KR20170013909A - Transfer material of luminance-improving film, method of preparing transfer material, luminance-improving film, method of manufacturing optical sheet member using said transfer material, and optical sheet member - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention comprises a light reflecting layer comprising a separable separator, a lambda / 4 plate and a reflecting polarizer in this order, and a reflective polarizer fixed to a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, wherein the lambda / 4 plate and the light reflecting layer both A polymerizable liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound on a surface of an alignment layer provided on a surface of a transfer material, a branching material or a branching material of a brightness enhancement film having a film thickness of 8 탆 or more and 30 탆 or less as a coating hardening layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound A method of producing the transfer material including a step of applying a liquid crystal composition and curing the obtained coating film to form a? / 4 plate; a brightness enhancement film obtained by peeling the substrate from the transfer material; And a step of adhering the stripped peeling surface to a polarizing plate, and a step of obtaining an optical sheet member obtained by the above- Which provides an optical sheet member. An optical sheet member of a thin film can be provided using the transfer material of the present invention.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an optical sheet member using a transfer material, a method of manufacturing a transfer material, a brightness enhancement film, and a method of manufacturing an optical sheet member using the transfer material and an optical sheet member FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SHEET MEMBER USING SAID TRANSFER MATERIAL, AND OPTICAL SHEET MEMBER}

The present invention relates to a transfer material for a brightness enhancement film. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the transfer material, a method for manufacturing an optical sheet member using the transfer material, and a brightness enhancement film obtained from the optical sheet member and the transfer material.

A flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display (hereinafter also referred to as LCD) is widely used for a small size of a tablet PC, a smart phone, and the like.

On the other hand, the liquid crystal display device has a basic structure in which a backlight (hereinafter also referred to as BL), a backlight side polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell, and a viewer side polarizing plate are provided in this order. It has been proposed to provide a reflective polarizer between the backlight and the backlight side polarizing plate in this configuration. The reflective polarizer is an optical element that transmits only light that vibrates in a specific polarization direction among the incident light while vibrating in all directions, and reflects light that vibrates in different polarization directions. As a result, light that is not transmitted through the reflective polarizer but is reflected can be recycled, and the light utilization efficiency in the LCD can be improved. As the reflective polarizer, a film known as a DBEF (registered trademark) (Dual Brightness Enhancement Film) or the like is disclosed in Patent Document 1, and in Patent Documents 2 to 4, a film formed by fixing a? / 4 plate and a cholesteric liquid crystal phase Layer is laminated thereon.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Publication No. 3448626 Patent Document 2: JP-A-1-133003 Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Publication No. 3518660 Patent Document 4: WO2008 / 016056

The present inventors have attempted to reduce the thickness of the brightness enhancement film so that the thickness of the LCD can be reduced when the film serving as the reflective polarizer is used as a component of the LCD as the brightness enhancement film. However, when a thinned brightness enhancement film is attached to a polarizer, a problem of bending (bending) has occurred.

An object of the present invention is to provide a material that enables the production of a thin optical sheet member as an optical sheet member usable for an LCD or the like. More specifically, a problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a transcription material capable of providing a thin film brightness enhancement film which is unlikely to cause a problem of bending even when used in a polarizing plate.

As a result of the studies conducted by the present inventors, it has been found that, when a thin film brightness enhancement film including a layer formed by polymer stretching is used for a polarizing plate including a polarizer obtained by stretching polyvinyl alcohol or the like, As a result, it was found that the polarizing plate was greatly curved. The inventors of the present invention have studied the construction of the brightness enhancement film which is difficult to cause such shrinkage, and have completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention provides the following [1] to [20].

[1] As the transfer material of the brightness enhancement film,

The brightness enhancement film has a film thickness of 4 탆 or more and 30 탆 or less,

The transfer material includes a separable branch body, a? / 4 plate and a reflective polarizer in this order,

Wherein the reflective polarizer comprises a light reflection layer formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase,

Wherein the? / 4 plate and the light reflection layer are both a coated hardened layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound.

[2] The reflective polarizer of claim 1, wherein the reflective polarizer comprises at least two light reflection layers,

At least two adjacent layers selected from the group consisting of the light reflection layer and the? / 4 plate of at least two layers are in direct contact with each other.

[3] The transfer material according to [2], wherein one layer of the light reflection layer is in direct contact with the? / 4 plate.

[4] The transcription material according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the thickness of the brightness enhancement film is 15 μm or less.

[5] The transcription material according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein the branch lag is selected from the group consisting of a cellulose acylate film and a polyester film.

[6] A light emitting device comprising an orientation layer,

The transcription material according to any one of [1] to [5], wherein the branched material, the orientation layer, the? / 4 plate and the reflective polarizer are included in this order.

[7] The transcription material according to [6], wherein the branched substance is in direct contact with the orientation layer, and the orientation layer comprises polyvinyl alcohol.

[8] The transcription material according to [7], wherein the branched substance is an un-saponified cellulose acylate film.

[9] The liquid crystal composition according to any one of [1] to [8], wherein the reflective polarizer comprises a cured coating layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a discotic liquid crystalline compound and a cured coating layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition comprising a rod- A transcription material as described in one of the preceding claims.

[10] The transcription material according to any one of [1] to [9], wherein Δn of the rod-like liquid crystal compound is 0.2 or more.

[11] Coating of a Polymerizable Liquid Crystal Composition Containing a Bar-shaped Liquid Crystal Compound The term of any one of [1] to [10], wherein the helical pitch on the cholesteric liquid crystal with the cured layer continuously changes in the film thickness direction of the layer The transcription material described.

[12] A method of producing a transfer material according to any one of [1] to [11]

Applying a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound to the surface of the orientation layer provided on the surface of the branched or branched resin, and curing the resulting film to form the? / 4 plate.

[13] The production method according to [12], which comprises a step of applying a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound on the surface of the? / 4 plate, and curing the resulting coating film to form the light reflection layer.

[14] A brightness enhancement film obtained by peeling the branching material from the transfer material described in any one of [1] to [5], wherein the λ / 4 plate and the reflective polarizer, Fourth edition luminance enhancement film.

[15] A brightness enhancement film obtained by peeling off the support from the transfer material described in [7] or [8], wherein the orientation layer, the? / 4 plate and the reflective polarizer are included in this order, Wherein the orientation-improving layer is the orientation layer.

[16] A method for producing a transfer material, comprising the steps of: peeling the branch material of the transfer material according to any one of [1] to [11]

And a step of sticking the peeling surface obtained by the peeling with an adhesive to a polarizing plate including a polarizer.

[17] The production method according to [16], wherein the polarizer comprises polyvinyl alcohol, the peeling surface is adhered to the surface of the polarizer by an adhesive, and the adhesive comprises polyvinyl alcohol.

[18] An optical sheet member comprising the brightness enhancement film described in [14] and a polarizer including a polarizer, wherein the? / 4 plate and the polarizer are directly bonded to each other with an adhesive layer.

[19] An optical sheet member comprising the brightness enhancement film described in [15] and a polarizer including a polarizer, wherein the alignment layer and the polarizer are directly bonded to each other with an adhesive layer.

[20] The optical sheet member according to [19], wherein the polarizer and the adhesive layer both include polyvinyl alcohol.

According to the present invention, there is provided a transfer material for a brightness enhancement film capable of producing a brightness enhancement film of a thin film. More specifically, according to the present invention, there is provided a transfer material capable of providing a thin film brightness enhancement film in which a problem of bending is unlikely to occur even when used in a polarizer. By using the transfer material of the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical film material that is thinner and has luminance improvement performance. The optical film material can be used as a constituent member of a liquid crystal display device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the layer structure of a transfer material. FIG.
2 is a diagram showing an example of the layer structure of the optical sheet member.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

Descriptions of the constituent elements described below may be made based on the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

In the present specification, the numerical range indicated by using "~ " means a range including numerical values written before and after" ~ "as a lower limit value and an upper limit value.

In the present specification, the "half-width" of the peak means the width of the peak at half the peak height. The reflection center wavelength and half width of the light reflection layer can be obtained as follows.

When the transmission spectrum of the light reflection layer is measured using a spectrophotometer UV 3150 (Shimadzu Corporation), a drop in transmittance is observed in the selective reflection region. When the value of the wavelength on the shortwave side is set to lambda 1 (nm) and the value of the wavelength on the longwave side is set to lambda 2 (nm) out of the two wavelengths having the transmittance of 1/2 the height of the largest peak height, The half width can be expressed by the following formula.

Reflective center wavelength = (? 1 +? 2) / 2

Half width = (? 2 -? 1)

In the present specification, Re (?) And Rth (?) Represent the in-plane retardation at the wavelength? And the retardation in the thickness direction, respectively. The units are all nm. Re (?) Is measured with KOBRA 21ADH or WR (Oji Keisoku Kiki Co., Ltd.) with light having a wavelength of? Nm incident in the film normal direction. In the selection of the measurement wavelength? Nm, the wavelength selection filter can be manually changed, or the measurement value can be converted into a program or the like and measured. When the measured film is represented by a monoaxial or biaxial refractive index ellipsoid, Rth (?) Is calculated by the following method. This measurement method is also partially used in the measurement of the average tilt angle on the orientation layer side and the average tilt angle on the opposite side of the discotic liquid crystal molecules in the optically anisotropic layer described later.

Rth (?) Is a value obtained by dividing Re (?) By the inclination axis (rotation axis) of the in-plane slow axis (determined by KOBRA 21ADH or WR) (in the case where there is no slow axis, In a 10-degree step from the normal direction to a 50 占 side from the normal direction with respect to the film normal direction of the film, and a total of six points of the light are measured from the oblique direction, and the measured retardation value and the average refractive index KOBRA 21ADH or WR is calculated on the basis of the assumed value of KOBRA 21ADH and the inputted maximal value. In the case of a film having a direction in which the retardation value becomes zero at a predetermined tilt angle with the slow axis in the plane as the rotation axis in the plane from the normal direction, the retardation value at an inclination angle larger than the tilt angle is expressed by the sign , KOBRA 21ADH, or WR is calculated. Further, the retardation value is measured from any arbitrary two oblique directions with the slow axis as a tilting axis (rotation axis) (in the case where there is no slow axis, an arbitrary direction in the film plane is taken as the rotation axis) , Rth may be calculated from the following equations (A) and (B) based on the assumed value of the input signal and the input maximal value.

[Equation 1]

The above-mentioned Re (&thetas;) represents the retardation value in the inclined direction from the normal direction. Ny represents a refractive index in a direction orthogonal to nx in the plane, and nz represents a refractive index in a direction orthogonal to nx and ny ≪ / RTI > d is the film thickness.

Rth = ((nx + ny) / 2-nz) xd ... ... ... The formula (B)

When the film to be measured is a film which can not be expressed by a uniaxial or biaxial refractive index ellipsoid, that is, a film having no so-called optical axis, Rth (?) Is calculated by the following method. Rth (?) Is obtained by changing the above-mentioned Re (?) From -50 DEG to + 50 DEG with respect to the normal direction of the film with the inclined axis (rotation axis) of the in-plane slow axis (determined by KOBRA 21ADH or WR) The light having a wavelength of? Nm is incident from the inclined direction at 10 占 steps, and 11 points are measured. KOBRA 21ADH or WR is calculated based on the measured retardation value, the assumed value of the average refractive index, . In the above measurement, the value of the catalog of various polymer films (JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC) and various optical films can be used as the assumed value of the average refractive index. When the value of the average refractive index is not already known, it can be measured with an Abbe refractometer. The values of the average refractive index of the main optical film are as follows: cellulose acylate (1.48), cycloolefin polymer (1.52), polycarbonate (1.59), polymethylmethacrylate (1.49) and polystyrene (1.59). By inputting the assumptions of these average refractive indices and the film thickness, KOBRA 21ADH or WR calculates nx, ny, nz. Nz = (nx-nz) / (nx-ny) is further calculated from the calculated nx, ny, and nz.

In the light reflection layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase, when the normal (ordinary) refractive index no and the extraordinary refractive index ne of the liquid crystal are used, the average value of the in-

(nx + ny) / 2 = (no + ne) / 2

Respectively.

Further, since the refractive index in the film thickness direction is no, Rth of the light reflection layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase can be expressed by the following formula. In the present specification, Rth of the layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is a value calculated using the following formula.

Rth = {(no + ne) / 2-no} d = {(ne-no) / 2}

Also, ne and no can be measured with an Abbe refractometer.

As a method of obtaining the Rth of the layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase, a method using a polarized light ellipsis may be applied.

For example, M. Kimura et al. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48 (2009) 03B021, the thickness of the layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase, the pitch of the helical structure, the twist angle and the like are obtained, and the value of Rth is obtained there .

In the present specification, "visible light" refers to 380 nm to 780 nm. In the present specification, when there is no particular annex to the measurement wavelength, the measurement wavelength is 550 nm.

In this specification, for the angle (e.g., an angle such as "90 DEG") and the relationship (for example, "orthogonal "," parallel ", and " Includes a range of allowable errors in the art to which the present invention belongs. For example, within a range of an exact angle of less than +/- 10 deg., And the like, and the error with a strict angle is preferably not more than 5 deg., More preferably not more than 3 deg.

In this specification, the terms "absorption axis" and "transmission axis" of the polarizer or polarizer means a direction forming an angle of 90 ° with respect to each other.

In the present specification, the term "slow axis" such as a retardation film means a direction in which the refractive index becomes maximum.

In the present specification, numerical values, numerical ranges, and qualitative expressions (e.g., expressions such as "equal" and "same") indicating optical characteristics of each member such as a retardation region, a retardation film, , The numerical range and the properties including the tolerance generally allowed for the liquid crystal display device and the member used therein are to be interpreted as being represented.

In the present specification, the term "front surface" means the normal direction to the display surface.

In the present specification, the brightness enhancement film means a film including a? / 4 plate and a reflective polarizer.

In the present specification, the reflective polarizer means a layer including a light reflection layer formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, and is used in a manner distinct from a polarizer.

[Transcription material of brightness enhancement film]

The transfer material of the brightness enhancement film (hereinafter referred to as "transfer material") is a material capable of transferring the brightness enhancement film to another member. Other members include a polarizing plate and the like.

The transfer material includes a releasable branching material and a brightness enhancement film. That is, the transfer material includes a branching material, a? / 4 plate, and a reflective polarizer. In the transfer material, the branching material, the? / 4 plate, and the reflective polarizer are arranged in this order. It is preferable that at least two adjacent layers selected from the group consisting of at least two light reflection layers and a? / 4 plate are in direct contact with each other. It is also preferable that one layer of the light reflection layer and the? / 4 plate are in direct contact with each other.

Fig. 1 shows an example of the layer structure of the transfer material. Further, in Fig. 1, the orientation layer is not considered other than the orientation layer between the branching material and the? / 4 plate. 1, the light reflection layer in the transfer material including a plurality of light reflection layers is composed of a first light reflection layer 14a, a second light reflection layer 14b, and a third light reflection layer 14c from the? / 4 plate side, .

The brightness enhancement film contained in the transfer material is a thin film and has a thickness of 4 탆 or more and 30 탆 or less. In this range, flexibility can be maintained. The film thickness is preferably 27 탆 or less, more preferably 15 탆 or less. The film thickness is preferably 5 탆 or more, more preferably 8 탆 or more.

<Delinquency>

In this specification, the branching material means a layer (? / 4 plate or orientation layer or the like) provided thereon and a peelable support. The branching member and the alignment layer provided on the surface of the branching member may be integrally peelable. The peelable means that the optical properties and the film surface state of the brightness enhancement film can be separated without changing to such an extent as to affect the use.

The branching member is not particularly limited and may be rigid or flexible, but is preferably flexible in terms of ease of handling. The rigid support is not particularly limited, but a known glass plate such as a soda glass plate having a silicon oxide coating on its surface, a low expansion glass, a non-alkali glass or a quartz glass plate, a metal plate such as an aluminum plate, , Slabs, and the like.

Examples of the flexible support include a polymer film, paper, aluminum foil and cloth.

Examples of the polymer film include a cellulose acylate film (for example, a cellulose triacetate film, a cellulose diacetate film, a cellulose acetate butyrate film, a cellulose acetate propionate film), polyethylene, polypropylene, a polymer having an alicyclic structure A polyolefin-based resin film such as a nylon resin (ATON: trade name, manufactured by JSR Corporation) and an amorphous polyolefin (Zeonex: a trade name, manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.), a polyester resin film such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate, Film, a polyacrylic resin film such as polymethyl methacrylate, a polyurethane resin film, a polycarbonate film, a styrene polymer such as polystyrene, an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer (AS resin), etc. . Of these, a cellulose acylate film, a polyester-based resin film, a polyolefin-based resin film, a polycarbonate film, or a styrene-based polymer is preferable, and a cellulose acylate film or a polyester-based resin film is more preferable, and a cellulose triacetate film Or a polyethylene terephthalate film (PET) is more preferable, and a cellulose triacetate film is particularly preferable.

From the ease of handling, the film thickness of the rigid support is preferably 100 to 3000 占 퐉, more preferably 300 to 1500 占 퐉. The film thickness of the flexible support may be about 5 占 퐉 to 1000 占 퐉, preferably 10 占 퐉 to 250 占 퐉, and more preferably 15 占 퐉 to 90 占 퐉.

(For example, a saponification treatment, a glow discharge treatment, a corona discharge treatment, an ultraviolet (UV) treatment, or a UV treatment) may be applied to the branch support in order to make the branch support and the layer (? / 4 plate or orientation layer, Flame treatment) is not performed. Namely, for example, an unvinylated cellulose acylate film is preferable as the branched body.

It is also preferable to select the layer provided thereon and adjust the composition according to the selected sputtering material in order to make the spindle and the layer provided thereon peelable.

In order to impart slipperiness in the conveying step or to prevent sticking of the back surface and the back surface after winding, inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of about 10 to 100 nm are mixed in a solid matter mass ratio of 5% to 40% It is preferable to use a polymer layer which is formed on one side of the branch body by coating or co-firing with the branch body.

<? / 4 plate>

The? / 4 plate has an in-plane retardation Re (?) at a specific wavelength? nm

 Re (?) =? / 4

&Lt; / RTI &gt; The above equation may be satisfied at any wavelength (for example, 550 nm) of the visible light range. The? / 4 plate functions as a layer for converting circularly polarized light obtained through transmission of a reflective polarizer into linearly polarized light in the brightness enhancement film.

The? / 4 plate includes a cured coating layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound. In the present specification, the coated hardened layer means a layer obtained by curing the polymerizable liquid crystal composition applied on the layer. The? / 4 plate is a layer exhibiting optical anisotropy expressed by the orientation of molecules of the liquid crystal compound.

The kind of the liquid crystal compound used for forming the? / 4 plate is not particularly limited. For example, an optically anisotropic layer obtained by forming a low molecular weight liquid crystal compound in a nematic orientation in a liquid crystal state and then fixing it by photo-crosslinking or thermal cross-linking, or a polymer liquid crystal compound in a nematic orientation in a liquid crystal state, An optically anisotropic layer obtained by fixing the orientation may be used. Further, in the present invention, even when a liquid crystal compound is used in the optically anisotropic layer, the optically anisotropic layer is a layer in which the liquid crystal compound is fixed by polymerization or the like, and it is not necessary that the optically anisotropic layer further exhibits liquid crystallinity after it becomes a layer. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound may be a polyfunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound or a monofunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound. The liquid crystal compound may be a discotic liquid crystal compound or a rod-like liquid crystal compound, but a discotic liquid crystal compound is more preferable.

In the lambda / 4 plate, the molecules of the liquid crystal compound are preferably immobilized in any one of the vertical alignment, the horizontal alignment, the hybrid alignment, and the oblique alignment. In order to fabricate a retardation film whose viewing angle dependence is symmetrical, it is preferable that the circular one of the discotic liquid crystalline compounds is substantially perpendicular to the film surface (optically anisotropic layer surface), or that the long axis of the rod- It is preferable that it is substantially horizontal. The substantially perpendicular state of the discotic liquid crystalline compound means that the average value of the angle between the film surface (optically anisotropic layer surface) and the circular one of the discotic liquid crystalline compound is within the range of 70 deg. To 90 deg. More preferably 80 ° to 90 °, and more preferably 85 ° to 90 °. The substantially horizontal state of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound means that the angle formed by the film surface (optically anisotropic layer surface) and the director of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound is within the range of 0 to 20 degrees. More preferably 0 ° to 10 °, and more preferably 0 ° to 5 °.

The? / 4 plate can be obtained by applying a liquid crystal compound such as a rod-like liquid crystal compound or a discotic liquid crystal compound, and a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerization initiator, an orientation control agent, another additive or a solvent, Can be formed by curing the coating film. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition may be applied to the surface of the support, or may be applied to the surface of the alignment layer by forming an orientation layer on the support.

Each component, application method, and curing method of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for the formation of? / 4 plate are the same as those of each component, application method, and curing method in the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for forming the light reflection layer. However, it is preferable that the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for lambda / 4 plate formation does not contain a chiral agent.

The film thickness of the lambda / 4 plate may be 1 to 10 mu m, preferably 1 to 5 mu m.

The? / 4 plate preferably satisfies at least one of the following formulas (A) to (C), and more preferably satisfies all of the following formulas (A) to (C).

450 nm / 4-35 nm < Re (450) < 450 nm / 4 + 35 nm

550 nm / 4-35 nm < Re (550) < 550 nm / 4 + 35 nm

(C) 630 nm / 4-35 nm < Re (630) < 630 nm / 4 + 35 nm

The Rth (550) of the? / 4 plate is preferably -120 to 120 nm, more preferably -80 to 80 nm, and particularly preferably -70 to 70 nm.

It is more preferable that the? / 4 plate satisfies the following formulas (1) to (3).

450 nm / 4-25 nm < Re (450) < 450 nm / 4 + 25 nm

550 nm / 4-25 nm < Re (550) < 550 nm / 4 + 25 nm

(3) 630 nm / 4-25 nm < Re (630) < 630 nm / 4 + 25 nm

It is more preferable that the? / 4 plate satisfies the following formulas (101) to (103).

450 nm / 4-15 nm < Re (450) < 450 nm / 4 + 15 nm

550 nm / 4-15 nm < Re (550) < 550 nm / 4 + 15 nm

630 nm / 4-15 nm < Re (630) < 630 nm / 4 + 15 nm

It is particularly preferable that the above-mentioned? / 4 plate satisfies the following formulas (201) to (203).

450 nm / 4-5 nm < Re (450) < 450 nm / 4 + 5 nm &

550 nm / 4-5 nm < Re (550) < 550 nm / 4 + 5 nm

(203) 630 nm / 4-5 nm < Re (630) < 630 nm / 4 + 5 nm

It is preferable that the? / 4 plate satisfies the following formulas (401) to (403).

Re (450) < Re (550) < Re (630)

Re (450) < Re (550) < Re (630)

Re (450) < Re (550) < Re (630)

<Light Reflecting Layer>

The light reflecting layer is a layer formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and is a coated hardened layer obtained by applying a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound to another layer and then curing the coated film.

The polymerizable liquid crystal composition for forming the light reflection layer contains a liquid crystal compound and the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for forming the light reflection layer contains other components such as a chiral agent, an alignment control agent, a polymerization initiator, .

The light reflecting layer is obtained by applying the polymerizable liquid crystal composition to other layers such as a? / 4 plate, another light reflecting layer, a branching material (a branching material other than the branching material constituting the transferring material) and an orientation layer and then curing the coating film .

The thickness of the light reflecting layer is preferably 1.5 to 8 占 퐉, more preferably 1.5 to 5 占 퐉, still more preferably 2 to 4 占 퐉, and even more preferably 2 to 3 占 퐉 in view of reflectivity, orientation disturbance, Is most preferable.

Each component, coating method and curing method of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for forming the light reflection layer are the same as those of each component, coating method, and curing method in the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for lambda / 4 plate formation. However, the polymerizable liquid crystal composition for forming the light reflection layer preferably contains a chiral agent. Further, at the time of forming the light reflection layer, the polymerizable liquid crystal composition is cured after forming the cholesteric liquid crystal phase, and a liquid crystal layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is produced.

Hereinafter, the components of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition usable for forming the? / 4 plate and the light reflection layer and the method for producing the layer will be described.

&Lt; Liquid crystal compound &

Examples of the liquid crystal compound include a rod-like liquid crystal compound and a discotic liquid crystal compound.

Examples of the rod-like liquid crystal compound include azomethanes, azo esters, cyanobiphenyls, cyanophenyl esters, benzoic acid esters, cyclohexanecarboxylic acid phenyl esters, cyanophenylcyclohexenes, cyano-substituted phenylpyrimidines , Alkoxy-substituted phenylpyrimidines, phenyl dioxathanes, tolans and alkenyl cyclohexyl benzonitriles are preferably used. In addition to the low-molecular liquid crystalline molecules described above, polymeric liquid crystalline molecules can also be used.

It is more preferable to fix the orientation of the rod-like liquid crystal compound by polymerization, and as the polymerizable rod-like liquid crystal compound, Chem., 190, 2255 (1989), Advanced Materials 5, 107 (1993), U.S. Patent Nos. 4683327, 5622648, 5770107, WO95 / 22586, 97/00600, 98/23580, 98/52905, 1-272551, 6-16616, 7-110469, 11-80081 and Japanese Patent Laid- 2001-328973 and the like can be used. As the rod-like liquid crystal compound, for example, those described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-513019 or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-279688 can be preferably used.

As the discotic liquid crystal compound, for example, those described in JP-A-2007-108732 and JP-A-2010-244038 can be preferably used, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, preferred examples of the discotic liquid crystalline compound are shown, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[Chemical Formula 1]

(? N of the liquid crystal compound)

By using the high-Δn liquid crystal compound, the reflection of the light reflection layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase can be made broader. In the case of, for example, a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound,? N is a difference in refractive index values of the compound in the short axis and the major axis direction.

The liquid crystal compound used for the light reflecting layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase has a practical value of about 0.06?? N? 0.5 (high Δn liquid crystal material described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2011-510915 can be used) Corresponds to 150 nm at 15 nm. The high Δn liquid crystal compounds include Japanese Patent Publication No. 3999400, Japanese Patent Publication No. 4053782, and Japanese Patent Publication No. 4947676. However, the present invention is not limited to these. The method of measuring? N is described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 4053782, paragraph [0112], and Japanese Patent Publication No. 4947676, paragraph [0142].

(Birefringence) of the liquid crystal compound is preferably not less than 0.16, more preferably not less than 0.2, and more preferably not less than 0.2, more preferably not less than 0.2, Preferably not less than 0.3, and particularly preferably not more than 0.5, which is the upper limit of? N of the liquid crystal which is currently industrialized. However, in the future, when an additional high-Δ liquid crystal is developed, it can be used, and the film thickness can be further reduced.

(The preferred direction of? N dispersion)

It is known that it is preferable that the dispersion at the respective wavelengths is small relative to the dispersion of? N of the liquid crystal compound. More preferably Δn (450/550 ratio) ≤1.6, more preferably Δn (450/550 ratio) ≤1.4, more preferably Δn (450/550 ratio) ≤1.2 and Δn (450/550 ratio) 1.1 is particularly preferred.

<Chiralz>

The chiral agent may be a variety of chiral agents known in the art (see, for example, Liquid Crystal Device Handbook, Chapter 3, section 4-3, TN, STN chiral agent, page 199, ). The chiral agent generally includes an unaccusative carbon atom, but a condensed subcomponent or a planar subcomponent not containing an asymmetric carbon atom can also be used as a chiral agent. Examples of the condensing subcomponent or the planar subcombing compound include binaphthyl, helixene, paracycloethane, and derivatives thereof. The chiral agent may have a polymerizable group. When a chiral agent has a polymerizable group and also a sticky liquid crystal compound to be used in combination has a polymerizable group, the polymerization reaction between the chiral agent having a polymerizable group and the polymerizable rod- And a polymer having a repeating unit derived from a chiral agent can be formed. In this embodiment, the polymerizable group possessed by the chiral agent having a polymerizable group is preferably the same group as the polymerizable group possessed by the polymerizable rod-like liquid crystalline compound. Therefore, the polymerizable group of the chiral agent is also preferably an unsaturated polymerizable group, an epoxy group or an aziridine group, more preferably an unsaturated polymerizable group, and particularly preferably an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group.

The chiral agent may be a liquid crystal compound.

As a chiral agent exhibiting a strong twisting force, for example, JP-A-2010-181852, JP-A-2003-287623, JP-A-2002-80851, JP-A-2002-80478, And chiral agents described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-302487 can be mentioned, and they can be preferably used. The isocyanide compounds of the corresponding structures may be used for the isosorbide compounds described in these publications. For the isomanide compounds described in these publications, the corresponding isosbaid compounds Combination logistics may also be used.

<Orientation Control Agent>

Examples of the alignment control agent include compounds exemplified in [0092] and [0093] of JP-A No. 2005-99248, [0076] to [0078] and [0084] and [0082] of JP-A No. 2002-129162. , Compounds exemplified in [0094] and [0095] of JP-A No. 2005-99248, compounds exemplified in JP-A No. 2005-99248, and the like.

As the fluorine-based alignment control agent, a compound represented by the following general formula (I) is also preferable.

(2)

In formula (I), L ¹¹ , L ¹² , L ¹³ , L ¹⁴ , L ¹⁵ and L ¹⁶ each independently represents a single bond, -O-, -S-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO -, -COS-, -SCO-, -NRCO-, -CONR- (R in the formula (I) represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms), -NRCO-, -CONR - has an effect of reducing the solubility and more preferably -O-, -S-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -COS -, -SCO-, and more preferably -O-, -CO-, -COO-, and -OCO- in view of the stability of the compound. The alkyl group that R may take may be linear or branched. The number of carbon atoms is more preferably from 1 to 3, and examples thereof include a methyl group, an ethyl group and an n-propyl group.

<Polymerization Initiator>

Examples of the polymerization initiator include α-carbonyl compounds (described in U.S. Patent Nos. 2367661 and 2367670), acyloin ethers (U.S. Patent No. 2448828), α-hydrocarbon substituted aromatic acyl A combination of a triarylimidazole dimer and p-aminophenyl ketone (described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2722512), a polynuclear quinone compound (described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3046127 and 2951758) Acridine and phenazine compounds (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 60-105667, United States Patent No. 4239850) and oxadiazole compounds (described in U.S. Patent No. 4212970), acylphosphine oxides (JP-A-63-40799, JP-A-5-29234, JP-A-10-95788, JP-A-10-29997).

<Solvent>

The polymerizable liquid crystal composition may contain a solvent. As the solvent of the composition for forming each light reflecting layer, an organic solvent is preferably used. Examples of organic solvents include amides such as N, N-dimethylformamide, sulfoxides such as dimethylsulfoxide, heterocyclic compounds such as pyridine, hydrocarbons such as benzene, (E.g., methyl acetate, butyl acetate), ketones (e.g., acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone), ethers (e.g., tetrahydrofuran, 1 , 2-dimethoxyethane). Alkyl halides and ketones are preferred. Two or more kinds of organic solvents may be used in combination.

&Lt; Application and curing of polymerizable liquid crystal composition >

The application of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition can be carried out by applying the polymerizable liquid crystal composition in a solution state by a solvent or by making a liquid such as a melt by heating in a suitable manner such as a roll coating method, a gravure printing method, And the like. In addition, it can be carried out by various methods such as wire bar coating method, extrusion coating method, direct gravure coating method, reverse gravure coating method and die coating method. In addition, a liquid crystal composition may be ejected from a nozzle using an inkjet apparatus to form a coating film.

Thereafter, the alignment state of molecules of the liquid crystal compound is maintained and fixed by curing of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition. The curing is preferably carried out by a polymerization reaction of the polymerizable group introduced into the liquid crystal molecule.

After application of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition, and before the polymerization reaction for curing, the coating film may be dried by a known method. For example, by standing, or may be dried by heating.

In the step of coating and drying the polymerizable liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystal compound molecules in the polymerizable liquid crystal composition may be oriented.

For example, in a mode in which the polymerizable liquid crystal composition is prepared as a coating liquid containing a solvent, the coating film may be dried and the solvent may be removed to make it a cholesteric liquid crystal phase. The cholesteric liquid crystal phase may be heated at a transition temperature. For example, it is possible to stably form a cholesteric liquid crystal phase by first heating to a temperature in an isotropic phase (isotropic phase) and then cooling to a cholesteric liquid crystal phase transition temperature. The liquid crystal phase transition temperature of the above-mentioned polymerizable liquid crystal composition is preferably within the range of 10 to 250 占 폚, and more preferably within the range of 10 to 150 占 폚 in terms of suitability for production and the like. If the temperature is lower than 10 占 폚, a cooling step or the like may be required to lower the temperature to the temperature range representing the liquid crystal phase. On the other hand, when the temperature exceeds 200 ° C, a high temperature is required to bring the isotropic liquid state to a higher temperature than the temperature range in which the liquid crystal phase once appears, which is also disadvantageous in terms of waste of heat energy, deformation of the substrate, deterioration of the substrate and the like.

The polymerization reaction includes a thermal polymerization reaction using a thermal polymerization initiator and a photopolymerization reaction using a photopolymerization initiator. A photopolymerization reaction is preferable. The light irradiation for the polymerization of liquid crystal molecules is preferably performed using ultraviolet rays. The irradiation energy is preferably from ^{20mJ / cm 2 ~ 50J / cm} 2 , and more preferably of 100 ~ 800mJ / cm ^2. In order to promote the photopolymerization reaction, light irradiation may be performed under heating conditions.

In order to accelerate the curing reaction, ultraviolet irradiation may be performed under heating conditions. In particular, at the time of forming the light reflection layer, it is preferable that the temperature at the time of ultraviolet irradiation is maintained in a temperature range showing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase so that the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is not disturbed.

Further, since the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere is involved in the degree of polymerization, when the desired degree of polymerization is not reached in the air and the film strength is insufficient, it is preferable to lower the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere by a method such as nitrogen substitution. The preferable oxygen concentration is preferably 10% or less, more preferably 7% or less, and most preferably 3% or less. The reaction rate of the curing reaction (for example, polymerization reaction) progressed by ultraviolet irradiation is preferably 70% or more from the viewpoint of maintaining the mechanical strength of the layer or inhibiting the unreacted material from flowing out from the layer, Or more, more preferably 90% or more. In order to improve the reaction rate, a method of increasing the irradiation amount of the ultraviolet ray to be irradiated or a polymerization under a nitrogen atmosphere or a heating condition is effective. It is also possible to use a method in which the polymerization is performed once, then the polymerization is carried out at a higher temperature than the polymerization temperature, the reaction is further promoted by a thermal polymerization reaction, or a method in which ultraviolet light is irradiated again. The measurement of the reaction rate can be performed by comparing the absorption intensity of the infrared spectrum of the reactive group (for example, a polymerizable group) before and after the progress of the reaction.

The optical properties based on the orientation of the liquid crystal compound molecules in the polymerizable liquid crystal composition, such as the optical properties of the cholesteric liquid crystal, are sufficient if held in the layer, and the liquid crystal composition of the cured? / 4 plate or light reflecting layer There is no need to display liquid crystals anymore. For example, the liquid crystal composition may have a high molecular weight due to a curing reaction and may lose the liquid crystallinity.

In the formation of the light reflecting layer, the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is fixed by the above curing, and a light reflecting layer is formed. Here, the state in which the liquid crystal phase is "immobilized " is the most typical and preferable mode in which the orientation of the liquid crystal compound having a cholesteric liquid crystal phase is maintained. But it is not limited thereto. Concretely, there is no fluidity at 0 ° C to 50 ° C in the normal temperature range and -30 ° C to 70 ° C under more severe conditions, and there is no fluidity in this layer, Means a state in which a fixed alignment form can be stably maintained without causing a change.

As a method for producing the light reflection layer in which the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is fixed, for example, JP-A-1-133003, JP-A-3416302, JP-A-3363565, JP- -271731 may be referred to.

<Orientation Layer>

The transfer material and the brightness enhancement film may include an orientation layer. The orientation layer is used for orienting the molecules of the liquid crystal compound in the polymerizable composition in the formation of the? / 4 plate or the light reflection layer.

The orientation layer is used in the formation of the? / 4 plate or the light reflection layer, and in the transfer material or the brightness enhancement film, the orientation layer may or may not be included. When an orientation layer is included between the branched body and the? / 4 plate in the transfer material, the orientation layer may or may not be included in the brightness enhancement film. That is, the branch lattice may be peeled off from the interface between the branch support and the orientation layer, or may be peeled from the interface between the orientation layer and the? / 4 plate.

The orientation layer can be provided by means of rubbing of an organic compound (preferably a polymer), oblique deposition of an inorganic compound such as SiO, or formation of a layer having a microgroove. Further, an orientation layer in which an orientation function is generated by application of an electric field, application of a magnetic field, or light irradiation is also known.

Depending on the material of the lower layer such as the branch lag, lambda / 4 plate, or light reflecting layer, the lower layer may be directly subjected to orientation treatment (for example, rubbing treatment) without providing the orientation layer. As an example of such a branched structure as a lower layer, PET can be mentioned.

When a light reflecting layer is directly laminated on the light reflecting layer, the light reflecting layer of the lower layer functions as an orientation layer, and the liquid crystal compound for forming the light reflecting layer of the upper layer may be aligned. In such a case, the liquid crystal compound in the upper layer can be aligned without the need of providing an orientation layer or performing a special orientation treatment (for example, rubbing treatment).

Hereinafter, as a preferable example, a rubbing treatment alignment layer and a photo alignment layer which are used by rubbing the surface will be described.

(Rubbing treatment orientation layer)

Examples of polymers usable for the rubbing treatment orientation layer include a methacrylate-based copolymer, a styrene-based copolymer, a polyolefin, and a polyvinyl alcohol described in paragraph [0022] of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 8-338913 And modified polyvinyl alcohol, poly (N-methylol acrylamide), polyester, polyimide, vinyl acetate copolymer, carboxymethyl cellulose, polycarbonate and the like. A silane coupling agent may be used as the polymer. Gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol and denatured polyvinyl alcohol are preferable, and gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol and denatured polyvinyl alcohol are more preferable, and poly (N-methylol acrylamide), carboxymethylcellulose, gelatin, Most preferred are vinyl alcohol and modified polyvinyl alcohol.

The composition described above is applied to the rubbing-treated surface of the alignment layer, and molecules of the liquid crystal compound are aligned. Thereafter, the optically anisotropic layer described above can be formed by reacting the orientation layer polymer and the polyfunctional monomer contained in the optically anisotropic layer, or by crosslinking the orientation layer polymer using a crosslinking agent, if necessary.

The film thickness of the orientation layer is preferably in the range of 0.1 to 10 mu m.

- Rubbing treatment -

The surface of the alignment layer, the branching retarder, the lambda / 4 plate, or the light reflection layer coated with the polymerizable liquid crystal composition may be rubbed if necessary. The rubbing treatment can be generally carried out by rubbing the surface of the film containing the polymer as a main component in a certain direction with a paper or cloth. A general method of rubbing treatment is described in, for example, "Liquid Crystal Handbook" (published by Maruzen Co., Ltd., October 30, 2000).

As a method of changing the rubbing density, a method described in "Liquid Crystal Handbook" (Maruzen Publishing Co.) can be used. The rubbing density (L) is quantified by the following formula (A).

(A) L = N1 (1 + 2? Rn / 60v)

In the formula (A), N is the number of times of rubbing, l is the contact length of the rubbing roller, r is the radius of the roller, n is the number of revolutions of the roller (rpm), and v is the stage moving speed (second speed).

In order to increase the rubbing density, it is necessary to increase the number of times of rubbing, increase the contact length of the rubbing roller, increase the radius of the roller, increase the number of revolutions of the roller, and slow the moving speed of the stage. , And vice versa. As a condition for the rubbing treatment, reference may be made to the disclosure of Japanese Patent Publication No. 4052558. [

(Light alignment layer)

As the photo-alignment material used in the photo-alignment layer formed by light irradiation, there are described in many documents and the like. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2006-285197, 2007-76839, 2007-138138, 2007-94071, 2007-121721, Japan Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-140465, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-156439, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-133184, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-109831, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 3883848, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4151746 Azo compounds, aromatic esters described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-229039, maleimides and / or alkenyl substituted nadis having photo-orientable units described in JP-A-2002-265541 and JP-A-2002-317013 A photo-crosslinkable silane derivative described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 4205198, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-520878, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2004-529220, Japanese Patent Publication No. 4162 The photo-crosslinkable polyimide, polyamide or ester described in 850 can be mentioned as a preferable example. Particularly preferred are azo compounds, photo-crosslinkable polyimides, polyamides, or esters.

A linearly polarized light or a non-polarized light is irradiated to the photo-alignment layer formed from the above material to produce a photo-alignment layer.

In the present specification, "linearly polarized light irradiation" is an operation for generating a photoreaction in a photo-alignment material. The wavelength of the light used differs depending on the photo-alignment material to be used and is not particularly limited as long as it is a wavelength required for the photo-reaction. Preferably, the peak wavelength of the light used for light irradiation is 200 nm to 700 nm, and more preferably the ultraviolet light has a peak wavelength of 400 nm or less.

The light source used for the light irradiation may be a commonly used light source such as a lamp such as a tungsten lamp, a halogen lamp, a xenon lamp, a xenon flash lamp, a mercury lamp, a mercury xenon lamp or a carbon arc lamp, , A helium neon laser, an argon ion laser, a helium cadmium laser, a YAG laser), a light emitting diode, and a cathode ray tube.

Examples of means for obtaining linearly polarized light include a method using a polarizing plate (e.g., an iodine polarizing plate, a dichroic dye polarizing plate, a wire grid polarizing plate), a method using a reflective polarizer using a prism element (e.g., Glan Thomson prism) A method using light emitted from a laser light source having polarized light can be employed. Alternatively, only a light having a required wavelength may be selectively irradiated using a filter, a wavelength conversion element, or the like.

In the case of linearly polarized light, a method of irradiating light perpendicularly or obliquely to the surface of the alignment layer from the upper surface or the back surface with respect to the alignment layer is employed. The angle of incidence of light differs depending on the photo-alignment material, but is, for example, 0 to 90 占 (vertical), preferably 40 to 90 占.

When non-polarized light is used, non-polarized light is irradiated obliquely. The angle of incidence is 10 to 80 °, preferably 20 to 60 °, particularly preferably 30 to 50 °.

The irradiation time is preferably 1 minute to 60 minutes, more preferably 1 minute to 10 minutes.

<Reflective Polarizer>

The reflective polarizer includes a light reflection layer. The reflective polarizer preferably includes two or more light reflection layers, more preferably two to four layers, and more preferably two or three layers. It is preferable that the reflective polarizer include two or more light reflection layers having different reflection center wavelengths, and more preferably two or three light reflection layers having different reflection center wavelengths. The wavelength giving the peak of reflectance (i.e., the reflection center wavelength) can be adjusted by changing the pitch or the refractive index of the helical structure in the cholesteric liquid crystal phase of the light reflection layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase. However, Can be easily adjusted by changing the addition amount of the chiral agent. Specifically, Fuji Film Research Report No. 2 50 (2005) p. 60-63. It is also possible to adjust the conditions such as the temperature, the illuminance and the irradiation time at the time of fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase.

The reflective polarizer preferably has a function of reflecting blue light, green light and red light.

The reflective polarizer preferably includes a light reflecting layer which is a coated hardened layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a discotic liquid crystalline compound and a light reflecting layer which is a coated hardened layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a rod-shaped liquid crystalline compound.

A preferable combination of the optical characteristics of the light reflecting layer in the reflective polarizer including two or more light reflecting layers is exemplified below.

(Example of a reflective polarizer having two light reflection layers)

It is preferable that any one of the two light reflection layers is a layer that reflects light in a wavelength range exceeding the wavelength range of one color. For example, a layer that reflects blue light and green light in one layer, and a layer that reflects green light and red light in one layer.

Here, the blue light is a light having a wavelength of 380 to 499 nm, the green light is a light having a wavelength of 500 to 599 nm, and the red light is a light having a wavelength of 600 to 780 nm. The infrared light is light having a wavelength of 780 to 850 nm.

When the light reflectance layer in the wavelength region beyond the wavelength region of one color is controlled by controlling the reflection half width of 200 nm or less, the pitch is gradually changed in the helical direction of the cholesteric (normal film thickness direction) , A pitch gradient method capable of realizing a wide half width can be used. Regarding the pitch gradient method, reference can be made to the method described in Nature 378, 467-469, 1995, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-281814, and Japanese Patent Publication No. 4990426. [ The use of the above-mentioned high? N liquid crystal compound is also preferable.

<Adhesive Layer (Adhesive)>

In this specification, "adhesion" is used as a concept including "adhesion ".

Between the lambda / 4 plate included in the reflective polarizer and the reflective polarizer in the transfer material, the luminance improving film, and the optical sheet member described later, and between the light reflection layer in the case where the reflective polarizer includes two or more light reflection layers An adhesive layer may be included between the polarizing plate or the polarizer and the? / 4 plate.

As the pressure-sensitive adhesive used for the adhesive layer, for example, a substance having a ratio of storage elastic modulus G 'to loss elastic modulus G "(tan δ = G" / G') measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring device is 0.001 to 1.5, Creepable materials, and the like. Examples of the pressure-sensitive adhesive include, for example, an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive and a polyvinyl alcohol-based pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Examples of the adhesive include an aqueous solution of a boron compound, a curable adhesive of an epoxy compound not containing an aromatic ring in the molecule as shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2004-245925, a curable adhesive of 360-450 nm (100 parts by mass) of a total amount of a photopolymerization initiator having a molar extinction coefficient at a wavelength of 400 or more, an active energy ray curable adhesive containing an ultraviolet curing compound as an essential component, and a (meth) acrylic compound described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2008-174667 (meth) acrylic compound having two or more (meth) acryloyl groups in the molecule, (b) a (meth) acrylic compound having a hydroxyl group in the molecule and having only one polymerizable double bond, and (c) Active energy ray-curable adhesives containing ethylene oxide modified acrylate or nonylphenol ethylene oxide modified acrylate, and the like .

The difference in refractive index between the reflective polarizer and a layer adjacent to the polarizing plate of the reflective polarizer is preferably 0.15 or less, more preferably 0.10 or less, and particularly preferably 0.05 or less. As the layer adjacent to the polarizing plate side of the above-mentioned reflective polarizer, there can be mentioned the above-mentioned adhesive layer.

The method of adjusting the refractive index of the adhesive layer is not particularly limited, and for example, the method described in JP-A-11-223712 can be used. Of the methods described in JP-A-11-223712, the following embodiments are particularly preferable.

Examples of the pressure-sensitive adhesive for use in the adhesive layer include resins such as a polyester-based resin, an epoxy-based resin, a polyurethane-based resin, a silicone-based resin, and an acrylic-based resin. These may be used alone or in combination of two or more. In particular, an acrylic resin is preferable because it is excellent in reliability such as water resistance, heat resistance, light resistance, and the like, good adhesion and transparency, and easy to adjust refractive index to a liquid crystal display. Examples of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive include homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic monomers such as acrylic acid and esters thereof, methacrylic acid and its esters, acryl amides and acrylonitrile, and copolymers thereof, and at least one of the above-mentioned acrylic monomers, And aromatic vinyl monomers such as maleic anhydride and styrene. Particularly, it is preferable to use a copolymer of a primary monomer such as ethylene acrylate, butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate which exhibits adhesiveness, a vinyl monomer such as vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, acrylamide, styrene, methacrylate, Acrylic acid, itaconic acid, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, acrylamide, methyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, (Glass transition point) is in the range of -60 占 폚 to -15 占 폚, and the weight average molecular weight is 200,000 (weight-average molecular weight). The copolymer of the present invention is a copolymer comprising a monomer having a functional group such as acrylamide, glycidyl methacrylate, maleic anhydride, To 1 million.

As the adhesive, a sheet-shaped photo-curing type point adhesive (TOAGOSEI Group Research Annals 11 TREND 2011 No. 14) may be used for the adhesive layer. It is preferable that the optical films such as the pressure-sensitive adhesive can be easily combined with each other and crosslinked and cured with ultraviolet rays (UV) to improve the storage modulus, adhesive force and heat resistance.

[Production method of transcription material]

The method of producing the transfer material is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that at least one light reflecting layer is formed by directly coating on the surface of the? / 4 plate or other light reflecting layer. This is because it is possible to provide a thin film of a brightness enhancement film by including a layer directly contacting without interposing an adhesive layer. This is because it is possible to provide a brightness enhancement film that is more flexible. It is also preferable that all of the light reflection layers are formed by being directly applied on the surface of the? / 4 plate or another light reflection layer.

The transfer material can be produced, for example, by laminating a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound on the surface of an orientation layer provided on the surface of a branched or branched support, and curing the resulting coating film to form a? / 4 plate .

The light reflecting layer formed on the other branch support may be laminated on the surface of the formed? / 4 plate using an adhesive layer, and then the other branch members may be peeled off. The other branch lags at this time can be the same as the branch lags in the transfer material. Alternatively, the light-reflective layer (first light reflection layer) may be formed by applying a polymerizable liquid crystal composition to the surface of the formed? / 4 plate and curing the coating film. The light reflection layer (second light reflection layer) may be formed by applying the polymerizable liquid crystal composition further on the surface of the laminated body of the thus formed? / 4 plate and the first light reflection layer, and curing the coating film, The light reflection layer (second light reflection layer) formed on the other branched body may be laminated using an adhesive layer. In the laminate, a laminate of the third light reflection layer and the second light reflection layer formed in the step of direct application in the order of the third light reflection layer and the second light reflection layer from the other branch support side on the other branch support is used as the adhesive layer , And a laminate including a lambda / 4 plate, a first light reflection layer, an adhesive layer, a second light reflection layer, and a third light reflection layer in this order may be fabricated, and then another laminate may be peeled off. The transfer material may be formed by successively coating and hardening the? / 4 plate, the first light reflection layer, and the second light reflection layer on the support. Alternatively, the? / 4 plate, the first light reflection layer, the second light reflection layer, and the third light reflection layer may be successively formed by coating and curing on the support. If necessary, a method of superimposing the liquid crystal layer interposed between the alignment layers can also be adopted.

[Brightness Enhancement Film]

By peeling off the branches from the transfer material, a luminance improving film can be obtained. The brightness enhancement film obtained by peeling the support from the transfer material may not include the layer formed by polymer stretching included in a general brightness enhancement film such as a PET film. This makes it difficult to cause problems such as warping due to shrinkage even when the polarizing plate is attached to a polarizing plate including a polyvinyl alcohol-based film.

The release surface obtained by separating the branching material from the transfer material may be a? / 4 plate or an orientation layer, and the layer on the release surface is the outermost layer in the brightness enhancement film. In the case of the transfer material, in the case where the branch lag is in direct contact with the lambda / 4 plate, the branch lag can be peeled from the interface between the branch lag and the lambda / 4 plate. On the other hand, in the transfer material, if the orientation layer is included between the branched substance and the? / 4 plate, the branched substance may be peeled from the interface between the branched substance and the orientation layer, (That is, the branching retardation and the orientation layer are separated from the brightness enhancement film). At this time, it is preferable to peel off from the interface between the branched support and the orientation layer.

When the peeled surface (the outermost surface layer of the brightness enhancement film) is peeled off from the interface between the branch retardation layer and the orientation layer, it is preferable since the adhesion property with the polarizer as the polyvinyl alcohol-based film is good . At this time, it is preferable to use a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive as the adhesive.

When the brightness enhancement film is attached to a liquid crystal display device, the brightness enhancement film improves the brightness of the liquid crystal display device by the following mechanism.

The light reflection layer formed by fixing the cholesteric liquid crystal phase contained in the reflective polarizer in the brightness enhancement film has at least one of the right circularly polarized light and the left circularly polarized light (circularly polarized light in the first polarized state) in a wavelength band near its reflection central wavelength And transmits the other (circularly polarized light in the second polarization state). The reflected circularly polarized light of the second polarized state is randomized and recirculated in its direction and polarization state by a reflecting member (also referred to as a light guide or an optical resonator) to be described later, A part of the light is reflected as circularly polarized light of the second polarized state, and a part of the remaining polarized light is transmitted as the circularly polarized light of the second polarized state, whereby the light utilization factor on the backlight side is increased and the brightness of the liquid crystal display device can be improved.

The polarization state of the light emitted from the reflective polarizer, that is, the transmitted light and the reflected light of the reflective polarizer can be measured by, for example, polarizing measurement by Axoscan of Axometrics.

[Manufacturing method of optical sheet member]

In the present specification, the optical sheet member means a member including a polarizing plate including a brightness enhancement film and a polarizer.

The optical sheet member can be manufactured by a method including a step of peeling the branch of the transfer material and a step of adhering the peeling surface obtained by peeling to the polarizing plate with an adhesive. When mating, the angle formed by the slow axis of the? / 4 plate and the absorption axis of the polarizer may be 30 ° to 60 °. By doing so, the direction of the linearly polarized light transmitted through the? / 4 plate used for the brightness enhancement film can be laminated so as to be parallel to the transmission axis direction of the polarizing plate.

The angle formed by the slow axis of the? / 4 plate and the absorption axis of the polarizer is preferably 35 to 55 °, more preferably 40 to 50 °, and still more preferably 45 °. The bonding may be performed, for example, by an adhesive.

It is preferable that the polarizing plate is directly adhered immediately after peeling off the branched materials of the transfer material in order to avoid adhesion of foreign matters to the peeling surface.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of the optical sheet member. The optical sheet member 21 includes a brightness enhancement film 11 and a polarizing plate 1 including a polarizer 3. In use, a backlight is disposed on the lower side of the drawing. The polarizing plate 1 and the brightness enhancement film 11 may be stacked with the adhesive layer 20 interposed therebetween. The polarizing plate is preferably a backlight-side polarizing plate when attached to a liquid crystal display.

At the time of lamination, it is preferable that the polarizing plate and the brightness enhancement film are laminated with a roll-to-roll using an adhesive. In the roll-to-roll bonding, the brightness enhancement film may be directly applied to the polarizer without using the polarizer protective film on the backlight unit side of the polarizing plate.

The thickness of the optical sheet member may be 13 占 퐉 to 150 占 퐉, preferably 15 占 퐉 to 100 占 퐉.

<Polarizer>

The polarizing plate may be made of only a polarizer, but usually it is preferable that the polarizing plate is composed of a polarizer and two polarizing plate protective films (hereinafter also referred to as a protective film) arranged on both sides thereof, as in a polarizing plate used in a liquid crystal display device. Of the two protective films, a retardation film is preferably used as a protective film disposed on the liquid crystal cell side. The polarizing plate of the optical sheet member may be composed of a polarizer and a single polarizing plate protective film.

In Fig. 2, the polarizing plate 1 includes a polarizer 3. The polarizing plate 1 preferably includes a polarizing plate protective film 2 which may be a retardation film on the viewer-side surface of the polarizer 3. The polarizing plate 1 may or may not include the polarizing plate protective film 4 on the backlight unit side surface of the polarizer 3 (Fig. 2 (b) and Fig. 2 a) and (c)).

(Polarizer)

As the polarizer, it is preferable to use a polymer film in which iodine is adsorbed and oriented. The polymer film is not particularly limited and various films can be used. For example, a hydrophilic polymer film such as a polyvinyl alcohol film, a polyethylene terephthalate film, an ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymerization film, a partially saponified film thereof, or a cellulose-based film may be coated with a polyvinyl alcohol dehydrated product or a poly And a polyene-based oriented film such as a dehydrochloric acid-treated product of vinyl chloride. Among them, it is preferable to use a polyvinyl alcohol film excellent in dyeability by iodine as a polarizer.

As the material of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, polyvinyl alcohol or a derivative thereof is used. Examples of the derivatives of polyvinyl alcohol include polyvinylformal and polyvinyl acetal, and besides, olefins such as ethylene and propylene, unsaturated carboxylic acids such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and crotonic acid, alkyl esters thereof, acryl amides and the like Denatured.

The degree of polymerization of the polymer as the material of the polymer film is generally 500 to 10,000, preferably 1000 to 6000, and more preferably 1400 to 4000. The saponification degree of the saponified film is preferably 75 mol% or more, more preferably 98 mol% or more, and 98.3 to 99.8 mol% in terms of solubility in water, for example Is more preferable.

The above-mentioned polymer film (unstretched film) is subjected to at least a uniaxial stretching treatment and an iodine staining treatment according to a conventional method. Further, the boric acid treatment and the cleaning treatment can be carried out. The polymer film (stretched film) subjected to the above-mentioned treatment is subjected to a drying treatment according to a usual method to be a polarizer.

The thickness of the polarizer is not particularly limited and is usually 5 to 80 탆, preferably 5 to 50 탆, more preferably 5 to 25 탆.

As the optical characteristics of the polarizer, it is preferable that the mono-transmittance when measured with a single polarizer is 43% or more, more preferably 43.3 to 45.0%. The orthogonal transmittance to be measured by polymerizing two polarizers described above and polymerizing the two polarizers so that the absorption axes of the two polarizers are 90 ° to each other is preferably smaller and is preferably 0.00% or more and 0.050% or less , And more preferably 0.030% or less. The degree of polarization is preferably 99.90% or more and 100% or less in practical use, and particularly preferably 99.93% or more and 100% or less. It is preferable that optical properties substantially equivalent to those obtained when measured as a polarizing plate are obtained.

(Polarizer protective film)

The optical sheet member may or may not have a polarizing plate protective film on the opposite side of the liquid crystal cell of the polarizer. When the polarizer protective film is not provided on the opposite side of the liquid crystal cell of the polarizer, a later-described reflective polarizer may be provided directly to the polarizer or via an adhesive.

Among the above-mentioned protective films, a thermoplastic resin excellent in transparency, mechanical strength, thermal stability, moisture barrier property, isotropy and the like is used as a protective film disposed on the opposite side of the liquid crystal cell. Specific examples of such a thermoplastic resin include cellulose resins such as triacetyl cellulose, polyester resins, polyethersulfone resins, polysulfone resins, polycarbonate resins, polyamide resins, polyimide resins, polyolefin resins, (meth) acrylic resins , Cyclic polyolefin resins (norbornene resins), polyarylate resins, polystyrene resins, polyvinyl alcohol resins, and mixtures thereof.

Cellulose resins are esters of cellulose and fatty acids. Specific examples of such a cellulose ester resin include triacetylcellulose, diacetylcellulose, tripropylcellulose, and dipropylcellulose. Of these, triacetyl cellulose is particularly preferable. Many products of triacetyl cellulose are available on the market, which is advantageous in terms of availability and cost. Examples of commercially available products of triacetyl cellulose include trade names of UV-50, UV-80, SH-80, TD-80U, TD- "And" KC series "manufactured by Konica Corporation.

A specific example of the cyclic polyolefin resin is preferably a norbornene resin. The cyclic olefin-based resin is a generic name of a resin that is polymerized using a cyclic olefin as a polymerization unit and includes, for example, JP-A-1-240517, JP-A-3-14882, JP- 122137, and the like. Specific examples include ring-opened (co) polymers of cyclic olefins, addition polymers of cyclic olefins, copolymers of cyclic olefins and? -Olefins such as ethylene and propylene (typically, random copolymers) and unsaturated carboxylic acids and their derivatives Modified graft polymers, and hydrides thereof. Specific examples of cyclic olefins include norbornene monomers.

As the cyclic polyolefin resin, various products are commercially available. Specific examples thereof include trade name "Zeonex", "Zeonor" manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd., "Aton" manufactured by JSR Corporation, trade name "Topas" manufactured by TICONA, trade name of MITSUI KAGAKU KOGYO Co., APEL ".

As the (meth) acrylic resin, any suitable (meth) acrylic resin may be employed. Examples thereof include poly (meth) acrylate esters such as methyl polymethacrylate, methyl methacrylate- (meth) acrylic acid copolymer, methyl methacrylate- (meth) acrylate ester copolymer, methyl methacrylate- (Meth) acrylic acid copolymer, a (meth) acrylic acid methyl-styrene copolymer (MS resin and the like), a polymer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group (for example, a methacrylic acid-methacrylic acid cyclohexyl copolymer, (Meth) acrylate-norbornyl acrylate, and the like). Preferably, poly (meth) acrylate C1-6 alkyl such as poly (meth) acrylate is exemplified. More preferably, it is a methyl methacrylate resin having methyl methacrylate as a main component (50 to 100 mass%, preferably 70 to 100 mass%).

Specific examples of the (meth) acrylic resin include acrylate VH and acryphet VRL20A available from Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., (meth) acrylate having a ring structure in the molecule described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-70296 Resin, a high-Tg (meth) acrylic resin obtained by intramolecular crosslinking or intramolecular cyclization reaction.

As the (meth) acrylic resin, a (meth) acrylic resin having a lactone ring structure may be used. High heat resistance, high transparency, and high mechanical strength by biaxial stretching.

Though the thickness of the protective film can be appropriately set, it is usually about 1 to 80 占 퐉 in view of workability such as strength and handling, and thin layer. Particularly preferably 1 to 60 mu m, and more preferably 5 to 40 mu m. The protective film is particularly suitable in the case of 5 to 25 占 퐉.

[Liquid crystal display device]

The optical sheet member can be used for a liquid crystal display device. A brightness enhancement film may be used in a liquid crystal display device in combination with a polarizing plate.

The liquid crystal display device, together with the optical sheet member or the brightness enhancement film and the polarizing plate,

 Blue light having a luminescent center wavelength in a wavelength band of 430 to 480 nm,

 Green light having a luminescent center wavelength in a wavelength band of 500 to 600 nm,

 A backlight unit having a light source that emits red light having at least a part of a peak of light emission intensity in a wavelength band of 600 to 700 nm;

It is preferable that the backlight unit described above is provided with a reflecting member which is caused to emit light from the light source described above and which converts and reflects the polarization state of the light reflected by the brightness enhancement film or the optical sheet member described above at the rear portion of the light source.

<Backlight unit>

The configuration of the backlight unit may be an edge light system using a light guide plate, a reflector, or the like as a constituent member, or may be a direct lower type system.

The liquid crystal display device is provided with the above-described backlight unit at the rear portion of the light source, the reflection member emitting light from the light source and converting and reflecting the polarization state of the light reflected by the brightness enhancement film or the optical sheet member described above. Such reflective members are not particularly limited and publicly known ones can be used and are described in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 3416302, 3363565, 4091978, and 3448626, And is used in the present invention.

As an example of the light source of the backlight unit, a white light source such as a white LED (Light Emitting Diode) may be used. As another example, a blue light emitting diode that emits blue light and a light source that has a fluorescent material that emits green light and red light when blue light of a blue light emitting diode is incident, a UV light that has an emission center wavelength in a wavelength band of 300 nm or more and less than 430 nm A light source having a fluorescent material that emits blue light, green light, and red light when UV light from the UV light emitting diode and the UV light emitting diode emit light, a blue light emitting diode that emits blue light described above, and the above- A blue light emitting diode that emits blue light, a green light emitting diode that emits green light, a red light emitting diode that emits red light, a blue light emitting diode that emits green light, and a light source (pseudo white LED) that has a fluorescent material .

Among them, in view of the white LED and the energy conversion (power-light conversion efficiency), when the blue light of the blue light emitting diode and the blue light emitting diode are incident, the above-mentioned green light and the above- A light source or a blue light emitting diode that emits blue light and a light source (pseudo white LED) having a fluorescent material (such as a yellow phosphor) that emits light of a wide peak over the green light to the red light described above when the above- The light source of the above-mentioned backlight unit is preferably a white LED or a blue light emitting diode emitting blue light and a fluorescent material emitting the above-mentioned red light when the blue light of the blue light emitting diode is incident . In a more preferred embodiment, the backlight unit has a structure in which blue light having a luminescent center wavelength in a wavelength band of 430 to 480 nm, green light having a luminescent center wavelength in a wavelength band of 500 to 600 nm, and green light having a luminescent intensity in a wavelength band of 600 to 700 nm And emits red light having at least a part of the peaks.

Examples of the fluorescent material include yttrium, aluminum, and garnet yellow fluorescent materials, and terbium, aluminum, and garnet yellow fluorescent materials. The fluorescence wavelength of the fluorescent material can be controlled by changing the particle diameter of the phosphor.

In the liquid crystal display device, the blue light emitting diode for emitting the above-mentioned blue light and the above-mentioned green light and the above-mentioned fluorescent material for emitting the red light when the above-mentioned blue light of the blue light emitting diode are incident, , A quantum dot sheet or a bar-shaped quantum dot bar), and the quantum dot member is preferably disposed between the optical sheet member and the blue light source. Such a quantum dot member is not particularly limited and a known one can be used. For example, the quantum dot member is described in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2012-169271, SID'12 DIGEST p.895, etc., Is used. As such a quantum dot sheet, QDEF (Quantum Dot Enhancement Film, manufactured by Nanosys) can be used.

It is preferable that the emission center wavelength of the blue light emitted by the backlight unit is in a wavelength band of 440 to 470 nm.

It is preferable that the emission center wavelength of the green light emitted by the backlight unit is in the wavelength band of 520 to 570 nm.

It is preferable that the emission center wavelength of the red light emitted by the backlight unit is in a wavelength band of 600 to 640 nm.

It is preferable that the half-widths of the blue light, the green light, and the red light described above are both 100 nm or less.

It is preferable that the blue light emitted by the backlight unit has a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 80 nm or less and more preferably a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 70 nm or less and a peak of light emission intensity with a half bandwidth of 30 nm or less Is particularly preferable.

It is preferable that the green light emitted by the backlight unit has a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 80 nm or less and more preferably has a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 70 nm or less and a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 60 nm or less Is particularly preferable.

It is preferable that the red light emitted by the backlight unit has a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 80 nm or less and more preferably has a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 70 nm or less and a peak of light emission intensity with a half width of 60 nm or less Is particularly preferable.

It is also preferable that the backlight unit further includes a known diffusion plate, diffusion sheet, prism sheet (for example, BEF, etc.), and a light guide. Other members are described in Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 3416302, 3363565, 4091978, and 3448626, and the contents of these publications are cited in the present invention.

In order to further improve the front luminance of the liquid crystal display device using the brightness enhancement film and optical sheet member of the present invention, it is preferable to provide two prism sheets in the backlight unit. It is also preferable that the prism directions of the two prism sheets are substantially parallel. Means that the prism direction of two prism sheets is substantially parallel and the angle formed by the prisms of two prism sheets is within ± 5 °. In the prism sheet, a plurality of protrusions (in this specification, these protrusions are also referred to as prisms) extending in one direction in the surface of the prism sheet are arranged in a row, and a plurality of prisms arranged in a row The extended direction is parallel. The prism direction refers to the extending direction of a plurality of prisms arranged in a row.

<Display panel>

An example of a preferable display panel of the above-described liquid crystal display device is a liquid crystal panel of a transmission mode, and has a pair of polarizers and a liquid crystal cell therebetween. Normally, a retardation film for viewing angle compensation is disposed between each of the polarizers and the liquid crystal cell. The configuration of the liquid crystal cell is not particularly limited, and a liquid crystal cell having a general configuration can be employed. The liquid crystal cell may include, for example, a pair of substrates disposed opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, and may include a color filter layer or the like as needed. There is no particular limitation on the driving mode of the liquid crystal cell. The driving mode of the liquid crystal cell is not particularly limited, and twisted nematic (TN), super twisted nematic (STN), vertical alignment (VA), inflation switching (IPS), optical compensated bend cell And the like.

One embodiment of the liquid crystal display device preferably has a liquid crystal cell in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between substrates provided with electrodes on at least one opposite side, and the liquid crystal cell is preferably disposed between two polarizing plates. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal cell in which liquid crystal is enclosed between upper and lower substrates, and displays an image by changing the alignment state of the liquid crystal by applying a voltage. A polarizing plate protective film, an optical compensating member for performing optical compensation, and an adhesive layer. The liquid crystal display device may include other members. For example, a front scattering layer, a primer layer, an antistatic layer, an antireflection layer, an antireflection layer, an antireflection layer, an antireflection layer, an anti-glare layer, A surface layer such as an undercoat layer may be disposed.

&Lt; Method for bonding optical sheet member to liquid crystal display device >

As a method of bonding the brightness enhancement film or the optical sheet member to the liquid crystal display device, a known method can be used. In addition, a roll-to-panel production method can be used, which is preferable in improving productivity and yield. The roll-to-panel production method is described in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2011-48381, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2009-175653, Japanese Patent Publication No. 4628488, Japanese Patent Publication No. 4729647, WO2012 / 014602, WO2012 / 014571, .

Example

Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples. The materials, the amounts used, the ratios, the processing contents, the processing procedures, and the like shown in the following examples can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be construed to be limited by the following specific examples.

&Lt; Fabrication of alignment film support HSA >

(Alkali saponification treatment)

The cellulose acylate film "TD80UL" (manufactured by Fuji Film Co., Ltd.) was passed through a dielectric type heating roll at a temperature of 60 ° C to raise the surface temperature of the film to 40 ° C. Thereafter, an alkali solution having the composition shown below was applied to one side of the film using a bar coater at a coating amount of 14 ml / m ² , and then heated to 110 캜. The heated film was transported for 10 seconds under a steam-type extraneous heater made by Noritake Co., Ltd. (trade name, manufactured by Noritake Co., Ltd.). Subsequently, 3 ml / m ^{2 of} pure water was applied by the same method using a bar coater. After washing with water using a fountain coater and dewatering with an air knife three times, the film was transported to a drying zone at 70 占 폚 for 10 seconds and dried to produce an alkali saponified film.

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Alkaline solution composition

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Potassium hydroxide 4.7 parts by mass

water 15.8 parts by mass

Isopropanol 63.7 parts by mass

Surfactants _{SF-1: C 14 H 29} O (CH 2 CH 2 O) 20 H 1.0 parts by weight

Propylene glycol 14.8 parts by mass

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(Formation of alignment film)

The alignment film coating liquid of the following composition was continuously applied to the support A having a long shape obtained by saponifying treatment as described above, in the order of # 14. Dried for 60 seconds in warm air at 60 DEG C, and further for 120 seconds in hot air at 100 DEG C. [ The obtained coating film was subjected to rubbing treatment continuously. At this time, the longitudinal direction and the transport direction of the elongated film were parallel, and the angle between the longitudinal direction of the film and the rotational axis of the rubbing roller was approximately 45 degrees.

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Composition of alignment film coating liquid

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The following denatured polyvinyl alcohol 10 parts by mass

water 371 parts by mass

Methanol 119 parts by mass

Glutaraldehyde 0.5 parts by mass

Photopolymerization initiator (IRGACURE 2959, BASF) 0.3 parts by mass

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(3)

&Lt; Fabrication of alignment film supporting body HSB >

Foreign matter on the surface of the cellulose acylate film "TD80UL" (manufactured by Fuji Film Co., Ltd.) was removed using a roll having low adhesive strength. Thereafter, the alignment film coating liquid of the following composition was applied continuously to the wire of # 16. Further, it was dried for 60 seconds with warm air at 60 DEG C and further for 120 seconds with warm air at 100 DEG C. The obtained coating film was subjected to rubbing treatment continuously. At this time, the longitudinal direction and the transport direction of the elongated film were parallel, and the angle between the longitudinal direction of the film and the rotational axis of the rubbing roller was approximately 45 degrees.

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Composition of alignment film coating liquid

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The following denatured polyvinyl alcohol 10 parts by mass

water 380 parts by mass

Methanol 120 parts by mass

Glutaraldehyde 0.5 parts by mass

Photopolymerization initiator (IRGACURE 2959, BASF) 0.2 parts by mass

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<Production of Support HSC>

The PET film (Cosmo Shine, Toyobo Co., Ltd.) was directly and continuously rubbed. At this time, the longitudinal direction and the transport direction of the elongated film were parallel to each other, and the rotation axis of the rubbing roller with respect to the longitudinal direction of the film was set at 45 degrees in the clockwise direction.

&Lt; Formation of? / 4 plate using A1 circular liquid crystal compound >

Coating liquid A1 containing a discotic liquid crystalline compound having the following composition was continuously applied to the surface of the alignment film of the support HSA or the support HSB or the rubbing surface of the support HSC (see Table 1) with # 3.6 wires continuously. The transporting speed (V) of the film was 20 m / min. For drying the solvent of the coating liquid and aging the orientation of the discotic liquid crystalline compound, it was heated for 90 seconds with warm air at 130 캜. Subsequently, UV irradiation was performed at 80 占 폚 to fix the orientation of the liquid crystal compound, thereby forming an optically anisotropic layer.

At this time, the UV irradiation amount was set to 300 mJ / cm ² .

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A coating liquid A1 containing a discotic liquid crystalline compound

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The discotic liquid crystalline compound (Compound 101) 80 parts by mass

The discotic liquid crystalline compound (Compound 102) 20 parts by mass

Orientation preparation 1 0.9 parts by mass

Orientation preparation 2 0.1 parts by mass

Surfactant 1 0.3 parts by mass

Polymerization initiator 1 3 parts by mass

Methyl ethyl ketone 301 parts by mass

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[Chemical Formula 4]

The above-mentioned alignment aids 1 and 2 are mixtures of two compounds (the mixture ratio of the two compounds is 50:50 (by mass ratio)) in which the substitution positions of the methyl groups in the trimethyl substituted benzene rings are different. The description "a / b = 98/2" of Surfactant 1 indicates that a is 98% by mass and b is 2% by mass.

&Lt; A2 Formation of? / 4 plate using rod-shaped liquid crystal compound >

The coating liquid A2 containing the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound having the composition shown below was applied continuously to the above-prepared alignment film with a wire of # 3.6. The transporting speed (V) of the film was 20 m / min. For drying of the solvent of the coating liquid and aging of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound, heating was carried out for 120 seconds with hot air at 85 캜. Subsequently, UV irradiation was performed at 80 占 폚 to fix the orientation of the liquid crystal compound, thereby forming an optically anisotropic layer.

At this time, the UV irradiation amount was set to 300 mJ / cm ² .

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The coating liquid A2 containing the rod-

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The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 201 83 parts by mass

The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 202 14 parts by mass

The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 203 3 parts by mass

Multifunctional monomer A-TMMT (manufactured by Shin Nakamura Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.) 1 part by mass

Polymerization initiator IRGACURE 819 (BASF) 4 parts by mass

Surfactant 2 0.05 parts by mass

Surfactant 3 0.01 parts by mass

Methyl ethyl ketone 157 parts by mass

Cyclohexanone 8 parts by mass

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[Chemical Formula 5]

&Lt; Formation of? / 4 plate made of stretched film >

Preparation of cellulose acylate solution:

The following subjects, additives, and solvent were put into a mixing tank and stirred to dissolve each component. After heating at 90 DEG C for about 10 minutes, a filter paper having an average pore diameter of 34 mu m and a sintered metal having an average pore diameter of 10 mu m Filtered.

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Composition of dope

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· Methylene chloride 348 parts by mass

· Methanol 52 parts by mass

Cellulose acetate with a degree of substitution of 2.43 100 parts by mass

· Inorganic fine particles (Aerosil R972 manufactured by Nippon Aerosil Co., Ltd.)

0.2 parts by mass

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softness:

The above-described dope was softened to a thickness of 100 mu m after drying using a band softener. The band was made of stainless steel.

dry:

The flexible web (film) was peeled from the band, and then the pass roll was transported and dried at a drying temperature of 120 占 폚 for 20 minutes. The term "drying temperature" as used herein means the film surface temperature of the film.

Stretching:

The resulting web (film) was peeled off from the band, and the film was sandwiched between the clips and stretched under a condition of free uniaxial stretching at a stretching ratio of 230 DEG C and a stretching ratio of 2.3 in the film conveying direction (MD) using a tenter.

The obtained film was evaluated, and it was confirmed that an A plate having Re = 135 nm at a film thickness of 45 m was produced.

&Lt; Formation of cholesteric layer using B1 circular liquid crystal compound >

As a light reflection layer formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase using a discotic liquid crystal compound as a liquid crystal compound on the surface of any one of the? / 4 plates (see Table 1) produced by the above method, .

Coating liquid B1 containing a discotic liquid crystalline compound having the following composition was adjusted on the surface of the prepared alignment film so as to have a film thickness shown in Table 1 and continuously applied.

Subsequently, the solvent was dried at 70 DEG C for 2 minutes, and the solvent was vaporized, followed by heating aging at 115 DEG C for 3 minutes to obtain a uniformly oriented state.

And irradiated with ultraviolet rays using a mercury lamp to form a light reflection layer.

At this time, the UV irradiation amount was set to 300 mJ / cm ² .

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Composition of optically anisotropic layer coating liquid B1

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The discotic liquid crystalline compound (Compound 101) 80 parts by mass

The discotic liquid crystalline compound (Compound 102) 20 parts by mass

The polymerizable monomer 10 parts by mass

Surfactant 1 0.3 parts by mass

Polymerization initiator 1 3 parts by mass

Chiral 1st Listed in Table 1

Methyl ethyl ketone 290 parts by mass

Cyclohexanone 50 parts by mass

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[Chemical Formula 6]

&Lt; Formation of cholesteric layer using B2 rod-shaped liquid crystal compound >

PET (thickness: 75 mu m) made of Fuji film was prepared as a branch support, and rubbing treatment was continuously performed. The direction of the rubbing treatment was made parallel to the longitudinal direction of the film. It is also confirmed that a general PET film (for example, Cosmo Shine A4100 (Toyobo)) can be used as the branching material in addition to the PET film.

A coating liquid B2 containing a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound having the following composition was adjusted to have a film thickness as shown in Table 1 on the rubbed surface of the PET film, and was continuously applied. The transporting speed (V) of the film was 20 m / min. For drying of the solvent of the coating liquid and aging of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound, heating was carried out for 120 seconds with hot air at 85 캜. Subsequently, UV irradiation was performed at 80 占 폚 to fix the alignment of the liquid crystal compound to form a light reflection layer.

At this time, the UV irradiation amount was set to 300 mJ / cm ² .

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The coating liquid B2 containing the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound

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The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 201 83 parts by mass

The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 202 15 parts by mass

The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 203 2 parts by mass

Multifunctional monomer A-TMMT (manufactured by Shin Nakamura Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.) 1 part by mass

Polymerization initiator IRGACURE 819 (BASF) 4 parts by mass

Surfactant 2 0.05 parts by mass

Surfactant 3 0.01 parts by mass

Chiral LC756 (manufactured by BASF) Listed in Table 1

Methyl ethyl ketone 165 parts by mass

Cyclohexanone 10 parts by mass

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&Lt; Formation of cholesteric layer using? N high-stick liquid crystal compound >

PET (thickness: 75 mu m) made of Fuji film was prepared as a branch support, and rubbing treatment was continuously performed. The direction of the rubbing treatment was made parallel to the longitudinal direction of the film. Further, it was confirmed that a general PET film (for example, Cosmo Shine A4100 (Toyobo)) can be used as the branching material in addition to the above PET film

Coating liquid B3 containing a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound having the following composition was adjusted on the rubbed surface of the PET film so as to have the film thickness described in Table 1 and applied continuously. The transporting speed (V) of the film was 20 m / min. For drying of the solvent of the coating liquid and aging of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound, heating was carried out for 120 seconds with hot air at 85 캜. Subsequently, UV irradiation was performed at 80 占 폚 to fix the alignment of the liquid crystal compound to form a light reflection layer.

At this time, the UV irradiation amount was set to 300 mJ / cm ² .

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The coating liquid B3 containing the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound

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The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 204 100 parts by mass

Multifunctional monomer A-TMMT (manufactured by Shin Nakamura Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.) 1 part by mass

Polymerization initiator IRGACURE 819 (BASF) 4 parts by mass

Surfactant 2 0.05 parts by mass

Surfactant 3 0.01 parts by mass

Chiral LC756 (manufactured by BASF) Listed in Table 1

Methyl ethyl ketone 200 parts by mass

Cyclohexanone 20 parts by mass

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<Formation of Pitch Gradient Cholesteric Layer Using B4 High-Δn Bar-Phase Liquid Crystal Compound>

PET (thickness: 75 mu m) made of Fuji film was prepared as a branch support, and rubbing treatment was continuously performed. The direction of the rubbing treatment was made parallel to the longitudinal direction of the film. It is also confirmed that a general PET film (for example, Cosmo Shine A4100 (Toyobo)) can be used as the branching material in addition to the PET film.

Coating liquid B4 containing a rod-shaped liquid crystal compound having the following composition was adjusted on the rubbed surface of the PET film so as to have the film thickness described in Table 1 and continuously applied. The transporting speed (V) of the film was 20 m / min.

For drying of the solvent of the coating liquid and aging of the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound, heating was carried out with hot air at 110 DEG C for 120 seconds.

Subsequently, UV irradiation was performed at 100 캜 at a dose of 20 mJ / cm ² .

Thereafter, as the alignment material aging, it was heated for 120 seconds with hot air at 80 캜.

Subsequently, UV irradiation was performed at 70 캜 at a dose of 350 mJ / cm ² to form a light reflection layer.

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The coating liquid B4 containing the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound

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The rod-shaped liquid crystal compound 204 100 parts by mass

Multifunctional monomer A-TMMT (manufactured by Shin Nakamura Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.) 1 part by mass

Polymerization initiator 1 4 parts by mass

Surfactant 2 0.05 parts by mass

Surfactant 3 0.01 parts by mass

Chiral second Listed in Table 1

Methyl ethyl ketone 200 parts by mass

Cyclohexanone 20 parts by mass

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[Chemical Formula 8]

&Lt; Formation of brightness enhancement film &

The films produced in the above were laminated in the order described in Table 1.

With respect to the adhesive layer in Table 1 described as "present ", the layers described on both sides of the adhesive layer were bonded using a pressure-sensitive adhesive (SK2057 made by Soken Chemical &amp; For the ones formed by including the light reflection layer formed on the surface of the branch support, the branch support was peeled off after bonding. The peeling was carried out at the interface between the branching material and the layer directly contacting the branching material in the film. That is, for the film having the orientation layer between the branch retardation and the? / 4 plate, the film was peeled off between the branch support and the orientation layer.

<Preparation of optical sheet member>

Next, a polarizer was produced in the same manner as in [0231] to [0220] of Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-293275. The brightness enhancement film and the polarizing plate protective film (TD40UL (manufactured by Fuji Film Co., Ltd.) And then they were laminated on both sides to prepare an optical sheet member.

At the time of bonding, the support of the brightness enhancement film was peeled off, and the peeled surface was bonded to the polarizer with the adhesive described in Table 1. In the example of "pressure-sensitive adhesive" in Table 1, it was bonded with SK2057 manufactured by Soken Chemical &amp; In the example of "PVA paste", the laminated film was laminated to PVA by using a 3% aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol adhesive (PVA (Kuraray Co., Ltd., PVA-117H) as an adhesive) Lt; 0 &gt; C for 2 minutes to cure. In the example of the "UV adhesive &quot;, a commercially available epoxy-based ultraviolet curable resin (UV curable adhesive NOA72 manufactured by NORLAND) was applied to a thickness of 2 m and the laminated film was laminated with PVA and then cured with ultraviolet light.

[Table 1]

&Lt; Production of liquid crystal display device &

(Trade name: TH-L42D2, manufactured by Panasonic Corporation) was decomposed, the backlight side polarizing plate was changed to the optical sheet member manufactured as described above, and the backlight unit was changed to the following quantum dot (RGB narrow band) backlight unit , A liquid crystal display was manufactured and used for the following evaluation.

The quantum dot backlight unit used is provided with a blue light emitting diode (Nichia B-LED, frequency length: 465 nm, half width 20 nm) as a light source. When the blue light of the blue light emitting diode is incident on the front portion of the light source, the quantum dot member emits green light having a center wavelength of 535 nm and a half width of 40 nm and fluorescent light of a center wavelength of 630 nm and red light having a half width of 40 nm . A reflection member is provided at the rear of the light source for emitting light from the light source and converting and reflecting the polarization state of the light emitted from the brightness enhancement film or the optical sheet member.

The evaluation results are shown in Table 2.

(1) Front luminance

The front luminance of the liquid crystal display device at the time of white display was measured using a measuring device (EZ-Contrast 160D, manufactured by ELDIM) in the same manner as in the method described in JP-A-2009-93166 [0180]. Based on the results, the following criteria were used. And Comparative Example 6 in which no luminance enhancement film was provided.

5: When the front luminance of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 6 is taken as 100%, it is 130% or more and satisfactory

4: 120% or more to less than 130% when the front luminance of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 6 is taken as 100%, and relatively good

3: 110% or more to less than 120% when the front luminance of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 6 is taken as 100%, and relatively poor

2: When the front luminance of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 6 is taken as 100%, it is less than 110%

(2) Change in slope hue

The gradient tincture change? U'v 'of the liquid crystal display device was evaluated by the following method. The tint color difference? U'v 'obtained by subtracting the difference in the direction of the hue coordinates u' and v 'from the front (polar angle 0 degrees) and the polar angle 60 degrees is measured in the azimuth angle 0 to 360 degrees direction, v 'as an evaluation index. A measuring device (EZ-Contrast 160D, manufactured by ELDIM) was used for measurement of the color coordinate u'v '. Based on the results, the following criteria were used.

5: When the change in the tilt color tone of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 7 was taken as 100%, the change in color tone was less than 60%

4: When the change in the tilt color tone of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 7 was taken as 100%, the change in color tone was 60% or more and less than 70%

3: When the change in the tilt color tone of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 7 was taken as 100%, the change in color tone was 70% or more and less than 80%

2: When the change in the tilt color tone of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 7 was taken as 100%, the change in color tone was 80% or more to 100%

Bending of panel; Bending

The polarizing plate on the lower side of the IPS mode liquid crystal cell (LGLS No. 42LS5600) was peeled off, and the prepared polarizing plate with the brightness enhancement film was attached to the liquid crystal cell. At this time, the transmission axis of the polarizing plate was arranged so as to be Cross-Nicol as in the original product.

Panel warpage at the time of humidity change of the liquid crystal display manufactured as described above was evaluated by the following method.

(Panel bending after lapse of high temperature and high humidity environment) The liquid crystal display was decomposed in an environment of 25 deg. C and a relative humidity of 60% at 60 deg. C and a relative humidity of 90% for 48 hours, And the warpage was measured.

5: Deflection of panel is less than 7mm and warp is small

4: The deflection of the panel is 7mm or more, less than 8mm, and the warpage is relatively small

3: Deflection of panel is 8mm or more, less than 9mm, and warpage is relatively large

2: The deflection of panel is more than 9mm

Surface intrinsic

After peeling off the support, the surface opposite to the brightness enhancement film was bonded to the glass substrate with a pressure-sensitive adhesive after the glass was bonded with the polarizer.

The amount of deformation of the sample after the application of the following load was measured with a VertScan non-contact surface / layer sectional shape measuring system (manufactured by RYOKA SYSTEM)

The load was such that the tip of the push-pull gauge was machined into a 5 mm sphere and a load of 0.5 kg was applied for 10 seconds.

4; Deformation amount is less than 3μm and almost not visually recognized

3; The deformation is more than 3μm,

[Table 2]

101 delays
112 orientation layer
1 polarizer plate
2 Polarizer protective film (retardation film)
3 polarizer
4 polarizer protective film
11 Brightness Enhancement Film
12 λ / 4 plate
14a First light reflection layer
14b second light reflection layer
14c third light reflection layer
20 Adhesive layer (adhesive)
21 optical sheet member

Claims (20)

As a transfer material of the brightness enhancement film,
The brightness enhancement film has a film thickness of 4 탆 or more and 30 탆 or less,
The transfer material includes a separable branch body, a? / 4 plate and a reflective polarizer in this order,
Wherein the reflective polarizer comprises a light reflection layer formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase,
Wherein the? / 4 plate and the light reflection layer are both a coated hardened layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the reflective polarizer comprises at least two light reflection layers,
And at least two adjacent layers selected from the group consisting of the light reflection layer and the? / 4 plate of at least two layers are in direct contact with each other. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the one layer of the light reflection layer and the? / 4 plate directly contact each other. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein the thickness of the brightness enhancement film is 15 占 퐉 or less. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the branched body is selected from the group consisting of a cellulose acylate film and a polyester film. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
An orientation layer,
/ 4 plate, and the reflective polarizer in this order. The method of claim 6,
Wherein the branching material and the alignment layer are in direct contact with each other, and the alignment layer comprises polyvinyl alcohol. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the branched substance is an un-saponified cellulose acylate film. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Wherein the reflective polarizer comprises a coated hardened layer of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition comprising a discotic liquid crystalline compound and a coated hardened layer of a polymerizable liquid crystalline composition comprising a rod-like liquid crystalline compound. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
And the? N of the rod-like liquid crystal compound is 0.2 or more. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
Wherein the spiral pitch on the cholesteric liquid crystal with the coating hardened layer of the polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing the rod-shaped liquid crystal compound continuously changes in the film thickness direction of the layer. A method of producing a transfer material according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
Applying a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound to the surface of the orientation layer provided on the surface of the branched or branched resin, and curing the resulting film to form the? / 4 plate. The method of claim 12,
Applying a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound to the surface of the? / 4 plate, and curing the resulting coating film to thereby form the light reflection layer. A brightness enhancement film obtained by peeling the branching material from the transfer material according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the brightness enhancement film comprises the? / 4 plate and the reflection polarizer, . A brightness enhancement film obtained by peeling the branching material from the transfer material according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the brightness enhancement film comprises the alignment layer, the? / 4 plate, and the reflective polarizer in this order, Enhancement film. A step of peeling off the branching material of the transfer material according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
And a step of sticking the peeling surface obtained by the peeling with an adhesive to a polarizing plate including a polarizer. 18. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the polarizer comprises polyvinyl alcohol, the peeling surface is adhered to the surface of the polarizer by an adhesive, and the adhesive comprises polyvinyl alcohol. An optical sheet member comprising the brightness enhancement film according to claim 14 and a polarizer including a polarizer, wherein the? / 4 plate and the polarizer are directly bonded to each other with an adhesive layer. An optical sheet member comprising the brightness enhancement film according to claim 15 and a polarizer including a polarizer, wherein the alignment layer and the polarizer are directly bonded to each other with an adhesive layer. The method of claim 19,
Wherein the polarizer and the adhesive layer both include polyvinyl alcohol.

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