IP Library Granted Patent US 8,629,222
Granted Patent B2
US 8,629,222 · App. 12/935,116 · Granted Jan 14, 2014

Curable polysiloxane composition, and polysiloxane cured product, optical member, member for aerospace industry, semiconductor light-emitting device, illuminating device and image display device using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,629,222
App. No.
12/935,116
Granted
Jan 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a curable polysiloxane composition which is excellent in light resistance (particularly ultraviolet resistance) and adhesion and has a sufficient heat resistance/hydrothermal resistance and film-forming property and which generates little foaming at curing and does not generate cracks, peeling, coloring, and foaming even when used for a long period of time. A curable polysiloxane composition which comprises a specific hydrosilyl group-containing polysiloxane compound, a specific polysiloxane compound comprising two or more silanol groups in one molecule, and a dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst.

Claims (46)

1. A non-foamed optical member comprising a polysiloxane cured product obtained by curing a heat-curable polysiloxane composition, said heat-curable polysiloxane composition comprising

a dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst;

a polysiloxane compound represented by formula (3):

 and

one of (i) and (ii): (i) a combination of polysiloxane compound (A) and polysiloxane compound (B); (ii): a polysiloxane compound (C), wherein

polysiloxane compound (A) is a compound comprising two or more hydrosilyl groups per molecule and no substituent thereof has an aliphatic unsaturated bond,

polysiloxane compound (B) is a compound comprising two or more silanol groups per molecule and no substituent thereof has an aliphatic unsaturated bond,

polysiloxane compound (C) is a compound at least one hydrosilyl group and at least one silanol group per molecule and no substituent thereof has an aliphatic unsaturated bond,

R 19 is an alkenyl group,

R 20 s are the same as or different from each other and are each a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 6 or less carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 3 or less carbon atoms,

s and u are each a positive number,

t≧0,

x≧0, and

y≧0.

2. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said heat-curable polysiloxane is in cured form, and said cured form of the heat-curable polysiloxane composition has an average value in height of 0.12 cm or less determined by a curing test:

(1) 2 g of the curable polysiloxane composition is allowed to stand in a polytetrafluoroethylene container having a basal plane diameter of 5 cm and a height of 1 cm under air at a temperature of 150° C. for 6 hours, giving a cured product; then

(2) after (1), it is confirmed that the composition has no fluidity (is cured) even when it is allowed to stand for 30 minutes in a state wherein the basal plane of the polytetrafluoroethylene container is tilted by 45° ; and then

(3) an average value in height from an inner bottom of the container to a top surface of the cured product is measured.

3. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said polysiloxane compound (A) is a compound represented by formula (1):

where

R 1 to R 3 and R 5 to R 8 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and R 10 R 11 R 12 Si,

R 4 and R 9 to R 12 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, and an aryl group,

1 represents an integer of 2 or larger, and

m represents an integer of 0 or larger; and

said polysiloxane compound (B) is represented by formula (2):

(R 13 SiO 3/2 ) p (R 14 R 15 SiO 2/2 ) q (R 16 R 17 R 18 SiO 1/2 ) r   (2)

where

R 13 to R 18 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, and an aryl group;

p, q, and r each represent an integer of 0 or larger; and

p+q+r≧1.

4. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of a metal, a hydroxylamine, and boron.

5. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said heat-curable polysiloxane composition is a composition that can be cured within 6 hours under air at the temperature of 150° C.

6. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the heat-curable polysiloxane composition at temperature of 20° C. at 589 nm is 1.42 or less.

7. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein 95 mol % or more of substituents, excluding hydrogen and hydroxyl groups, among all the substituents bound to the silicon atom of the siloxane compound, are methyl groups.

8. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the polysiloxane cured product has a measurement value of hardness (Shore A) of from 5 or larger and 90 or smaller by durometer type A, and a light transmittance over whole wavelengths of 400 nm or more and 800 nm or less at a film thickness of 1 mm is 80% or more.

9. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is an encapsulant of a semiconductor light-emitting device.

10. A semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising the optical member according to claim 1 .

11. An illuminating device comprising the semiconductor light-emitting device according to claim 10 .

12. An image display device comprising the semiconductor light-emitting device according to claim 10 .

13. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst comprises, as a metal component thereof, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Pb, Sn, Zn, Fe, Ti, Zr, and Bi.

14. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst comprises, as a metal component thereof, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, and Sn.

15. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein 99 mol % or more of substituents, excluding hydrogen and hydroxyl groups, among all the substituents bound to the silicon atom of the siloxane compound, are methyl groups.

16. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said heat-curable polysiloxane composition is a composition that can be cured within 3 hours under air at the temperature of 150° C.

17. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst is present in the heat-curable polysiloxane composition in an amount of from 0.001% to 0.3% by weight in the total raw material weight in terms of a hydroxylamine, boron, or a metal element.

18. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst is present in the heat-curable polysiloxane composition in an amount of from 0.002% to 0.2% by weight in the total raw material weight in terms of a hydroxylamine, boron, or a metal element.

19. The non-foamed optical member according to claim 1 , wherein said dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst is present in the heat-curable polysiloxane composition in an amount of from 0.005% to 0.1% by weight in the total raw material weight in terms of a hydroxylamine, boron, or a metal element.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →