Colloidal particle ink composition, method of forming colloidal particle pattern by using the same, colloidal particle patterned film using the same, and electronic device including colloidal particle pattern

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025228116-A1
Application number	US-202519013514-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 8, 2025
Priority date	Jan 9, 2024
Publication date	Jul 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a colloidal particle ink composition, a method of forming a colloidal particle pattern by using the same, a colloidal particle patterned film, and an electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A colloidal particle ink composition comprising: colloidal particles; and a low-temperature-active crosslinker.

2 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 ,
wherein the colloidal particles include a semiconductor nanocrystal and an organic ligand bound to a surface of the nanocrystal.

3 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 2 ,
wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal is a quantum dot including a core and a shell covering at least a portion of the core.

4 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 2 ,
wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal includes a III-VI group semiconductor compound; a II-VI group semiconductor compound; a III-V group semiconductor compound; a III-VI group semiconductor compound; a 1-III-VI group semiconductor compound; a IV-VI group semiconductor compound; a IV group compound; or any combination thereof.

5 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 2 ,
wherein the organic ligand includes a C 4 -C 30 fatty acid or a derivative thereof.

6 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 ,
wherein the low-temperature-active crosslinker is thermally activated at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 130° C. or activated by ultraviolet light of about 200 nm to about 380 nm to produce an intermediate.

7 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 ,
wherein the low-temperature-active crosslinker is a compound including a diazo group.

8 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 ,
wherein the low-temperature-active crosslinker is a compound represented by Formula 1 below:

wherein, in Formula 1,
L 1 and L 2 are each independently a single bond or a C 1 -C 30 alkylene group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 1 ,
m1 and m2 are each independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6,
Ar 1 and Ar 2 are each independently a C 5 -C 60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 1 or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 1 ,
n1 and n2 are each independently 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, a sum of n1 and n2 is 2 or more,
Q 1 to Q 3 are each independently a single bond, O, S, C, C(R 2 ), C(R 2 )(R 3 ), or a C 1 -C 30 alkylene group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 1 ,
X 1 and X 2 are each independently O, S, Se, N(R 4 ), or C(R 4 )(R 5 ),
R 1 to R 5 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group, a C 2 -C 30 alkenyl group, a C 2 -C 30 alkynyl group, a C 1 -C 30 alkoxy group, a C 1 -C 30 alkylthio group, a C 5 -C 60 carbocyclic group, a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group, or —Si(Q 1 )(Q 12 )(Q 13 ), and
Q 11 to Q 13 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group, a C 2 -C 30 alkenyl group, a C 2 -C 30 alkynyl group, a C 1 -C 30 alkoxy group, or a C 1 -C 30 alkylthio group.

9 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 8 ,
wherein the low-temperature activated crosslinker is a crosslinking compound represented by Formula 2 below:

wherein, in Formula 2,
definitions of L 1 , L 2 , m1, m2, n1, n2, X 1 , X 2 and Q 1 to Q 3 are the same as those in claim 8 , and
definitions of R 11 to R 15 and R 21 to R 25 are each independently the same as that of R 1 in claim 8 .

10 . The colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 ,
wherein the low-temperature activated crosslinker, which is a crosslinkable compound, is at least one selected from Compounds 1 to 7:

11 . A method of forming a colloidal particle pattern by using the colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 .

12 . The method of claim 11 , comprising:
applying a first colloidal particle ink composition including first colloidal particles and a first low-temperature-activated crosslinker onto a first photoresist pattern; annealing the applied first colloidal particle ink composition at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 130° C.; and removing the first photoresist pattern to form a first colloidal particle pattern.

13 . The method of claim 12 ,
wherein a ratio of a thickness of the first photoresist pattern to a thickness of the first colloidal particle pattern is about 1:1 to about 1:0.7.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
reducing the thickness of the first photoresist pattern and/or the thickness of the first colloidal particle pattern by plasma etching.

15 . The method of claim 12 , comprising:
forming a second photoresist pattern on the first colloidal particle pattern; applying a second colloidal particle ink composition including second colloidal particles and a second low-temperature-active crosslinker onto the second photoresist pattern; annealing the applied colloidal particle ink composition at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 130° C.; and removing the second photoresist pattern to form a second colloidal particle pattern, wherein the first colloidal particles and the second colloidal particles exhibit different colors from each other.

16 . A colloidal particle patterned film formed using the colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 .

17 . The colloidal particle patterned film of claim 16 , comprising:
a substrate; and a colloidal particle pattern formed on the substrate, wherein the colloidal particle pattern has a thickness of about 1 nm to about 50 nm.

18 . An electronic device comprising a colloidal particle pattern formed using the colloidal particle ink composition of claim 1 .

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 ,
wherein the electronic device is a thin-film transistor (TFT), an electrochromic device (EC), a light-emitting diode (LED), a solar cell, or a photodiode.

20 . The electronic device of claim 18 ,
wherein the electronic device is a colloidal particle light-emitting device, the colloidal particle light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a light-emitting layer, and the light-emitting layer includes the colloidal particle pattern.

Assignees

• Ulsan Nat Inst Science & Tech Unist
• Sogang Univ Research & Busniess Development Foundation
• Univ Sogang Res & Business Development Found

Inventors

• Kim Bong Soo
• Ham Hyobin
• Kang Moon Sung
• Lim Chang Hyeok

Classifications

• H10K30/60

  in which radiation controls flow of current through the devices, e.g. photoresistors · CPC title

• H10K30/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] devices · CPC title

• H10K50/11

  characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers · CPC title

• H10K10/46

  Field-effect transistors, e.g. organic thin-film transistors [OTFT] (H10K10/43 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C09D11/03 Primary

  characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder · CPC title