Polyamide-imide film, preparation method thereof, and cover window comprising same
Embodiments relate to a polyamide-imide film that maintains its mechanical properties at least at a certain level under the conditions of high temperatures and low temperatures and is excellent in transparency and folding characteristics, a process for preparing the same, and a cover window comprising the same. The polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer and has an MO R value defined in Equation 1a of 75% or more.
1. A polyamide-imide film, which comprises a polyamide-imide polymer and has an MO R value defined in the following Equation 1a of 75% or more:
MO R (%)=( MO 2a /MO 1a )×100 [Equation 1a]
wherein MO 1a refers to the modulus of the film at room temperature, and MO 2a refers to the modulus of the film at 60° C.,
wherein the polyamide-imide polymer comprises an imide repeat unit and an amide repeat unit, and the molar ratio of the imide repeat unit to the amide repeat unit is 3:97 to 15:85,
wherein the imide repeat unit is derived from the polymerization of a diamine compound and a dianhydride compound, and
wherein the dianhydride compound comprises 2,2′-bis-(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA), and the diamine compound comprises 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl (TFMB).
2. The polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which has a TS R value defined in the following Equation 2a of 80% or more:
TS R (%)=( TS 2a /TS 1a )×100 [Equation 2a]
wherein TS 1a refers to the tensile strength of the film at room temperature, and TS 2a refers to the tensile strength of the film at 60° C.
3. The polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which has an EL R value defined in the following Equation 3a of 80% or more:
EL R (%)=( EL 2a /EL 1a )×100 [Equation 3a]
wherein EL 1a refers to the elongation at break of the film at room temperature, and EL 2a refers to the elongation at break of the film at 60° C.
4. The polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which has a modulus (MO 1a ) of 6 GPa or more when measured at room temperature, a tensile strength (TS 1a ) of 25 kgf/mm 2 or more when measured at room temperature, and an elongation at break (EL 1a ) of 18% or more when measured at room temperature.
5. The polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which has a modulus (MO 2a ) of 5 GPa or more when measured at 60° C., a tensile strength (TS 2a ) of 20 kgf/mm 2 or more when measured at 60° C., and an elongation at break (EL 2a ) of 15% or more when measured at 60° C.
6. The polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which has a modulus (MO 1b ) at room temperature of 5 GPa or more and a dMO value defined in the following Equation 1b of 1% to 8%:
dMO
(
%
)
=
MO
2
b
-
MO
1
b
MO
1
b
×
100
[
Equation
1
b
]
in Equation 1b, MO 1b refers to the modulus of the film at room temperature, and MO 2b refers to the modulus of the film measured at −20° C.
7. The polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which further comprises a metal salt, wherein the content of the metal salt is 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the solids content of the polyamide-imide polymer.
8. A cover window for a display device, which comprises a polyamide-imide film and a functional layer, wherein the polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer and has an MO R value defined in the following Equation 1a of 75% or more:
MO R (%)=( MO 2a /MO 1a )×100 [Equation 1a]
wherein MO 1a refers to the modulus of the film at room temperature, and MO 2a refers to the modulus of the film at 60° C.,
wherein the polyamide-imide polymer comprises an imide repeat unit and an amide repeat unit, and the molar ratio of the imide repeat unit to the amide repeat unit is 3:97 to 15:85,
wherein the imide repeat unit is derived from the polymerization of a diamine compound and a dianhydride compound, and
wherein the dianhydride compound comprises 2,2′-bis-(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA), and the diamine compound comprises 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl (TFMB).
9. A process for preparing the polyamide-imide film of claim 1 , which comprises:
polymerizing a diamine compound, a dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound in an organic solvent to prepare a polyamide-imide polymer solution;
charging the polymer solution into a tank;
extruding and casting the polymer solution in the tank and then drying it to prepare a gel sheet; and
thermally treating the gel sheet,
wherein the thermal treatment step of the gel sheet comprises two or more treatment steps with hot air.
10. The process of claim 9 for preparing the polyamide-imide film, which comprises fixing the ends of the gel sheet after the step of preparing the gel sheet.