Adhesive composition, optical member, and surface protective sheet
An adhesive composition includes a copolymer (A), the copolymer (A) being a copolymer of: a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1), the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) including at least one of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylamide and a hydroxyl group-containing methacrylamide, and a (meth)acrylate (a2), the (meth)acrylate (a2) including at least one of an acrylic ester and a methacrylic ester; and an antistatic agent (B), the antistatic agent (B) including an ionic compound.
1. An adhesive composition for forming a peelable adhesive layer, the composition comprising:
a copolymer (A), the copolymer (A) being a copolymer of:
a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1), the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) including at least one of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylamide and a hydroxyl group-containing methacrylamide, the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) being represented by the following formula: H 2 C═C(R1)ACONHCH 2 CH 2 OH, in which:
R1 is H or CH 3 ,
A is a linking group, the linking group being (COOCH 2 CH 2 ) n , COOCH 2 CH 2 OOC—CH 2 CH 2 , or Compound 1 represented by Chemical Formula 1:
and
n is 1 or 2, and
a (meth)acrylate (a2), the (meth)acrylate (a2) including at least one of an acrylic ester and a methacrylic ester, the (meth)acrylate (a2) including at least one of methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, n-butyl (meth)acrylate, t-butyl (meth)acrylate, isobutyl (meth)acrylate, hexyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, n-octyl (meth)acrylate, isooctyl (meth)acrylate, n-nonyl (meth)acrylate, isononyl (meth)acrylate, n-decyl (meth)acrylate, isodecyl (meth)acrylate, n-dodecyl (meth)acrylate, n-tridecyl (meth)acrylate, n-tetradecyl (meth)acrylate, methoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, ethoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, butoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, t-butylcyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, nonylphenoxy polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, benzyl (meth)acrylate, isobornyl (meth)acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, and tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate,
wherein the copolymer (A) includes about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) and about 50 to about 99.1% by weight of the (meth)acrylate (a2) based on a total weight of the copolymer (A); and
an antistatic agent (B), the adhesive composition including about 0.01 to about 2.0% by weight of the antistatic agent (B), and the antistatic agent (B) including an ionic compound, wherein:
the copolymer (A) is crosslinked,
the copolymer (A) has a polystyrene conversion weight-average molecular weight of about 300,000 to about 1,000,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography,
the composition has a gel fraction, at 3 days at 23° C. under a relative humidity of 50%, of about 90 to about 100% as a crosslinking degree,
the composition has an adhesive force of about 0.05 (N/25 mm) to about 0.2 (N/25 mm) measured according to JIS Z0237,
the ionic compound is at least one selected from a pyridinium salt, an alkyl pyrrolidium salt, and N-methyl-N-propylpiperidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, and
the composition provides an adhesive layer that has a sheet resistance of about 1×10 8 to about 1×10 11 Ω/cm 2 .
2. The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the adhesive composition is for a surface protection sheet.
3. The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the adhesive composition is for a surface protective sheet, and
the copolymer (A) includes about 50 to about 99.1% by weight of 2-ethylhexylacrylate as the (meth)acrylate (a2) based on a total weight of the copolymer (A).
4. The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the adhesive composition is for an optical member.
5. The adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the copolymer (A) has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 0° C. or less.
6. A surface protection sheet, comprising:
a protective film; and
an adhesive layer formed on one or both sides of the protective film, the adhesive layer including the adhesive composition according to claim 1 .
7. An adhesive composition for an optical member, the composition comprising:
a copolymer (A), the copolymer (A) being a copolymer of:
a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1), the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) including at least one of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylamide and a hydroxyl group-containing methacrylamide, the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) being represented by the following formula: H 2 C═C(R1)ACONHCH 2 CH 2 OH, in which:
R1 is H or CH 3 ,
A is a linking group, the linking group being (COOCH 2 CH 2 ) n , COOCH 2 CH 2 OOC—CH 2 CH 2 , or Compound 1 represented by Chemical Formula 1:
and
n is 1 or 2, and
a (meth)acrylate (a2), the (meth)acrylate (a2) including at least one of an acrylic ester and a methacrylic ester, the (meth)acrylate (a2) including at least one of methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, n-butyl (meth)acrylate, t-butyl (meth)acrylate, isobutyl (meth)acrylate, hexyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, n-octyl (meth)acrylate, isooctyl (meth)acrylate, n-nonyl (meth)acrylate, isononyl (meth)acrylate, n-decyl (meth)acrylate, isodecyl (meth)acrylate, n-dodecyl (meth)acrylate, n-tridecyl (meth)acrylate, n-tetradecyl (meth)acrylate, methoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, ethoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, butoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, t-butylcyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, nonylphenoxy polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, benzyl (meth)acrylate, isobornyl (meth)acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, and tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate;
wherein the copolymer (A) includes about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylamide (a1) and about 50 to about 99.1% by weight of the (meth)acrylate (a2) based on a total weight of the copolymer (A), and
an antistatic agent (B), the adhesive composition including about 0.01 to about 2.0% by weight of the antistatic agent (B), and the antistatic agent (B) including an ionic compound, wherein:
the ionic compound is at least one selected from a pyridinium salt, an alkyl pyrrolidium salt, and N-methyl-N-propylpiperidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide,
the copolymer (A) is crosslinked,
the copolymer (A) has a polystyrene conversion weight-average molecular weight of about 1,000,000 to about 2,000,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography,
the composition has a gel fraction, at 3 days at 23° C. under a relative humidity of 50%, of about 50 to about 80% as a crosslinking degree, and
the composition provides an adhesive layer that has a sheet resistance of about 1×10 8 to about 1×10 11 Ω/cm 2 .
8. A surface protection sheet, comprising:
a protective film optical sheet; and
an adhesive layer formed on one or both sides of the optical sheet, the adhesive layer including the adhesive composition according to claim 7 .