IP Library Granted Patent US 11,262,481
Granted Patent B2
US 11,262,481 · App. 16/815,227 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Anti-reflective film

Inventors: Jin Seok Byun (Daejeon, KR); Jeong Kyu Lee (Daejeon, KR); Boo Kyung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Seok Hoon Jang (Daejeon, KR); Yeong Rae Chang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
G02B1/11B05D3/0254B05D3/067B32B7/02B32B7/023B32B27/08B32B27/18C08C19/40C08J7/042C08L27/12C08L33/10C08L83/04C09D4/00C09D4/06C09D5/00C09D5/004C09D5/006C09D7/67C09D135/02G01N23/207G02B1/113G02B1/115G02B1/12G02B1/14G02B5/18B05D1/28B32B2264/102B32B2264/12C08J2301/02C08J2435/02C08K3/01C08K3/36C08K7/18C08K7/26C08K2201/011C08L2203/16C09D7/61
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Patent No.
US 11,262,481
App. No.
16/815,227
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film exhibiting one or more peaks (q max ) at a scattering vector of 0.0758 to 0.1256 nm −1 , in a graph showing a log value of scattering intensity to a scattering vector defined in small-angle X-ray scattering.

Claims (67)

1. An anti-reflective film exhibiting one or more peaks (q max ) at a scattering vector of 0.0758 nm −1 or more, in a graph showing a log value of scattering intensity to a scattering vector defined in small-angle X-ray scattering,

wherein the small-angle X-ray scattering is measured by irradiating X-rays of a wavelength of 0.63 to 1.54 Å to an anti-reflective film with a size of 1 cm*1 cm (width*length) at a distance of 4 m;

wherein the scattering vector is defined as in the following Equation 1:

q =4π sin θ/λ  [Equation 1]

wherein, in Equation 1, q is a scattering vector, θ is a ½ value of a scattering angle, and λ is a wavelength of irradiated X-rays,

wherein the anti-reflective film comprises a hard coating layer and a low refractive index layer disposed on the hard coating layer, the low refractive index layer comprising a binder resin, and hollow inorganic nanoparticles and solid inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in the binder resin,

wherein the low refractive index layer comprises a first layer comprising 70 vol % or more of the total volume of the solid inorganic nanoparticles and a second layer comprising 70 vol % or more of the total volume of the hollow inorganic nanoparticles,

wherein the anti-reflective film comprising an interface between the hard coating layer and the low refractive index layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are sequentially laminated from the interface, wherein the second layer is in contact with the first layer,

wherein the interface between the first layer and the second layer comprises the solid inorganic nanoparticles and the hollow inorganic nanoparticles,

wherein the second layer has polarization ellipticity measured by ellipsometry using a Cauchy model represented by the following General Formula 1 in which A is 1.0 to 1.50, B is 0 to 0.007, and C is 0 to 1*10 −3 :

n

(

λ

)

=

A

+

B

λ

2

+

C

λ

4

[

General

Formula

1

]

in the General Formula 1, n(λ) is a refractive index at a wavelength λ, λ is in a range of 300 nm to 1800 nm, and A, B, and C are Cauchy parameters.

2. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the anti-reflective film exhibits mean reflectance of 1.5% or less in a visible light wavelength region of 380 to 780 nm.

3. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the solid inorganic nanoparticles have a density of 2.00 g/cm to 4.00 g/cm, and the hollow inorganic nanoparticles have a density of 1.50 g/cm to 3.50 g/cm.

4. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer has polarization ellipticity measured by ellipsometry using a Cauchy model of the General Formula 1 in which A is 1.0 to 1.65, B is 0.0010 to 0.0350, and C is 0 to 1*10 −3 .

5. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer has a refractive index of 1.420 to 1.600 at 550 nm, and the second layer has a refractive index of 1.200 to 1.410 at 550 nm.

6. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer has a thickness of 1 nm to 50 nm, and the second layer has a thickness of 5 nm to 300 nm.

7. The anti-reflective film according to claim 6 ,

wherein the solid inorganic nanoparticles have a diameter of 0.5 to 100 nm, and the hollow inorganic nanoparticles have a diameter of 1 to 200 nm.

8. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the solid inorganic nanoparticles have a density at least 0.50 g/cm greater than density of the hollow inorganic nanoparticles.

9. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the solid inorganic nanoparticles and the hollow inorganic nanoparticles respectively contain one or more reactive functional groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate group, an epoxide group, a vinyl group, and a thiol group on the surface thereof.

10. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the binder resin included in the low refractive index layer comprises a (co)polymer of photopolymerizable compounds and a cross-linked (co)polymer of fluorine-containing compounds comprising photoreactive functional groups.

11. The anti-reflective film according to claim 10 ,

wherein the low refractive index layer comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the (co)polymer of photopolymerizable compounds, 10 to 400 parts by weight of the hollow inorganic nanoparticles and 10 to 400 parts by weight of the solid inorganic nanoparticles.

12. The anti-reflective film according to claim 10 ,

wherein the fluorine-containing compounds comprising photoreactive functional groups respectively have a weight average molecular weight of 2000 to 200,000.

13. The anti-reflective film according to claim 10 ,

wherein the binder resin comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the (co)polymer of photopolymerizable compounds, 20 to 300 parts by weight of the fluorine-containing compounds comprising photoreactive functional groups.

14. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hard coating layer comprises a binder resin comprising a photocurable resin, and organic or inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin.

15. The anti-reflective film according to claim 14 ,

wherein the organic fine particles have a particle diameter of 1 to 10 μm, and

the inorganic particles have a particle diameter of 1 to 500 nm.

16. The anti-reflective film according to claim 1 ,

exhibiting one or more peaks (q max ) at a scattering vector of 0.0758 to 0.1256 nm −1 , in a graph showing a log value of scattering intensity to a scattering vector defined in small-angle X-ray scattering.

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 Feb 16, 2025
From: BYUN, JIN SEOK; LEE, JEONG KYU; KIM, BOO KYUNG; JANG, SEOK HOON; CHANG, YEONG RAE
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 070227/0374 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2016-0028468 · Mar 9, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0029336 · Mar 11, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0030395 · Mar 14, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0029959 · Mar 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15750330
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