Hard coating film

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10294387-B2
Application number	US-201314404110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2013
Priority date	May 31, 2012
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a hard coating film having high hardness and excellent properties. The hard coating film has high hardness and is not easily curled.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hard coating film, comprising:
a supporting substrate; and
a hard coating layer directly formed on both sides of the supporting substrate,
wherein the hard coating layer includes a crosslinked copolymer in which tri- to hexa-functional acrylate-based monomers are crosslink-polymerized with mono- to di-functional acrylate-based monomers,
wherein the hard coating layer includes inorganic particles having a particle size of 100 nm or less dispersed in the crosslinked copolymer,
wherein the hard coating film has a hardness property of pencil hardness of 7H or more,
wherein the hard coating layer has a thickness of 50 to 150 μm, and
wherein the hard coating film has a light transmittance of 91% or more.

2. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the tri- to hexa-functional acrylate-based monomer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), trimethylolpropaneethoxy triacrylate (TMPEOTA), glycerin-propoxylated triacrylate (GPTA), pentaerythritol tetraacrylate (PETA), and dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate (DPHA).

3. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the mono- to di-functional acrylate-based monomer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA), hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA), tripropyleneglycol diacrylate (TPGDA), and ethyleneglycol diacrylate (EGDA).

4. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the supporting substrate includes at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethyleneterephtalate (PET), a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), polyacrylate (PAC), polyethylene (PE), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyethylenenaphthalate (PEN), polyetherimide (PEI), polyimide (PI), triacetylcellulose (TAC), and methyl methacrylate (MMA).

5. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic particles include at least one selected from the group consisting of silica nanoparticles, aluminum oxide nanoparticles, titanium oxide nanoparticles and zinc oxide nanopaticles.

6. The hard coating film of claim 1 , further comprising an additive dispersed in or crosslinked with the crosslinked copolymer.

7. The hard coating film of claim 6 , wherein the additive is dispersed in or crosslinked with the crosslinked copolymer, and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a mono- to di-functional fluorine-based acrylate, a fluorine-based surfactant, and a silicon-based surfactant.

8. The hard coating film of claim 6 , wherein the additive is dispersed in the crosslinked copolymer, and includes a yellowing inhibitor including a benzophenone compound or a benzotriazole compound.

9. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating layer includes 40 to 90 parts by weight of the crosslinked copolymer and 10 to 60 parts by weight of inorganic particles.

10. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating film has scratch resistance properties such that two or less scratches are formed when the surface of the hard coating layer is rubbed by reciprocating a steel wool #0000 thereon 400 times under a load of 500 g.

11. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating film has a haze of 0.4 or less and a b* value of 1.0 or less.

12. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating film has light resistance properties such that, when the hard coating film is exposed to UV-B for 72 hours, the change in b* value of the hard coating layer is 0.5 or less.

13. The hard coating film of claim 1 , further comprising at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a plastic resin film, an adhesive film, a release film, a conductive film, a conductive layer, a coating layer, a cured resin layer, a nonconductive film, a metal mesh layer and a patterned metal layer, each of which is formed on the hard coating layer.

14. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating film has curl resistance properties such that, when the hard coating film is exposed to a temperature of 50° C. or more and a humidity of 80% or more for 70 hours or more and then placed on a plane, a maximum distance at which each edge of the hard coating film is spaced apart from the plane is 1.0 mm or less.

15. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein a thickness ratio of the supporting substrate to the hard coating layer is 1:0.5 to 1:2.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Joon Koo
• Chang Yeong Rae
• Shim Jae Hoon
• Hong Sung Don
• Lee Seung Jung

Classifications

• G02B1/14

  Protective coatings, e.g. hard coatings · CPC title

• C08J7/0427

  with only one layer of a composition containing a polymer binder (with more layers C08J7/042) · CPC title

• C08K2201/005

  Additives being defined by their particle size in general · CPC title

• C08K2003/2296

  of zinc · CPC title

• Y10T428/31507

  Of polycarbonate · CPC title