| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/JP94/01491 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 28, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 28, 1995 PCT Filed Sep. 9, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/07474 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 16, 1995A polarizing element or polarizing plate comprising a layer having photoactive molecules and a layer containing dichroic molecules formed in contact with said layer, which can easily be produced without a stretching procedure so as to have a complicated pattern, a curved surface or a large area; and a process for producing said polarizing element or polarizing plate which is characterized by irradiating a layer having photoactive molecules on a substrate with linear polarized light, and then forming a dichroic molecular layer on the irradiated layer. |