PHOTOCURABLE HYGROSCOPIC COMPOSITION AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE
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1. A photocurable hygroscopic composition comprising:
- (a) a moisture-reactive organic metal compound,(b) a (meth)acrylate,(c) a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer, and(d) a photopolymerization initiator,wherein the proportion of the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a) is from 5 to 70 wt % based on the entire composition, and the proportion of the carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer (c) is from 0.1 to 50 mol % based on the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a).
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Abstract
A composition usable as a moisture absorbent for an organic electroluminescence device. A photocurable hygroscopic composition comprising (a) a moisture-reactive organic metal compound, (b) a (meth)acrylate, (c) a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator. The proportion of the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a) is from 5 to 70 wt % based on the entire composition, and the proportion of the carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer (c) is from 0.1 to 50 mol % based on the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a).
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9 Claims
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1. A photocurable hygroscopic composition comprising:
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(a) a moisture-reactive organic metal compound, (b) a (meth)acrylate, (c) a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the proportion of the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a) is from 5 to 70 wt % based on the entire composition, and the proportion of the carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer (c) is from 0.1 to 50 mol % based on the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
wherein M is Al, B, Ti or Zr, R is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group or an acyl group, and n is the valence of M.
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3. The photocurable hygroscopic composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein said moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a) produces an alcohol ROH having a boiling point of 160°
- C. or more by a reaction with water.
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4. The photocurable hygroscopic composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said (meth)acrylate comprises either one or both of a mono(meth)acrylate and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and in the case of containing said polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, the proportion of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate is such an amount that the (meth)acryloyl group of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate occupies 0.05 mol or less per 100 g of the entire composition.
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5. The photocurable hygroscopic composition as claimed in claim 4, wherein said mono(meth)acrylate is an alkyl acrylate, an alkylene acrylate or an acrylamide.
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6. The photocurable hygroscopic composition as claimed in claim 4, wherein said polyfunctional (meth)acrylate is an alkyl di(meth)acrylate, a polyether (meth)acrylate, a silicone di(meth)acrylate or an oligo(meth)acrylate.
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7. The photocurable hygroscopic composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said carboxyl group-containing monomer is an acrylic acid, a methacrylic acid, a (meth)acryloylethyl phthalate, a (meth)acryloylethyl hexahydrophthalate, an ethylene oxide-modified succinic acid (meth)acrylate or a β
- -carboxyethyl(meth)acrylate.
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8. A hygroscopic film formed by shaping the photocurable hygroscopic composition claimed in claim 1 into a film form, and curing the film.
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9. An organic EL device comprising:
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a stacked body obtained by interposing an organic light-emitting material layer comprising an organic material between a pair of electrodes opposing each other; a structure for sealing said stacked body from the outer air, and drying means disposed in said structure, wherein said drying means is formed of the photocurable hygroscopic composition claimed in claim 1.
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