Fluoropolymer, fluoropolymer composition containing same, and fluoropolymer film using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12173147-B2
Application number	US-202016913016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2020
Priority date	Dec 26, 2017
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

In an aspect of the present invention, a fluoropolymer represented by formula 1 is provided. The fluoropolymer provided in one aspect of the present invention can obtain low surface energy and high light transmittance, and thus can be applied to various applications requiring such properties. In particular, when the fluoropolymer is coated on glass, the surface energy can be lowered to 19 mN/m or less and the light transmittance can be increased by 2% or more. At the same time, it has the effect of exhibiting excellent pencil hardness. In addition, the fluoropolymer provided in one aspect of the present invention can be applied as a surface coating and membrane material of various products due to its high solubility in general organic solvents, despite having very low surface energy during coating. Furthermore, the fluoropolymer has excellent adhesive power to the substrate surface and is capable of hardening, so it can be applied to various fields such as automotive glass, building exterior materials, condensers in fresh water or power plants, and solar cells.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical film comprising:
a substrate; and
a fluoropolymer film on the substrate, the fluoropolymer film including
a fluoropolymer, the fluoropolymer being a random copolymer represented by formula 1 below:

wherein
R f is C 1-20 fluoridated straight alkyl or C 3-20 fluoridated branched alkyl;
R1 to R4 are independently hydrogen (H), methyl (CH 3 ) or halogen group;
R 5 is C 1-20 straight alkyl or C 3-20 branched alkyl;
based on a weight ratio of x+y+p+q=100, x is 45-55, y is 30-40, p is 1-10, and q is 10-20; and
z is an integer of 1-5,

wherein the fluoropolymer film on a glass substrate has a surface energy of 19 nM/m or less.

2. The optical film according to claim 1 , wherein a number average molecular weight of the fluoropolymer is 5,000 g/mol-500,000 g/mol.

3. The optical film according to claim 1 , further including a non-fluoropolymer film.

4. The optical film according to claim 1 ,
wherein Rf is represented by formula 2 below:
(CH 2 ) a (CF 2 ) b F  [Formula 2]

wherein a is 1-10, and b is 1-10.

5. The optical film according to claim 4 ,
wherein a is 1-3, and b is 1-5.

6. The optical film according to claim 1 ,
wherein x is 48-54.

7. The optical film according to claim 1 ,
wherein y is 30-35.

8. The optical film according to claim 1 , wherein the fluoropolymer film has been deposited on the substrate using an organic solvent including one or more of chloroform, dichloromethane, acetone, pyridine, tetrahydrofuran, chlorobenzene or dichlorobenzene.

9. A preparation method of an optical film comprising the following steps:
preparing a polymer solution by dissolving the fluoropolymer of claim 1 in an organic solvent (step 1); and
forming a polymer film by applying the polymer solution of step 1 on a substrate and drying thereof (step 2).

10. The preparation method according to claim 9 , wherein the polymer solution further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of pigments, dyes, and additives.

Assignees

• Korea Res Inst Chemical Tech

Inventors

• Sohn Eun-Ho
• Park In Joon
• Lee Soo Bok
• Ha Jong-Wook

Classifications

• C08L2203/16

  used for films · CPC title

• C08K5/23

  Azo-compounds · CPC title

• C08K5/1535

  Five-membered rings · CPC title

• C08F220/14

  Methyl esters {, e.g. methyl (meth)acrylate} · CPC title

• C08F220/06

  Acrylic acid; Methacrylic acid; Metal salts or ammonium salts thereof · CPC title