Display apparatus including light control member and manufacturing method of light control member

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel; and

a light control member disposed on the display panel, wherein

the light control member comprises:

a plurality of partition walls spaced apart from each other; and

a plurality of light control units each disposed between any two of the plurality of partition walls, and

at least one of the plurality of light control units comprises:

a first region including organic monomers and an inorganic material; and

a second region disposed the first region and including the inorganic material dispersed in an organic polymer.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material comprises scattering particles and light emitters.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the inorganic material in the first region is greater than a concentration of the inorganic material in the second region.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a concentration of the inorganic material in the second region to a concentration of the inorganic material in the first region is in a range of about 1:1.5 to about 1:20.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the first region in a vertical direction to a thickness of the second region in the vertical direction is in a range of about 1:1 to about 1:200.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein

the thickness of the first region is in a range of about 0.1 μm to about 5 μm, and

the thickness of the second region is in a range of about 5 μm to about 20 μm.

7. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein with respect to a total volume of the first region,

a volume of the organic monomers of the first region is in a range of about 0.01% to about 10%, and

a volume of the light emitters of the first region is in a range of about 10% to about 99.9%.

8. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein with respect to a total volume of the second region,

a volume of the organic polymer of the second region is in a range of about 10% to about 90%, and

a volume of the light emitters of the second region is in a range of about 5% to about 50%.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the organic polymer of the second region is a photocured polymer of the organic monomers.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the display panel comprises a light emitting element generating first light,

the light control member comprises:

a transmission unit transmitting the first light;

a first light control unit converting the first light into second light; and

a second light control unit converting the first light into third light, and

the first light control unit and the second light control unit comprises the first region and the second region.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein

the inorganic material of the first light control unit comprises a first light emitter converting the first light into the second light, and

the inorganic material of the second light control unit comprises a second light emitter converting the first light into the third light.

12. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the transmission unit comprises scatterers dispersed in the organic polymer.

13. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel generating first light; and

a light control layer disposed on the display panel, wherein

the light control layer comprises:

a transmission unit transmitting the first light;

a first light control unit converting the first light into second light; and

a second light control unit converting the first light into third light, and

at least one of the first light control unit and the second light control unit comprises:

a first region including organic monomers and an inorganic material; and

a second region disposer on the first region and including the inorganic material dispersed in an organic polymer.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a light emitting element generating the first light;

an encapsulation member disposed on the light emitting element; and

a capping layer disposed on the encapsulation member and the light control layer.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a color filter layer disposed on the light control unit, the color filter layer comprising:

a first color filter unit overlapping the transmission unit and transmitting the first light;

a second color filter unit overlapping the first light control unit, blocking the first light, and transmitting the second light; and

a third color filter unit overlapping the second light control unit, blocking the first light, and transmitting the third light.

16. A manufacturing method of a light control member, comprising:

forming a color filter layer; and

forming a light control layer including a plurality of light control units on the color filter layer, wherein

the forming of the light control layer comprises:

providing a first ink on the color filter layer to form a first ink layer;

providing heat to the first ink layer to form a first region;

providing the first ink on the first region to form a second ink layer; and

curing the second ink layer to form a second region, and

the first ink comprises organic monomers, light emitters, and a photoinitiator.

17. The manufacturing method of claim 16 , wherein the providing of the heat to the first ink layer to form the first region comprises providing the heat in a range of about 150° C. to about 200° C. onto the first ink layer to form the first region having a smaller thickness than a thickness of the first ink layer.

18. The manufacturing method of claim 16 , wherein the forming of the color filter layer comprises forming a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter to be disposed adjacent to each other on a plane.

19. The manufacturing method of claim 18 , further comprising, before the providing of the first ink on the color filter layer to form the first ink layer, disposing a plurality of partition walls so that openings are generated in regions overlapping the first color filter, the second color filter, and the third color filter,

wherein the first ink is provided to at least one of openings overlapping the second color filter and the third color filter.

20. The manufacturing method of claim 16 , wherein the providing of the first ink to form the first ink layer and the providing of heat to the first ink layer to form the first region are repeatedly performed at least two times.