IP Library Patent Application 18266978
Patent Application
App. No. 18/266,978

METHOD FOR MEASURING ORIENTATION OF SILVER NANOWIRE, POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILM

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18/266,978
Abstract

The present method for evaluating an orientation of silver nanowires is a method for measuring an orientation of silver nanowires included in a polyvinyl alcohol film, the method including measuring, using linearly polarized near-infrared light, a first transmittance T1 for polarized light perpendicular to an orientation direction of silver nanowires and a second transmittance T0 for polarized light parallel to the orientation direction of the silver nanowires in a polyvinyl alcohol film including the silver nanowires, and determining an orientation to be high in a case where a ratio (T1/T0) of the first transmittance T1 to the second transmittance T0 is greater than 1, and determining the orientation to be low in a case where the ratio is close to 1.

Claims (15)

1 . A method for measuring an orientation of silver nanowires included in a polyvinyl alcohol film, the method comprising:

a transmittance measuring step measuring, using linearly polarized near-infrared light, a first transmittance T1 for polarized light perpendicular to an orientation direction of silver nanowires and a second transmittance T0 for polarized light parallel to the orientation direction of the silver nanowires in a polyvinyl alcohol film including the silver nanowires; and

a determining step determining an orientation to be high in a case where a ratio (T1/T0) of the first transmittance T1 to the second transmittance T0 is greater than 1, and determining the orientation to be low in a case where the ratio is close to 1.

2 . A polyvinyl alcohol film comprising silver nanowires,

wherein the silver nanowires have the ratio (T1/T0) of 4 or greater, as measured by the method according to claim 1 .

3 . A method for processing a polyvinyl alcohol film including silver nanowires to increase an orientation of the silver nanowires, the method comprising:

a stretching step stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film in an orientation direction of the silver nanowires, a measuring step measuring the ratio (T1/T0) in the polyvinyl alcohol film after the stretching step by the method according to claim 1 , and

a controlling step controlling a speed of the stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film based on the ratio (T1/T0),

wherein a speed of stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film is increased in a case where the ratio (T1/T0) is greater than a preset threshold, and the speed of stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film is decreased in a case where the ratio (T1/T0) is less than the preset threshold in the controlling step.

4 . The method for processing a polyvinyl alcohol film according to claim 3 ,

wherein the threshold is a numerical value of 4 or greater.

5 . The method for processing a polyvinyl alcohol film according to claim 3 ,

wherein the speed of stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film is 5% or greater per second with respect to a length in a stretching direction of the polyvinyl alcohol film before the stretching.

6 . A method for producing a polyvinyl alcohol film, comprising:

one or a plurality of steps of processing a polyvinyl alcohol film by the method for processing a polyvinyl alcohol film according to claim 3 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: MIYAMURA, YASUNAO; KADOWAKI, YASUSHI; YAMATAKE, KUNIAKI; HARA, MASANAO; YAMAKI, SHIGERU; OHATA, HIDEKI
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063936/0107 →