Block copolymer, undercoat agent, resin composition for forming phase-separated structure, and method for producing structure body including phase-separated structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025011622-A1
Application number	US-202418438090-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 9, 2024
Priority date	Jun 22, 2023
Publication date	Jan 9, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A block copolymer represented by General Formula (n1) in which A represents a first polymer block, B represents a second polymer block, R 1c and R 1d each independently represents a substrate adsorptive group-containing group, R 2c and R 2d each independently represents a substituent other than the substrate adsorptive group-containing group, m1 and n1 each independently represents an integer of 0 to 5, m2 and n2 each independently represents an integer of 0 to 5, m1+n1≥1, m1+m2≤5, and n1+n2≤5

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A block copolymer represented by General Formula (n1):

wherein A represents a first polymer block; B represents a second polymer block; R 1c and R 1d each independently represents a substrate adsorptive group-containing group; R 2c and R 2d each independently represents a substituent other than the substrate adsorptive group-containing group; m1 and n1 each independently represents an integer of 0 to 5; m2 and n2 each independently represents an integer of 0 to 5; m1+n1≥1; m1+m2≤5; and n1+n2≤5; provided that, when m1 is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 1c 's may be the same as or different from each other, when m2 is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 2c 's may be the same as or different from each other, when n1 is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 1d 's may be the same as or different from each other, and when n2 is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 2d 's may be the same as or different from each other.

2 . The block copolymer according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer block and the second polymer block have no constitutional unit (u0) represented by any one of General Formulae (u0-1) to (u0-4),

wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Yu 1 , Yu 2 , Yu 3 , and Yu 4 each independently represents a divalent linking group; Zu 1 , Zu 21 , Zu 22 , Zu 31 , Zu 32 , Zu 33 , and Zu 4 each independently represents a substrate adsorptive group; Wu 4 represents a cyclic group; and nu represents an integer of 1 or more within a limit of valence.

3 . The block copolymer according to claim 1 , wherein R 1c and R 1d are each a group represented by General Formula (r1):
*—X 1 —Y 1 Z 1 ) r1   (r1)

wherein X 1 represents a single bond, a methylene group, —COO—, or —O—; Y 1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; Z 1 represents the substrate adsorptive group-containing group; r1 represents an integer of 1 or more within a limit of valence; provided that, in a case where X 1 is —COO— or —O—, Y 1 is not a single bond; and * represents a bonding site bonded with a benzene ring in General Formula (n1)].

4 . The block copolymer according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate adsorptive group is a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a thiol group, a vinyl group, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, an amino group, an azide group, a formyl group, an epoxy group, or a cyano group.

5 . The block copolymer according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer block has a hydrophobic constitutional unit (Na), and the second polymer block has a hydrophilic constitutional unit (Nb).

6 . An undercoat agent which is used for phase separation of a layer containing a block copolymer on a substrate, the undercoat agent comprising the block copolymer according to claim 1 .

7 . A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, comprising the block copolymer according to claim 1 .

8 . A method for producing a structure body including a phase-separated structure, the method comprising:
(i) applying the undercoat agent according to claim 6 onto a substrate to form an undercoat agent layer; (ii) forming a layer containing a block copolymer on the undercoat agent layer; and (iii) subjecting the layer containing a block copolymer to phase separation.

Assignees

• Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co Ltd
• Tokyo Inst Tech

Inventors

• Uehara Takuya
• Dazai Takahiro
• Hayakawa Teruaki
• Maekawa Shinsuke
• Mizusaki Riku

Classifications

• C09D153/00

  Coating compositions based on block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers · CPC title

• C08F297/02 Primary

  using a catalyst of the anionic type · CPC title

• C08F212/08

  Styrene · CPC title

• C09D5/20 Primary

  for coatings strippable as coherent films, e.g. temporary coatings strippable as coherent films · CPC title

• B82Y40/00

  Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures · CPC title