IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,860,338
Granted Patent B2
US 11,860,338 · App. 17/670,921 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Optical film

Inventors: Akira Maruyama (Kanagawa, JP); Keisuke Kodama (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuro Otsuka (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Hagio (Kanagawa, JP); Yuta Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Shinpei Yoshida (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Yanokuchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G02B1/11C09K19/04G02F1/13706G02F1/13712G02F1/133711H01J49/40C09K2019/0448G02F2202/022
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Patent No.
US 11,860,338
App. No.
17/670,921
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical film with a resin substrate adhered to an optically anisotropic layer and suppression of occurrence of optical defects in the optically anisotropic layer. The optical film has a resin substrate having an alignment regulating force and an optically anisotropic layer arranged thereon, in which the optically anisotropic layer contains a liquid crystal compound and a compound having a heteroatom different from the liquid crystal compound, and in a case where a surface of the optical film on an optically anisotropic layer side thereof is a first surface and a surface of the optical film on a resin substrate side thereof is a second surface, and components of the optical film in a depth direction are analyzed by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry while irradiating the optical film with an ion beam from the first surface toward the second surface, the obtained profile satisfies a predetermined requirement.

Claims (53)

1. An optical film comprising:

a resin substrate having an alignment regulating force; and

an optically anisotropic layer arranged on the resin substrate,

wherein the optically anisotropic layer contains a liquid crystal compound and a compound having a heteroatom different from the liquid crystal compound, and

in a case where a surface of the optical film on an optically anisotropic layer side thereof is defined as a first surface and a surface of the optical film on a resin substrate side thereof is defined as a second surface, and components of the optical film in a depth direction are analyzed by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry while irradiating the optical film with an ion beam from the first surface toward the second surface, the optical film satisfies both the following Requirement 1 and Requirement 2,

Requirement 1: the optical film exhibits a maximum value Imax of a secondary ionic intensity derived from the compound having a heteroatom at any depth position between an A position and a B position, in a case where a depth position located closest to the second surface showing a secondary ion intensity, which is 80% of a maximum intensity of a secondary ion intensity derived from the liquid crystal compound, is defined as the A position, and a depth position located closest to the first surface showing a secondary ion intensity, which is 80% of a maximum intensity of a secondary ion intensity derived from a resin constituting the resin substrate, is defined as the B position, and

Requirement 2: a distance between a C position and a D position is 100 nm or less, in a case where a depth position which shows a maximum value Imax of a secondary ion intensity derived from the compound having a heteroatom is defined as a peak position, a depth position which shows a secondary ion intensity that is half of the maximum value Imax, is closer to the first surface side than the peak position, and is closest to the peak position is defined as the C position, and a depth position which shows a secondary ion intensity that is half of the maximum value Imax, is closer to the second surface side than the peak position, and is closest to the peak position is defined as the D position.

2. The optical film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the compound having a heteroatom has at least one selected from the group consisting of a urethane group, an ester group, an amide group, and a boronic acid group.

3. The optical film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the optically anisotropic layer is

a layer formed of a composition containing a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group and

a polymerizable compound having a heteroatom and having a polymerizable group, which is different from the liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group.

4. The optical film according to claim 3 ,

wherein the polymerizable compound having a heteroatom and having a polymerizable group is a polymer that contains a repeating unit having a polymerizable group and has a heteroatom.

5. The optical film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the maximum value Imax and an average value Iave satisfy a relationship of Expression (A) in a case where an average intensity of a secondary ion intensity derived from the compound having a heteroatom from the first surface to the A position is defined as the average value Iave

1.3 ≤I max/ I ave.  Expression (A)

6. The optical film according to claim 5 ,

wherein the Imax/Iave is 50 or more.

7. The optical film according to claim 1 ,

wherein a distance between the C position and the D position is 50 nm or less.

8. The optical film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin substrate contains cellulose acylate.

9. The optical film according to claim 2 ,

wherein the optically anisotropic layer is

a layer formed of a composition containing a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group and

a polymerizable compound having a heteroatom and having a polymerizable group, which is different from the liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group.

10. The optical film according to claim 9 ,

wherein the polymerizable compound having a heteroatom and having a polymerizable group is a polymer that contains a repeating unit having a polymerizable group and has a heteroatom.

11. The optical film according to claim 2 ,

wherein the maximum value Imax and an average value Iave satisfy a relationship of Expression (A) in a case where an average intensity of a secondary ion intensity derived from the compound having a heteroatom from the first surface to the A position is defined as the average value Iave

1.3 ≤I max/ I ave.  Expression (A)

12. The optical film according to claim 11 ,

wherein the Imax/Iave is 50 or more.

13. The optical film according to claim 2 ,

wherein a distance between the C position and the D position is 50 nm or less.

14. The optical film according to claim 2 ,

wherein the resin substrate contains cellulose acylate.

15. The optical film according to claim 3 ,

wherein the maximum value Imax and an average value Iave satisfy a relationship of Expression (A) in a case where an average intensity of a secondary ion intensity derived from the compound having a heteroatom from the first surface to the A position is defined as the average value Iave

1.3 ≤I max/ I ave.  Expression (A)

16. The optical film according to claim 15 ,

wherein the Imax/Iave is 50 or more.

17. The optical film according to claim 3 ,

wherein a distance between the C position and the D position is 50 nm or less.

18. The optical film according to claim 3 ,

wherein the resin substrate contains cellulose acylate.

19. The optical film according to claim 4 ,

wherein the maximum value Imax and an average value Iave satisfy a relationship of Expression (A) in a case where an average intensity of a secondary ion intensity derived from the compound having a heteroatom from the first surface to the A position is defined as the average value Iave

1.3 ≤I max/ I ave.  Expression (A)

20. The optical film according to claim 19 ,

wherein the Imax/Iave is 50 or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: MARUYAMA, AKIRA; KODAMA, KEISUKE; OTSUKA, TETSURO; HAGIO, HIROYUKI; TAKAHASHI, YUTA; YOSHIDA, SHINPEI; YANOKUCHI, SATOSHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (6)
JP 2019-149419 · Aug 16, 2019 · national
JP 2019-175987 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-177831 · Sep 27, 2019 · national
JP 2020-095459 · Jun 1, 2020 · national
JP 2020-107171 · Jun 22, 2020 · national
JP 2020-132353 · Aug 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020030863 · Aug 14, 2020
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