POLARIZING PLATE INCLUDING HARD COATING FILM

• US 20150234097A1
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kang, Joon-Koo, Chang, Yeong-Rae, Hong, Sung-Don, Jung, Soon-Hwa, Her, Eun-Kyu
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,122 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 2/48 by ultraviolet or visible light
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/00 Use of inorganic substances as compounding ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/22 of metals
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/36 Silica
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 1/12 Cellulose acetate
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 133/08 Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 4/00 Adhesives based on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond ; adhesives, based on monomers of macromolecular compounds of groups C09J183/00 - C09J183/16
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/04 made of organic materials, e.g. plastics G02B1/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/14 Protective coatings, e.g. hard coatings
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/30 Polarising elements light-modulating devices with active elements G02F1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/3033 in the form of a thin sheet or foil, e.g. Polaroid

Abstract

The present invention relates to a polarizing plate including a hard coating film, and, more particularly, to a polarizing plate including a hard coating film which exhibits high hardness and superior physical properties. The polarizing plate according to the present invention is high in hardness, scratch resistance, durability, light resistance, and light transmittance and can thus be efficiently utilized in a variety of fields.

Claims

1. A polarizing plate, comprising:

a polarizer; and

a hard coating film formed on at least one side of the polarizer, the hard coating film comprising a supporting substrate and a hard coating layer formed on at least one side of the supporting substrate, the hard coating layer comprising a photocurable crosslinking copolymer of a tri- to hexa-functional acrylate monomer and a photocurable elastic polymer and inorganic particles dispersed in the photocurable crosslinking copolymer.

2. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the photocurable crosslinking copolymer comprises 5 to 20 weight parts of the photocurable elastic polymer and 80 to 95 weight parts of the tri- to hexa-functional acrylate monomer, based on 100 weight parts of the photocurable crosslinking copolymer.

3. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the photocurable elastic polymer has an elongation of 15 to 200%, as measured by ASTM D638.

4. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the photocurable elastic polymer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of polycaprolactone, a urethane acrylate polymer and polyrotaxane.

5. The polarizing plate of claim 4, wherein the polyrotaxane comprises a cyclic moiety (macrocycle) in which lactone compounds with a (meth)acrylate moiety conjugated to the end thereof are bonded each other;

a thread moiety held within the macrocycle; and

stoppers provided at both ends of the thread moiety so as to prevent dissociation of the macrocycle.

6. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the hard coating layer comprises 40 to 90 weight parts of the photocurable crosslinking copolymer and 10 to 60 weight parts of the inorganic particles, based on 100 weight parts of the hard coating layer.

7. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the inorganic particles have a particle size of 100 nm or less.

8. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the inorganic particles includes at least one selected from the group consisting of silica nanoparticles, aluminum oxide particles, titanium oxide particles, zinc oxide particles and a combination thereof.

9. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the tri- to hexa-functional acrylate monomer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), trimethylolpropane ethoxy triacrylate (TMPEOTA), glycerin-propoxylated triacrylate (GPTA), pentaerythritol tetraacrylate (PETA) and dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate (DPHA).

10. The polarizing plate of claim 1, further comprising an additive dispersed or crosslinked in the photocurable crosslinking copolymer.

11. The polarizing plate of claim 10, wherein the additive includes a surfactant, which is dispersed or crosslinked in the photocurable crosslinking copolymer and comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a mono- to bi-functional fluoro-acrylate, a fluorine surfactant and a silicon surfactant.

12. The polarizing plate of claim 10, wherein the additive includes a yellowing inhibitor, which is dispersed in the photocurable crosslinking copolymer and comprises a benzophenone compound or a benzotriazole compound.

13. The polarizing plate of claim 1, wherein the supporting substrate includes at least one selected from consisting of polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), a cyclic olefin polymer (COP), a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), polyacrylate (PAC), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyethylenenaphthalate (PEN), polyetherimide (PEI), polyimide (PI), triacetylcellulose (TAC), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and a fluorine resin.

14. The polarizing plate of claim 1, which is configured such that the hard coating film is formed on one side of the polarizer and a protective film is formed on the other side of the polarizer.

15. The polarizing plate of claim 14, wherein the protective film is a triacetylcellulose (TAC) film.