Polarizing plate and image display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10281618-B2
Application number	US-201615092051-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 9, 2013
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a polarizing plate having excellent surface hardness and excellent adhesiveness between a polarizer and a resin layer arranged on the polarizer, and an image display device including the polarizing plate. The polarizing plate of the present invention includes a polarizer and a resin layer directly in contact with the polarizer, the resin layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing and curing a boronic acid monomer having a boronic acid group denoted by Formula (1) and a polymerizable group, and a multifunctional monomer, Re(550) and Rth(550) of the resin layer respectively satisfy Expression (X) and Expression (Y) described below, and the thickness of the polarizer is less than or equal to 35 μm. Expression (X) Re(550)≤10 nm and

| R th(550)|≤10 nm  Expression (Y)

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display device, comprising a polarizing plate, comprising: a polarizer; and a resin layer directly in contact with the polarizer, wherein the resin layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing and curing a boronic acid monomer having a boronic acid group denoted by Formula (1) and a polymerizable group, and a multifunctional monomer, Re(550) and Rth(550) of the resin layer respectively satisfy Expression (X) and Expression (Y) described below,
Re (550)≤10 nm  Expression (X)

| Re (550)|≤10 nm  Expression (Y)

Re(550) indicates in-plane retardation (nm) at a wavelength of 550 nm, and Rth(550) indicates retardation (nm) in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, and

in Formula (1), R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, R 1 and R 2 may be connected to each other to form a ring, and * indicates a bonding position,
wherein a thickness of the polarizer is from 3 μm to 35 μm.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a mass ratio of the boronic acid monomer to the total mass of the boronic acid monomer and the multifunctional monomer (a mass of the boronic acid monomer/(the total mass of the boronic acid monomer and the multifunctional monomer)) is 0.005 mass % to 11.0 mass %.

3. The image display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the polymerizable group included in the multifunctional monomer is a (meth)acryloyl group.

4. The image display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the resin layer further contains an ultraviolet absorbent.

5. The image display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein maximum transmittance of the resin layer at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

6. The image display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a polarizer protective film on a surface of the polarizer on a side opposite to the resin layer side,
wherein maximum transmittance of the polarizer protective film at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

7. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polymerizable group included in the multifunctional monomer is a (meth)acryloyl group.

8. The image display device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the resin layer further contains an ultraviolet absorbent.

9. The image display device according to claim 7 ,
wherein maximum transmittance of the resin layer at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

10. The image display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a polarizer protective film on a surface of the polarizer on a side opposite to the resin layer side,
wherein maximum transmittance of the polarizer protective film at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

11. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the resin layer further contains an ultraviolet absorbent.

12. The image display device according to claim 11 ,
wherein maximum transmittance of the resin layer at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

13. The image display device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a polarizer protective film on a surface of the polarizer on a side opposite to the resin layer side,
wherein maximum transmittance of the polarizer protective film at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

14. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein maximum transmittance of the resin layer at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

15. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a polarizer protective film on a surface of the polarizer on a side opposite to the resin layer side,
wherein maximum transmittance of the polarizer protective film at a wavelength of 300 nm to 380 nm is less than or equal to 15%.

16. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image display device is a liquid crystal display device.

17. A polarizing plate, comprising:
a polarizer; and
a resin layer directly in contact with the polarizer,
wherein the resin layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing and curing a boronic acid monomer having a boronic acid group denoted by Formula (1) and a polymerizable group, and a multifunctional monomer,
Re(550) and Rth(550) of the resin layer respectively satisfy Expression (X) and Expression (Y) described below,
Re (550)≤10 nm  Expression (X)

| R th(550)|≤10 nm  Expression (Y)

a thickness of the polarizer is less than or equal to 35 μm,
Re(550) indicates in-plane retardation (nm) at a wavelength of 550 nm, and Rth(550) indicates retardation (nm) in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, and

in Formula (1), R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, R 1 and R 2 may be connected to each other to form a ring, and * indicates a bonding position, and
wherein a mass ratio of the boronic acid monomer to the total mass of the boronic acid monomer and the multifunctional monomer (a mass of the boronic acid monomer/(the total mass of the boronic acid monomer and the multifunctional monomer)) is 0.005 mass % to 11.0 mass %.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Ishiguro Makoto

Classifications

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title

• G02B5/3025

  Polarisers, i.e. arrangements capable of producing a definite output polarisation state from an unpolarised input state (G02B5/3008, G02B5/3016 take precedence) · CPC title

• C08F230/06

  containing boron · CPC title

• B32B2307/42

  Polarizing, birefringent, filtering · CPC title

• G02B5/208

  for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation · CPC title