IP Library Granted Patent US 8,217,117
Granted Patent B2
US 8,217,117 · App. 12/679,232 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Optical film

Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,217,117
App. No.
12/679,232
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical film having at least one layer formed of a polyolefin based resin composition containing 8 to 30 wt % of a component (A) defined below and 92 to 70 wt % of a component (B) defined below, with the proviso that the total of the component (A) and the component (B) is 100 wt %: component (A): an olefin based polymer with which neither a crystal fusion peak having a crystal fusion heat of 30 J/g or more nor a crystallization peak having a crystallization heat of 30 J/g or more to be observed in the range of −50 to 200° C. is observed in a differential scanning calorimetry measurement according to JIS K 7122; and component (B): a propylene based polymer with which a crystal fusion peak having a crystal fusion heat larger than 30 J/g or a crystallization peak having a crystallization heat larger than 30 J/g to be observed in the range of −50 to 200° C. is observed in a differential scanning calorimetry measurement according to JIS K 7122.

Claims (12)

1. An optical film comprising at least one layer formed of a polyolefin based resin composition containing 8 to 30 wt % of a component (A) defined below and 92 to 70 wt % of a component (B) defined below, with the proviso that a total of the component (A) and the component (B) is 100 wt %:

component (A): an olefin based polymer with which neither a crystal fusion peak having a crystal fusion heat of 30 J/g or more nor a crystallization peak having a crystallization heat of 30 J/g or more to be observed in the range of −50 to 200° C. is observed in a differential scanning calorimetry measurement according to JIS K 7122; and

component (B): a propylene based polymer with which a crystal fusion peak having a crystal fusion heat larger than 30 J/g or a crystallization peak having a crystallization heat larger than 30 J/g to be observed in the range of −50 to 200° C. is observed in a differential scanning calorimetry measurement according to JIS K 7122.

2. The optical film according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A) is a polymer satisfying the following formula (1):

0 ≦[x /( x+y )]<0.6  (1)

(in the above formula (1), x represents a content (% by mole) of a monomer unit derived from ethylene in the component (A), and y represents a content (% by mole) of a monomer unit derived from an α-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms in the component (A), with the proviso that a total amount of the component (A) is 100% by mole).

3. The optical film according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A) is an olefin based polymer with which neither a crystal fusion peak having a crystal fusion heat of 1 J/g or more nor a crystallization peak having a crystallization heat of 1 J/g or more to be observed in the range of −50 to 200° C. is observed in a differential scanning calorimetry measurement according to JIS K 7122.

4. The optical film according to claim 1 , wherein the component (B) is a propylene based polymer having a melting point of 145° C. or less.

5. The optical film according to claim 1 , which has been stretched at least uniaxially.

6. The optical film according to claim 1 which is a retardation film.

7. The optical film according to claim 1 which has a present ratio C of a crystal oriented in a film-width direction being 0.75 or more and 0.85 or less and a degree of orientation D of the crystal oriented in the film-width direction being 80% or more and 95% or less, which are determined from a diffraction peak observed in a region near 2θ=16 to 16.5° in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction image.

8. The optical film according to claim 1 which has a present ratio C of a crystal oriented in a film-width direction being 0.90 or more and 1.00 or less and a degree of orientation D of the crystal oriented in the film-width direction being 60% or more and 85% or less, which are determined from a diffraction peak observed in a region near 2θ=16 to 16.5° in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2010
From: HINO, KYOKO; TAKAHATA, HIROAKI; YADA, AYAKO
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024395/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2007-245037 · Sep 21, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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