IP Library Granted Patent US 9,513,409
Granted Patent B2
US 9,513,409 · App. 13/992,581 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Fine-structure layered product, preparation method of the fine-structure layered product and manufacturing method of a fine-structure product

Inventors: Jun Koike (Tokyo, JP); Ryuichi Ito (Tokyo, JP); Fujito Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B1/105C23C18/122C23C18/1216C23C18/1233C23C18/1245H01L31/02366Y02E10/50Y10T428/24537
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Patent No.
US 9,513,409
App. No.
13/992,581
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a fine-structure layered product, and a preparation method of a fine-structure layered product using the fine-structure layered product for enabling a fine concavo-convex structure excellent in environmental resistance, weather resistance and long-term stability to be formed with a large area and high productivity, and provide a manufacturing method of a fine-structure product for enabling a large area to be made with high productivity, a fine-structure layered product of the invention is provided with a substrate, a resin layer that is formed on one main surface of the substrate and that has a fine concavo-convex structure on its surface, and an inorganic layer that is provided on the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer and that contains a sol-gel material having a fine concavo-convex structure in a shape associated with the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer, where a fluorine element concentration (Es) in a region on the inorganic layer side of the resin layer is higher than an average fluorine concentration (Eb) in the resin layer.

Claims (36)

1. A fine-structure layered product comprising:

a substrate;

a resin layer that is formed on one main surface of the substrate and that has a fine concavo-convex structure on a surface thereof; and

an inorganic layer that is provided on the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer, that contains a sol-gel material and that has a fine concavo-convex structure in a shape associated with the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer,

wherein a fluorine element concentration (Es) in a region on the inorganic layer side of the resin layer is higher than an average fluorine concentration (Eb) in the resin layer.

2. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic layer contains a hardened material of a sol-gel material.

3. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic layer contains a semi-hardened sol-gel material.

4. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic layer contains a hardened material of a sol-gel material and an unhardened sol-gel material.

5. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 2 , wherein the inorganic layer contains functional fine particles.

6. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 4 , wherein the unhardened so-gel material contains a partially hardened material of a sol-gel material.

7. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic layer contains a mixture of inorganic fine particles, binder polymer and a sol-gel material.

8. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 7 , wherein the binder polymer is a hardened material of a photo-curable mixture.

9. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 7 , wherein as the sol-gel material, a partially hardened material of a sol-gel material is included.

10. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio between the fluorine element concentration (Es) in the region on the inorganic layer side of the resin layer and the average fluorine concentration (Eb) in the resin layer meets following equation (1)

1<Es/Eb≦30,000  Eq. (1).

11. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio between the fluorine element concentration (Es) in the region on the inorganic layer side of the resin layer and the average fluorine concentration (Eb) in the resin layer meets following equation (2)

20≦Es/Eb≦240  Eq. (2).

12. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the resin layer contains a hardened material of a photo-curable mixture formed by UV nanoimprint.

13. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the resin layer contains (meth)acrylate, fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate and a photoinitiator.

14. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 13 , wherein the fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate is expressed by following general formula (1)

wherein R1 represents following chemical formula (2) and R2 represents following general formula (3):

wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 6;

wherein R3 is H or CH 3 .

15. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 13 , wherein the resin layer contains 0.01 part by weight to 50 parts by weight of the fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate and 0.01 part by weight to 10 parts by weight of the photoinitiator relative to 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylate.

16. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic layer contains at least one kind of metal alkoxide, a hardened material of metal alkoxide, and a semi-hardened material of metal alkoxide.

17. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the fine concavo-convex structure is in the shape of pillars including a plurality of convex portions in the shape of a cone, the shape of a pyramid or the shape of an elliptic cone, or in the shape of holes including a plurality of concave portions in the shape of a cone, the shape of a pyramid or the shape of an elliptic cone,

a distance between convex portions ranges from 1 nm to 2,000 nm, and

a height of the convex portion ranges from 1 nm to 5,000 nm.

18. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein the product is in the shape of a reel.

19. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a resin film on a surface on the side opposite to a surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the inorganic layer.

20. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an inorganic substrate on a surface on the side opposite to a surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the inorganic layer.

21. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein two long films or more having a thickness thicker than a thickness of the inorganic layer are spaced and disposed on a main surface on the side opposite to the one main surface of the substrate so that longitudinal directions of the films are substantially parallel with one another.

22. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein two long films or more having a thickness thicker than a thickness of the inorganic layer are spaced and disposed on the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer so that longitudinal directions of the films are substantially parallel with one another.

23. The fine-structure layered product according to claim 1 , wherein two long films or more having a thickness thicker than a thickness of the inorganic layer are spaced and disposed on a surface of the inorganic layer so that longitudinal directions of the films are substantially parallel with one another.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2016
From: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040139/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2013
From: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031475/0691 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2013
From: KOIKE, JUN; ITO, RYUICHI; YAMAGUCHI, FUJITO
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 031093/0410 →
Priority Claims (5)
JP 2010-274605 · Dec 9, 2010 · national
JP 2010-274606 · Dec 9, 2010 · national
JP 2010-274935 · Dec 9, 2010 · national
JP 2010-282061 · Dec 17, 2010 · national
JP 2011-004869 · Jan 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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