Photosensitive resin composition for color filter and color filter made using the same

1. A photosensitive resin composition for a color filter comprising:

(a) an acrylic-based resin; (b) a photopolymerizable monomer, wherein (b) the photopolymerizable monomer is glycerol methacrylate obtained from a reaction of glycerol, acid anhydride, and glycidyl methacrylate; (c) a photopolymerization initiator; (d) a pigment; and (e) a solvent,

wherein the acrylic-based resin is a copolymer including a repeating unit derived from an ethylenic unsaturated monomer including a carboxyl group and a repeating unit derived from an ethylenic unsaturated monomer including an alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group.

2. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises: (a) 0.5 to 20 wt % of an acrylic-based resin; (b) 0.5 to 20 wt % of a photopolymerizable monomer; (c) 0.1 to 10 wt % of a photopolymerization initiator; (d) 0.1 to 50 wt % of a pigment dispersion; and (e) balance of a solvent.

3. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the acrylic-based resin is a copolymer of i) an ethylenic unsaturated monomer having an alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group, ii) an ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a carboxyl group, and iii) an ethylenic unsaturated monomer that is copolymerizable with the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having the alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group or a carboxyl group.

4. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having an alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group is selected from the group consisting of ethoxy 4-oxo butanoic methacrylate, ethoxy 4-oxo butanoic acrylate, propoxy 4-oxo butanoic methacrylate, propoxy 4-oxo butanoic acrylate, butoxy 4-oxo butanoic methacrylate, butoxy 4-oxo butanoic acrylate, and mixtures thereof.

5. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the (a) acrylic-based resin comprises a repeating unit derived from the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having an alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group in an amount of 1 to 20 mol %.

6. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a carboxyl group is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, fumaric acid, and mixtures thereof.

7. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the (a) acrylic-based resin comprises a repeating unit derived from the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a carboxyl group in an amount of 10 to 40 mol % along with the repeating unit derived from the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having an alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group.

8. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the iii) ethylenic unsaturated monomer that is copolymerizable with the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having the alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group or a carboxyl group includes a vinyl aromatic compound, an unsaturated carbonic acid ester, an unsaturated carbonic acid amino alkyl ester, a carbonic acid vinyl ester, an unsaturated carbonic acid glycidyl ester, a vinyl cyanide compound, an unsaturated amide, or a mixture thereof.

9. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the (a) acrylic-based resin comprises a repeating unit derived from the ethylenic unsaturated monomer that is copolymerizable with the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having the alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group or a carboxyl group in an amount of 60 to 90 mol %.

10. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the (a) acrylic-based resin is a copolymer of the structure of the following Formula 1:

wherein A is a repeating unit derived from the iii) ethylenic unsaturated monomer that is copolymerizable with the ethylenic unsaturated monomer having the alkoxy 4-oxo butanoic acid group or a carboxyl group; l, o, and p represent a mole ratio (mol %) of each repeating unit; and q is an integer ranging from 1 to 4.

11. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the (a) acrylic-based resin has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 60,000.

12. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the (a) acrylic-based resin has an acid value of 70 to 130 mg KOH/g.

13. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the (b) photopolymerizable monomer is glycerol methacrylate of the following Formula 2:

wherein, in the above formula, X is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene, substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene, substituted or unsubstituted arylene, and substituted or unsubstituted divalent heterocycle; and

R1 to R9 are independently hydrogen or alkyl.

14. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the (b) photopolymerizable monomer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 500 to 3000.

15. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the photopolymerization initiator is selected from the group consisting of triazine-based compounds, acetophenone-based compounds, benzophenone-based compounds, thioxanthone-based compounds, benzoin-based compounds, and mixtures thereof.

16. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the pigment has a primary particle diameter of 10 to 80 nm.

17. The photosensitive resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive resin composition further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of malonic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid, itaconic acid, 3-amino-1,2-propanediol, fluorine-based surfactants, and mixtures thereof.

18. A color filter fabricated using the photosensitive resin composition for a color filter according to claim 1 .