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Granted Patent B2
US 12,404,371 · App. 17/053,260 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Poly(amide-imide) copolymer, composition and polymer film comprising thereof

Inventors: Tae Seob Lee (Daejeon, KR); Yoon Bin Lim (Daejeon, KR); Jae Gu Lim (Daejeon, KR); Seung Joon Lim (Daejeon, KR); Se Jeong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Woo Han Kim (Daejeon, KR); Gieun Park (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
C08G73/14C08F290/145C08G73/1039C08G73/1042C08G73/12C08G73/123C08G73/126C08J5/18C08L2203/16
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Patent No.
US 12,404,371
App. No.
17/053,260
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a poly(amide-imide) copolymer in which each of at least one of imide repeating units and at least one of amide repeating units is substituted with a functional group including Chemical Formula 1, wherein, R 1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and L is a single bond or an alkylene having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a composition and a polymer film comprising the same.

Claims (39)

1. A polymer film comprising a cured product of a poly(amide-imide) copolymer comprising imide repeating units and amide repeating units,

wherein at least one of the imide repeating units is substituted with a functional group including Chemical Formula 1 and at least one of the amide repeating units is substituted with a functional group including Chemical Formula 1,

wherein the imide and amide repeating units each substituted with a functional group including Chemical Formula 1 are contained in an amount of 5 to 40 parts by mol based on 100 parts by mol of the whole repeating units of the poly(amide-imide) copolymer, and

wherein the polymer film has a yellow index of 1.61 to 1.72 measured according to ASTM D1925 based on a thickness of 50±2 μm, a glass transition temperature of 185° C. to 193° C. measured using a TMA IC600 device, and a modulus of 4.08 GPa to 4.21 GPa measured using DMA 9800 based on a thickness of 50±2 μm:

wherein,

R 1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and

L is a single bond or an alkylene having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

2. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

R 1 is hydrogen or methyl.

3. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

L is an alkylene having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

4. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one of the imide repeating units includes any one selected from the group consisting of a first repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2-1 and a second repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2-2:

wherein, in the Chemical Formulae 2-1 and 2-2,

X 1 is a tetravalent organic group,

R 2 to R 4 are each independently hydrogen; a hydroxy group; an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; or the functional group including the Chemical Formula 1,

Q 1 is a single bond, —O—, —S—, —C(═O)—, —CH(OH)—, —S(═O) 2 —, —Si(CH 3 ) 2 —, —(CH 2 )p- (where 1≤p≤10), —(CF 2 )q- (where 1≤q≤10), —C(CH 3 ) 2 —, —C(CF 3 ) 2 — or —C(═O)NH—, and

a, b, and c are each independently an integer of 1 to 4.

5. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one of the amide repeating units includes any one selected from the group consisting of a third repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3-1 and a fourth repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3-2:

wherein, in the Chemical Formulae 3-1 and 3-2,

X 2 is an arylene group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms,

R 5 and R 6 are each independently hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,

R 7 to R 9 are each independently hydrogen; a hydroxyl group; an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; or the functional group including the Chemical Formula 1,

Q 2 is a single bond, —O—, —S—, —C(═O)—, —CH(OH)—, —S(═O) 2 —, —Si(CH 3 ) 2 —, —(CH 2 )p- (where 1≤p≤10), —(CF 2 )q- (where 1≤q≤10), —C(CH 3 ) 2 —, —C(CF 3 ) 2 — or —C(═O)NH—, and

d, e and f are each independently an integer of 1 to 4.

6. The polymer film of claim 4 , wherein

X 1 is any one group selected from the groups represented by the following structural formulae:

7. The polymer film of claim 5 , wherein

X 2 is any one group selected from the groups represented by the following structural formulae:

8. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

a molar ratio of the imide repeating units and the amide repeating units is 10:90 to 90:10.

9. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

a weight average molecular weight of the poly(amide-imide) copolymer is 5,000 to 300,000 g/mol.

10. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein

the polymer film has a haze measured according to ASTM D1003 is 2% or less.

11. A method for producing the polymer film of claim 1 comprising the steps of: coating a composition comprising the poly(amide-imide) copolymer onto a substrate and curing the coated composition at a temperature of 200° C. or less.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the composition further comprises a photoinitiator.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the composition further comprises a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: LEE, TAE SEOB; LIM, YOON BIN; LIM, JAE GU; LIM, SEUNG JOON; KIM, SE JEONG; KIM, WOO HAN; PARK, GIEUN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0003997 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0002769 · Jan 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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