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US 9,519,081 · App. 14/364,507 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Optical laminate film, infrared shielding film and infrared shielding body

Inventors: Yukako Taka (Tokyo, JP); Takahiko Nojima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
G02B1/10C09D5/004G02B1/11G02B1/113G02B5/208G02B5/22
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Patent No.
US 9,519,081
App. No.
14/364,507
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an optical laminate film superior in film flexibility and film surface uniformity, has high light transmittance in a predetermined wavelength region, and is superior in light shielding properties in another predetermined wavelength region, an infrared shielding film, a method of manufacturing an infrared shielding film, and an infrared shielding body provided with the infrared shielding film. The optical laminate film has, on a substrate, at least one unit constituted of a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer containing metal oxide particles and silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol.

Claims (37)

1. An optical laminate film comprising, on a substrate, at least one unit constituted of a high refractive index layer, and a low refractive index layer comprising metal oxide particles, unmodified polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 1500 to 5000 and a silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol.

2. The optical laminate film according to claim 1 , wherein the silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol is contained in an amount of 10 to 25% by mass based on 100% by mass of the total solid content of the low refractive index layer.

3. The optical laminate film according to claim 2 , wherein the undermost refractive index layer closest to the substrate has a thickness of 5 to 12 times an average thickness of other refractive index layers.

4. The optical laminate film according to claim 3 , wherein the high refractive index layer comprises a second silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol.

5. The optical laminate film according to claim 4 , wherein the content of the second silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol is 1 to 40% by mass based on 100% by mass of the total solid content of the high refractive index layer.

6. The optical laminate film according to claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer comprises rutile type titanium oxide.

7. The optical laminate film according to claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer comprises a second silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol.

8. The optical laminate film according to claim 1 , wherein at least one layer of the low refractive index layer or the high refractive index layer comprises at least one kind of a boron compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borate salt, and borax.

9. An infrared shielding body comprising, on at least one side of a base structure, the optical laminate film according to claim 1 .

10. The optical laminate film according to claim 1 , wherein there is a region in which the reflectance is more than 50% in a region with a wavelength of 900 nm to 1400 nm.

11. The optical laminate film according to claim 10 , wherein the transmittance in a visible light region is not less than 50%.

12. The optical laminate film according to claim 11 , wherein the total number of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers is not more than 100.

13. The optical laminate film according to claim 12 , wherein the entire thickness is 12 μm to 315 μm.

14. The optical laminate film according to claim 1 , wherein the film comprises at least one functional layer on the opposite side of the substrate.

15. A method of manufacturing an optical laminate film, comprising the steps of:

applying, onto a substrate, a coating liquid for low refractive index layer comprising metal oxide particles, a silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol, a binder resin and an aqueous solvent, wherein the binder resin contained in the coating liquid for the low refractive index layer comprises an unmodified polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 1500 to 5000, and a coating liquid for high refractive index layer comprising a binder resin and an aqueous solvent; and

drying the substrate coated with the coating liquids.

16. The method of manufacturing an optical laminate film according to claim 15 , wherein the substrate comprises an undercoat layer.

17. The method of manufacturing an optical laminate film according to claim 16 , wherein the step of applying the coating liquids is a step of carrying out simultaneous multi-layer coating of the coating liquids.

18. An optical laminate film comprising, on a substrate, at least one unit constituted of a high refractive index layer comprising a first silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol, and a low refractive index layer comprising metal oxide particles and a second silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol.

19. The optical laminate film according to claim 18 , wherein the second silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol is contained in an amount of 10 to 25% by mass based on 100% by mass of the total solid content of the low refractive index layer.

20. The optical laminate film according to claim 19 , wherein the undermost refractive index layer closest to the substrate has a thickness of 5 to 12 times an average thickness of other refractive index layers.

21. The optical laminate film according to claim 19 , wherein the low refractive index layer further comprises unmodified polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 1500 to 5000.

22. The optical laminate film according to claim 18 , wherein the content of the first silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol is 1 to 40% by mass based on 100% by mass of the total solid content of the high refractive index layer.

23. The optical laminate film according to claim 18 , wherein the high refractive index layer comprises rutile type titanium oxide.

24. The optical laminate film according to claim 18 , wherein at least one layer of the low refractive index layer or the high refractive index layer comprises at least one kind of a boron compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borate salt, and borax.

25. An infrared shielding body comprising, on at least one side of a base structure, the optical laminate film according to claim 18 .

26. The optical laminate film according to claim 18 , wherein there is a region in which the reflectance is more than 50% in a region with a wavelength of 900 nm to 1400 nm.

27. The optical laminate film according to claim 26 , wherein the transmittance in a visible light region is not less than 50%.

28. The optical laminate film according to claim 27 , wherein the total number of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers is not more than 100.

29. The optical laminate film according to claim 28 , wherein the entire thickness is 12 μm to 315 μm.

30. The optical laminate film according to claim 18 , wherein the film comprises at least one functional layer on the opposite side of the substrate.

31. A method of manufacturing an optical laminate film, comprising the steps of:

applying, onto a substrate, a coating liquid for a high refractive index layer comprising a first silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol, a binder resin and an aqueous solvent, and a coating liquid for a low refractive index layer comprising metal oxide particles, a second silanol modified polyvinyl alcohol, a binder resin and an aqueous solvent; and

drying the substrate coated with the coating liquids.

32. The method of manufacturing an optical laminate film according to claim 31 , wherein the substrate comprises an undercoat layer.

33. The method of manufacturing an optical laminate film according to claim 32 , wherein the step of applying the coating liquids is a step of carrying out simultaneous multi-layer coating of the coating liquids.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2014
From: TAKA, YUKAKO; NOJIMA, TAKAHIKO
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 033078/0580 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-271500 · Dec 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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