Rapid thickening of aminosilicones to promote emulsion stability and adhesion of UV-curable quantum dot enhancement film emulsions
The present invention provides nanostructure compositions and methods of producing nanostructure compositions. The nanostructure compositions comprise a population of nanostructures, an aminosilicone polymer, an organic resin, and a cation. The present invention also provides nanostructure films comprising a nanostructure layer and methods of making nanostructure films.
1. A nanostructure film layer comprising:
(a) at least one population of nanostructures;
(b) at least one aminosilicone polymer; and
(c) at least one organic resin;
wherein the nanostructure film layer has a mean peel strength of between about 0.35 lbs/in and about 5 lbs/in, and wherein between about 1% and about 100% of the amine groups of the at least one aminosilicone polymer are complexed to cations.
2. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one population of nanostructures comprises two populations of nanostructures.
3. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one population of nanostructures includes a core selected from the group consisting of InP, InZnP, InGaP, CdSe, CdS, CdSSe, CdZnSe, CdZnS, ZnSe, ZnSSe, InAs, InGaAs, or InAsP.
4. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one population of nanostructures comprises between about 0.0001% and about 2% of a total weight of the nanostructure film layer.
5. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one aminosilicone polymer comprises between one and five aminosilicone polymers.
6. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one aminosilicone polymer comprises two aminosilicone polymers.
7. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one aminosilicone polymer comprises between about 0.01% and about 50% of a total weight of the nanostructure film layer.
8. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein between about 1% and about 40% of the amine groups in the at least one aminosilicone polymer are complexed to the cations.
9. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic resin comprises between one and five organic resins.
10. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic resin comprises two organic resins.
11. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic resin is a thermosetting resin or a UV curable resin.
12. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic resin is a UV curable resin.
13. A nanostructure film layer comprising:
(a) at least one population of nanostructures;
(b) at least one aminosilicone polymer; and
(c) at least one organic resin;
wherein the nanostructure film layer has a mean peel strength of between about 0.35 lbs/in and about 5 lbs/in,
wherein between about 1% and about 100% of the amine groups of the at least one aminosilicone polymer are complexed to cations, and
wherein the at least one organic resin is a mercaptofunctional compound.
14. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic resin is an isocyanate, an epoxy, or an unsaturated compound.
15. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic resin comprises between 5% and 50% of a total weight of the nanostructure film layer.
16. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the nanostructure film layer has a mean peel strength of between about 0.5 lbs/in and about 5 lbs/in.
17. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the nanostructure film layer has a mean peel strength of between about 0.75 lbs/in and about 5 lbs/in.
18. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the nanostructure film layer comprises two populations of nanostructures, two aminosilicone polymers, one acid, and two organic resins.
19. The nanostructure film layer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one population of nanostructures comprise quantum dots.
20. The nanostructure film layer of claim 19 , wherein the quantum dots comprise InP and/or CdSe quantum dots.