UV-curable antireflective coating composition, antireflective coating film using the same, and its manufacturing method
An antireflective coating composition includes a photopolymerizable acrylate monomer (C1); a particle-type metal fluoride (C2) with a refractive index of 1.40 or less; a photopolymerization initiator (C3); and at least one liquid dispersion-enhancing chelating agent (C4) selected from the group consisting of Mg(CF 3 COO) 2 , Na(CF 3 COO), K(CF 3 COO), Ca(CF 3 COO) 2 , Mg(CF 2 COCHCOCF 3 ) 2 and Na(CF 2 COCHCOCF 3 ). This composition ensures good mechanical strength, excellent adhesion to a substrate, short curing time by UV curing, prevention of dust attachment, good erasure of stain, good dust removal and good scratch resistance, so it is usefully for making an antireflective coating film of a display.
1. An antireflective coating composition, comprising:
a photopolymerizable acrylate monomer (C1);
a particulate metal fluoride (C2) with a refractive index of 1.40 or less;
a photopolymerization initiator (C3); and
at least one liquid dispersion-enhancing chelating agent (C4) selected from the group consisting of Mg(CF 3 COO) 2 , Na(CF 3 COO), K(CF 3 COO), Ca(CF 3 COO) 2 , Mg(CF 2 COCHCOCF 3 ) 2 and Na(CF 2 COCHCOCF 3 ).
2. The antireflective coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the photopolymerizable acrylate monomer (C1):
10 to 80 parts by weight of the metal fluoride (C2);
0.5 to 30 parts by weight of the photopolymerization initiator (C3); and
1 to 20 parts by weight of the dispersion-enhancing chelating agent (C4).
3. The antireflective coating composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the photopolymerizable acrylate monomer (C1) is at least one selected from the group consisting of urethane acrylate oligomer, epoxy acrylate oligomer, dipentaerythritol hexa-acrylate, dipentaerythritol hydroxyl penta-acrylate, pentaerhthritol tetra-acrylate, pentaerythritol tri-acrylate, tri-methylene propyl tri-acrylate, propoxylated glycerol tri-acrylate, trimethylpropane ethoxy tri-acrylate, and compounds expressed in the following chemical formulas 1 to 5:
where R 1 is —H or —CH 3 , a is an integer from 0 to 4, and b is an integer from 1 to 3,
where c is an integer from 1 to 10,
where d is an integer from 1 to 9,
where e is an integer from 1 to 5,
where f is an integer from 4 to 10.
4. The antireflective coating composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal fluoride (C2) is at least one selected from the group consisting of NaF, LiF, AlF 3 , Na 5 Al 3 F 14 , Na 3 AlF 6 , MgF 2 and YF 3 .
5. The antireflective coating composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal fluoride (C2) has an average particle size of 10 to 100 nm.
6. The antireflective coating composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
0.1 to 30 parts by weight of additive (C5), based on 100 parts by weight of the photopolymerizable acrylate monomer (C1), the additive being at least one selected from the group consisting of a wetting agent and a leveling agent; and
organic solvent (C6) that makes the antireflective coating composition have a solid content of 0.1 to 30 weight %,
wherein the organic solvent (C6) is at least one selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbons, aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones, amides, and ethers.
7. An antireflective coating film, which is manufactured using the antireflective coating composition defined in any one of the claims 1 to 6 .
8. A method for manufacturing an antireflective coating film, comprising:
(S1) coating the antireflective coating composition defined in any one of the claims 1 to 6 on a display substrate to have a dried thickness of 50 to 200 nm;
(S2) drying the coated display substrate, prepared in the step (S1), at 20 to 150° C. for 0.5 to 10 minutes; and
(S3) curing the dried coated display substrate, prepared in the step (S2), for 1 to 30 seconds with a UV (Ultraviolet) irradiation dose of 0.2 to 2 J/cm 2 .