded, and the back side polarizing plate 5 was produced. At this time, the surface of the brightness enhancement film A was previously subjected to corona treatment. The dimensional change rate in the MD direction of the back-side polarizing plate 5 was 0.58%.
Adhesive A was bonded to the surface of the polarizing film 1 of the back-side polarizing plate 5 thus obtained to form an adhesive layer. Also in this case, the surface of the polarizing film 1 and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive A were previously subjected to corona treatment.

[Liquid Crystal Cell]
Google Inc. The viewing side polarizing plate and the back side polarizing plate were peeled off from the manufactured Nexus 7 liquid crystal panel to obtain a liquid crystal cell.

[Example 1]
The viewing-side polarizing plate 1 is cut into a 7-inch diagonal size so that the absorption axis of the polarizing film is parallel to the short side of the liquid crystal cell, and the back-side polarizing plate 1 is cut into the polarizing film with respect to the long side of the liquid crystal cell. Were cut into a 7-inch diagonal size so that the absorption axes of the particles were parallel. The thus prepared polarizing plates were each bonded to a liquid crystal cell via an adhesive to prepare a liquid crystal panel. The ratio of the dimensional change rate between the viewing side polarizing plate and the back side polarizing plate was 1.04. The distance from the brightness enhancement film to the liquid crystal cell was 55 μm.

  The liquid crystal panel thus produced was allowed to stand in an environment of 85 ° C. for 240 hours, and then the amount of warpage was measured and found to be 0.4 mm.

[Examples 2 to 10, Comparative Examples 1 to 5]
A liquid crystal panel was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the viewing side polarizing plate and the back side polarizing plate shown in Table 1 were used.

  Example 1-10, dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction of the viewing side polarizing plate used in Comparative Examples 1-5, dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction of the back side polarizing plate, liquid crystal from brightness enhancement film in the back side polarizing plate Table 1 summarizes the distance to the cell and the ratio of dimensional change.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate a warp in a liquid crystal panel under a high temperature environment, and it is useful because a liquid crystal panel that can be accommodated in a casing of a final product can be obtained even under a high temperature environment.

30 Viewing-side polarizing plate, 60 Back-side polarizing plate 50 Absorption-type polarizing plate 32, 52 Polarizing film 35 Surface treatment layer 31a, 31b, 51 Protective film 33, 53 Adhesive layer 54 Adhesive layer 61 Brightness improving film

Claims (5)

A set of a viewing side polarizing plate disposed on the viewing side of the liquid crystal cell and a back side polarizing plate disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal cell,
The back side polarizing plate has a configuration in which a brightness enhancement film and an absorption type polarizing plate are laminated, and a distance from the surface in contact with the liquid crystal cell to the brightness enhancement film when arranged on the back side of the liquid crystal cell Is 100 μm or less,
The ratio between the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the viewing-side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours and the dimensional change rate in the absorption axis direction when the back-side polarizing plate is heated at 85 ° C. for 100 hours is 1 ultra 1.4 der below is,
Set of polarizers dimensional change rate Ru der less 0.98% of the back side polarizing plate. The viewing side polarizing plate and the back side polarizing plate each have a polarizing film,
The polarizing plate set according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the polarizing film of the viewing side polarizing plate is larger than a thickness of the polarizing film of the back side polarizing plate. The absorption polarizing plate included in the back side polarizing plate has a polarizing film,
The set of polarizing plates according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the absorption polarizing plate is a polarizing plate having a protective film only on one side of the polarizing film. A set of polarizing plates according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and a liquid crystal cell,
The viewing side polarizing plate, the absorption axis is substantially parallel to the short side direction of the liquid crystal cell, the back side polarizing plate, the long-side direction and the liquid crystal panel is generally parallel the absorption axis is the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal panel according to claim 4 or the liquid crystal cell, and a set of polarizing plate according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in the including the liquid crystal panel,
The viewing side polarizing plate is disposed on the viewing side of the liquid crystal cell, the back side polarizing plate is disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal cell, and the absolute value of the warpage amount when heated at 85 ° C. for 240 hours, A liquid crystal panel that is 0.5 mm or less.

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