Antireflection film, polarizing plate, cover glass, and image display device, and method for producing antireflection film

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399309-B2
Application number	US-201615280052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

An antireflection film includes: a substrate; and an antireflection layer formed with a composition containing metal oxide particles having surface hydroxyl groups as particles for forming a moth eye structure, and two compounds having (meth)acryloyl groups, where the antireflection layer contains a binder resin including at least one of a structure derived from the two (meth)acryloyl groups, and the moth eye structure has an irregular shape formed with the metal oxide particles on a surface on a side opposite to an interface on the substrate side, and in the irregular shape of the antireflection layer, B/A is a ratio between a distance A between peaks of adjacent convex portions and a distance B between a center between peaks of the adjacent convex portions and a concave portion is 0.5 or greater.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antireflection film, comprising:
a substrate; and
an antireflection layer formed with a composition for forming an antireflection layer containing the following (A) and at least one of (B) or (C),
wherein the antireflection layer comprises a binder resin comprising at least one of a structure derived from the following (B) or a structure derived from the following (C) and has a moth eye structure having an irregular shape formed with metal oxide particles of the following on a surface on a side opposite to an interface on the substrate side, and
in the irregular shape of the antireflection layer, B/A which is a ratio between a distance A between peaks of adjacent convex portions and a distance B between a center between peaks of the adjacent convex portions and a concave portion is 0.5 or greater:
(A) metal oxide particles having hydroxyl groups on surfaces thereof and having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm to 380 nm,
(B) a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group as a polymerizable group or a polymerizable group that is constituted from only atoms selected from hydrogen atoms, carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms and is other than a (meth)acryloyl group, having three or more polymerizable groups in one molecule, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or less, and
(C) a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group, having a silicon atom to which at least one of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group is directly bonded, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 300 to 1,000,
wherein indentation hardness of the metal oxide particles is 400 MPa or greater.

2. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the compound (C) is a compound having four or more carbon atoms between a carbon atom that constitutes a carbonyl group in the (meth)acryloyl group and the silicon atom to which at least one of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group is directly bonded.

3. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein a ratio of the number of (meth)acryloyl groups to the number of the silicon atoms to which at least one of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group is directly bonded in the compound (C) is 1.1 to 3.0.

4. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the compound (C) is a compound having a urethane bond between a carbon atom constituting a carbonyl group in the (meth)acryloyl group and the silicon atom to which at least one of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group is directly bonded.

5. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles (A) are metal oxide particles that are surface-modified with a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group.

6. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles (A) in the composition for forming the antireflection layer are surface-modified with the compound (C).

7. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles are silica particles.

8. The antireflection film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles are baked silica particles.

9. A polarizing plate comprising:
a polarizer; and
at least one protective film that protects the polarizer,
wherein at least one of the at least one protective film is the antireflection film according to claim 1 .

10. A cover glass comprising:
the antireflection film according to claim 1 as a protective film.

11. An image display device comprising:
the antireflection film according to claim 1 .

12. An antireflection film comprising:
a substrate; and
an antireflection layer containing a binder resin and metal oxide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm to 250 nm,
wherein, in a surface of the metal oxide particles, an amount of hydroxyl groups is 1.00×10 −1 or less,
indentation hardness of the metal oxide particles is 400 MPa or greater,
the binder resin is a resin having a hydroxyl group, and
the antireflection layer has a moth eye structure having an irregular shape formed with the metal oxide particles on a surface on a side opposite to an interface on the substrate side.

13. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein in the irregular shape of the antireflection layer, B/A which is a ratio between a distance A between peaks of adjacent convex portions and a distance B between a center between peaks of the adjacent convex portions and a concave portion is 0.5 or greater.

14. The antireflection film according claim 13 ,
wherein a half-width of the distance A in distribution is 200 nm or less.

15. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein only metal oxide particles having a primary particle diameter of 50 nm to 250 nm, as the metal oxide particles are contained.

16. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles are silica particles.

17. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles are baked silica particles.

18. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein the metal oxide particles are baked silica particles that are surface-modified with a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group.

19. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein the binder resin is a resin obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable compound having at least one of a group having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and an epoxy group, as a polymerizable group.

20. The antireflection film according to claim 19 ,
wherein a hydroxyl group equivalent of one molecule of the polymerizable compound is 1 to 10,000.

21. A polarizing plate comprising:
a polarizer; and
at least one protective film that protects a polarizer,
wherein at least one of the at least one protective film is the antireflection film according to claim 12 .

22. A cover glass comprising:
the antireflection film according to claim 12 , as a protective film.

23. An image display device comprising:
the antireflection film according to claim 12 .

24. The antireflection film according to claim 12 ,
wherein both of metal oxide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 120 nm to 250 nm and metal oxide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or greater and less than 120 nm, as the metal oxide particles are contained.

25. The antireflection film according to claim 24 ,
wherein, in the metal oxide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or greater and less than 120 nm, an amount of hydroxyl groups is 1.00×10 −1 or less, and indentation hardness is 400 MPa or greater.

26. The antireflection film according to claim 24 ,
wherein, in the metal oxide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or greater and less than 120 nm, an amount of hydroxyl groups is greater than 1.00×10 −1 , or indentation hardness is less than 400 MPa.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Asahi Miho
• Matsumoto Ayako
• Ibuki Shuntaro
• Uchimura Makoto

Classifications

• G02B5/0294

  adapted to provide an additional optical effect, e.g. anti-reflection or filter · CPC title

• G02B5/0226

  having particles on the surface · CPC title

• B29D11/00865

  Applying coatings; tinting; colouring (printing, marking or copying processes B41M; identification in general G09F3/00; producing decorative effects in general B44C; positioning or marking of lenses B24B13/0055) · CPC title

• B29D11/00644

  polarizing · CPC title

• G02B5/3033

  in the form of a thin sheet or foil, e.g. Polaroid · CPC title