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US20160252660A1
US20160252660A1 US15/032,852 US201415032852A US2016252660A1 US 20160252660 A1 US20160252660 A1 US 20160252660A1 US 201415032852 A US201415032852 A US 201415032852A US 2016252660 A1 US2016252660 A1 US 2016252660A1
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  • the present invention relates to a polarizing plate having protective films bonded to opposing surfaces of a polarizing layer.
  • a polarizing plate has been widely used as a polarization supply element or a polarization detection element in a display device such as a liquid crystal display device.
  • the polarizing plate has such a configuration that a protective film/protective films is/are bonded to one surface or both surfaces of a polarizer by using an adhesive.
  • Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2012-208250 discloses a polarizing plate obtained by bonding a protective film to a polarizer with an adhesive layer formed of an active energy ray curing adhesive being interposed, and thereafter, curing the adhesive layer.
  • PTD 1 Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2012-208250 discloses a polarizing plate obtained by bonding a protective film to a polarizer with an adhesive layer formed of an active energy ray curing adhesive being interposed, and thereafter, curing the adhesive layer.
  • the water-soluble adhesive high moisture permeability is required in the protective film.
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive is used, the moisture permeability of the protective film is not restricted, and thus, the active energy ray curing adhesive is advantageous in this respect.
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive is also advantageous in that the adhesive layer does not need to be dried and the drying step which requires relatively long time can be omitted.
  • the protective films on opposing surfaces of the polarizer are both bonded by using the active energy ray curing adhesive.
  • a thickness of a polarizer constituting a polarizing plate is generally approximately 30 ⁇ m.
  • a polarizing plate obtained by reducing a thickness of a polarizer to approximately 20 ⁇ m or smaller, bonding protective films to opposing surfaces of the polarizer by using an active energy ray curing adhesive, and curing the adhesive layers may cause a problem of poor appearance, i.e., occurrence of minor irregularities over the entire surface of the polarizing plate. This problem was not caused in the case of using a thick polarizer of approximately 30 ⁇ m.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate with good appearance in which the occurrence of the aforementioned minor irregularities is suppressed, the polarizing plate having protective films stacked on opposing surfaces of a thin polarizer of not greater than 20 ⁇ m in thickness, with adhesive layers being interposed.
  • the present invention provides a polarizing plate, a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a substrate having a polarizing plate bonded thereto, a liquid crystal display device, and an organic electroluminescence display device described below.
  • a polarizing plate including:
  • a polarizing layer having a thickness not greater than 20 ⁇ m
  • a first protective film stacked on one surface of the polarizing layer, with a first adhesive layer formed from an active energy ray curing adhesive being interposed;
  • a second protective film stacked on the other surface of the polarizing layer, with a second adhesive layer formed from a water-soluble adhesive being interposed.
  • a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including:
  • a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer provided on the first protective film side of the polarizing plate.
  • a substrate having a polarizing plate bonded thereto including:
  • the polarizing plate is bonded to a surface of the substrate on the first protective film side of the polarizing plate, with a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer being interposed.
  • a liquid crystal display device including:
  • liquid crystal cell including a substrate, wherein
  • the polarizing plate is bonded to a surface of the substrate on the first protective film side of the polarizing plate, and
  • a resolution of a display screen is not lower than 300 dpi.
  • An organic electroluminescence display device including:
  • an organic electroluminescence display element including a substrate, wherein
  • the polarizing plate is bonded to a surface of the substrate on the first protective film side of the polarizing plate, and
  • the first protective film has an in-plane phase retardation value of 100 to 180 nm, and an angle of a slow axis of the first protective film with respect to an absorption axis of the polarizing layer is substantially 45° or substantially 135°.
  • a polarizing plate with good appearance in which the occurrence of the aforementioned minor irregularities is suppressed, the polarizing plate having protective films stacked on opposing surfaces of a thin polarizer of not greater than 20 ⁇ m in thickness, with adhesive layers being interposed.
  • FIG. 1( a ) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a polarizing plate according to the present invention
  • FIG. 1( b ) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and a substrate having a polarizing plate bonded thereto according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing one preferable example of a method of manufacturing the polarizing plate.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a laminated film obtained in a resin layer formation step.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a stretched film obtained in a stretching step.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a polarizing laminated film obtained in a coloring step.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a bonded film obtained in a first bonding step.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a polarizing plate with a protective film on one surface obtained in a separation step.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view for describing a method of evaluating an appearance of a surface of the polarizing plate.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view for describing a method of measuring a reflection sharpness of the polarizing plate.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic view for describing a method of measuring a surface shape of the polarizing plate.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a liquid crystal display device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of an organic electroluminescence display device according to the present invention.
  • a polarizing plate according to the present invention will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to embodiments.
  • FIG. 1( a ) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a layer configuration of a polarizing plate according to the present invention.
  • a polarizing plate 1 of the present invention has such a configuration that protective films are stacked on opposing surfaces of a polarizing layer 5 with adhesive layers being interposed.
  • polarizing plate 1 of the present invention includes: thin polarizing layer 5 having a thickness not greater than 20 ⁇ m; a first protective film 10 stacked on one surface of polarizing layer 5 , with a first adhesive layer 15 formed from an active energy ray curing adhesive being interposed; and a second protective film 20 stacked on the other surface of polarizing layer 5 , with a second adhesive layer 25 formed from a water-soluble adhesive being interposed.
  • the minor irregularities on the surfaces of the protective films can be suppressed or prevented in the polarizing plate of the present invention although the thickness of polarizing layer 5 is not greater than 20 ⁇ m.
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive shrinks relatively greatly when hardened, and thus, it is conceivable that by stacking second protective film 20 using the water-soluble adhesive, the influence of shrinkage of the active energy ray curing adhesive is mitigated and the minor irregularities on the surfaces are suppressed.
  • FIG. 1( b ) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a substrate having a polarizing plate bonded thereto, which has polarizing plate 1 shown in FIG. 1( a ) bonded to a substrate 4 .
  • polarizing plate 1 is provided with a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 on the first protective film 10 side thereof and forms a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
  • a glass substrate made of glass is used as substrate 4 .
  • Polarizing plate 1 is bonded to substrate 4 on the first protective film 10 side, with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • Substrate 4 may be a glass substrate made of glass, or a resin substrate made of resin, and a surface of substrate 4 on the side where substrate 4 and polarizing plate 1 are bonded is preferably formed of a flat surface.
  • Polarizing layer 5 can be a uniaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer having a dichroic colorant adsorbed and oriented therein.
  • a thickness of polarizing layer 5 is not greater than 20 ⁇ m, preferably not greater than 15 ⁇ m, more preferably not greater than 11 ⁇ m, further preferably not greater than 10 ⁇ m, and particularly preferably not greater than 7 ⁇ m.
  • the thickness of polarizing layer 5 is normally not smaller than 2 ⁇ m. Since the thickness of polarizing layer 5 is set to be not greater than 20 ⁇ m, a thickness of polarizing plate 1 can be reduced. On the other hand, according to the present invention, even when such thin polarizing layer 5 is used, the protective films can be bonded to the opposing surfaces of polarizing layer 5 without the occurrence of poor appearance (irregularities on the surface of polarizing plate 1 ).
  • a saponified polyvinyl acetate-based resin As a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin forming the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer, a saponified polyvinyl acetate-based resin can be used.
  • a copolymer of vinyl acetate and another monomer copolymerizable therewith is indicated as an example, in addition to polyvinyl acetate which is a homopolymer of vinyl acetate.
  • Examples of another monomer copolymerizable with vinyl acetate include unsaturated carboxylic acids, olefins, vinyl ethers, unsaturated sulfonic acids, acrylamides having an ammonium group, and the like.
  • a degree of saponification of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can be within a range of 80.0 to 100.0 mol %, preferably within a range of 90.0 to 99.5 mol %, and more preferably within a range of 94.0 to 99.0 mol %. If the degree of saponification is lower than 80.0 mol %, the water resistance and the moisture and heat resistance of obtained polarizing plate 1 decrease. When a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a degree of saponification exceeding 99.5 mol % is used, the coloring speed may decrease and the productivity may decrease, and in addition, polarizing layer 5 having sufficient polarization characteristics is not obtained in some cases.
  • the degree of saponification refers to a rate in unit ratio (mol %) at which acetic acid groups (acetoxy groups: —OCOCH 3 ) included in the polyvinyl acetate-based resin which is a raw material of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin have changed into hydroxyl groups by a saponification step.
  • the degree of saponification is defined by the following equation:
  • the degree of saponification can be determined in accordance with JIS K 6726 (1994). Higher degree of saponification indicates higher rate of the hydroxyl groups, and thus, lower rate of acetic acid groups that inhibit crystallization.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be a modified polyvinyl alcohol which has been partially modified.
  • the modified polyvinyl alcohol include a substance obtained by modifying the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin with olefin such as ethylene and propylene; unsaturated carboxylic acid such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and crotonic acid; alkyl ester of unsaturated carboxylic acid; acrylamide; or the like.
  • a rate of modification is preferably lower than 30 mol %, and more preferably lower than 10%. If modification is performed at a rate exceeding 30 mol %, adsorption of the dichroic colorant becomes less likely and polarizing layer 5 having sufficient polarization characteristics is not obtained.
  • An average degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is preferably 100 to 10000, more preferably 1500 to 8000, and further preferably 2000 to 5000.
  • the average degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can also be determined in accordance with JIS K 6726 (1994). If the average degree of polymerization is lower than 100, it is difficult to obtain preferable polarization characteristics. If the average degree of polymerization exceeds 10000, the solubility in a solvent becomes worse and formation of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer becomes difficult.
  • Examples of commercially available products of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin suitably used in the present invention include: “PVA124” (a degree of saponification: 98.0 to 99.0 mol %), “PVA117” (a degree of saponification: 98.0 to 99.0 mol %), “PVA624” (a degree of saponification: 95.0 to 96.0 mol %), and “PVA617” (a degree of saponification: 94.5 to 95.5 mol %) manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd.; “AH-26” (a degree of saponification: 97.0 to 98.8 mol %), “AH-22” (a degree of saponification: 97.5 to 98.5 mol %), “NH-18” (a degree of saponification: 98.0 to 99.0 mol %), and “N-300” (a degree of saponification: 98.0 to 99.0 mol %) manufactured by The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.; and “JC-33” (a degree of sapon
  • the dichroic colorant contained (adsorbed and oriented) in polarizing layer 5 can be iodine or dichroic organic dye.
  • the dichroic organic dye include red BR, red LR, red R, pink LB, rubine BL, Bordeaux GS, sky blue LG, lemon yellow, blue BR, blue 2R, navy RY, green LG, violet LB, violet B, black H, black B, black GSP, yellow 3G, yellow R, orange LR, orange 3R, scarlet GL, scarlet KGL, congo red, brilliant violet BK, supra blue G, supra blue GL, supra orange GL, direct sky blue, direct fast orange S, and fast black. Only one type of dichroic colorant may be used alone, or two or more types of dichroic colorants may be used together.
  • first protective film 10 and second protective film 20 can be a transparent resin film composed of a thermoplastic resin, e.g., a polyolefin-based resin such as a chainlike polyolefin-based resin (a polypropylene-based resin and the like) and a cyclic polyolefin-based resin (a norbornene-based resin and the like); a cellulose ester-based resin such as cellulose triacetate and cellulose diacetate; a polyester-based resin such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate and polybutylene terephthalate; a polycarbonate-based resin; a (meth)acryl-based resin; or a mixture thereof, a copolymer thereof, or the like.
  • a thermoplastic resin e.g., a polyolefin-based resin such as a chainlike polyolefin-based resin (a polypropylene-based resin and the like) and a cyclic polyolefin-based resin (
  • first protective film 10 and second protective film 20 may be glass films. Only first protective film 10 may be a glass film and second protective film 20 may be a transparent resin film. Alternatively, only second protective film 20 may be a glass film and first protective film 10 may be a transparent resin film. Alternatively, both first protective film 10 and second protective film 20 may be glass films.
  • the cyclic polyolefin-based resin is a generic designation of resins polymerized by using cyclic olefin as a polymerization unit, and examples of the cyclic polyolefin-based resin include resins described in Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 1-240517, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 3-14882, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 3-122137 and the like.
  • cyclic polyolefin-based resin examples include a ring-opening (co)polymer of cyclic olefin, an addition polymer of cyclic olefin, a copolymer of cyclic olefin and chainlike olefin such as ethylene and propylene (representatively a random copolymer), a graft polymer obtained by modifying the former with unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, a hydride thereof, and the like.
  • a norbornene-based resin using a norbornene-based monomer such as norbornene or a polycyclic norbornene-based monomer is preferably used as cyclic olefin.
  • Various products of the cyclic polyolefin-based resin are commercially available.
  • Examples of commercially available products of the cyclic polyolefin-based resin include “Topas” (manufactured by Topas Advanced Polymers GmbH and available from Polyplastics Co., Ltd.), “ARTON” (manufactured by JSR Corporation), “ZEONOR” (manufactured by ZEON Corporation), “ZEONEX” (manufactured by ZEON Corporation), and “APEL” (manufactured by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.), all of which are trade names.
  • a cyclic polyolefin-based resin film such as “Escena” (manufactured by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.), “SCA40” (manufactured by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.) and “ZEONOR film” (manufactured by ZEON Corporation), all of which are trade names, may also be used as the protective film.
  • the cellulose ester-based resin is an ester of cellulose and fatty acid.
  • Specific examples of the cellulose ester-based resin include cellulose triacetate, cellulose diacetate, cellulose tripropionate, and cellulose dipropionate.
  • a copolymer thereof, and a substance obtained by modifying some hydroxyl groups with other type of substituent can also be used.
  • cellulose triacetate triacetylcellulose: TAC
  • TAC triacetylcellulose
  • Many cellulose triacetate products are commercially available, and are advantageous also in terms of availability and cost.
  • Examples of commercially available products of cellulose triacetate include “FUJITAC TD80” (manufactured by Fujifilm Corporation), “FUJITAC TD80UF” (manufactured by Fujifilm Corporation), “FUJITAC TD80UZ” (manufactured by Fujifilm Corporation), “FUJITAC TD40UZ” (manufactured by Fujifilm Corporation), “KC8UX2M” (manufactured by Konica Minolta Optics, Inc.), and “KC4UY” (manufactured by Konica Minolta Optics, Inc.), all of which are trade names.
  • First protective film 10 or second protective film 20 can also be a protective film further having an optical function such as a phase retardation film and a luminance enhancement film.
  • a protective film further having an optical function such as a phase retardation film and a luminance enhancement film.
  • an optical function such as a phase retardation film and a luminance enhancement film.
  • a surface treatment layer such as a hard coat layer, an antiglare layer, an antireflective layer, an antistatic layer, an antifouling layer, and an electroconductive layer can also be formed on a surface of first protective film 10 or second protective film 20 , wherein the surface is a surface on the opposite side of polarizing layer 5 .
  • a method of forming the surface treatment layer on the surface of the protective film is not particularly limited, and a known method can be used.
  • This surface treatment layer may be formed on first protective film 10 and second protective film 20 , or may be formed only on first protective film 10 . However, this surface treatment layer is preferably formed on second protective film 20 , and in this case, the surface of first protective film 10 may be a non-treated surface that does not have the surface treatment layer.
  • the present invention is preferably applied in the above-mentioned case.
  • the electroconductive layer is provided on the surface, on the opposite side of polarizing layer 5 , of first protective film 10 and/or second protective film 20 and a surface of the electroconductive layer is bonded to a cover glass or a touch panel with an optically transparent resin layer being interposed, the poor appearance caused by the minor irregularities present on the surface of the protective film tends to be easily noticeable when the polarizing plate is viewed from the cover glass side or the touch panel side, because an optical reflectivity of many electroconductive layers is relatively high due to a refractive index thereof. Therefore, the present invention is particularly preferably applied in the above-mentioned case.
  • the electroconductive layer include a layer formed of ATO (antimony tin oxide), ITO (indium tin oxide) or the like, and others.
  • First protective film 10 and second protective film 20 may be protective films of the same type, or may be protective films of different types.
  • the protective films of different types include, for example, a combination of protective films different at least in type of the thermoplastic resin constituting the protective film, a combination of protective films different at least in presence or absence of the optical function of the protective film or type thereof, and a combination of protective films different at least in presence or absence of the surface treatment layer formed on the surface or type thereof.
  • the thickness of each of first and second protective films 10 and 20 is preferably 5 to 90 ⁇ m, more preferably 5 to 60 ⁇ m, and further preferably 5 to 50 ⁇ m.
  • first protective film 10 or second protective film 20 has a thickness not greater than 50 ⁇ m, the minor irregularities tend to easily occur on the surface thereof. Therefore, the present invention is preferably applied in the above-mentioned case.
  • first and second protective films 10 and 20 are preferably not higher than 1000 g/m 2 /24 hr, and more preferably not higher than 150 g/m 2 /24 hr.
  • the water-soluble adhesive is used to bond second protective film 20 with second adhesive layer 25 interposed. Therefore, if the moisture permeability of second protective film 20 is too low, drying of the adhesive layer requires time, which may lead to low productivity.
  • the moisture permeability of second protective film 20 is preferably 10 to 1000 g/m 2 /24 hr, and more preferably 10 to 150 g/m 2 /24 hr.
  • a higher tensile elastic modulus is more preferable in first protective film 10 and/or second protective film 20 used in the present invention. It is preferable that a tensile elastic modulus at 80° C. is not lower than 1500 MPa, and preferably not lower than 2000 MPa, and is normally not higher than 10000 MPa. By applying the protective film having a high tensile elastic modulus, the poor appearance can be effectively suppressed or prevented.
  • the adhesive forming first adhesive layer 15 is an active energy ray curing adhesive that can be hardened by irradiation with an active energy ray such as an ultraviolet ray, visible light, an electron beam, and an X ray, and first adhesive layer 15 is a hardened product layer of the adhesive.
  • an active energy ray curing adhesive including, as a curing component, an epoxy-based compound hardened by cationic polymerization can be more preferably used, and an ultraviolet curing adhesive including the epoxy-based compound as the curing component can be further preferably used as the adhesive forming first adhesive layer 15 .
  • the epoxy-based compound herein refers to a compound having one or more epoxy groups, and preferably two or more epoxy groups, on average in a molecule. Only one type of epoxy-based compound may be used alone, or two or more types of epoxy-based compounds may be used together.
  • Examples of the epoxy-based compound that can be suitably used include: a hydrogenated epoxy-based compound (glycidyl ether of polyol having an alicyclic ring) obtained by reacting epichlorohydrin with alicyclic polyol obtained by the hydrogenation reaction of an aromatic ring of aromatic polyol; an aliphatic epoxy-based compound such as polyglycidyl ether of aliphatic polyalcohol or alkylene oxide adduct thereof; and an alicyclic epoxy-based compound which is an epoxy-based compound having, in a molecule, one or more epoxy groups coupled to an alicyclic ring.
  • a hydrogenated epoxy-based compound (glycidyl ether of polyol having an alicyclic ring) obtained by reacting epichlorohydrin with alicyclic polyol obtained by the hydrogenation reaction of an aromatic ring of aromatic polyol
  • an aliphatic epoxy-based compound such as polyglycidyl ether of aliphatic polyalcohol or
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive can also further contain a radically polymerizable (meth)acryl-based compound as a curing component.
  • a radically polymerizable (meth)acryl-based compound can include a (meth)acryloyloxy group-containing compound such as a (meth)acrylate monomer having at least one (meth)acryloyloxy group in a molecule, and a (meth)acrylate oligomer obtained by reacting two or more types of functional group-containing compounds and having at least two (meth)acryloyloxy groups in a molecule.
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive when the active energy ray curing adhesive includes, as a curing component, the epoxy-based compound hardened by cationic polymerization, the active energy ray curing adhesive preferably contains a photocationic polymerization initiator.
  • the photocationic polymerization initiator can include: an aromatic diazonium salt; an onium salt such as an aromatic iodonium salt and an aromatic sulfonium salt; an iron-allene complex; and the like.
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive contains the radically polymerizable curing component such as the (meth)acryl-based compound
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive preferably contains a photoradical polymerization initiator.
  • Examples of the photoradical polymerization initiator can include an acetophenone-based initiator, a benzophenone-based initiator, a benzoin ether-based initiator, a thioxanthone-based initiator, xanthone, fluorenone, camphorquinone, benzaldehyde, anthraquinone and the like.
  • the active energy ray curing adhesive can contain an additive such as a cationic polymerization accelerator including oxetanes and polyols, a photosensitizer, an ion trap agent, an antioxidant, a chain transfer agent, a tackiness imparting agent, a thermoplastic resin, a filler, a fluidity controlling agent, a plasticizer, a defoamant, an antistatic agent, a leveling agent, and a solvent.
  • a thickness of first adhesive layer 15 is, for example, approximately 0.01 to 10 ⁇ m, preferably approximately 0.01 to 5 ⁇ m, and more preferably not greater than 2 ⁇ m (e.g., not greater than 1 ⁇ m), and preferably not smaller than 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • First adhesive layer 15 having a thickness not smaller than 0.4 ⁇ m is advantageous in that first adhesive layer 15 is relatively easily formed without entry of bubbles. On the other hand, the minor irregularities become more likely to occur on the surface of the protective film as the thickness becomes greater. Therefore, when the thickness of first adhesive layer 15 is not smaller than 0.4 ⁇ m, the present invention is particularly preferably applied.
  • first adhesive layer 15 is formed of the active energy ray curing adhesive and shrinks when the adhesive is hardened. Therefore, polarizing plate 1 is likely to have a concave shape when polarizing plate 1 is placed on a flat surface with first protective film 10 of polarizing plate 1 facing upward. Therefore, in order to suppress such curl, the thickness of first adhesive layer 15 is preferably set to be not greater than 2 ⁇ m (e.g., not greater than 1 ⁇ m).
  • the water-soluble adhesive forming second adhesive layer 25 is obtained by dissolving an adhesive component in water or by dispersing an adhesive component in water.
  • the preferably used water-soluble adhesive is, for example, an adhesive composition including a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin or a urethane resin as a main component.
  • a thickness of second adhesive layer 25 formed from the water-soluble adhesive is normally not greater than 1 ⁇ m, and normally not smaller than 0.01 ⁇ m.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be a modified polyvinyl alcohol-based resin such as carboxyl group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, acetoacetyl group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, methylol group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, and amino group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, or may be partially saponified polyvinyl alcohol or completely saponified polyvinyl alcohol.
  • a modified polyvinyl alcohol-based resin such as carboxyl group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, acetoacetyl group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, methylol group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, and amino group-modified polyvinyl alcohol, or may be partially saponified polyvinyl alcohol or completely saponified polyvinyl alcohol.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be a polyvinyl alcohol-based copolymer obtained by saponifying a copolymer of vinyl acetate and another monomer copolymerizable therewith, or may be a vinyl alcohol homopolymer obtained by saponifying polyvinyl acetate which is a homopolymer of vinyl acetate.
  • the water-soluble adhesive including the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin as the adhesive component is normally an aqueous solution of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
  • a concentration of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin in the adhesive is normally 1 to 10 parts by weight, and preferably 1 to 5 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
  • a cross-linker or a curing component such as polyaldehyde, a melamine-based compound, a zirconia compound, a zinc compound, glyoxal, and a water-soluble epoxy resin is preferably added to the adhesive formed of the aqueous solution of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
  • a water-soluble epoxy resin a polyamide polyamine epoxy resin obtained by reacting epichlorohydrin with polyamideamine obtained by reaction of polyalkylene polyamine such as diethylene triamine and triethylenetetramine with dicarboxylic acid such as adipic acid can, for example, be suitably used.
  • Examples of commercially available products of the polyamide polyamine epoxy resin include “Sumirez Resin 650” (manufactured by Taoka Chemical Company, Ltd.), “Sumirez Resin 675” (manufactured by Taoka Chemical Company, Ltd.), “WS-525” (manufactured by Japan PMC Corporation) and the like.
  • An amount of addition of these curing component or cross-linker is normally 1 to 100 parts by weight, and preferably 1 to 50 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
  • the aforementioned amount of addition of the curing component or cross-linker is smaller than 1 part by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, the effect of enhancing adhesion tends to become small. If the aforementioned amount of addition of the curing component or cross-linker exceeds 100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, the adhesive layer tends to become brittle.
  • examples of the appropriate adhesive composition can include a mixture of a polyester-based ionomer-type urethane resin and a compound having a glycidyloxy group.
  • the polyester-based ionomer-type urethane resin refers to a urethane resin having a polyester main chain, into which a small amount of an ionic component (hydrophilic component) is introduced.
  • This ionomer-type urethane resin is suitable as the water-soluble adhesive because the ionomer-type urethane resin is directly emulsified in water and becomes emulsion without using an emulsifier.
  • Polarizing plate 1 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1( a ) can be manufactured by, for example, the following methods:
  • polarizing film a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film having polarization characteristics as polarizing layer 5 from a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film, and bonding first and second protective films 10 and 20 to this polarizing film;
  • the polarizing film as polarizing layer 5 used in the manufacturing method [a] can be fabricated by using, as a starting material, the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film made by forming a film of the aforementioned polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
  • a method of forming a film of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is not particularly limited, and a known method such as a melt extrusion method and a solvent casting method can be used.
  • a thickness of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film is, for example, approximately 10 to 150 ⁇ m.
  • the polarizing film can be manufactured through a step of uniaxially stretching the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film, a step of coloring the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film with a dichroic colorant to adsorb the dichroic colorant, a step of treating the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film having the dichroic colorant adsorbed therein with a boric acid aqueous solution, and a step of washing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film with water after treatment with the boric acid aqueous solution.
  • Uniaxial stretching of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film can be performed before, simultaneously with or after coloring with the dichroic colorant.
  • this uniaxial stretching may be performed before or during boric acid treatment.
  • uniaxial stretching may be performed at a plurality of these stages.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film may be uniaxially stretched between rolls having different circumferential speeds, or may be uniaxially stretched by using a heat roll.
  • uniaxial stretching may be dry stretching in which stretching is performed in the atmosphere, or may be wet stretching in which a solvent is used and stretching is performed with the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film being swollen with the solvent.
  • a stretching magnification is normally approximately 3 to 17, and preferably not lower than 4, and preferably not higher than 8.
  • a method of coloring the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film with the dichroic colorant a method of immersing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in an aqueous solution (coloring solution) containing the dichroic colorant can, for example, be used.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film is preferably subjected to treatment of immersion in water (swelling treatment) before coloring treatment.
  • a method of immersing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in an aqueous solution containing iodine and potassium iodide and coloring the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film is normally used.
  • An amount of iodine contained in this coloring aqueous solution is normally approximately 0.01 to 1 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
  • an amount of contained potassium iodide is normally approximately 0.5 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
  • a temperature of the coloring aqueous solution is normally approximately 20 to 40° C.
  • a time period of immersion in the coloring aqueous solution is normally approximately 20 to 1800 seconds.
  • the dichroic organic dye when used as the dichroic colorant, a method of immersing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in a coloring aqueous solution including a water-soluble dichroic organic dye and coloring the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film is normally used.
  • An amount of the dichroic organic dye contained in the coloring aqueous solution is normally approximately 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 to 10 parts by weight, and preferably approximately 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 to 1 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
  • This coloring aqueous solution may contain an inorganic salt of sodium sulfate and the like as a coloring aid.
  • a temperature of the coloring aqueous solution is normally approximately 20 to 80° C.
  • a time period of immersion in the coloring aqueous solution is normally approximately 10 to 1800 seconds.
  • the boric acid treatment after coloring with the dichroic colorant can be performed by immersing the colored polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in a boric acid-containing aqueous solution.
  • An amount of boric acid in the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is normally approximately 2 to 15 parts by weight, and preferably 5 to 12 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
  • this boric acid-containing aqueous solution preferably contains potassium iodide.
  • An amount of potassium iodide in the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is normally approximately 0.1 to 15 parts by weight, and preferably approximately 5 to 12 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of water.
  • a time period of immersion in the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is normally approximately 60 to 1200 seconds, preferably approximately 150 to 600 seconds, and more preferably approximately 200 to 400 seconds.
  • a temperature of the boric acid-containing aqueous solution is normally not lower than 50° C., preferably 50 to 85° C., and more preferably 60 to 80° C.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film subjected to boric acid treatment is normally subjected to water washing treatment.
  • the water washing treatment can be performed, for example, by immersing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film subjected to boric acid treatment in water.
  • a temperature of water in the water washing treatment is normally approximately 5 to 40° C.
  • a time period of immersion is normally approximately 1 to 120 seconds.
  • the drying treatment is performed and the polarizing film serving as polarizing layer 5 is obtained.
  • the drying treatment can be performed by using a hot-air dryer or a far-infrared heater.
  • a temperature of the drying treatment is normally approximately 30 to 100° C., and preferably 50 to 80° C.
  • a time period of the drying treatment is normally approximately 60 to 600 seconds, and preferably 120 to 600 seconds.
  • a water content rate of the polarizing film is reduced to a practical level.
  • This water content rate is normally 5 to 20 weight %, and preferably 8 to 15 weight %. If the water content rate is lower than 5 weight %, the flexibility of the polarizing film is lost and the polarizing film may be damaged or fractured after drying. If the water content rate exceeds 20 weight %, the thermal stability of the polarizing film may deteriorate.
  • First protective film 10 is bonded to one surface of the aforementioned polarizing film (polarizing layer 5 ) by using the active energy ray curing adhesive, and second protective film 20 is bonded to the other surface by using the water-soluble adhesive, and thereafter, the adhesive layer formed of the active energy ray curing adhesive is hardened by irradiating the obtained film stack with an active energy ray.
  • Polarizing plate 1 can thus be obtained.
  • Examples of a method of bonding first and second protective films 10 and 20 to the polarizing film (polarizing layer 5 ) by using the active energy ray curing adhesive and the water-soluble adhesive can include a method of applying an adhesive to one or both bonding surfaces of two films to be bonded, and lying one film over the other with the adhesive layer being interposed.
  • a casting method, a Meyer bar coating method, a gravure coating method, a comma coater method, a doctor blade method, a die coating method, a dip coating method, a spraying method or the like can, for example, be used to apply the adhesive.
  • the casting method refers to a method of flowing down an adhesive over a surface of a film to be bonded and spreading the adhesive over the same while the film is moved substantially in a vertical direction, substantially in a horizontal direction, or in a diagonal direction between them.
  • the film stack formed by lying one film over the other with the adhesive layer being interposed is normally passed between nip rolls (bonding rolls) or the like and pressed from above and below.
  • the bonding surface of the protective film or the polarizing film can be subjected to easy adhesion treatment such as plasma treatment, corona treatment, ultraviolet irradiation treatment, flame treatment, and saponification treatment, in order to enhance adhesion.
  • plasma treatment, corona treatment or saponification treatment is preferable.
  • the bonding surface of the protective film is normally subjected to plasma treatment or corona treatment.
  • the bonding surface of the protective film is normally subjected to saponification treatment.
  • the saponification treatment include a method of immersion in an alkaline aqueous solution such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
  • a drying step of drying the film stack in order to remove water included in the adhesive layer formed of the water-soluble adhesive is preferably performed.
  • the drying can be performed, for example, by introducing the film stack into a drying furnace.
  • a drying temperature (temperature in the drying furnace) is preferably 30 to 90° C. If the drying temperature is lower than 30° C., the protective film tends to be easily separated from the polarizing film. If the drying temperature exceeds 90° C., the polarization characteristics of the polarizing film may deteriorate by heat.
  • a time period of drying can be approximately 10 to 1000 seconds, and from the perspective of productivity, the time period of drying is preferably 60 to 750 seconds, and more preferably 150 to 600 seconds.
  • an aging step of aging the film stack for approximately 12 to 600 hours at a room temperature or a temperature slightly higher than the room temperature, e.g., at a temperature of approximately 20 to 45° C., may be provided.
  • An aging temperature is generally set to be lower than the drying temperature.
  • a curing step of curing the adhesive layer formed of the active energy ray curing adhesive is performed.
  • This curing of the adhesive layer can be performed by irradiating the film stack with an active energy ray.
  • the active energy ray is normally provided from the first protective film 10 side.
  • the active energy ray is preferably an ultraviolet ray.
  • a light source of the active energy ray is not particularly limited, an active energy ray having a light emission distribution in a region of wavelengths not longer than 400 nm is preferable.
  • a low-pressure mercury lamp, a medium-pressure mercury lamp, a high-pressure mercury lamp, a super-high-pressure mercury lamp, a chemical lamp, a black light lamp, a microwave excited mercury lamp, a metal halide lamp or the like is preferably used.
  • Intensity of irradiation of the adhesive layer formed of the active energy ray curing adhesive with the active energy ray is determined as appropriate depending on a composition of the adhesive.
  • the irradiation intensity is preferably set such that irradiation intensity in a wavelength region effective for activation of a polymerization initiator is 0.1 to 6000 mW/cm 2 . If the irradiation intensity is not lower than 0.1 mW/cm 2 , the reaction time period is not excessively long. If the irradiation intensity is not higher than 6000 mW/cm 2 , yellowing of the adhesive layer or deterioration of the polarizing film due to heat radiated from the light source and heat generation during curing of the adhesive is less likely.
  • a time period of irradiation with the active energy ray is also determined as appropriate depending on a composition of the adhesive.
  • the time period of irradiation is preferably set such that a multiplied quantity of light represented as a product of the irradiation intensity and the irradiation time period above is 10 to 10000 mJ/cm 2 . If the multiplied quantity of light is not smaller than 10 mJ/cm 2 , active species derived from a polymerization initiator can be generated in a sufficient amount and the curing reaction can more reliably proceed. If the multiplied quantity of light is not larger than 10000 mJ/cm 2 , the irradiation time period is not excessively long and good productivity can be maintained.
  • Irradiation with the active energy ray is preferably performed under such a condition that various functions of the polarizing plate do not decrease, such as a degree of polarization, transmissivity and a hue of the polarizing film, as well as transparency of the protective film.
  • first protective film 10 and second protective film 20 are stacked on the polarizing film
  • one of the protective films may be stacked on the polarizing film and thereafter the other protective film may be stacked, or both of the protective films may be stacked on the polarizing film substantially simultaneously.
  • second protective film 20 is stacked by using the water-soluble adhesive
  • first protective film 10 is stacked by using the active energy ray curing adhesive.
  • first and second protective films 10 and 20 may take various embodiments. Examples of the embodiments include:
  • the heat shrinkage force of polarizing layer 5 in polarizing plate 1 thus obtained can be measured as follows. Specifically, first protective film 10 and second protective film 20 are dissolved and only polarizing layer 5 is taken out, and then, with a direction of an absorption axis thereof (a direction of stretching) being a longer side, a film of 2 mm in width and 8 mm in length is cut out to obtain a sample for measurement, and the shrinkage force in a direction of the length of 8 mm generated when this sample is heated at 80° C. for 240 minutes with the dimension of this sample being kept constant is defined as the heat shrinkage force.
  • a value of the heat shrinkage force is, for example, 0.5 N to 3.0 N, and preferably 1.0 N to 2.0 N.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a preferred embodiment of a method of manufacturing a polarizing plate in accordance with the manufacturing method [b].
  • the manufacturing method shown in FIG. 2 includes the following steps in the listed order:
  • this step is a step of forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 on at least one surface of a substrate film 30 to obtain a laminated film 100 .
  • This polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 is a layer that will become polarizing layer 5 through stretching step S 20 and coloring step S 30 .
  • Polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 can be formed by applying a coating liquid containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin to one surface or both surfaces of substrate film 30 and drying the coated layer. The aforementioned method of forming the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer by coating is advantageous in that thin polarizing layer 5 is easily obtained.
  • Substrate film 30 can be composed of a thermoplastic resin, and particularly, is preferably composed of a thermoplastic resin excellent in transparency, mechanical strength, thermal stability, ductility and the like.
  • a thermoplastic resin include: for example, a polyolefin-based resin such as an acyclic polyolefin-based resin and a cyclic polyolefin-based resin (a norbornene-based resin and the like); a polyester-based resin; a (meth)acryl-based resin; a cellulose ester-based resin such as cellulose triacetate and cellulose diacetate; a polycarbonate-based resin; a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin; a polyvinyl acetate-based resin; a polyarylate-based resin; a polystyrene-based resin; a polyether sulfone-based resin; a polysulfone-based resin; a polyamide-based resin; a polyimide-based resin; and a mixture thereof and
  • Substrate film 30 may have a single layer structure including one resin layer composed of one type or two or more types of thermoplastic resins, or may have a multilayer structure formed by stacking a plurality of resin layers composed of one type or two or more types of thermoplastic resins.
  • acyclic polyolefin-based resin can include a homopolymer of an acyclic olefin such as a polyethylene resin and a polypropylene resin, and a copolymer formed of two or more types of olefins.
  • Substrate film 30 composed of the acyclic polyolefin-based resin is preferable in that substrate film 30 is easily stretched at a high ratio in a stable manner.
  • substrate film 30 is more preferably composed of a polypropylene-based resin (a polypropylene resin which is a homopolymer of propylene, and a copolymer mainly composed of propylene) or a polyethylene-based resin (a polyethylene resin which is a homopolymer of ethylene, and a copolymer mainly composed of ethylene).
  • a polypropylene-based resin a polypropylene resin which is a homopolymer of propylene, and a copolymer mainly composed of propylene
  • a polyethylene-based resin a polyethylene resin which is a homopolymer of ethylene, and a copolymer mainly composed of ethylene
  • the copolymer mainly composed of propylene which is one of the examples suitably used as the thermoplastic resin constituting substrate film 30 , is a copolymer of propylene and another monomer copolymerizable therewith.
  • Examples of another monomer copolymerizable with propylene can include ethylene and ⁇ -olefin.
  • ⁇ -olefin ⁇ -olefin having a carbon number not smaller than 4 is preferably used and ⁇ -olefin having a carbon number of 4 to 10 is more preferably used.
  • Specific examples of ⁇ -olefin having a carbon number of 4 to 10 include: for example, linear monoolefins such as 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-octene, and 1-decene; branched monoolefins such as 3-methyl-1-butene, 3-methyl-1-pentene and 4-methyl-1-pentene; and vinylcyclohexane.
  • the copolymer of propylene and another monomer copolymerizable therewith may be a random copolymer or a block copolymer.
  • An amount of aforementioned another monomer contained in the copolymer is, for example, 0.1 to 20 weight %, and preferably 0.5 to 10 weight %.
  • the amount of another monomer contained in the copolymer can be determined by performing infrared (IR) spectrum measurement in accordance with the method described on page 616 of “Handbook of Polymer Analysis” (1995, published by Kinokuniya Company Ltd.).
  • the polypropylene-based resin a homopolymer of propylene, a propylene-ethylene random copolymer, a propylene-1-butene random copolymer, or a propylene-ethylene-1-butene random copolymer is preferably used.
  • Stereoregularity of the polypropylene-based resin is preferably substantially isotactic or syndiotactic.
  • Substrate film 30 composed of the polypropylene-based resin having substantially isotactic or syndiotactic stereoregularity is relatively good in its handleability and excellent in mechanical strength in a high-temperature environment.
  • the polyester-based resin is a resin having ester linkage, and is generally composed of a polycondensation product of polyvalent carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and polyalcohol.
  • Divalent dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof can be used as polyvalent carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and examples thereof include terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate, dimethyl naphthalene dicarboxylate and the like.
  • Divalent diol can be used as the polyalcohol, and examples thereof include ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, neopentylglycol, cyclohexanedimethanol and the like.
  • polyester-based resin examples include polyethylene terephthalate which is a polycondensation product of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol.
  • polyethylene terephthalate is a crystalline resin
  • polyethylene terephthalate before crystallization treatment is more easily subjected to treatment such as stretching. If necessary, the crystallization treatment can be performed by heat treatment or the like during or after stretching.
  • copolymerized polyester having crystallinity lowered by copolymerization of a main chain of polyethylene terephthalate further with other types of monomers (or made amorphous) is also suitably used.
  • Such a resin examples include, for example, a resin copolymerized with cyclohexanedimethanol or isophthalic acid, and the like. These resins are also excellent in ductility, and thus, these resins can be suitably used.
  • polyester-based resin other than polyethylene terephthalate and a copolymer thereof include, for example, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polybutylene naphthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate, polytrimethylene naphthalate, polycyclohexane dimethylterephthalate, polycyclohexane dimethylnaphthalate, and a mixture thereof, a copolymer thereof and the like.
  • the (meth)acryl-based resin is a resin including, as a main constituent monomer, a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group.
  • Specific examples of the (meth)acryl-based resin include: for example, poly (meth)acrylic acid ester such as polymethylmethacrylate; a methyl methacrylate-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer; a methyl methacrylate-(meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer; a methyl methacrylate-acrylic acid ester-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer; a methyl (meth)acrylate-styrene copolymer (such as an MS resin); and a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and a compound having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group (e.g., a methyl methacrylate-cyclohexyl methacrylate copolymer, a methyl methacrylate-norbornyl (meth)acrylate copo
  • a polymer mainly composed of poly (meth)acrylic acid C 1-6 alkyl ester such as poly methyl (meth)acrylate is preferably used, and a methyl methacrylate-based resin mainly composed of methyl methacrylate (50 to 100 weight %, and preferably 70 to 100 weight %) is more preferably used.
  • the polycarbonate-based resin is an engineering plastic composed of a polymer resulting from bonding of monomer units with a carbonate group being interposed, and is a resin having high shock resistance, heat resistance, flame resistance, and transparency.
  • the polycarbonate-based resin constituting substrate film 30 may be a resin referred to as modified polycarbonate, as obtained by modifying a polymer main chain in order to lower a modulus of photoelasticity, copolymerized polycarbonate of which wavelength dependence has been improved, or the like.
  • polycarbonate-based resin Various products of the polycarbonate-based resin are commercially available.
  • examples of commercially available products of the polycarbonate-based resin include “Panlite” (manufactured by TEIJIN Chemicals Ltd.), “Iupilon” (manufactured by Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation), “SD Polyca” (manufactured by Sumitomo Dow Limited), “CALIBRE” (manufactured by The Dow Chemical Company) and the like, all of which are trade names.
  • the polypropylene-based resin is preferably used from the perspectives of ductility, heat resistance and the like.
  • the description about the protective films is cited.
  • the acyclic polyolefin-based resin, the polyester-based resin, the (meth)acryl-based resin, and the polycarbonate-based resin described above in connection with substrate film 30 can also be used as a constituent material for the protective films.
  • any appropriate additive may be added to substrate film 30 , in addition to the aforementioned thermoplastic resin.
  • an additive include a UV absorber, an antioxidant, a lubricant, a plasticizer, a release agent, an anti-coloring agent, a flame retardant, a nucleating agent, an antistatic agent, a pigment, a coloring agent and the like.
  • An amount of the thermoplastic resin contained in substrate film 30 is preferably 50 to 100 weight %, more preferably 50 to 99 weight %, further preferably 60 to 98 weight %, and particularly preferably 70 to 97 weight %. If the amount of the thermoplastic resin contained in substrate film 30 is lower than 50 weight %, high transparency or the like originally possessed by the thermoplastic resin may not be sufficiently exhibited.
  • a thickness of substrate film 30 can be determined as appropriate. Generally, however, from the perspectives of strength and workability such as handleability, the thickness of substrate film 30 is preferably 1 to 500 more preferably 1 to 300 further preferably 5 to 200 and most preferably 5 to 150
  • a tensile elastic modulus of substrate film 30 at 80° C. is preferably 100 MPa to 1500 MPa, more preferably 140 MPa to 1000 MPa, and further preferably 150 MPa to 500 MPa. If the tensile elastic modulus is too low, the hardness of substrate film 30 is insufficient during stretching and a defect such as a wrinkle is likely to occur. If the tensile elastic modulus is too high, the workability in stretching becomes worse.
  • the tensile elastic modulus can be determined by cutting out substrate film 30 into a test piece of a prescribed size and performing a tensile test. In order to determine the tensile elastic modulus at 80° C., a tensile testing machine including a thermostatic bath is used.
  • the coating liquid is preferably a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin solution obtained by dissolving a powder of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin in a good solvent (e.g., water).
  • a good solvent e.g., water
  • the coating liquid may contain an additive such as a plasticizer and a surfactant, as needed.
  • an additive such as a plasticizer and a surfactant, as needed.
  • the plasticizer polyol or a condensation product thereof can be used, and glycerin, diglycerin, triglycerin, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol and the like are, for example, exemplified.
  • a blending amount of the additive is suitably not larger than 20 weight % of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
  • a method of applying the aforementioned coating liquid to substrate film 30 can be selected as appropriate from methods including: a wire bar coating method; a roll coating method such as reverse coating and gravure coating; a die coating method; a comma coating method; a lip coating method; a spin coating method; a screen coating method; a fountain coating method; a dipping method; a spraying method and the like.
  • the coating liquid When the coating liquid is applied to opposing surfaces of substrate film 30 , the coating liquid can be applied to one surface and then to the other surface in turn by using the aforementioned method, or the coating liquid can be simultaneously applied to the opposing surfaces of substrate film 30 by using the dipping method, the spray coating method or any other special device.
  • a temperature and a time period of drying the coated layer are set depending on the type of the solvent included in the coating liquid.
  • the drying temperature is, for example, 50 to 200° C., and preferably 60 to 150° C.
  • the drying temperature is preferably not lower than 80° C.
  • the drying time period is, for example, 2 to 20 minutes.
  • Polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 may be formed only on one surface of substrate film 30 , or may be formed on both surfaces of substrate film 30 .
  • Polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 is formed on both surfaces, curl of the film that may occur during manufacturing of the polarizing laminated film can be suppressed, and in addition, two polarizing plates can be obtained from one polarizing laminated film, and thus, this is advantageous also in terms of production efficiency of the polarizing plate.
  • a thickness of polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 in laminated film 100 is preferably 3 to 60 ⁇ m, more preferably 3 to 30 ⁇ m, and further preferably 5 to 20 ⁇ m.
  • Polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 having a thickness falling within this range can provide, through stretching step S 20 and coloring step S 30 described below, polarizing layer 5 which is good in coloring affinity of the dichroic colorant, excellent in polarization characteristics, and sufficiently small in thickness. If the thickness of polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 exceeds 60 ⁇ m, a thickness of polarizing layer 5 may exceed 20 ⁇ m. If the thickness of polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 is smaller than 3 ⁇ m, polarizing layer 5 tends to become too thin after stretching and the coloring affinity tends to become worse.
  • At least the surface of substrate film 30 on the side where polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 is formed may be subjected to corona treatment, plasma treatment, flame treatment or the like, in order to enhance adhesion between substrate film 30 and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 .
  • polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 may also be formed on substrate film 30 with a primer layer or an adhesive layer being interposed, in order to enhance adhesion between substrate film 30 and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 .
  • the primer layer can be formed by applying a coating liquid for formation of the primer layer to the surface of substrate film 30 , and thereafter, drying the coated surface.
  • the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer includes a component that produces strong adhesion of a certain degree with both substrate film 30 and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 .
  • the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer contains a solvent and a resin component that provides such adhesion.
  • a thermoplastic resin excellent in transparency, thermal stability and ductility is preferably used as the resin component, and examples of the resin component include a (meth)acryl-based resin, a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and the like. Among these, the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that provides good adhesion is preferably used.
  • Examples of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin include a polyvinyl alcohol resin and a derivative thereof.
  • the derivative of the polyvinyl alcohol resin include: a substance obtained by modifying a polyvinyl alcohol resin with olefins such as ethylene and propylene; a substance obtained by modifying a polyvinyl alcohol resin with unsaturated carboxylic acids such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and crotonic acid; a substance obtained by modifying a polyvinyl alcohol resin with alkyl ester of unsaturated carboxylic acid; a substance obtained by modifying a polyvinyl alcohol resin with acrylamide, and the like, in addition to polyvinyl formal, polyvinyl acetal and the like.
  • the polyvinyl alcohol resin is preferably used.
  • a general organic solvent or water-soluble solvent that can dissolve the aforementioned resin component is normally used as the solvent.
  • the solvent include: for example, aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene and xylene; ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone; esters such as ethyl acetate and isobutyl acetate; chlorinated hydrocarbons such as methylene chloride, trichloroethylene and chloroform; and alcohols such as ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, and 1-butanol.
  • the primer layer is formed by using the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer including the organic solvent, substrate film 30 is dissolved in some cases, and thus, the solvent is preferably selected in consideration of the solubility of substrate film 30 as well. In consideration of the influence on the environment as well, the primer layer is preferably formed by using a coating liquid including water as a solvent.
  • a cross-linker may be added to the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer.
  • any appropriate cross-linker is selected as appropriate from known cross-linkers such as an organic cross-linker and an inorganic cross-linker, depending on the type of the used thermoplastic resin.
  • the cross-linker include, for example, an epoxy-based cross-linker, an isocyanate-based cross-linker, a dialdehyde-based cross-linker, and a metallic cross-linker.
  • a one-component curing-type cross-linker and a two-component curing-type cross-linker can be both used as the epoxy-based cross-linker, and examples of the epoxy-based cross-linker include ethylene glycol diglycidylether, polyethylene glycol diglycidylether, glycerin di- or tri-glycidylether, 1,6-hexanediol diglycidylether, trimethylolpropane triglycidylether, diglycidylaniline, diglycidylamine and the like.
  • isocyanate-based cross-linker examples include tolylene diisocyanate, hydrogenated tolylene diisocyanate, trimethylolpropane-tolylene diisocyanate adduct, triphenylmethane triisocyanate, methylenebis (4-phenylmethane) triisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, and a ketoxime block or a phenol block thereof, and the like.
  • dialdehyde-based cross-linker examples include glyoxal, malondialdehyde, succindialdehyde, glutardialdehyde, maleic dialdehyde, phthaldialdehyde and the like.
  • Examples of the metallic cross-linker include a metal salt, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, and an organic metal compound.
  • Examples of the metal salt, the metal oxide and the metal hydroxide include a salt, an oxide and a hydroxide of a metal having a valence of 2 or greater, such as magnesium, calcium, aluminum, iron, nickel, zirconium, titanium, silicon, boron, zinc, copper, vanadium, chromium, and tin.
  • the organic metal compound refers to a compound having, in a molecule, at least one structure in which an organic group is directly coupled to a metal atom or an organic group is coupled with an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or the like being interposed.
  • the organic group refers to a monovalent or multivalent group including at least a carbon element, and can be, for example, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group or the like.
  • coupling does not refer to only covalent coupling, and may be coordination coupling by coordination such as a chelate-like compound.
  • Suitable examples of the organic metal compound include an organic titanium compound, an organic zirconium compound, an organic aluminum compound, and an organic silicon compound. Only one type of organic metal compound may be used alone, or two or more types of organic metal compounds may be used together.
  • organic titanium compound examples include: titanium orthoesters such as tetra-n-butyl titanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, butyl titanate dimer, tetra(2-ethylhexyl)titanate, and tetramethyl titanate; titanium chelates such as titanium acetylacetonato, titanium tetraacetylacetonato, polytitanium acetylacetonato, titanium octylene glycolate, titanium lactate, titanium triethanolaminato, and titanium ethylacetoacetate; and titanium acylates such as polyhydroxy titanium stearate, and the like.
  • titanium orthoesters such as tetra-n-butyl titanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, butyl titanate dimer, tetra(2-ethylhexyl)titanate, and tetramethyl titanate
  • titanium chelates such as titanium acet
  • organic zirconium compound examples include zirconium-n-propionate, zirconium-n-butyrate, zirconium tetraacetylacetonato, zirconium monoacetylacetonato, zirconium bisacetylacetonato, zirconium acetylacetonato-bis-ethylacetoacetate and the like.
  • Examples of the organic aluminum compound include aluminum acetylacetonato, aluminum organic acid chelate and the like.
  • Examples of the organic silicon compound include a compound in which a ligand previously exemplified in the organic titanium compound and the organic zirconium compound is coupled to silicon.
  • a polymer-based cross-linker such as a methylolated melamine resin and a polyamide epoxy resin can also be used.
  • examples of commercially available products of the polyamide epoxy resin include “Sumirez Resin 650 (30)” and “Sumirez Resin 675” (all of which are trade names) sold by Taoka Chemical Company, Ltd., and the like.
  • a polyamide epoxy resin, a methylolated melamine resin, a dialdehyde-based cross-linker, a metal chelate compound-based cross-linker or the like is suitably used as the cross-linker.
  • a ratio between the resin component and the cross-linker in the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer may be determined as appropriate from the range of approximately 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of the cross-linker, depending on the type of the resin component, the type of the cross-linker and the like, and is particularly preferably selected from the range of approximately 0.1 to 50 parts by weight.
  • a solid content of the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer is preferably set to be approximately 1 to 25 weight %.
  • a thickness of the primer layer is preferably approximately 0.05 to 1 ⁇ m, and more preferably 0.1 to 0.4 ⁇ m. If the thickness of the primer layer is smaller than 0.05 ⁇ m, the effect of enhancing adhesion between substrate film 30 and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 is small. If the thickness of the primer layer is greater than 1 ⁇ m, this is disadvantageous for reducing the thickness of the polarizing plate.
  • a method of applying the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer to substrate film 30 can be similar to that of the coating liquid for formation of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer.
  • the primer layer is applied to the surface (one surface or both surfaces of substrate film 30 ) to which the coating liquid for formation of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer is applied.
  • a drying temperature and a drying time period for the coated layer formed of the coating liquid for formation of the primer layer are set depending on the type of the solvent included in the coating liquid.
  • the drying temperature is, for example, 50 to 200° C., and preferably 60 to 150° C. When the solvent includes water, the drying temperature is preferably not lower than 80° C.
  • the drying time period is, for example, 30 seconds to 20 minutes.
  • the order of application to substrate film 30 is not particularly limited.
  • the primer layer may be formed on the opposing surfaces of substrate film 30 , and thereafter, polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 may be formed on the opposing surfaces.
  • the primer layer and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 may be formed on one surface of substrate film 30 in this order, and thereafter, the primer layer and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 may be formed on the other surface of substrate film 30 in this order.
  • this step is a step of stretching laminated film 100 composed of substrate film 30 and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 , to obtain a stretched film 200 composed of stretched substrate film 30 ′ and polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 ′.
  • a stretching magnification of laminated film 100 can be selected as appropriate depending on desired polarization characteristics.
  • the stretching magnification of laminated film 100 is preferably higher than 5 and not higher than 17, and more preferably higher than 5 and not higher than 8, with respect to the original length of laminated film 100 . If the stretching magnification is not higher than 5, polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 is not sufficiently oriented, and thus, a degree of polarization of polarizing layer 5 does not become sufficiently high in some cases. On the other hand, if the stretching magnification exceeds 17, a fracture of the film is more likely to occur during stretching, and in addition, a thickness of stretched film 200 becomes smaller than necessary, which may lead to lowering in workability and handleability in a subsequent step.
  • the stretching treatment is normally uniaxial stretching.
  • the stretching treatment is not limited to stretching in a single step and can also be performed in multiple steps.
  • the stretching treatment in all of the multiple steps may be performed successively before coloring step S 30 , or the stretching treatment in a second step or later may be performed simultaneously with coloring treatment and/or cross-linking treatment in coloring step S 30 .
  • the stretching treatment is preferably performed such that the stretching magnification is higher than 5 as the total of ratios in all steps in the stretching treatment.
  • the stretching treatment can be vertical stretching performed in a longitudinal direction of the film (transportation direction of the film), or may be lateral stretching performed in a width direction of the film, diagonal stretching or the like.
  • Examples of the vertical stretching scheme include roll stretching performed by using rolls, compression stretching, stretching using chucks (clips), and the like.
  • Examples of the lateral stretching scheme include a tenter method and the like.
  • the stretching temperature is set to be not lower than a temperature at which polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 and substrate film 30 as a whole exhibit a fluidity of such a degree that polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 and substrate film 30 can be stretched, and is preferably within a range of ⁇ 30° C. to +30° C., and more preferably within a range of ⁇ 30° C. to +5° C., and further preferably within a range of ⁇ 25° C. to +0° C., of a phase transition temperature (melting point or glass transition temperature) of substrate film 30 .
  • the aforementioned phase transition temperature refers to the highest phase transition temperature, of the phase transition temperatures exhibited by the plurality of resin layers.
  • the stretching temperature is lower than ⁇ 30° C. of the phase transition temperature, a high stretching magnification of higher than 5 tends to be not easily achieved or the stretching treatment tends to become difficult because the fluidity of substrate film 30 is too low. If the stretching temperature exceeds +30° C. of the phase transition temperature, stretching tends to become difficult because the fluidity of substrate film 30 is too high. Since a high stretching magnification of higher than 5 is achieved more easily, the stretching temperature is within the aforementioned range, and further preferably not lower than 120° C. This is because, if the stretching temperature is not lower than 120° C., the stretching treatment is performed without difficulty even at a high stretching magnification of higher than 5.
  • Examples of a method of heating laminated film 100 in the stretching treatment include a zone heating method (e.g., a method of heating laminated film 100 in a stretching zone such as a heating furnace whose temperature is adjusted to a prescribed temperature by blowing the hot air), a method of heating rolls themselves in the case of stretching laminated film 100 by using the rolls, a heater heating method (a method of placing an infrared heater, a halogen heater, a panel heater or the like above and below laminated film 100 , and heating laminated film 100 with radiation heat), and the like.
  • the zone heating method is preferable from the perspective of uniformity of the stretching temperature.
  • a pair of two nip rolls may be placed inside the stretching zone having the adjusted temperature, or may be placed outside the stretching zone.
  • the pair of two nip rolls are preferably placed outside the stretching zone.
  • the stretching temperature refers to an atmospheric temperature in the zone (e.g., in the heating furnace) in the case of the zone heating method, and refers to an atmospheric temperature in a furnace in the case of performing heating in the furnace in the heater heating method as well.
  • the stretching temperature refers to a surface temperature of the rolls in the case of the method of heating the rolls themselves.
  • a preheating treatment step of preheating laminated film 100 may be provided.
  • a method similar to the heating method in the stretching treatment can be used as a preheating method.
  • preheating may be performed at any timing of before, during and after passage through the nip roll on the upstream side.
  • preheating is preferably performed before passage through the heat roll.
  • preheating is preferably performed before widening a distance between the chucks.
  • a preheating temperature is preferably within a range of ⁇ 50° C. to ⁇ 0° of the stretching temperature, and more preferably within a range of ⁇ 40° C. to ⁇ 10° C. of the stretching temperature.
  • a heat fixation treatment step may also be provided after the stretching treatment in stretching step S 20 .
  • the heat fixation treatment is treatment of performing heat treatment at a temperature not lower than a crystallization temperature while maintaining an end of stretched film 200 in a tension state with the end grasped by a clip. By this heat fixation treatment, crystallization of polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 ′ is promoted.
  • a temperature of the heat fixation treatment is preferably within a range of ⁇ 0° C. to ⁇ 80° C. of the stretching temperature, and more preferably within a range of ⁇ 0° C. to ⁇ 50° C. of the stretching temperature.
  • this step is a step of coloring polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer 6 ′ of stretched film 200 with a dichroic colorant and adsorbing and orienting the dichroic colorant to obtain polarizing layer 5 .
  • a polarizing laminated film 300 having polarizing layer 5 stacked on one surface or both surfaces of substrate film 30 ′ is obtained.
  • the coloring step can be performed by immersing stretched film 200 as a whole in a solution (coloring solution) containing the dichroic colorant.
  • a solution having the aforementioned dichroic colorant in a solvent can be used as the coloring solution.
  • Water is generally used as the solvent of the coloring solution. However, an organic solvent compatible with water may be further added.
  • a concentration of the dichroic colorant in the coloring solution is preferably 0.01 to 10 weight %, more preferably 0.02 to 7 weight %, and further preferably 0.025 to 5 weight %.
  • an iodide is preferably further added to the coloring solution containing iodine because the efficiency in coloring can be further enhanced.
  • the iodide include potassium iodide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, zinc iodide, aluminum iodide, lead iodide, copper iodide, barium iodide, calcium iodide, tin iodide, titanium iodide and the like.
  • a concentration of the iodide in the coloring solution is preferably 0.01 to 20 weight %.
  • potassium iodide is preferably added.
  • a ratio in weight ratio between iodine and potassium iodide is preferably within a range of 1:5 to 1:100, more preferably within a range of 1:6 to 1:80, and further preferably within a range of 1:7 to 1:70.
  • a time period of immersion of stretched film 200 in the coloring solution is normally within a range of 15 seconds to 15 minutes, and preferably within a range of 30 seconds to 3 minutes.
  • a temperature of the coloring solution is preferably within a range of 10 to 60° C., and more preferably within a range of 20 to 40° C.
  • Stretched film 200 may be further subjected to additional stretching treatment during coloring step S 30 .
  • Examples of an embodiment in this case can include: 1) an embodiment of performing stretching treatment at a magnification lower than a target magnification in aforementioned stretching step S 20 , and thereafter, performing stretching treatment during coloring treatment in coloring step S 30 such that a total stretching magnification becomes the target magnification; and as described below, in the case of performing cross-linking treatment after coloring treatment, 2) an embodiment of performing stretching treatment at a magnification lower than a target magnification in aforementioned stretching step S 20 , and thereafter, performing stretching treatment during coloring treatment in coloring step S 30 to such an extent that a total stretching magnification does not reach the target magnification, and then, performing stretching treatment during cross-linking treatment such that a final total stretching magnification becomes the target magnification, and other embodiments.
  • Coloring step S 30 can include a cross-linking treatment step performed following the coloring treatment.
  • the cross-linking treatment can be performed by immersing the colored film in a solution (cross-linking solution) including a cross-linker.
  • a solution cross-linking solution
  • examples of the cross-linker include a boron compound such as boric acid and borax, glyoxal, glutaraldehyde and the like. Only one type of cross-linker may be used alone, or two or more types of cross-linkers may be used together.
  • the cross-linking solution can specifically be a solution having the cross-linker dissolved in a solvent.
  • water can, for example, be used as the solvent
  • the solvent may further include an organic solvent compatible with water.
  • a concentration of the cross-linker in the cross-linking solution is preferably within a range of 1 to 20 weight %, and more preferably within a range of 6 to 15 weight %.
  • the cross-linking solution can include an iodide.
  • polarization characteristics in a plane of polarizing layer 5 can be made more uniform.
  • the iodide include potassium iodide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, zinc iodide, aluminum iodide, lead iodide, copper iodide, barium iodide, calcium iodide, tin iodide, titanium iodide and the like.
  • a concentration of the iodide in the cross-linking solution is preferably 0.05 to 15 weight %, and more preferably 0.5 to 8 weight %.
  • a time period of immersion of the colored film in the cross-linking solution is normally 15 seconds to 20 minutes, and preferably 30 seconds to 15 minutes.
  • a temperature of the cross-linking solution is preferably within a range of 10 to 90° C.
  • the cross-linking treatment can also be performed simultaneously with the coloring treatment, by blending the cross-linker in the coloring solution.
  • the stretching treatment may be performed during the cross-linking treatment.
  • a specific embodiment of performing the stretching treatment during the cross-linking treatment is as described above.
  • a cleaning step and a drying step are preferably performed after coloring step S 30 and before first bonding step S 40 described below.
  • the cleaning step normally includes a water cleaning step.
  • the water cleaning treatment can be performed by immersing the film subjected to coloring treatment or cross-linking treatment in purified water such as ion exchange water and distilled water.
  • a water cleaning temperature is normally within a range of 3 to 50° C., and preferably within a range of 4 to 20° C.
  • a time period of immersion in water is normally 2 to 300 seconds, and preferably 3 to 240 seconds.
  • the cleaning step may be a combination of the water cleaning step and a cleaning step with an iodide solution.
  • liquid alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, butanol, and propanol can be contained as appropriate in a cleaning liquid used in the water cleaning step and a cleaning liquid used in the cleaning treatment with the iodide solution.
  • a drying temperature is normally 20 to 95° C.
  • a drying time period is normally approximately 1 to 15 minutes.
  • this step is a step of bonding one of first and second protective films 10 and 20 onto polarizing layer 5 of polarizing laminated film 300 , i.e., a surface of polarizing layer 5 opposite to the substrate film 30 ′ side, to obtain a bonded film 400 .
  • the protective films are normally bonded to polarizing layers 5 on the opposing surfaces.
  • these protective films may be protective films of the same type, or may be protective films of different types.
  • the protective film bonded in this step may be any one of first protective film 10 and second protective film 20
  • second protective film 20 is desirably bonded by using the water-soluble adhesive as in the example shown in FIG. 6 .
  • substrate film 30 ′ is included in polarizing laminated film 300
  • substrate film 30 ′ has a small tensile elastic modulus to obtain workability in stretching, and thus, when first protective film 10 is bonded in first bonding step S 40 , the effect of suppressing distortion occurring on polarizing layer 5 and the protective film, and therefore, the minor irregularities occurring on the surface of polarizing plate 1 , when the active energy ray curing adhesive is hardened is weakened.
  • second protective film 20 By bonding second protective film 20 using the water-soluble adhesive, distortion occurring on polarizing layer 5 and the protective film, and therefore, the minor irregularities occurring on the surface of the polarizing plate, when first protective film 10 is bonded and the active energy ray curing adhesive is hardened in second bonding step S 60 described below can be suppressed more effectively, for the reason similar to the above.
  • this step is a step of separating and removing substrate film 30 ′ from bonded film 400 obtained by bonding one of first and second protective films 10 and 20 .
  • a polarizing plate 500 with the protective film on one surface, which has the protective film stacked on one surface of polarizing layer 5 is obtained.
  • polarizing laminated film 300 has polarizing layers 5 on the opposing surfaces of substrate film 30 ′ and the protective films are bonded to both of these polarizing layers 5
  • two polarizing plates 500 are obtained from one polarizing laminated film 300 through this separation step S 50 .
  • a method of separating and removing substrate film 30 ′ is not particularly limited, and separation can be achieved by a method similar to a step of separating a separator (separation film), which is normally performed in a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive.
  • Substrate film 30 ′ may be separated immediately after first bonding step S 40 , or may be wound up once into a roll after first bonding step S 40 and then wound off and separated in a subsequent step.
  • This step is a step of bonding the other protective film onto polarizing layer 5 of the polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface, i.e., a surface on the opposite side of the protective film bonded in first bonding step S 40 , by using the adhesive, to obtain polarizing plate 1 shown in FIG. 1( a ) .
  • first protective film 10 is bonded by using the active energy ray curing adhesive in this step.
  • second protective film 20 is bonded by using the water-soluble adhesive in this step.
  • Polarizing plate 1 of the present invention can become a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, by providing transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 on an outer surface (surface on the opposite side of polarizing layer 5 ) of first protective film 10 or second protective film 20 of polarizing plate 1 .
  • This transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 can be used to bond polarizing plate 1 to substrate 4 such as a glass substrate.
  • a stack having polarizing plate 1 bonded to substrate 4 with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed is herein also referred to as “substrate having the polarizing plate bonded thereto”.
  • transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 may be provided on either the first protective film 10 side or the second protective film 20 side.
  • transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 is preferably provided on the outer surface of first protective film 10 and the outer surface of second protective film 20 , where the occurrence of the minor irregularities is suppressed or prevented more effectively, faces outward in the polarizing plate with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
  • a so-called separation film for protecting transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 from foreign substances such as dust is normally bonded to an outer surface of transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 in the polarizing plate with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
  • the separation film is separated before polarizing plate 1 is bonded to substrate 4 such as a glass substrate with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • the glass substrate to which the polarizing plate with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is bonded is normally a substrate made of inorganic glass or organic glass and having a surface formed of a flat surface.
  • a substrate other than the glass substrate is normally a substrate having a surface formed of a flat surface.
  • the polarizing plate with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer can be stacked on this flat surface. In the case where the polarizing plate with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is stacked on the flat surface of the substrate, the poor appearance caused by the minor irregularities present on the surface of the protective film is easily noticeable when the substrate having the polarizing plate bonded thereto is viewed from the polarizing plate side, and thus, the present invention is preferably applied in such a case.
  • the flat surface refers to a surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not greater than 200 nm, preferably not greater than 10 nm, and ideally 0 mm, which is defined in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001. Arithmetic average roughness Ra can be measured by using a confocal microscope.
  • the glass substrate to which the polarizing plate with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is bonded may be a substrate constituting an image display element such as, for example, a liquid crystal cell and an organic electroluminescence (EL) display element.
  • An image display device includes polarizing plate 1 of the present invention described above and an image display element.
  • polarizing plate 1 is bonded to one surface or both surfaces of the image display element with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed, and is preferably bonded to a surface of the image display element on the first protective film 10 side.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 show an example of the image display device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a liquid crystal display device
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of an organic EL display device.
  • the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 11 includes: a liquid crystal cell 8 ; polarizing plate 1 according to the present invention stacked on a front surface (viewing side) of liquid crystal cell 8 with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed; a back-side polarizing plate 40 stacked on a back surface (backlight side) of liquid crystal cell 8 with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed; and a backlight 50 arranged on the back surface side of back-side polarizing plate 40 .
  • Liquid crystal cell 8 can have such a conventionally known configuration that a liquid crystal layer is interposed between two glass substrates.
  • Polarizing plate 1 and back-side polarizing plate 40 can be bonded to surfaces of these glass substrates with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • back-side polarizing plate 40 and backlight 50 may also have a conventionally known configuration
  • polarizing plate 1 according to the present invention may be used not only for the front-side polarizing plate but also for back-side polarizing plate 40 .
  • the liquid crystal display device is preferably configured such that polarizing plate 1 is bonded to the viewing side of liquid crystal cell 8 on the first protective film 10 side and the outer surface of second protective film 20 faces the side opposite to liquid crystal cell 8 (i.e., the viewing side).
  • the liquid crystal display device with good appearance can be provided even when the glass substrate surface is flat.
  • the configuration of the present invention is preferably applied in such a case.
  • the organic EL display device shown in FIG. 12 includes: an organic EL display element 9 ; and polarizing plate 1 according to the present invention stacked on a front surface (viewing side) of organic EL display element 9 with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • Organic EL display element 9 can have such a conventionally known configuration that a light emitting layer composed of an organic light emitting material or another organic layer provided as needed is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes.
  • a substrate such as a glass substrate is normally stacked on at least one electrode.
  • Polarizing plate 1 can be bonded to a surface of this glass substrate with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • the protective film on the organic EL display element 9 side, of the protective films possessed by polarizing plate 1 is a protective film (phase retardation film) having an in-plane phase retardation.
  • An in-plane phase retardation value R 0 of this protective film is normally within a range of 100 to 180 nm.
  • the protective film (phase retardation film) on the organic EL display element 9 side is stacked on polarizing layer 5 such that an angle of a slow axis of this protective film with respect to an absorption axis of polarizing layer 5 is substantially 45° or substantially 135°.
  • Substantially 45° or substantially 135° refers to 45° ⁇ 10° or 135° ⁇ 10° (preferably 45° ⁇ 5° or 135° ⁇ 5°).
  • polarizing plate 1 in this case is an oval (circular) polarizing plate. By stacking such polarizing plate 1 on the viewing side of organic EL display element 9 , the antireflective function can be provided to the organic EL display device.
  • In-plane phase retardation value R 0 can be defined in accordance with the following equation:
  • R 0 ( n x ⁇ n y ) ⁇ d.
  • n x represents a refractive index in a direction of an in-plane slow axis
  • n y represents a refractive index in a direction of an in-plane fast axis (direction perpendicular to the direction of the in-plane slow axis)
  • d represents a thickness of the protective film.
  • the organic EL display device is preferably configured such that polarizing plate 1 is bonded to the viewing side of organic EL display element 9 on the first protective film 10 side and the outer surface of second protective film 20 faces the side opposite to organic EL display element 9 (i.e., the viewing side).
  • the organic EL display device with good appearance can be provided even when the glass substrate surface is flat.
  • the configuration of the present invention is preferably applied in such a case.
  • the polarizing plate according to the present invention is preferably applied in any of the following configulations.
  • a shape and a size of the polarizing plate applied to the portable image display device are, for example, a rectangular shape having a diagonal length of 3 to 32 cm, and preferably a rectangular shape having a diagonal length of 7 to 15 cm.
  • [B] The case in which a resolution of the display screen of the image display device is high or the case in which the display screen of the image display device is capable of color display. In these cases as well, a displayed image is clean, and thus, the minor irregularities are easily noticeable.
  • the case of the resolution being high refers to, for example, the case of the resolution being not lower than 300 dpi.
  • the image display device is a liquid crystal display device using a normally black-type liquid crystal cell in which an image is displayed in black color when a voltage is not applied. In this case, completely black display is obtained when an image is turned off, and thus, the minor irregularities are easily noticeable.
  • the case in which the viewing side of the polarizing plate arranged on the front surface (viewing) side of the image display element is an air layer.
  • the minor irregularities are easily noticeable.
  • the image display device having such a configuration include an image display device configured such that the viewing side of the aforementioned polarizing plate is exposed to the atmosphere, and an image display device configured such that a transparent plate such as a cover glass and a touch panel is arranged on the viewing side of the aforementioned polarizing plate with the air layer being interposed.
  • electroconductive layer is provided on the outer surface (surface on the opposite side of the polarizing layer) of the protective film on the viewing side in the polarizing plate arranged on the front surface (viewing) side of the image display element.
  • an optical reflectivity of many electroconductive layers is relatively high due to a refractive index thereof, and thus, the minor irregularities are easily noticeable.
  • the electroconductive layer include a layer formed of ATO (antimony tin oxide), ITO (indium tin oxide) or the like, and others.
  • a polyvinyl alcohol film having an average degree of polymerization of about 2400, a degree of saponification of not lower than 99.9 mol % and a thickness of 75 ⁇ m was uniaxially stretched by dry stretching with a stretching magnification of about 5, and was further immersed in purified water at 60° C. for 1 minute with the tension state being maintained, and thereafter, was immersed at 28° C. for 60 seconds in an aqueous solution in which a weight ratio of iodine/potassium iodide/water was 0.05/5/100. Thereafter, the polyvinyl alcohol film was immersed at 72° C.
  • a polarizing film having iodine adsorbed and oriented in the uniaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol film was fabricated.
  • a thickness of the polarizing film was 28 ⁇ m.
  • a photocationic polymerization initiator obtained in a form of 50% propylene carbonate solution was used as the photocationic polymerization initiator.
  • the blending amount (2.25 parts) described above was an amount of solid content.
  • a second protective film [trade name: “KC4UY” which is a TAC film manufactured by Konica Minolta Optics, Inc.] having a thickness of 40 ⁇ m was prepared, and the ultraviolet curing adhesive prepared in the above was applied to one surface of the second protective film by using a micro gravure coater, and this was bonded to one surface of the aforementioned polarizing film. Thereafter, by using an ultraviolet ray irradiation device with a belt conveyor to which an ultraviolet lamp, “D Valve”, manufactured by Fusion UV Systems Inc. was attached, irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed such that a multiplied quantity of light became 250 mJ/cm 2 , to harden the ultraviolet curing adhesive.
  • an ultraviolet ray irradiation device with a belt conveyor to which an ultraviolet lamp, “D Valve”, manufactured by Fusion UV Systems Inc. was attached, irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed such that a multiplied quantity of light became 250 mJ/cm 2 , to harden the
  • a first protective film [trade name: “ZEONOR Film ZF14-023”, which is a cyclic polyolefin-based resin film manufactured by ZEON Corporation, having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment] having a thickness of 23 ⁇ m was prepared, and the same ultraviolet curing adhesive was applied to the corona-treated surface by using the micro gravure coater, and this was bonded to the other surface of the polarizing film. Thereafter, irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was similarly performed to harden the ultraviolet curing adhesive.
  • ZEONOR Film ZF14-023 which is a cyclic polyolefin-based resin film manufactured by ZEON Corporation, having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment
  • a polarizing plate having a layer configuration of second protective film (40 ⁇ m)/ultraviolet curing adhesive layer/polarizing film (28 ⁇ m)/ultraviolet curing adhesive layer/first protective film (23 ⁇ m) was obtained.
  • a thickness of each adhesive layer subjected to curing was 1.0 ⁇ m.
  • Polyvinyl alcohol powders [trade name: “Z-200” manufactured by The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., an average degree of polymerization of 1100, a degree of saponification of 99.5 mol %] were dissolved in hot water at 95° C., to prepare a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution having a concentration of 3 weight %.
  • a cross-linker [trade name: “Sumirez Resin 650” manufactured by Taoka Chemical Company, Ltd.] was mixed in the obtained aqueous solution by 5 parts by weight with respect to 6 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol powders, to obtain a coating liquid for formation of a primer layer.
  • a substrate film [unstretched polypropylene film having a thickness of 110 ⁇ m, melting point of 163° C.] was prepared, and one surface of the substrate film was subjected to corona treatment. Then, the aforementioned coating liquid for formation of a primer layer was applied to the corona-treated surface by using the micro gravure coater, and was dried at 80° C. for 10 minutes, to form a primer layer having a thickness of 0.2 ⁇ m.
  • a tensile elastic modulus at 80° C. of the substrate film was measured by using a universal testing machine, “Autograph AG-I”, manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation including a thermostatic bath. The tensile elastic modulus was 200 MPa.
  • Polyvinyl alcohol powders [trade name: “PVA124” manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd., an average degree of polymerization of 2400, a degree of saponification of 98.0 to 99.0 mol %] were dissolved in hot water at 95° C., to prepare a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution having a concentration of 8 weight %. This was used as a coating liquid for formation of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer.
  • the aforementioned coating liquid for formation of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer was applied to a primer layer surface of the substrate film having the primer layer fabricated in (1) above, and was dried at 80° C. for 2 minutes.
  • a three-layer laminated film composed of substrate film/primer layer/polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer was fabricated.
  • the stretched film fabricated in (3) above was immersed in a coloring aqueous solution including iodine and potassium iodide (including 0.35 parts by weight of iodine and 10 parts by weight of potassium iodide with respect to 100 parts by weight of water) at 30° C., and coloring treatment of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer was performed. Then, an excessive coloring solution was washed away with purified water at 10° C.
  • the film was immersed for 300 seconds in a cross-linking aqueous solution including boric acid and potassium iodide (including 9.5 parts by weight of boric acid and 5 parts by weight of potassium iodide with respect to 100 parts by weight of water) at 76° C., and cross-linking treatment was performed. Thereafter, the film was cleaned for 10 seconds with purified water at 10° C. and dried at 80° C. for 200 seconds. Thus, a polarizing laminated film having a polarizing layer on one surface of the substrate film was obtained.
  • a cross-linking aqueous solution including boric acid and potassium iodide (including 9.5 parts by weight of boric acid and 5 parts by weight of potassium iodide with respect to 100 parts by weight of water) at 76° C.
  • the same ultraviolet curing adhesive as that used in Reference Example was applied to one surface of the same second protective film as that used in Reference Example by using the micro gravure coater, and the second protective film was bonded to a surface of the polarizing layer of the polarizing laminated film fabricated in (4) above, wherein the surface is a surface on the opposite side of the substrate film.
  • irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed from the substrate film side under the same conditions as those in Reference Example, to harden the adhesive layer.
  • a thickness of the polarizing layer was 6.1 ⁇ m.
  • the substrate film was separated and removed from the five-layer-structure film fabricated in (5) above, to obtain a polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface.
  • the substrate film was able to be separated easily.
  • the same ultraviolet curing adhesive as that used in Reference Example was applied to one surface of the same first protective film as that used in Reference Example by using the micro gravure coater, and this was bonded to a primer layer surface in the aforementioned polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface.
  • irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed from the first protective film side under the same conditions as those in Reference Example, to harden the adhesive layer.
  • a polarizing plate having a configuration similar to that in FIG. 1( a ) was obtained.
  • a thickness of each adhesive layer subjected to curing was 1.0 ⁇ m.
  • Polyvinyl alcohol powders [trade name: “KL-318” manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd., an average degree of polymerization of 1800] were dissolved in hot water at 95° C., to prepare a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution having a concentration of 3 weight %.
  • a cross-linker [trade name: “Sumirez Resin 650” manufactured by Taoka Chemical Company, Ltd.] was mixed in the obtained aqueous solution by 1 part by weight with respect to 2 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol powders, to prepare a water-soluble adhesive.
  • the aforementioned water-soluble adhesive was applied to a surface of the polarizing layer of the polarizing laminated film fabricated in (1) above, wherein the surface is a surface on the opposite side of the substrate film. Then, the same second protective film as that used in Reference Example was bonded to the applied surface. Thereafter, drying treatment was performed at 80° C. for 5 minutes. Thus, a five-layer film composed of substrate film/primer layer/polarizing layer/water-soluble adhesive layer/second protective film was obtained. A thickness of the polarizing layer was 6.1 ⁇ m.
  • the substrate film was separated and removed from the five-layer-structure film fabricated in (2) above, to obtain a polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface.
  • the substrate film was able to be separated easily.
  • the same ultraviolet curing adhesive as that used in Reference Example was applied to one surface of the same first protective film as that used in Reference Example by using the micro gravure coater, and this was bonded to the primer layer surface in the aforementioned polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface.
  • irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed from the first protective film side under the same conditions as those in Reference Example, to harden the adhesive layer.
  • a thickness of each adhesive layer subjected to curing was 1.0 ⁇ m.
  • a polyvinyl alcohol film having an average degree of polymerization of about 2400, a degree of saponification of not lower than 99.9 mol % and a thickness of 30 ⁇ m was uniaxially stretched by dry stretching with a stretching magnification of about 4, and was further immersed in purified water at 40° C. for 1 minute with the tension state being maintained, and thereafter, was immersed at 28° C. for 60 seconds in an aqueous solution in which a weight ratio of iodine/potassium iodide/water was 0.05/10/100. Thereafter, the polyvinyl alcohol film was immersed at 68° C.
  • a polarizing film having iodine adsorbed and oriented in the uniaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol film was fabricated.
  • a thickness of the polarizing film was 11 ⁇ m.
  • Example 2 The same water-soluble adhesive as that used in Example 1 was applied to one surface of the aforementioned polarizing film by using the gravure coater. Then, a second protective film [trade name: “ZEONOR Film ZF14-023”, which is a cyclic polyolefin-based resin film manufactured by ZEON Corporation, having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment] having a thickness of 23 ⁇ m was bonded to the applied surface. Thereafter, drying treatment was performed at 40° C. for 1 minute. Thus, a polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface composed of polarizing film/water-soluble adhesive layer/second protective film was obtained.
  • ZEONOR Film ZF14-023 which is a cyclic polyolefin-based resin film manufactured by ZEON Corporation, having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment
  • a first protective film [polyethylene terephthalate film manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc., having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment] having a thickness of 25 ⁇ m was prepared, and the same ultraviolet curing adhesive as that used in Reference Example was applied to the corona-treated surface by using the micro gravure coater, and this was bonded to a polarizing film surface of the polarizing plate with the protective film on one surface fabricated in (2) above.
  • irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed from the second protective film side under the same conditions as those in Reference Example, to harden the adhesive layer.
  • a polarizing plate having a configuration similar to that in FIG. 1( a ) was obtained.
  • a thickness of the ultraviolet curing adhesive layer subjected to curing was 1.0 ⁇ m.
  • Example 2 Similarly to Example 2, a polarizing film was fabricated.
  • the same first protective film [polyethylene terephthalate film manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc., having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment] and the same second protective film (“ZEONOR Film ZF14-023” manufactured by ZEON Corporation, having a bonding surface thereof subjected to corona treatment) as those used in Example 2 were prepared, and the same ultraviolet curing adhesive as that used in Reference Example was applied to each corona-treated surface by using the micro gravure coater, and the first protective film was bonded to one surface of the aforementioned polarizing film and the second protective film was bonded to the opposite surface.
  • irradiation with an ultraviolet ray was performed from the second protective film side under the same conditions as those in Reference Example, to harden the adhesive layer.
  • a polarizing plate was obtained.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view for describing a method of evaluating an appearance of a surface of a polarizing plate
  • FIG. 8( a ) is a side view thereof
  • FIG. 8( b ) is a top view thereof.
  • appearance evaluation of the surface of the polarizing plate was performed as follows. First, the polarizing plate was cut out into a size of 100 mm in length and 100 mm in width, and this was defined as a sample for evaluation 1 a . The first protective film side of this sample for evaluation 1 a was bonded to a flat black acrylic plate 2 having a thickness of 2 mm, with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • Sample for evaluation 1 a bonded to black acrylic plate 2 was placed in a room where a fluorescent lamp 60 is on. A position of fluorescent lamp 60 is at a height of 2 m from black acrylic plate 2 . In this state, the light from fluorescent lamp 60 is reflected on a surface of sample for evaluation 1 a (the reference numeral 61 represents the incident light incident on the surface of sample for evaluation 1 a , and the reference numeral 62 represents the reflected light), and thereby, a region of a reflected image A of the fluorescent lamp appearing on the surface of sample for evaluation 1 a was visually observed. Sample for evaluation 1 a was placed in such an orientation that a direction of an absorption axis B of a polarizing layer thereof is parallel to a line connecting fluorescent lamp 60 and an observer X.
  • Table 1 A result of appearance evaluation of the surface of the polarizing plate is shown in Table 1.
  • A indicates that no circular recessed patterns were observed and the surface of sample for evaluation 1 a was observed as being flat, and B indicates that circular recessed patterns were observed.
  • Comparative Example 1 flaky uneven circular recessed patterns having a diameter of about 1 mm were observed over the entire surface of sample for evaluation 1 a.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view for describing a method of measuring a reflection sharpness of a polarizing plate
  • FIG. 9( a ) is a side view thereof
  • FIG. 9( b ) is a top view thereof.
  • the reflection sharpness of the polarizing plate was measured as follows. First, the polarizing plate was cut out into a size of 100 mm in length and 100 mm in width, and this was defined as sample for evaluation 1 a . The first protective film side of this sample for evaluation 1 a was bonded to flat black acrylic plate 2 having a thickness of 2 mm, with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • sample for evaluation 1 a was irradiated with light (incident light 71 ) at an incidence angle of 45° from a light source 70 and a quantity of reflected light 72 was measured through an optical comb 80 by using an image clarity measuring device, “ICM-1T”, manufactured by Suga Test Instruments Co., Ltd., in accordance with the section of “Reflection Method” in JIS K7374 [Plastics: Determination of image clarity].
  • image clarity measuring device “ICM-1T”, manufactured by Suga Test Instruments Co., Ltd., in accordance with the section of “Reflection Method” in JIS K7374 [Plastics: Determination of image clarity].
  • the reflection sharpness (%) was determined as to sample for evaluation 1 a bonded to black acrylic plate 2 described above.
  • a width of the optical comb was 0.125 mm.
  • Sample for evaluation 1 a was placed in such an orientation that a direction of absorption axis B of a polarizing layer thereof is parallel to a plane including incident light 71 and reflected light 72 to be detected. As a flatness of the surface of sample for evaluation 1 a becomes higher, the reflection sharpness becomes greater. A result of measurement of the reflection sharpness is shown in Table 1.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic view for describing a method of measuring a surface shape of a polarizing plate
  • FIG. 10( a ) is a side view thereof
  • FIG. 10( b ) is a top view thereof.
  • the surface shape of the polarizing plate was measured as follows. First, the polarizing plate was cut out into a size of 100 mm in length and 100 mm in width, and this was defined as sample for evaluation 1 a . The first protective film side of this sample for evaluation 1 a was bonded to flat black acrylic plate 2 having a thickness of 2 mm, with transparent pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 being interposed.
  • the first and second protective films of the polarizing plate obtained in Example 2 was dissolved and only the polarizing layer was taken out to measure the heat shrinkage force in a direction of an absorption axis thereof (a direction of stretching).
  • a film of 2 mm in width and 8 mm in length was cut out and was defined as a sample for measurement.
  • This sample was placed in a thermo-mechanical analyzer (TMA) [“EXSTAR-6000” manufactured by SII NanoTechnology Inc.], and the shrinkage force in a direction of the length of 8 mm generated when the sample was heated at 80° C. for 240 minutes with the dimension being kept constant was measured.
  • TMA thermo-mechanical analyzer

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