Acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for polarizing film

• US 7,285,313 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2005
• Issued: 10/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanjin Optoelectronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Seong, Hye-Ran, Chang, Suk-ky, Kim, Se-Ra, Han, In-Cheon
• Primary Examiner(s): Dye; Rena
• Assistant Examiner(s): HON, SOW FUN
• Application Number:
  US11/037,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20050181148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 428/1.55, 428/1.31, 428/355.R, 428/355.AC, 349/122, 349/96, 524560-564
• US Class Current: 428/1.55
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 220/12 of monohydric alcohols or phenols
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2312/00 Crosslinking
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 133/04 Homopolymers or copolymers of esters C09J143/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2323/031 Polarizer or dye
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2323/059 Unsaturated aliphatic polymer, e.g. vinyl
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/3033 in the form of a thin sheet or foil, e.g. Polaroid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2852 Adhesive compositions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2891 including addition polymer from alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acid [e.g., acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, etc.] Or derivative thereof

Abstract

Provided is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a polarizing film comprising an acrylic copolymer copolymerized from (meth)acrylic ester monomers having different glass transition temperatures.

The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention can minimize the problem of light leakage due to shrinkage or expansion of a polarizing film attached to a liquid crystal display panel because it has very superior stress relaxation ability while maintaining superior major properties such as adhesion durability, cuttability, etc.

Claims

1. An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a polarizing film comprising

a) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic copolymer prepared from copolymerization of

i) 35-94.9 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester monomer for preparing a homopolymer having a glass transition temperature ranging from −

45°

C. to 10°

C. that is at least one selected from the group consisting of n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, propylacrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, 3-methylbutyl acrylate, n-hexyl methacrylate, n-octyl methacrylate and n-tetradecyl methacrylate;

ii) 5-50 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic ester monomer for preparing a homopolymer having a glass transition temperature ranging from −

90°

C. to −

50°

C. that is at least one selected from the group consisting of n-octyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, 2-ethylbutyl acrylate, hexyl acrylate, heptyl acrylate, nonyl acrylate, pentyl acrylate, isooctyl acrylate, n-decyl methacrylate and n-dodecyl methacrylate; and

iii) 0.1-15 parts by weight of a vinylic monomer, an acrylic monomer or a mixture thereof having a functional group that can be crosslinked, wherein the vinylic monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate and 2-hydroxypropylene glycol (meth)acrylate, and the acrylic monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid dimer, itaconic acid, maleic acid and maleic anhydride; and

b) 0.01-10 parts by weight of a multifunctional crosslinking agent, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate compound, an epoxy compound, an aziridine compound and a metal chelate compound.

2. The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of claim 1, wherein a) the acrylic copolymer has a molecular weight ranging from 200,000 to 2,000,000.

3. The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of claim 1, which has a crosslinking density of 5-95%.

4. A polarizing film comprising any of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of any one of claims 1, 2 and 3 on one or both sides of the polarizing film.

5. The polarizing film of claim 4, which further comprises at least one layer of a protection film, a reflection film, a phase retardation film, a compensation film for wide view angle or a brightness enhancement film.

6. A liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal panel wherein the polarizing film of claim 4 is attached on one or both sides of a liquid crystal cell.