FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, GLASS LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE

1 . A flexible substrate comprising:

a glass substrate; and

a layer of a polyimide resin which is formed on the glass substrate,

wherein the flexible substrate is used for producing a glass laminate by laminating a support glass on the layer of the polyimide resin,

the polyimide resin in the flexible substrate is a polyimide resin which is formed of a repeating unit that is represented by the following Formula (1) and includes residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids and residues (A) of diamines and in which 50% by mole or greater of a total number of the residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following Formulae (X1) to (X4) and 50% by mole or greater of a total number of the residues (A) of diamines is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following Formulae (A1) to (A7), and

the layer of the polyimide resin on the glass substrate is a layer of a polyimide resin formed by subjecting a layer (I) of a curable resin which is to be the polyimide resin through thermal curing or a layer (II) obtained by being coated with a composition containing the polyimide resin and a solvent, the layers (I) and (II) being formed on the glass substrate, to a first heat treatment of heating in a temperature range of 60° C. or more and lower than 250° C. and a second heat treatment of heating in a temperature range of 250° C. to 500° C. in this order:

in Formula (1), X represents a tetracarboxylic acid residue obtained by removing a carboxy group from tetracarboxylic acids and A represents a diamine residue obtained by removing an amino group from diamines;

2 . The flexible substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the polyimide resin, 80% by mole to 100% by mole of the total number of the residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the Formulae (X1) to (X4), and

80% by mole to 100% by mole of the total number of the residues (A) of diamines is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the Formulae (A1) to (A7).

3 . The flexible substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the layer of the polyimide resin has a thickness in a range of 0.1 μm to 100 μm.

4 . The flexible substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness Ra of an exposed surface of the layer of the polyimide resin is in a range of 0 nm to 2.0 nm.

5 . A glass laminate comprising:

the flexible substrate according to claim 1 ; and

a support glass which is laminated on a surface of the layer of the polyimide resin of the flexible substrate.

6 . A method for producing a flexible substrate, comprising:

forming a layer of a curable resin which is to be the following polyimide resin through thermal curing on a glass substrate, and subjecting the layer to a first heat treatment of heating in a temperature range of 60° C. or more and lower than 250° C. and a second heat treatment of heating in a temperature range of 250° C. to 500° C. in this order to convert the curable resin into the following polyimide resin, thereby forming a layer of the polyimide resin:

the polyamide resin: a polyimide resin which is formed of a repeating unit that is represented by the following Formula (1) and includes residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids and residues (A) of diamines and in which 50% by mole or greater of a total number of the residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following Formulae (X1) to (X4) and 50% by mole or greater of a total number of the residues (A) of diamines is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following Formulae (A1) to (A7):

in Formula (1), X represents a tetracarboxylic acid residue obtained by removing a carboxy group from tetracarboxylic acids and A represents a diamine residue obtained by removing an amino group from diamines;

7 . The method for producing a flexible substrate according to claim 6 ,

wherein, in the polyimide resin, 80% by mole to 100% by mole of the total number of the residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the Formulae (X1) to (X4), and

80% by mole to 100% by mole of the total number of the residues (A) of diamines is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the Formulae (A1) to (A7).

8 . The method for producing a flexible substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the layer of the polyimide resin has a thickness in a range of 0.1 μm to 100 μm.

9 . The method for producing a flexible substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the layer of the curable resin is formed by coating a solution of the curable resin on the glass substrate to form a coating film of the solution, and then removing a solvent from the coating film during the first heat treatment.

10 . The method for producing a flexible substrate according to claim 6 ,

wherein the curable resin contains polyamic acid obtained by reacting a tetracarboxylic dianhydride with diamines,

at least a part of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride is formed of at least one tetracarboxylic dianhydride selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following Formulae (Y1) to (Y4), and

at least a part of the diamines is formed of at least one diamine selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following Formulae (B1) to (B7):

11 . A method for producing a flexible substrate, comprising:

forming a layer obtained by coating a composition containing the following polyimide resin and a solvent on a glass substrate, and subjecting the layer to a first heat treatment of heating in a temperature range of 60° C. or more and lower than 250° C. and a second heat treatment of heating in a temperature range of 250° C. to 500° C. in this order, thereby producing a flexible substrate which comprises the glass substrate and a layer of the polyimide resin formed on the glass substrate:

the polyamide resin: a polyimide resin which is formed of a repeating unit that is represented by the following Formula (1) and includes residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids and residues (A) of diamines and in which 50% by mole or greater of a total number of the residues (X) of tetracarboxylic acids is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following Formulae (X1) to (X4) and 50% by mole or greater of a total number of the residues (A) of diamines is formed of at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following Formulae (A1) to (A7):

in Formula (1), X represents a tetracarboxylic acid residue obtained by removing a carboxy group from tetracarboxylic acids and A represents a diamine residue obtained by removing an amino group from diamines;

12 . A method for producing an electronic device, comprising:

a member forming step of forming an electronic device member on a glass substrate surface on which the polyimide resin is not laminated, in the glass laminate according to claim 5 , thereby obtaining an electronic device member-attached laminate; and

a separation step of removing the support glass from the electronic device member-attached laminate, thereby obtaining an electronic device which includes the flexible substrate and the electronic device member.