IP Library Granted Patent US 8,440,294
Granted Patent B2
US 8,440,294 · App. 13/534,451 · Granted May 14, 2013

Structural color body

Inventors: Shigeo Hara (Hamamatsu, JP); Takahiko Yamanaka (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
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Patent No.
US 8,440,294
App. No.
13/534,451
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structural color body is film-like and formed of a resin layer containing a block copolymer, the resin layer has a micro-phase separated structure including lamellar micro domains, each of the micro domains has a wave-like shape having amplitudes in the thickness direction of the structural color body, and in each of the micro domains, a maximum value of distances in the direction between the tops of convexities and the bottoms of concavities is larger than the wavelength in the visible light range.

Claims (9)

1. A structural color body having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other, wherein

the structural color body is film-like and is composed of a resin layer containing a block copolymer,

the resin layer has a micro-phase separated structure including lamellar micro domains,

each of the micro domains has a wave-like shape having amplitudes in a thickness direction of the structural color body, and

in each of the micro domains, a maximum value of distances in the thickness direction between tops of convexities and bottoms of concavities of the micro domain is larger than a wavelength in a visible light range.

2. The structural color body according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the structural color body is 100 to 1000 μm.

3. The structural color body according to claim 1 , wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the block copolymer is equal to or more than 8.0×10 5 .

4. The structural color body according to claim 1 , wherein the resin layer further contains a polymer compound obtained by polymerizing a composition containing at least one kind of photopolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylates and methacrylates.

5. The structural color body according to claim 1 , wherein the resin layer further contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of phthalate ester, adipate ester, phosphate ester, trimellitate ester, citrate ester, epoxy compound and polyester.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2012
From: HARA, SHIGEO; YAMANAKA, TAKAHIKO
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP P2011-145583 · Jun 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130004721A1 · Jan 3, 2013