IP Library Granted Patent US 10,823,883
Granted Patent B2
US 10,823,883 · App. 16/091,640 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Antireflection film

Inventors: Jin Seok Byun (Daejeon, KR); Jae Young Kim (Daejeon, KR); Yeong Rae Chang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
G02B1/14C03C17/3618G01J4/02G01N21/21G01N21/211G01N23/20G01N23/207G02B1/04G02B1/11G02B1/113G02B1/116G02B5/0242G02B5/0247C03C2217/734G02F1/133502Y10S977/773
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Patent No.
US 10,823,883
App. No.
16/091,640
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an antireflection film being capable of realizing high scratch resistance and antifouling property while simultaneously having low reflectivity and high light transmittance, and further being capable of enhancing screen sharpness of a display device.

Claims (35)

1. An antireflection film comprising:

a hard coating layer or an antiglare layer; and

a low refractive index layer formed on one side of the hard coating layer or the antiglare layer and including a binder resin, and hollow silica nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, and inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in the binder resin,

wherein a first region containing the hollow silica nanoparticles, a second region containing the metal oxide nanoparticles, and a third region containing the inorganic nanoparticles are present in the low reflective index layer,

and wherein the low refractive index layer has at least one diffraction peak in a range in which a value of 2θ, twice the angle of incidence of an incident X-ray, is from 50° to 60° in a grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GID) spectrum.

2. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the low refractive index layer has a diffraction peak in a range in which a value of 20, twice the angle of incidence of an incident X-ray, is from 52° to 57° in a grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GID) spectrum.

3. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GID) spectrum is shown as a graph in which a horizontal axis is a value of 2θ, twice the angle of incidence of an incident X-ray, and a vertical axis is a diffraction intensity.

4. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the first region, the second region, and the third region satisfy the following General Formula 2:

Refractive Index (n1) of First Region<Refractive Index (n3) of Third Region<Refractive Index (n2) of Second Region  [General Formula 2]

wherein n1, n2, and n3 are refractive indexes obtained by carrying out an ellipsometry measurement at an incident angle of 70° over a wavelength range of 380 nm to 1000 nm.

5. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the first region includes 70% by volume or more of the entire hollow silica nanoparticles, the second region includes 70% by volume or more of the entire metal oxide nanoparticles, and the third region includes 70% by volume or more of the entire inorganic nanoparticles.

6. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein in the low refractive index layer, the third region is located closer to an interface between the hard coating layer or the antiglare layer and the low refractive index layer, compared to the second region, and the second region is located closer to an interface between the hard coating layer or the antiglare layer and the low refractive layer, compared to the first region.

7. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the first region, the second region, and the third region in the low refractive index layer are present in a continuous phase by one binder resin.

8. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the low refractive index layer is obtained by coating with a resin composition comprising a binder resin, a hollow silica nanoparticle, a metal oxide nanoparticle, and an inorganic nanoparticle.

9. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the average diameter of the hollow silica nanoparticle, the metal oxide nanoparticle, and the inorganic nanoparticle satisfies the following General Formula 3:

Average Diameter of Inorganic Nanoparticles<Average Diameter of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles<Average Diameter of Hollow Silica Nanoparticles.  [General Formula 3]

10. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the ratio of the average diameter of the inorganic nanoparticles to the average diameter of the hollow silica nanoparticles is 0.01 to 0.5.

11. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the refractive index of the first region is less than 1.4, the refractive index of the second region is more than 1.55, and the refractive index of the third region is more than 1.4 and less than 1.55.

12. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the antireflection film exhibits an average reflectivity of 0.3% or less in a visible light wavelength band of 380 nm to 780 nm.

13. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the binder resin contained in the low refractive index layer includes a (co)polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a fluorine-containing compounds containing a photoreactive functional group, and the fluorine-containing compound containing the photoreactive functional group has a weight average molecular weight of 2000 to 200,000.

14. The antireflection film of claim 1 , wherein

the hard coating layer or the antiglare further includes a binder resin including a photocurable resin, and an antistatic agent dispersed in the binder resin.

15. The antireflection film of claim 14 , wherein

the hard coating layer or the antiglare further includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilane-based oligomer and a metal alkoxide-based oligomer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2025
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: XINMEI FONTANA HOLDING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070608/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2025
From: LG CHEM, LTD
To: XINMEI FONTANA HOLDING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070609/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2018
From: BYUN, JIN SEOK; KIM, JAE YOUNG; CHANG, YEONG RAE
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047199/0969 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2016-0124106 · Sep 27, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0136734 · Oct 20, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0009886 · Jan 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190154883A1 · May 23, 2019