Polarizing plate
The present application can provide a thin polarizing plate having excellent antireflection performance in all directions including the side as well as the front, and having excellent folding durability and durability against short wavelengths. In addition, the present application can provide an organic light-emitting display device to which the polarizing plate is applied and a display device comprising the same.
1. A polarizing plate comprising:
a polarizing film;
a hard coating layer formed on top of the polarizing film; and
a retardation layer formed on bottom of the polarizing film; and
an isotropic layer,
wherein the hard coating layer is formed directly on the top of the polarizing film without interposing layers,
wherein the retardation layer is formed on a first surface of the isotropic layer, and a second surface of the isotropic layer is attached to the polarizing film by an UV adhesive layer,
wherein the isotropic layer has an in-plane retardation of 20 nm or less and a thickness direction retardation of 20 nm or less,
wherein a reflective color value change (ΔE*ab) according to Equation 4 below is 10 or less:
Δ E* ab =[(Δ L *) 2 +(Δ a *) 2 +(Δ b *) 2 ] 1/2 [Equation 4]
wherein, ΔL* is L* a -L* i , Δa* is a* a -a* i , Δb* is b* a -b* i , and L* a , a* a and b* a are color coordinates before exposing the polarizing plate to light having a wavelength of 420 nm in a light quantity of 0.75 to 0.85 W/m 2 at a temperature of 25° C. for 50 hours, and L* i , a* i and b* i are color coordinates after exposing the polarizing plate to light having a wavelength of 420 nm in a light quantity of 0.75 to 0.85 W/m 2 at a temperature of 25° C. for 50 hours.
2. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the hard coating layer has pencil hardness of 0.5H or more.
3. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the hard coating layer has a thickness of 1 μm to 10 μm.
4. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the polarizing plate has a total thickness of 45 μm or less.
5. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the retardation layer comprises:
a first retardation layer located on the bottom of the polarizing film, having in-plane retardation according to Equation 1 below of 100 to 150 nm based on a wavelength of 550 nm, and disposed so that a small angle of angles formed by a slow axis with an absorption axis of the polarizing film forms an angle of 35 degrees to 55 degrees; and
a second retardation layer located on a bottom of the first retardation layer and having thickness direction retardation according to Equation 2 below of 30 to 150 nm based on a wavelength of 550 nm:
R in =d ×( n x −n y ) [Equation 1]
R th =d ×( n z −n y ) [Equation 2]
wherein, R in is the in-plane retardation, R th is the thickness direction retardation, d is the thickness of a first or second retardation layer, n x is the refractive index of the first or second retardation layer in the slow axis direction, n y is the refractive index of the first or second retardation layer in the fast axis direction, and n z is the refractive index of the first or second retardation layer in the thickness direction.
6. The polarizing plate according to claim 5 , wherein the first retardation layer has a dispersion coefficient of less than 1 according to Equation 3 below;
Dispersion coefficient= R in (450)/ R in (550) [Equation 3]
wherein, R in (450) is the in-plane retardation of the first retardation layer based on a wavelength of 450 nm, and R in (550) is the in-plane retardation of the first retardation layer based on a wavelength of 550 nm.
7. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio (H/S) of a thickness (H) of the hard coating layer to a thickness(S) of the polarizing film is 0.01 to 1.5.
8. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio (H/T) of a thickness (H) of the hard coating layer to a thickness (T) of the retardation layer is 0.1 to 5.
9. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio (H/P) of a thickness (H) of the hard coating layer to a thickness (P) of the isotropic layer is 0.01 to 1.5.
10. The polarizing plate according to claim 1 , further comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed only on a bottom of the retardation layer.
11. An organic light-emitting display device comprising the polarizing plate of claim 1 .
12. A display device comprising the organic light-emitting display device of claim 11 .