Hard coating film

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9926461-B2
Application number	US-201314404280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2013
Priority date	May 31, 2012
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

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;
a first hard coating layer which is formed on one side of the supporting substrate and which includes 40 to 60 parts by weight of a first photocurable crosslinked copolymer and 40 to 60 parts by weight of first inorganic particles dispersed in the first photocurable crosslinked copolymer based on 100 parts by weight of the first hard coating layer; and
a second hard coating layer which is formed on the other side of the supporting substrate and which includes more than 60 to less than 100 parts by weight of a second photocurable crosslinked copolymer and more than 0 to less than 40 parts by weight of second inorganic particles dispersed in the second photocurable crosslinked copolymer based on 100 parts by weight of the second hard coating layer,
wherein the hard coating film has a hardness property of a pencil hardness of 7H or more when evaluated under a load of 1 kg according to the Japanese Standard JIS K5400.

2. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the first and second photocurable crosslinked copolymers are the same or different from one another and independently a copolymer of tri- to hexa-functional acrylate-based monomers.

3. The hard coating film of claim 2 , 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).

4. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the first and second photocurable crosslinked copolymers are the same or different from one another and independently a copolymer of the tri- to hexa-functional acrylate-based monomer and a mono- to di-functional acrylate-based monomer.

5. The hard coating film of claim 4 , 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).

6. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the first and second photocurable crosslinked copolymers are the same or different from one another and independently a copolymer of the tri- to hexa-functional acrylate-based monomer and a photocurable elastic polymer.

7. The hard coating film of claim 6 , wherein the photocurable elastic polymer has an elongation of 15 to 200%, as measured according to ASTM D638.

8. The hard coating film of claim 6 , wherein the photocurable elastic polymer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of polycaprolactone, a urethane acrylate-based polymer, and polyrotaxane.

9. The hard coating film of claim 8 , wherein the polyrotaxane includes: a macrocycle in which lactone compounds with a (meth)acrylate moiety conjugated to the end thereof are bonded to each other; a thread moiety held within the macrocycle; and stoppers provided at both ends of the thread moiety so as to prevent dissociation of the macrocycle.

10. 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), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyethylenenaphthalate (PEN), polyetherimide (PEI), polyimide (PI), triacetylcellulose (TAC), and methyl methacrylate (MMA).

11. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the first and second inorganic particles have a particle size of 100 nm or less.

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

13. The hard coating film of claim 1 , further comprising: an additive dispersed in or crosslinked with each of the first and second photocurable crosslinked copolymers.

14. The hard coating film of claim 13 , wherein the additive is dispersed in or crosslinked with each of the first and second photocurable crosslinked copolymers, and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-based acrylate having a mono- to di-functional fluorine-based acrylate, a fluorine-based surfactant, and a silicon-based surfactant.

15. The hard coating film of claim 13 , wherein the additive is dispersed in or crosslinked with each of the first and second photocurable crosslinked copolymers, and includes a yellowing inhibitor including a benzophenone compound or a benzotriazole compound.

16. 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 film is rubbed by reciprocating a steel wool #0000 thereon 400 times under a load of 500 g.

17. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein the hard coating film has a light transmittance of 91% or more, a haze of 0.4 or less and a b* value of 1.0 or less.

18. 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 film is 0.5 or less.

19. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second hard coating layers independently has a thickness of 50 to 150 μm.

20. 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 side of the hard coating film is spaced apart from the plane is 1.0 mm or less.

21. The hard coating film of claim 1 , wherein a thickness ratio of the supporting substrate to each of the first and second hard coating layers 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

• C08J7/0427

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

• C08J2435/02

  Characterised by the use of homopolymers or copolymers of esters (C08J2435/06, C08J2435/08 take precedence) · CPC title

• C08L2312/00

  Crosslinking · CPC title

• C08J2367/02

  Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds; (C08J2367/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08J7/042

  with two or more layers, where at least one layer of a composition contains a polymer binder · CPC title