JPWO2015019962A1 - Cured film forming composition, alignment material and retardation material - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide an alignment material having excellent vertical alignment properties and capable of aligning a polymerizable liquid crystal vertically with high sensitivity even on a resin film, and a retardation material using such an alignment material. A cured film forming composition is provided. SOLUTION: (A) a polymer having a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable functional group, and (B) a cured film-forming composition characterized by containing a crosslinking agent, obtained using the composition An alignment material characterized by being obtained, and a phase difference material obtained using the composition. [Selection figure] None

Description

  The present invention relates to a cured film forming composition suitable for a vertical alignment material for vertically aligning liquid crystal molecules. In particular, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD), specifically, an IPS liquid crystal display (In-plane Switching LCD) filled with a liquid crystal having positive dielectric anisotropy (Δε> 0); The present invention relates to a cured film forming composition, an alignment material, and a retardation material, which are useful for producing a + C plate (positive C plate) used for improving the viewing angle characteristics of in-plane alignment switching LCD).

  IPS-LCD is characterized by little change in luminance / color due to viewing angle because no vertical tilt of liquid crystal molecules occurs, but the weak point is that it is difficult to increase the contrast ratio, luminance, and response speed. It is done. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a viewing angle compensation film is not used in an early IPS-LCD, and an IPS-LCD not using such a viewing angle compensation film has a tilt angle of Due to the relatively large light leakage in the dark state, there is a disadvantage of showing a low contrast ratio value.

Patent Document 2 discloses an IPS-LCD compensation film using a + C plate and a + A plate (positive A plate). This document shows the following configuration of the liquid crystal display element described therein.
1) A liquid crystal layer having a horizontal alignment is sandwiched between both substrates supplied by electrodes capable of applying an electric field parallel to the surface of the liquid crystal layer.
2) One or more + A plates and + C plates are sandwiched between both polarizing plates.
3) The main optical axis of the + A plate is perpendicular to the main optical axis of the liquid crystal layer.
4) of the liquid crystal layer retardation value _R LC, + C plate retardation value _{R +} C, + A retardation value _{R + A} plate is determined so as to satisfy the following equation.
R _LC : R _{+ C} : R _{+ A} ≈1: 0.5: 0.25
5) The relationship of the retardation value in the thickness direction of the protective film of the polarizing plate with respect to the retardation value of the + A plate and the + C plate is not shown (TAC, COP, PNB).

  Further, the + A plate is intended to provide an IPS-LCD having high contrast characteristics at the front and tilt angles and low color shift by minimizing light leakage in the dark state at the tilt angles. And an IPS-LCD having a + C plate is disclosed (Patent Document 3).

JP-A-2-256603 JP 11-133408 A JP 2009-122715 A JP 2001-281669 A

As conventionally proposed, the + C plate is very useful as an optical compensation film for an IPS-LCD because it can compensate for light leakage where the viewing angle of the polarizing plate is large. However, it is difficult to develop the vertical alignment (positive C plate) property by a conventionally known stretching method.
In addition, a conventionally proposed vertical alignment film using polyimide needs to use a polyimide solvent such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone for film formation. For this reason, although it does not become a problem in a glass base material, when a base material is a film, there exists a problem of giving a damage to a base material at the time of alignment film formation. In addition, the vertical alignment film using polyimide requires firing at a high temperature, and there is a problem that the film substrate cannot withstand the high temperature.
Furthermore, a method for forming a vertical alignment film by directly treating a substrate with a silane coupling agent having a long-chain alkyl or the like has also been proposed, but when a hydroxy group does not exist on the substrate surface, There exists a problem that a process is difficult and a base material is restrict | limited (patent document 4).

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above findings and examination results, and the problem to be solved has excellent vertical alignment, and has transparency and solvent resistance required for an optical compensation film, An object of the present invention is to provide a cured film forming composition for providing an alignment material capable of stably aligning a polymerizable liquid crystal vertically under low-temperature and short-time firing conditions even on a resin film.

  Another object of the present invention is obtained from the above cured film-forming composition, having excellent vertical alignment, and stably aligning a polymerizable liquid crystal vertically on a resin film under low-temperature and short-time firing conditions. It is an object to provide a phase difference material useful for an alignment material that can be used and a + C plate formed using the alignment material.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present inventors have made extensive studies and, as a result, by selecting a cured film forming material based on an acrylic copolymer having a long-chain alkyl group in the side chain, The present inventors have found that a cured film having excellent vertical alignment can be formed regardless of the present invention, and completed the present invention.

（式［１］中、
Ｙ^１は単結合又は結合基を表し、
Ｙ^２は単結合、炭素原子数１〜１５のアルキレン基または−ＣＨ_２−ＣＨ（ＯＨ）−ＣＨ_２−を表すか、ベンゼン環、シクロヘキサン環または複素環から選ばれる２価の環状基を表し、前記環状基上の任意の水素原子が、炭素原子数１〜３のアルキル基、炭素原子数１〜３のアルコキシル基、炭素原子数１〜３のフッ素含有アルキル基、炭素原子数１〜３のフッ素含有アルコキシル基またはフッ素原子で置換されていてもよく、
Ｙ^３は単結合または炭素原子数１〜１５のアルキレン基を表し、
Ｙ^４は単結合を表すか、ベンゼン環、シクロヘキサン環または複素環から選ばれる２価の環状基、または炭素原子数１７〜３０であってステロイド骨格を有する２価の有機基を表し、前記環状基上の任意の水素原子が、炭素原子数１〜３のアルキル基、炭素原子数１〜３のアルコキシル基、炭素原子数１〜３のフッ素含有アルキル基、炭素原子数１〜３のフッ素含有アルコキシル基またはフッ素原子で置換されていてもよく、
Ｙ^５はベンゼン環、シクロヘキサン環または複素環から選ばれる２価の環状基を表し、これらの環状基上の任意の水素原子が、炭素原子数１〜３のアルキル基、炭素原子数１〜３のアルコキシル基、炭素原子数１〜３のフッ素含有アルキル基、炭素原子数１〜３のフッ素含有アルコキシル基またはフッ素原子で置換されていてもよく、
ｎは０〜４の整数を表し、ｎが２以上の場合、Ｙ^５同士は同一でも異なっていてもよく、
Ｙ^６は水素原子、炭素原子数１〜１８アルキル基、炭素原子数１〜１８のフッ素含有アルキル基、炭素原子数１〜１８のアルコキシル基または炭素原子数１〜１８のフッ素含有アルコキシル基を表し、
Ｙ^２及びＹ^３としてのアルキレン基、並びに、環状基上の置換基又はＹ^６としてのアルキル基、フッ素含有アルキル基、アルコキシル基及びフッ素含有アルコキシ基は、直鎖状、枝分かれ状、又は環状の何れか又はそれらの組み合わせであってもよく、
またＹ^２及びＹ^３としてのアルキレン基、並びに、Ｙ^６としてのアルキル基、フッ素含有アルキル基、アルコキシル基及びフッ素含有アルコキシ基は、結合基同士が隣り合わない限り１ないし３の結合基で中断されていてもよく、
さらにＹ^２、Ｙ^４又はＹ^５が２価の環状基を表すか、Ｙ^４がステロイド骨格を有する２価の有機基を表すか、Ｙ^２が−ＣＨ_２−ＣＨ（ＯＨ）−ＣＨ_２−を表すか、Ｙ^２又はＹ^３がアルキレン基を表すか、或いはＹ^６がアルキル基又はフッ素含有アルキル基を表すとき、該２価の環状基、該ステロイド骨格を有する２価の有機基、該−ＣＨ_２−ＣＨ（ＯＨ）−ＣＨ_２−、該アルキレン基、該アルキル基及び該フッ素含有アルキル基は、それらに隣接する基と結合基を介して結合していてもよく、
そして上記結合基は、−Ｏ−、−ＣＨ_２Ｏ−、−ＣＯＯ−、−ＯＣＯ−、−ＮＨＣＯ−、−ＮＨ−ＣＯ−Ｏ−及び−ＮＨ−ＣＯ−ＮＨ−からなる群から選ばれる基を表し、
但し、Ｙ^１乃至Ｙ^６がそれぞれ表すところの炭素原子数１〜１５のアルキレン基、ベンゼン環、シクロヘキサン環、複素環、ステロイド骨格を有する２価の有機基、−ＣＨ_２−ＣＨ（ＯＨ）−ＣＨ_２−、炭素原子数１〜１８のアルキル基、炭素原子数１〜１８のフッ素含有アルキル基、炭素原子数１〜１８のアルコキシル基及び炭素原子数１〜１８のフッ素含有アルコキシル基の炭素原子数の合計は６〜３０である）。
第２観点として、（Ａ）成分の熱架橋可能な官能基がヒドロキシ基、カルボキシル基、アミノ基またはアルコキシシリル基である、第１観点に記載の硬化膜形成組成物に関する。
第３観点として、（Ｂ）成分の架橋剤がメチロール基またはアルコキシメチル基を有する架橋剤である、第１観点又は第２観点に記載の硬化膜形成組成物に関する。
第４観点として、（Ｃ）架橋触媒をさらに含有する第１観点乃至第３観点のうち何れか一項に記載の硬化膜形成組成物に関する。
第５観点として、（Ａ）成分１００質量部に基づいて、１質量部〜１００質量部の（Ｂ）成分を含有する第１観点乃至第４観点のうち何れか一項に記載の硬化膜形成組成物に関する。
第６観点として、（Ａ）成分１００質量部に基づいて、０．０１質量部〜２０質量部の（Ｃ）成分を含有する第４観点又は第５観点に記載の硬化膜形成組成物に関する。
第７観点として、第１観点乃至第６観点のうち何れか一項に記載の硬化膜形成組成物を硬化させて得られることを特徴とする配向材に関する。
第８観点として、第１観点乃至第６観点のうち何れか一項に記載の硬化膜形成組成物から得られる硬化膜を使用して形成されることを特徴とする位相差材に関する。That is, the present invention as a first aspect,
(A) a polymer having a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable functional group, and (B) a cured film forming composition containing a crosslinking agent,
The vertical alignment group is a group represented by the following formula (1), and relates to a cured film forming composition.

(In Formula [1],
Y ¹ represents a single bond or a linking group,
Y ² represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms or —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH ₂ —, or a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring. Any hydrogen atom on the cyclic group is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms. May be substituted with a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group or a fluorine atom,
Y ³ represents a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms,
Y ⁴ represents a single bond, a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a divalent organic group having 17 to 30 carbon atoms and having a steroid skeleton. Arbitrary hydrogen atoms on the group are alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkoxyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, fluorine-containing alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, fluorine containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms May be substituted with an alkoxyl group or a fluorine atom,
Y ⁵ represents a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring, and any hydrogen atom on these cyclic groups is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms. An alkoxyl group, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom,
n represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when n is 2 or more, Y ⁵ may be the same or different,
Y ⁶ represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. ,
The alkylene group as Y ² and Y ³ and the substituent on the cyclic group or the alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxy group as Y ⁶ are linear, branched or cyclic. Any or a combination thereof,
Also, the alkylene group as Y ² and Y ³ , and the alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxy group as Y ⁶ are interrupted by 1 to 3 bonding groups unless the bonding groups are adjacent to each other. May have been
Furthermore, Y ² , Y ⁴ or Y ⁵ represents a divalent cyclic group, Y ⁴ represents a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, or Y ² represents —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH ₂ —. When Y ² or Y ³ represents an alkylene group, or Y ⁶ represents an alkyl group or a fluorine-containing alkyl group, the divalent cyclic group, the divalent organic group having the steroid skeleton, _{-CH 2 -CH (OH) -CH 2} -, the alkylene group, the alkyl group and the fluorine-containing alkyl group may be bonded through a bonding group and groups adjacent to them,
The linking group is a group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —CH ₂ O—, —COO—, —OCO—, —NHCO—, —NH—CO—O— and —NH—CO—NH—. Represents
Provided that each of Y ^{1 to} Y ⁶ represents an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring, a heterocyclic ring, a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, —CH ₂ —CH (OH) — CH ₂ -, alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, the carbon atoms of the alkoxyl group and a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms having 1 to 18 carbon atoms The total number is 6-30).
As a second aspect, the present invention relates to the cured film forming composition according to the first aspect, wherein the thermally crosslinkable functional group of component (A) is a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or an alkoxysilyl group.
As a 3rd viewpoint, it is related with the cured film formation composition as described in a 1st viewpoint or a 2nd viewpoint that the crosslinking agent of (B) component is a crosslinking agent which has a methylol group or an alkoxymethyl group.
As a 4th viewpoint, it is related with the cured film formation composition as described in any one of the 1st viewpoint thru | or the 3rd viewpoint which further contains (C) a crosslinking catalyst.
As 5th viewpoint, based on 100 mass parts of (A) component, cured film formation as described in any one of the 1st viewpoint thru | or 4th viewpoint containing 1 mass part-100 mass parts (B) component Relates to the composition.
As a 6th viewpoint, based on 100 mass parts of (A) component, it is related with the cured film forming composition as described in a 4th viewpoint or a 5th viewpoint containing 0.01 mass part-20 mass parts (C) component.
As a seventh aspect, the present invention relates to an alignment material obtained by curing the cured film forming composition according to any one of the first aspect to the sixth aspect.
As an eighth aspect, the present invention relates to a retardation material characterized by being formed using a cured film obtained from the cured film forming composition according to any one of the first aspect to the sixth aspect.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, in order to provide an alignment material that has excellent vertical alignment and can stably align a polymerizable liquid crystal vertically under low-temperature and short-time firing conditions even on a resin film. Useful cured film forming compositions can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an alignment material that has excellent vertical alignment and can stably align the polymerizable liquid crystal vertically under low-temperature and short-time firing conditions.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a retardation material that can be formed on a resin film with high efficiency, is highly transparent, and has high solvent resistance.

<Curing film forming composition>
The cured film forming composition of the present invention contains (A) a polymer having a vertical alignment group as a component and a thermally crosslinkable functional group, and (B) a crosslinking agent as a component. The cured film forming composition of the present invention can further contain a crosslinking catalyst as the component (C) in addition to the components (A) and (B). And as long as the effect of this invention is not impaired, another additive can be contained.
Hereinafter, details of each component will be described.

<(A) component>
The component (A) contained in the cured film forming composition of the present invention is a polymer having a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable functional group (hereinafter also referred to as a heat crosslinkable group) as a side chain.
The polymer of the component (A) of the present invention is not particularly limited, but a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer having an unsaturated double bond such as an acrylic ester, methacrylic ester, styrene, maleimide, etc. is preferably applied. sell.
That is, the polymer of the component (A) of the present invention may be, for example, an acrylic polymer (hereinafter also referred to as a specific copolymer) containing a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable functional group in the side chain. There is no particular limitation on the skeleton of the main chain of the polymer constituting the coalescence and the types of other side chains.

  The polymer of component (A) preferably has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 200,000, more preferably 2,000 to 150,000, and more preferably 3,000 to 100,000. Even more preferred. If the weight average molecular weight is over 200,000, the solubility in the solvent may be lowered and the handling property may be lowered. If the weight average molecular weight is less than 1,000, the heat is There may be insufficient curing during curing and solvent resistance and heat resistance may decrease.

As a synthesis method of the polymer of component (A), that is, an acrylic copolymer having a specific group such as a vertical alignment group in the side chain, a method of polymerizing a monomer having a vertical alignment group, which will be described later, or reactivity A method of bonding an acrylic polymer having a group and a compound having a vertical alignment group by a polymer reaction is simple.
Among them, the polymer having a vertically alignable group and a thermally crosslinkable group as component (A) is a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer having a vertically alignable group and a monomer having a thermally crosslinkable group. That is, it is possible to use a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer having an unsaturated double bond, such as an acrylic ester, methacrylic ester, styrene, maleimide, etc., having the above-mentioned vertical alignment group or thermally crosslinkable group. Convenient.

In the present specification, the vertical alignment group represents, for example, a group containing a hydrocarbon group having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, specifically, a group represented by the formula [1] described later.
Accordingly, examples of the monomer having a vertical alignment group include a monomer having a hydrocarbon group having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms. Examples of the hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms include linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms including an aromatic group. . Accordingly, specific examples of the monomer containing a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms include alkyl ester of acrylic acid, alkyl ester of methacrylic acid, alkyl vinyl ether, 2-alkyl styrene, 3-alkyl styrene, 4-alkyl styrene, Examples thereof include N-alkylmaleimides in which the alkyl group has 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

The vertical alignment group is more specifically a group represented by the following formula [1], that is, the monomer having a vertical alignment group is more specifically a group represented by the following formula [1]. A monomer having an unsaturated double bond, such as acrylic acid ester, methacrylic acid ester, styrene, and maleimide.

In formula [1], Y ¹ represents a single bond or a linking group.

In formula [1], Y ² represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH ₂ —.
Y ^{2 includes a} divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring, or a heterocyclic ring. An arbitrary hydrogen atom on these cyclic groups is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or 1 carbon atom. A pyrrole ring, an imidazole ring, or an alkenyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom. Oxazole ring, thiazole ring, pyrazole ring, pyridine ring, pyrimidine ring, quinoline ring, pyrazoline ring, isoquinoline ring, carbazole ring, purine ring, thiadiazole ring, pyridazine ring, pyrazoline ring, triazine ring, pyrazolidine ring, triazole ring, pyrazine ring , Benzimidazole ring, cinnoline ring, phenanthroline ring, indole Quinoxaline ring, benzothiazole ring, phenothiazine ring, oxadiazole ring, acridine ring and the like, more preferably pyrrole ring, imidazole ring, pyrazole ring, pyridine ring, pyrimidine ring, pyrazoline ring, carbazole ring, pyridazine A ring, a pyrazoline ring, a triazine ring, a pyrazolidine ring, a triazole ring, a pyrazine ring, and a benzimidazole ring.
Examples of the alkyl group listed as the substituent include a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, and a cyclopropyl group, and the alkoxyl group includes oxygen as a group exemplified as a specific example of the alkyl group. A group to which an atom -O- is bonded can be exemplified. Examples of the fluorine-containing alkyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxyl group include groups in which any hydrogen atom of the alkyl group and alkoxyl group is substituted with a fluorine atom.
Among these, Y ² is preferably a benzene ring or a cyclohexane ring from the viewpoint of ease of synthesis.

In the formula [1], ^{Y 3} represents a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms.

これらのなかでも、合成の容易さの点から、Ｙ^４はベンゼン環、シクロへキサン環または炭素原子数１７〜３０であってステロイド骨格を有する２価の有機基であることが好ましい。In the above formula [1], Y ⁴ represents a single bond or a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring, and any hydrogen atom on these cyclic groups has 1 carbon atom. Or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom.
The alkyl group and the like mentioned as the heterocyclic ring and the substituent can be the same as those mentioned for Y ² above.
Further, Y ⁴ may be a divalent organic group selected from organic groups having 17 to 30 carbon atoms and having a steroid skeleton. Preferred examples thereof include cholesteryl, androsteryl, β-cholesteryl, epiandrosteryl, erygosteryl, estril, 11α-hydroxymethylsteryl, 11α-progesteryl, lanosteryl, melatranyl, methyltestosteryl, noretisteryl, pregnenoyl, β-sitosteryl, It is a divalent group having a structure in which two hydrogen atoms are removed from a structure selected from stigmasteryl, testosteryl, acetic acid cholesterol ester, and the like. More specifically, for example, as follows.

Among these, Y ⁴ is preferably a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring, or a divalent organic group having 17 to 30 carbon atoms and having a steroid skeleton from the viewpoint of ease of synthesis.

In the formula [1], Y ⁵ represents a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring, and any hydrogen atom on these cyclic groups is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, It may be substituted with an alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom. The alkyl group and the like mentioned as the heterocyclic ring and the substituent can be the same as those mentioned above for Y ⁴ .
Among these, Y ⁵ is preferably a benzene ring or a cyclohexane ring.
In formula [1], n represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when n is 2 or more, Y ⁵ may be the same group or different groups. Especially, n is preferably 0 to 3 from the viewpoint of availability of raw materials and ease of synthesis. More preferably, it is 0-2.

In formula [1], Y ⁶ is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or 1 to 18 carbon atoms. Represents a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group.
Among them, Y ⁶ is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Preferably there is. More preferably, Y ⁶ is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms. Particularly preferably, Y ⁶ is an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms.
When Y ⁴ is a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, Y ⁶ is preferably a hydrogen atom.

The alkylene group, alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group or fluorine-containing alkoxy group mentioned in the definition in the above formula [1] is any one of linear, branched, cyclic, or a combination thereof. Also good.
For example, the alkyl group is, for example, methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, isopropyl group, n-butyl group, isobutyl group, sec-butyl group, tert-butyl group, n-pentyl group, 1-methyl-n. -Butyl group, 2-methyl-n-butyl group, 3-methyl-n-butyl group, 1,1-dimethyl-n-propyl group, 1,2-dimethyl-n-propyl group, 2,2-dimethyl- n-propyl group, 1-ethyl-n-propyl group, n-hexyl group, 1-methyl-n-pentyl group, 2-methyl-n-pentyl group, 3-methyl-n-pentyl group, 4-methyl- n-pentyl group, 1,1-dimethyl-n-butyl group, 1,2-dimethyl-n-butyl group, 1,3-dimethyl-n-butyl group, 2,2-dimethyl-n-butyl group, 2 , 3-dimethyl-n-butyl group, 3, -Dimethyl-n-butyl group, 1-ethyl-n-butyl group, 2-ethyl-n-butyl group, 1,1,2-trimethyl-n-propyl group, 1,2,2-trimethyl-n-propyl Group, 1-ethyl-1-methyl-n-propyl group, 1-ethyl-2-methyl-n-propyl group, n-heptyl group, 1-methyl-n-hexyl group, 2-methyl-n-hexyl group 3-methyl-n-hexyl group, 1,1-dimethyl-n-pentyl group, 1,2-dimethyl-n-pentyl group, 1,3-dimethyl-n-pentyl group, 2,2-dimethyl-n -Pentyl group, 2,3-dimethyl-n-pentyl group, 3,3-dimethyl-n-pentyl group, 1-ethyl-n-pentyl group, 2-ethyl-n-pentyl group, 3-ethyl-n- A pentyl group, a 1-methyl-1-ethyl-n-butyl group, -Methyl-2-ethyl-n-butyl group, 1-ethyl-2-methyl-n-butyl group, 2-methyl-2-ethyl-n-butyl group, 2-ethyl-3-methyl-n-butyl group N-octyl group, 1-methyl-n-heptyl group, 2-methyl-n-heptyl group, 3-methyl-n-heptyl group, 1,1-dimethyl-n-hexyl group, 1,2-dimethyl- n-hexyl group, 1,3-dimethyl-n-hexyl group, 2,2-dimethyl-n-hexyl group, 2,3-dimethyl-n-hexyl group, 3,3-dimethyl-n-hexyl group, 1 -Ethyl-n-hexyl group, 2-ethyl-n-hexyl group, 3-ethyl-n-hexyl group, 1-methyl-1-ethyl-n-pentyl group, 1-methyl-2-ethyl-n-pentyl Group, 1-methyl-3-ethyl-n-pentyl group, 2-methyl Ru-2-ethyl-n-pentyl group, 2-methyl-3-ethyl-n-pentyl group, 3-methyl-3-ethyl-n-pentyl group, n-nonyl group, n-decyl group, n-undecyl Group, n-dodecyl group, n-tridecyl group, n-tetradecyl group, n-pentadecyl group and the like.
As said alkylene group, the bivalent group which removed one arbitrary hydrogen atom from the said alkyl group can be mentioned.
Examples of the alkoxyl group include groups in which an oxygen atom —O— is bonded to the groups listed as specific examples of the alkyl group.
Examples of the fluorine-containing alkyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxyl group include groups in which any hydrogen atom of the alkyl group and alkoxyl group is substituted with a fluorine atom.

The alkylene group as Y ² and Y ³ and the substituent on the cyclic group or the alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxy group as Y ⁶ are linear, branched, or cyclic. Or any combination thereof.
Further, the alkylene group as Y ² and Y ³ , and the alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxy group as Y ⁶ are 1 to 3 bonding groups as long as the bonding groups are not adjacent to each other. It may be interrupted.
Furthermore, Y ² , Y ⁴ or Y ⁵ represents a divalent cyclic group, Y ⁴ represents a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, or Y ² represents —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH _2. -When Y ² or Y ³ represents an alkylene group, or Y ⁶ represents an alkyl group or a fluorine-containing alkyl group, the divalent cyclic group, the divalent organic group having the steroid skeleton, The —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH ₂ —, the alkylene group, the alkyl group, and the fluorine-containing alkyl group may be bonded to a group adjacent thereto via a bonding group.
The linking group is a group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —CH ₂ O—, —COO—, —OCO—, —NHCO—, —NH—CO—O— and —NH—CO—NH—. Represents.
Note that each of Y ^{1 to} Y ⁶ represents an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring, a heterocyclic ring, a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, —CH ₂ —CH (OH) — CH ₂ -, alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, the carbon atoms of the alkoxyl group and a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms having 1 to 18 carbon atoms The sum of the numbers is 6-30, for example 6-20.
Among these, in consideration of vertical alignment and applicability of the polymerizable liquid crystal, the vertical alignment group is preferably a group containing an alkyl group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, particularly 8 to 15 carbon atoms.

  Examples of the thermally crosslinkable group include a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a blocked isocyanate group, a vinyl group, an allyl group, an acrylic group, a methacryl group, and an alkoxysilyl group. From the viewpoint of forming a thermosetting film at a low temperature in a short time, preferred thermal crosslinkable groups are a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an alkoxysilyl group.

  Examples of the monomer having a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or an alkoxysilyl group as a thermally crosslinkable group include 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl methacrylate, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl acrylate, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl methacrylate, diethylene glycol monoacrylate, diethylene glycol monomethacrylate, caprolactone 2- (acryloyloxy) ethyl ester, caprolactone 2- ( Methacryloyloxy) ethyl ester, poly (ethylene glycol) ethyl ether acrylate, poly (ethylene Lenglycol) having hydroxy groups such as ethyl ether methacrylate, 5-acryloyloxy-6-hydroxynorbornene-2-carboxyl-6-lactone and 5-methacryloyloxy-6-hydroxynorbornene-2-carboxyl-6-lactone Monomers; acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, mono- (2- (acryloyloxy) ethyl) phthalate, mono- (2- (methacryloyloxy) ethyl) phthalate, N- (carboxyphenyl) maleimide, N- (carboxyphenyl) ) Monomers having a carboxyl group such as acrylamide and N- (carboxyphenyl) methacrylamide; hydroxystyrene, N- (hydroxyphenyl) acrylamide, N- (hydroxyphenyl) methacryl Monomers having phenolic hydroxy groups such as imide and N- (hydroxyphenyl) maleimide; monomers having amino groups such as aminoethyl acrylate, aminoethyl methacrylate, aminopropyl acrylate and aminopropyl methacrylate; and acryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane And monomers having an alkoxysilyl group such as methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, acryloyloxypropyltriethoxysilane, and methacryloyloxypropyltriethoxysilane.

  In addition, as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired, the monomer having the above-mentioned vertical alignment group is obtained when obtaining an acrylic polymer (specific copolymer) containing a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable group in the present invention. In addition to monomers having a thermally crosslinkable group (at least one substituent selected from a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an alkoxysilyl group), these monomers can be copolymerized with the specific functional group described above. Other monomers having no can be used in combination.

  Specific examples of such other monomers include acrylic ester compounds, methacrylic ester compounds, maleimide compounds, acrylamide compounds, acrylonitrile, maleic anhydride, styrene compounds and vinyl compounds.

Specific examples of other monomers are listed below, but are not limited thereto.
Examples of the acrylic ester compound include methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, benzyl acrylate, naphthyl acrylate, anthryl acrylate, anthryl methyl acrylate, phenyl acrylate, glycidyl acrylate, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl acrylate. Tert-butyl acrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, isobornyl acrylate, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, methoxytriethylene glycol acrylate, 2-ethoxyethyl acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, 3-methoxybutyl acrylate and the like.

  Examples of the methacrylic acid ester compound include methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, isopropyl methacrylate, benzyl methacrylate, naphthyl methacrylate, anthryl methacrylate, anthryl methyl methacrylate, phenyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate. Tert-butyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, 2-methoxyethyl methacrylate, methoxytriethylene glycol methacrylate, 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, 3-methoxybutyl methacrylate, γ-butyrolactone methacrylate, etc. It is done.

  Examples of the maleimide compound include maleimide, N-methylmaleimide, N-ethylmaleimide and the like.

  Examples of the styrene compound include styrene, methylstyrene, chlorostyrene, bromostyrene, and the like.

  Examples of the vinyl compound include methyl vinyl ether, benzyl vinyl ether, vinyl naphthalene, vinyl carbazole, allyl glycidyl ether, 3-ethenyl-7-oxabicyclo [4.1.0] heptane, 1,2-epoxy-5-hexene. And 1,7-octadiene monoepoxide.

  As described above, the method for synthesizing the specific copolymer (an acrylic copolymer having a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable group) includes at least one monomer selected from monomers having a vertical alignment group and thermal crosslinking. A method of copolymerizing at least one monomer selected from monomers having a functional group and, if desired, other monomers is convenient.

The amount of each monomer used to obtain the specific copolymer is 3 to 90 mol% of a monomer having a vertical alignment group, 3 to 90 mol% of a thermally crosslinkable group (based on the total amount of all monomers). A monomer having a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or an alkoxysilyl group), 0 to 94 mol% of another monomer having no specific functional group (however, the total of these monomers is 100 mol%) Is preferred.
When the content of the monomer having a vertical alignment group is less than 3 mol%, it is difficult to impart good vertical liquid crystal alignment. When the content of the monomer having a vertical alignment group is more than 90 mol%, the coating property of the polymerizable liquid crystal is deteriorated and it is difficult to form a uniform retardation film.
In addition, if the content of the monomer having a heat-crosslinkable group (at least one substituent selected from a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an alkoxysilyl group) is less than 3 mol%, sufficient thermosetting is imparted. It is difficult to maintain good vertical liquid crystal orientation.

The method for obtaining the specific copolymer used in the present invention is not particularly limited. For example, a monomer having a vertical alignment group, a monomer having a thermally crosslinkable group, and a monomer not having the specific functional group if desired. It can be obtained by a polymerization reaction at a temperature of 50 to 110 ° C. in a solvent coexisting with a polymerization initiator or the like. At that time, the solvent to be used is one that dissolves a monomer having a vertically aligning group and a monomer having a thermally crosslinkable group, a monomer not having a specific functional group, and a polymerization initiator. If it does not specifically limit. Specific examples thereof include those described in <Solvent> described later.
The specific copolymer obtained by the above method is usually in a solution state dissolved in a solvent. As will be described later, the obtained solution of the specific copolymer can be used as it is as the component (A).

Moreover, the solution of the specific copolymer obtained by the above method is poured into diethyl ether or water under stirring to cause reprecipitation, and after the generated precipitate is filtered and washed, under normal pressure or reduced pressure, It can be dried at room temperature or heat to obtain a powder of the specific copolymer. By the above operation, the polymerization initiator and unreacted monomer coexisting with the specific copolymer can be removed, and as a result, a purified powder of the specific copolymer is obtained. If sufficient purification cannot be achieved by a single operation, the obtained powder may be redissolved in a solvent and the above operation may be repeated.
In the present invention, the specific copolymer may be used in the form of a powder or in the form of a solution obtained by re-dissolving the purified powder in a solvent described later.

  In the present invention, the specific copolymer of component (A) may be a mixture of a plurality of types of specific copolymers.

<(B) component>
Component (B) in the cured film forming composition of the present invention is a crosslinking agent.
The crosslinking agent as the component (B) is preferably a crosslinking agent having a group that forms a crosslinking with the thermally crosslinkable functional group of the component (A), such as a methylol group or an alkoxymethyl group.
Examples of the compound having these groups include methylol compounds such as alkoxymethylated glycoluril, alkoxymethylated benzoguanamine, and alkoxymethylated melamine.

  Specific examples of the alkoxymethylated glycoluril include, for example, 1,3,4,6-tetrakis (methoxymethyl) glycoluril, 1,3,4,6-tetrakis (butoxymethyl) glycoluril, 1,3,4 , 6-Tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) glycoluril, 1,3-bis (hydroxymethyl) urea, 1,1,3,3-tetrakis (butoxymethyl) urea, 1,1,3,3-tetrakis (methoxymethyl) Examples include urea, 1,3-bis (hydroxymethyl) -4,5-dihydroxy-2-imidazolinone, and 1,3-bis (methoxymethyl) -4,5-dimethoxy-2-imidazolinone. Commercially available compounds such as glycoluril compounds (trade names: Cymel (registered trademark) 1170, Powderlink (registered trademark) 1174) manufactured by Nippon Cytec Industries Co., Ltd. (former Mitsui Cytec Co., Ltd.), methylated urea resins (Trade name: UFR (registered trademark) 65), butylated urea resin (trade names: UFR (registered trademark) 300, U-VAN10S60, U-VAN10R, U-VAN11HV), DIC Corporation (former Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.) Kogyo Co., Ltd. urea / formaldehyde resin (high condensation type, trade name: Beccamin (registered trademark) J-300S, P-955, N) and the like.

  Specific examples of alkoxymethylated benzoguanamine include tetramethoxymethyl benzoguanamine. Commercially available products are made by Nippon Cytec Industries Co., Ltd. (former Mitsui Cytec Co., Ltd.) (trade name: Cymel (registered trademark) 1123), manufactured by Sanwa Chemical Co., Ltd. (product name: Nicarak (registered trademark) BX-) 4000, BX-37, BL-60, BX-55H) and the like.

  Specific examples of alkoxymethylated melamine include, for example, hexamethoxymethylmelamine. Commercially available products include methoxymethyl-type melamine compounds (trade names: Cymel (registered trademark) 300, 301, 303, and 350) manufactured by Nippon Cytec Industries Co., Ltd. (former Mitsui Cytec Co., Ltd.), butoxymethyl-type melamine Compound (trade name: My Coat (registered trademark) 506, 508), methoxymethyl type melamine compound (trade name: Nicalac (registered trademark) MW-30, MW-22, MW-) manufactured by Sanwa Chemical Co., Ltd. 11, MS-001, MX-002, MX-730, MX-750, MX-035), butoxymethyl type melamine compound (trade name: Nicalac (registered trademark) MX-45, MX-410) , MX-302).

  Moreover, the compound obtained by condensing the melamine compound by which the hydrogen atom of such an amino group was substituted by the methylol group or the alkoxymethyl group, the urea compound, the glycoluril compound, and the benzoguanamine compound may be sufficient. For example, the high molecular weight compound manufactured from the melamine compound and the benzoguanamine compound which are described in US Patent 6,323,310 is mentioned. Examples of commercially available products of the melamine compound include trade name: Cymel (registered trademark) 303 and the like. Examples of commercially available products of the benzoguanamine compound include product name: Cymel (registered trademark) 1123 (Nippon Cytec Industries, Ltd.). ) (Formerly Mitsui Cytec Co., Ltd.).

  Furthermore, as a crosslinking agent for component (B), hydroxymethyl groups (that is, methylol groups) or alkoxymethyl groups such as N-hydroxymethylacrylamide, N-methoxymethylmethacrylamide, N-ethoxymethylacrylamide, N-butoxymethylmethacrylamide, etc. Polymers produced using an acrylamide compound or a methacrylamide compound substituted with a can also be used.

  Examples of such a polymer include poly (N-butoxymethylacrylamide), a copolymer of N-butoxymethylacrylamide and styrene, a copolymer of N-hydroxymethylmethacrylamide and methylmethacrylate, and N-ethoxymethyl. Examples thereof include a copolymer of methacrylamide and benzyl methacrylate, and a copolymer of N-butoxymethylacrylamide, benzyl methacrylate and 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate. The weight average molecular weight (polystyrene equivalent value) of such a polymer is 1,000 to 500,000, preferably 2,000 to 200,000, more preferably 3,000 to 150,000. More preferably, it is 3,000 to 50,000.

  These crosslinking agents can be used alone or in combination of two or more.

  The content of the crosslinking agent as the component (B) in the cured film forming composition of the present invention is preferably 1 part by mass to 100 parts by mass, more preferably based on 100 parts by mass of the compound (A). 5 parts by mass to 80 parts by mass. When content of a crosslinking agent is too small, the solvent tolerance of the cured film obtained from a cured film formation composition will fall, and vertical orientation will fall. On the other hand, when the content is excessive, the vertical alignment property and the storage stability may be lowered.

<(C) component>
The cured film forming composition of the present invention can further contain a crosslinking catalyst as the component (C) in addition to the components (A) and (B).
As the crosslinking catalyst as component (C), for example, an acid or a thermal acid generator can be preferably used. This component (C) is effective in promoting the thermosetting reaction of the cured film forming composition of the present invention.
Specific examples of the component (C) include sulfonic acid group-containing compounds, hydrochloric acid or salts thereof as the acid. The thermal acid generator is not particularly limited as long as it is a compound that thermally decomposes during heat treatment to generate an acid, that is, a compound that thermally decomposes at a temperature of 80 ° C. to 250 ° C. to generate an acid. .

  Specific examples of the acid include, for example, hydrochloric acid or a salt thereof; methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, propanesulfonic acid, butanesulfonic acid, pentanesulfonic acid, octanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, camphor Sulfonic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, p-phenolsulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid, mesitylenesulfonic acid, p-xylene-2-sulfonic acid, m-xylene-2-sulfonic acid, 4-ethylbenzenesulfonic acid, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid, pentafluoroethanesulfonic acid, nonafluorobutane-1-sulfonic acid, sulfonic acid group-containing compounds such as dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid or the like Its hydrates and salts And the like.

  Examples of the compound that generates an acid by heat include bis (tosyloxy) ethane, bis (tosyloxy) propane, bis (tosyloxy) butane, p-nitrobenzyl tosylate, o-nitrobenzyl tosylate, 1,2,3. -Phenylenetris (methylsulfonate), p-toluenesulfonic acid pyridinium salt, p-toluenesulfonic acid morphonium salt, p-toluenesulfonic acid ethyl ester, p-toluenesulfonic acid propyl ester, p-toluenesulfonic acid butyl ester, p- Toluenesulfonic acid isobutyl ester, p-toluenesulfonic acid methyl ester, p-toluenesulfonic acid phenethyl ester, cyanomethyl p-toluenesulfonate, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl p-toluenesulfonate, 2-hydroxy Butyl p- toluenesulfonate, N- ethyl -p- toluenesulfonamide, further represented by the following compound:

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Etc.

  The content of the component (C) in the cured film forming composition of the present invention is preferably 0.01 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight, more preferably 0.1 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the compound (A). Part-15 mass parts, More preferably, it is 0.5-10 mass parts. By setting the content of the component (C) to 0.01 parts by mass or more, sufficient thermosetting and solvent resistance can be imparted. However, when it is more than 20 parts by mass, the storage stability of the composition may be lowered.

<Solvent>
The cured film forming composition of the present invention is mainly used in a solution state dissolved in a solvent. The solvent used at that time is only required to be able to dissolve the component (A), the component (B) and, if necessary, the component (C) and / or other additives described below, and the type and structure thereof are particularly limited. Not.

  Specific examples of the solvent include, for example, methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, isobutanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, n-pentanol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, Methyl cellosolve acetate, ethyl cellosolve acetate, diethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, propylene glycol, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, propylene glycol monoethyl ether, propylene glycol propyl ether, propylene glycol propyl ether acetate, Toluene, xylene, methyl ether Tyl ketone, isobutyl methyl ketone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, 2-butanone, 3-methyl-2-pentanone, 2-pentanone, 2-heptanone, γ-butyrolactone, ethyl 2-hydroxypropionate, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl Ethyl propionate, ethyl ethoxyacetate, ethyl hydroxyacetate, methyl 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoate, methyl 3-methoxypropionate, ethyl 3-methoxypropionate, methyl 3-ethoxypropionate, ethyl 3-ethoxypropionate, Methyl pyruvate, ethyl pyruvate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethyl lactate, butyl lactate, cyclopentyl methyl ether, N, N-dimethylformamide, N, N-dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, etc. And the like.

  When the cured film forming composition of the present invention is used to produce an alignment material by forming a cured film on a resin film, methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol 2-heptanone, isobutyl methyl ketone, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate and the like are preferable from the viewpoint that the resin film is a resistant solvent.

  These solvents can be used singly or in combination of two or more.

<Other additives>
Furthermore, the cured film-forming composition of the present invention is, as necessary, an adhesion improver, a silane coupling agent, a surfactant, a rheology modifier, a pigment, a dye, a storage stability, as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Agents, antifoaming agents, antioxidants, and the like.

<Preparation of cured film forming composition>
The cured film forming composition of the present invention contains a polymer of component (A) and a crosslinking agent of component (B), and if desired, the crosslinking catalyst of component (C), and further, the effects of the present invention are not impaired. The composition may contain other additives. Usually, they are used in the form of a solution in which they are dissolved in a solvent.

Preferred examples of the cured film forming composition of the present invention are as follows.
[1]: A cured film forming composition containing 1 part by mass to 100 parts by mass of the component (B) based on 100 parts by mass of the component (A).
[2]: A cured film forming composition containing 1 part by mass to 100 parts by mass of the component (B) and a solvent based on 100 parts by mass of the component (A).
[3]: Based on 100 parts by mass of component (A), formed cured film containing 1 to 100 parts by mass of component (B), 0.01 to 20 parts by mass of component (C), and solvent. Composition.

The blending ratio, preparation method, and the like when the cured film forming composition of the present invention is used as a solution are described in detail below.
The ratio of the solid content in the cured film forming composition of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as each component is uniformly dissolved in the solvent, but is 1% by mass to 60% by mass, preferably 2%. It is from mass% to 50 mass%, and more preferably from 2 mass% to 20 mass%. Here, solid content means what remove | excluded the solvent from all the components of the cured film formation composition.

  The preparation method of the cured film forming composition of this invention is not specifically limited. As a preparation method, for example, a method of mixing the component (B), further the component (C), etc. in a predetermined ratio with a solution of the component (A) dissolved in a solvent to obtain a uniform solution, or this preparation method In an appropriate stage, there may be mentioned a method in which other additives are further added and mixed as necessary.

  In the preparation of the cured film forming composition of the present invention, a solution of a specific copolymer (polymer) obtained by a polymerization reaction in a solvent can be used as it is. In this case, for example, the (B) component, the (C) component, and the like are added to the (A) component solution in the same manner as described above to obtain a uniform solution. At this time, a solvent may be further added for the purpose of adjusting the concentration. At this time, the solvent used in the production process of the component (A) and the solvent used for adjusting the concentration of the cured film forming composition may be the same or different.

  The prepared cured film-forming composition solution is preferably used after being filtered using a filter having a pore size of about 0.2 μm.

<Hardened film, alignment material and retardation material>
A solution of the cured film forming composition of the present invention is applied to a substrate (for example, a silicon / silicon dioxide-coated substrate, a silicon nitride substrate, a substrate coated with a metal such as aluminum, molybdenum, or chromium, a glass substrate, a quartz substrate, or ITO. Substrates) and film substrates (for example, resin films such as triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film, cycloolefin polymer (COP) film, cycloolefin copolymer (COC) film, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, acrylic film, polyethylene film)) Etc., by bar coating, spin coating, flow coating, roll coating, slit coating, spin coating following slit, ink jet coating, printing, etc. to form a coating film, and then using a hot plate or oven, etc. Heat drying By, it can form a cured film. The cured film can be used as an alignment material as it is.

  The heating and drying conditions may be such that the crosslinking reaction with the crosslinking agent proceeds to such an extent that the components of the cured film (alignment material) do not elute into the polymerizable liquid crystal solution applied thereon. A heating temperature and a heating time appropriately selected from the range of 200 ° C. and a time of 0.4 minutes to 60 minutes are adopted. The heating temperature and the heating time are preferably 70 to 160 ° C. and 0.5 to 10 minutes.

  The film thickness of the cured film (alignment material) formed using the curable composition of the present invention is, for example, 0.05 μm to 5 μm, and is appropriately determined in consideration of the level difference of the substrate used and optical and electrical properties. You can choose.

  Since the alignment material formed from the cured film composition of the present invention has solvent resistance and heat resistance, a phase difference material such as a polymerizable liquid crystal solution having vertical alignment property is applied onto the alignment material. Can be oriented on the orientation material. And the phase difference material can be formed as a layer which has optical anisotropy by hardening the phase difference material which became the orientation state as it is. And when the board | substrate which forms an orientation material is a film, it becomes useful as a phase difference film.

In addition, after using the two substrates having the alignment material of the present invention formed as described above, the alignment materials on both substrates are bonded to each other via a spacer, and then between the substrates. A liquid crystal display element in which liquid crystal is injected to align the liquid crystal may be used.
Thus, the cured film forming composition of this invention can be used suitably for manufacture of various retardation materials (retardation film), a liquid crystal display element, etc.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an example is given and this invention is demonstrated in more detail, this invention is not limited to these Examples.

[Abbreviations used in Examples]
The meanings of the abbreviations used in the following examples are as follows.
<(A) Component Polymer and (B) Crosslinking Agent (Polymer) Raw Material>
LAA: lauryl acrylate EHA: 2-ethylhexyl acrylate HEMA: 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate HEA: 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate MAA: methacrylic acid MMA: methyl methacrylate BMAA: N-butoxymethylacrylamide AIBN: α, α'-azobisisobuty Ronitrile

<(B) component: cross-linking agent>
CYM303: Hexamethoxymethylmelamine

<Component (C): Cross-linking catalyst>
PTSA: p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate

<Solvent>
PM: Propylene glycol monomethyl ether MIBK: Isobutyl methyl ketone

  The number average molecular weight and weight average molecular weight of the acrylic copolymer obtained in accordance with the following synthesis examples were measured using a GPC apparatus (Shodex (registered trademark) columns KF803L and KF804L) manufactured by JASCO Corporation, and the elution solvent tetrahydrofuran at a flow rate of 1 mL. It was measured under the condition that the column was eluted at a rate of 40 minutes per minute (column temperature: 40 ° C.). The following number average molecular weight (hereinafter referred to as Mn) and weight average molecular weight (hereinafter referred to as Mw) were expressed in terms of polystyrene.

<Synthesis Example 1>
MAA (13.8 g), LAA (14.1 g), HEMA (7.2 g), AIBN (0.68 g) as a polymerization catalyst were dissolved in PM (107.0 g) and reacted at 80 ° C. for 16 hours to obtain an acrylic copolymer solution (solid content concentration). 25% by mass) (P1) was obtained. Mn of the obtained acrylic copolymer was 13,300 and Mw was 27,800.
<Synthesis Example 2>
MAA 8.8 g, LAA 14.0 g, HEMA 5.2 g, 0.53 g of AIBN as a polymerization catalyst were dissolved in 85.5 g of PM, and reacted at 80 ° C. for 16 hours to obtain an acrylic copolymer solution (solid content concentration). 25% by mass) (P2) was obtained. Mn of the obtained acrylic copolymer was 11,900 and Mw was 28,800.
<Synthesis Example 3>
MAA (5.4 g), LAA (14.0 g), HEMA (4.0 g), AIBN (0.37 g) as a polymerization catalyst were dissolved in PM (71.1 g) and reacted at 80 ° C. for 16 hours to obtain an acrylic copolymer solution (solid content concentration). 25% by mass) (P3) was obtained. Mn of the obtained acrylic copolymer was 10,800 and Mw was 25,500.
<Synthesis Example 4>
EHA 14.0 g, HEA 2.5 g, and AIBN 0.24 g as a polymerization catalyst were dissolved in MIBK 50.1 g and reacted at 80 ° C. for 16 hours to obtain an acrylic copolymer solution (solid content concentration 25% by mass) ( P4) was obtained. Mn of the obtained acrylic copolymer was 8,900 and Mw was 20,700.
<Synthesis Example 5>
MAA 2.5 g, MMA 9.2 g, HEMA 5.0 g, and AIBN 0.2 g as a polymerization catalyst were dissolved in PM 50.7 g and reacted at 70 ° C. for 20 hours to obtain an acrylic copolymer solution (solid content concentration 25 Mass%) was obtained (P5). Mn of the obtained acrylic copolymer was 19,600 and Mw was 45,200.
<Synthesis Example 6>
25.0 g of BMAA and 1.04 g of AIBN as a polymerization catalyst were dissolved in 48.4 g of PM and reacted at 85 ° C. for 20 hours to obtain an acrylic copolymer solution (solid content concentration 35% by mass) (P6). . Mn of the obtained acrylic copolymer was 4,800 and Mw was 3,100.

<Examples 1 to 6, Comparative Examples 1 and 2>
The cured film forming compositions of Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 were prepared with the compositions shown in Table 1, and the vertical alignment was evaluated for each.

[Evaluation of vertical alignment]
Each cured film forming composition of an Example and a comparative example was apply | coated on 2000 alkali rotation 30 seconds using the spin coater. Similarly, the cured film forming compositions of Examples and Comparative Examples were applied on a PET film with a wet film thickness of 4 μm using a bar coater. Then, it heat-dried in the thermal circulation oven for 60 second at the temperature of 80 degreeC, respectively, and the cured film was formed on glass and a PET film, respectively.
On this cured film, a polymerizable liquid crystal solution RMS03-015 for vertical alignment manufactured by Merck Co., Ltd. was applied with a wet film thickness of 6 μm using a bar coater, and left at room temperature of 23 ° C. for 60 seconds. The coating film on this substrate was exposed at 300 mJ / cm ² to produce a retardation material. The above-mentioned polymerizable liquid crystal solution was directly applied on glass and PET film (no cured film was formed by the cured film-forming composition), and a retardation material produced in the same procedure was used as Comparative Example 3.
With respect to these prepared retardation materials, the incidence angle dependence of the in-plane retardation was measured using a phase difference measuring apparatus RETS100 manufactured by Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd. Those having an in-plane retardation value of 0 at an incident angle of 0 ° and an in-plane retardation of 38 ± 5 nm at an incident angle of ± 50 ° were judged to be vertically oriented.
The obtained results are shown in Table 2.

  As shown in Table 2, the retardation materials using the cured films obtained from the cured film forming compositions of Examples 1 to 6 as alignment materials showed good vertical alignment properties regardless of the substrate used. It was.

  On the other hand, the phase difference material using the cured film obtained from the cured film forming composition of Comparative Example 2 using the component (A) not containing the vertical alignment group as the alignment material did not have vertical alignment. Further, the retardation material using the cured film obtained from the cured film forming composition of Comparative Example 1 as an alignment material, and the retardation material of Comparative Example 3 obtained without forming the cured film are vertically aligned on glass. However, vertical alignment was not exhibited on PET.

  The cured film forming composition according to the present invention is very useful as a material for forming a liquid crystal alignment film of a liquid crystal display element and an alignment material for forming an optically anisotropic film provided inside or outside the liquid crystal display element. In particular, it is suitable as a material for an optical compensation film of IPS-LCD.

Claims (8)

(A) a polymer having a vertical alignment group and a thermally crosslinkable functional group, and (B) a cured film forming composition containing a crosslinking agent,
The said vertical alignment group is group represented by following formula (1), The cured film formation composition characterized by the above-mentioned.

(In Formula [1],
Y ¹ represents a single bond or a linking group,
Y ² represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms or —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH ₂ —, or a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring. Any hydrogen atom on the cyclic group is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms. May be substituted with a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group or a fluorine atom,
Y ³ represents a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms,
Y ⁴ represents a single bond, a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a divalent organic group having 17 to 30 carbon atoms and having a steroid skeleton. Arbitrary hydrogen atoms on the group are alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkoxyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, fluorine-containing alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, fluorine containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms May be substituted with an alkoxyl group or a fluorine atom,
Y ⁵ represents a divalent cyclic group selected from a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring or a heterocyclic ring, and any hydrogen atom on these cyclic groups is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms. An alkoxyl group, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a fluorine atom,
n represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when n is 2 or more, Y ⁵ may be the same or different,
Y ⁶ represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. ,
The alkylene group as Y ² and Y ³ and the substituent on the cyclic group or the alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxy group as Y ⁶ are linear, branched or cyclic. Any or a combination thereof,
Also, the alkylene group as Y ² and Y ³ , and the alkyl group, fluorine-containing alkyl group, alkoxyl group and fluorine-containing alkoxy group as Y ⁶ are interrupted by 1 to 3 bonding groups unless the bonding groups are adjacent to each other. May have been
Furthermore, Y ² , Y ⁴ or Y ⁵ represents a divalent cyclic group, Y ⁴ represents a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, or Y ² represents —CH ₂ —CH (OH) —CH ₂ —. When Y ² or Y ³ represents an alkylene group, or Y ⁶ represents an alkyl group or a fluorine-containing alkyl group, the divalent cyclic group, the divalent organic group having the steroid skeleton, _{-CH 2 -CH (OH) -CH 2} -, the alkylene group, the alkyl group and the fluorine-containing alkyl group may be bonded through a bonding group and groups adjacent to them,
The linking group is a group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —CH ₂ O—, —COO—, —OCO—, —NHCO—, —NH—CO—O— and —NH—CO—NH—. Represents
Provided that each of Y ^{1 to} Y ⁶ represents an alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring, a heterocyclic ring, a divalent organic group having a steroid skeleton, —CH ₂ —CH (OH) — CH ₂ -, alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a fluorine-containing alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, the carbon atoms of the alkoxyl group and a fluorine-containing alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms having 1 to 18 carbon atoms The total number is 6-30). The cured film forming composition according to claim 1, wherein the thermally crosslinkable functional group of component (A) is a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, or an alkoxysilyl group. The cured film forming composition of Claim 1 or Claim 2 whose crosslinking agent of (B) component is a crosslinking agent which has a methylol group or an alkoxymethyl group. (C) The cured film forming composition as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 which further contains a crosslinking catalyst. (A) The cured film forming composition as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 containing 1 mass part-100 mass parts (B) component based on 100 mass parts of component. The cured film forming composition of Claim 4 or 5 containing 0.01 mass part-20 mass parts (C) component based on 100 mass parts of (A) component. An alignment material obtained by curing the cured film forming composition according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A phase difference material formed using a cured film obtained from the cured film forming composition according to claim 1.