ADHESIVE SHEET, AS WELL AS OPTICAL MEMBER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20130154473A1
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kaneko, Hiroki, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Konno, Akitoyo, Tanase, Tomokazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,222,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2203/318 for the production of liquid crystal displays
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2433/00 Presence of (meth)acrylic polymer
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2483/00 Presence of polysiloxane
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/10 without carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/14 characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material , or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/8426 Peripheral sealing arrangements, e.g. adhesives, sealants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/85 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/854 comprising scattering means
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/858 comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24405 Polymer or resin [e.g., natural or synthetic rubber, etc.]

Abstract

An adhesive sheet 1 including a binder 3 and adhesive particles 2 mixed in the binder 3 in which the adhesive particle 2 includes an inorganic particle 21 and a polymer 22, the inorganic particle 21 is chemically bonded with the polymer 22, a portion of the adhesive particles 2 is exposed to the surface of the binder 3, the refractive index of the inorganic particle 21 is higher than the refractive index of the binder 3, and the adhesion of the adhesive particle 21 larger than the adhesion of the inorganic particle 21. An adhesive sheet having high refractive index and high adhesion, as well as an optical member and an organic member and an organic light emission device can be provided.

Claims

1. An adhesive sheet including a binder and adhesive particles mixed in the binder in which the adhesive particle includes an inorganic particle and a polymer, the inorganic particle is chemically bonded with the polymer, the adhesive particles are partially exposed to the surface of the binder, the refractive index of the inorganic particle is higher than the refractive index of the binder, and the adhesion of the adhesive particle is larger than the adhesion of the inorganic particle.

2. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the polymer has substituents Y, the inorganic particle and the polymer are chemically bonded by way of a bonding site X, the bonding site X comprises one or more bonds selected from the group consisting of an amide bond, an ester bond, an ether bond, and a urethane bond, and the substituent Y is one or more members selected from the group consisting of amino group, a sulfo group, a carboxyl group, and a hydroxyl group.

3. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the number average molecular weight of the polymer is from 200 to 50,000.

4. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the inorganic particle is one or more members selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, barium titanate and tin oxide.

5. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 5 to 100 nm.

6. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the ratio of the adhesive particles is 5 to 50 vol %.

7. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the binder is an acrylic or silicone type resin.

8. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

a dispersing solvent is further contained.

9. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the polymer is a phenol resin or polyamic acid.

10. An adhesive sheet according to claim 1, wherein

the polymer is one or more members selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, polyaspartic acid, polyglutamic acid, alginic acid, polyvinyl sulfonic acid, polystyrene sulfonic acid, and amylose.

11. An optical member including a base member and an adhesive sheet according to claim 1, in which the adhesive sheet is bonded to the surface of the base member, and the base member comprises one or more members selected from the group consisting of resins, glass, ceramics and metals.

12. An organic light emission device including a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a lower electrode, an upper electrode, an organic layer, and an adhesive sheet according to claim 1, in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode are interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the organic layer is interposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the adhesive sheet is interposed between the upper substrate and the upper electrode, the organic layer emits light by a voltage application between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and light generated from the organic layer exits externally at least by way of the upper substrate.

13. An organic light emission device according to claim 12, which further includes a light scattering layer and a transparent resin layer, in which the upper substrate is interposed between the light scattering layer and the transparent resin layer, the transparent resin layer is interposed between the upper substrate and the upper electrode, the adhesive sheet is interposed between the transparent resin layer and the upper electrode, the transparent resin layer has a concavo/convex shape, and the refractive index of the adhesive sheet is higher than the refractive index of the transparent resin layer.

14. An organic light emission device according to claim 12, which further includes a light scattering layer and a transparent resin layer in which the upper substrate is interposed between the upper electrode and the transparent resin layer, the transparent resin layer is interposed between the light scattering layer and the upper substrate, the adhesive sheet is interposed between the upper substrate and the transparent resin layer, the transparent resin layer has a concavo/convex shape, a gap is disposed between the lower substrate and the lower electrode, and the refractive index of the adhesive sheet is higher than the refractive index of the transparent resin layer.

15. A method of manufacturing an adhesive sheet including an inorganic particle dispersion step of preparing a liquid dispersion by adding inorganic particles to a dispersing solvent, a reaction step of adding a silane coupling agent to the liquid dispersion thereby bonding the silane coupling agent and the inorganic particle, an adhesive particle preparation step of adding a polymer to a liquid obtained by the reaction step and chemically bonding the inorganic particle and the polymer thereby manufacturing adhesive particles, and a step of mixing the adhesive particles and the binder, in which the refractive index of the inorganic particle is higher than the refractive index of the binder, and the adhesion of the adhesive particle is larger than the adhesion of the inorganic particle.