WO2012064138A2 - Élément optique - Google Patents

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WO2012064138A2
WO2012064138A2 PCT/KR2011/008589 KR2011008589W WO2012064138A2 WO 2012064138 A2 WO2012064138 A2 WO 2012064138A2 KR 2011008589 W KR2011008589 W KR 2011008589W WO 2012064138 A2 WO2012064138 A2 WO 2012064138A2
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  • the present invention relates to an optical element and a stereoscopic image display device.
  • the technique of dividing light into two or more kinds of light having different polarization states from each other can be usefully used in various fields.
  • the light splitting technique may be applied to, for example, producing a stereoscopic image.
  • Stereoscopic images may be implemented using binocular parallax. For example, when two two-dimensional images are respectively input to the left and right eyes of the human, the input information is transmitted and fused to the brain so that the human feels three-dimensional perspective and realism. Can be.
  • the technology of generating stereoscopic images may be usefully used in 3D measurement, 3D TV, camera or computer graphics.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an optical element and a stereoscopic image display device.
  • An exemplary optical element may include a phase delay layer, a polarizer attached to the phase delay layer as a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and a second pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on the side opposite to the phase delay layer of the polarizer.
  • FIG. 1 is a view showing the optical element 1 by way of example, and the phase retardation layer 11, the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer 121, the polarizing plate 13, and the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer 13 are sequentially formed. The structure is shown.
  • the term optical element may refer to any kind of optical instrument, optical component or optical device or the like that exhibits one or more optically intended functions.
  • the optical element may mean that the sheet or film has a form.
  • the optical element may be, for example, an element that divides incident light into two or more kinds of light having different polarization states. Such a device may be used, for example, to implement a stereoscopic image.
  • the phase delay layer may include a liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal layer may include a liquid crystal compound.
  • the liquid crystal compound may be a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and the liquid crystal compound may be included in the liquid crystal layer in a polymerized form.
  • the term "polymerizable liquid crystal compound” may mean a compound containing a site capable of exhibiting liquid crystallinity, for example, a mesogen skeleton, and the like, and further including at least one polymerizable functional group.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is included in a polymerized form may mean a state in which the liquid crystal compound is polymerized to form a skeleton such as a main chain or side chain of the liquid crystal polymer in the liquid crystal layer. .
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound included in the liquid crystal layer may include a polyfunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a monofunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • polyfunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound may mean a compound containing two or more polymerizable functional groups in the liquid crystal compound.
  • the multifunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound has 2 to 10, 2 to 8, 2 to 6, 2 to 5, 2 to 4, 2 to 3 polymerizable functional groups Or two.
  • monofunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound can mean the compound containing one polymerizable functional group among the said liquid crystal compounds.
  • the phase retardation characteristics of the liquid crystal layer can be effectively controlled, and the implemented phase retardation characteristics, for example, the optical axis and the phase retardation value of the phase retardation layer can be stably maintained.
  • the term optical axis may mean a slow axis or fast axis when light passes through a corresponding area.
  • polyfunctional or monofunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound for example, a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 may be exemplified.
  • A is a single bond, -COO- or -OCO-
  • R 1 to R 10 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, cyano group, nitro group, -OQP or Substituent of Formula 2, wherein at least one of R 1 to R 10 is -OQP or a substituent of Formula 2, two adjacent substituents of R 1 to R 5 or two adjacent substituents of R 6 to R 10 Connected to each other to form a benzene substituted with -OQP, wherein Q is an alkylene group or an alkylidene group, and P is an alkenyl group, epoxy group, cyano group, carboxyl group, acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acrylo It is a polymerizable functional group, such as a oxy group or a methacryloyl oxy group.
  • B is a single bond, -COO- or -OCO-, and R 11 to R 15 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, cyano group, nitro group or -OQP.
  • At least one of R 11 to R 15 is -OQP, or two adjacent substituents of R 11 to R 15 are connected to each other to form a benzene substituted with -OQP, wherein Q is an alkylene group or an alkylidene group , P is a polymerizable functional group such as alkenyl group, epoxy group, cyano group, carboxyl group, acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group.
  • adjacent two substituents may be linked to each other to form benzene substituted with -OQP, which may mean that two adjacent substituents are connected to each other to form a naphthalene skeleton substituted with -OQP as a whole. have.
  • single bond refers to a case in which a separate atom is not present in a portion represented by A or B.
  • A is a single bond in Formula 1
  • benzene on both sides of A may be directly connected to form a biphenyl structure.
  • alkyl group is a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 16 carbon atoms, 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 1 to 8 carbon atoms or 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or 3 to 20 carbon atoms, It may mean a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms or 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • the alkyl group may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents.
  • alkoxy group may mean an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 16 carbon atoms, 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
  • the alkoxy group may be linear, branched or cyclic.
  • the alkoxy group may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents.
  • alkylene group or alkylidene group may mean an alkylene group or alkylidene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 4 to 10 carbon atoms or 6 to 9 carbon atoms, unless otherwise specified.
  • the alkylene group or alkylidene group may be linear, branched or cyclic.
  • the alkylene group or alkylidene group may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents.
  • an alkenyl group in the present specification may mean an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, 2 to 16 carbon atoms, 2 to 12 carbon atoms, 2 to 8 carbon atoms, or 2 to 4 carbon atoms, unless otherwise specified.
  • the alkenyl group may be linear, branched or cyclic.
  • the alkenyl group may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents.
  • P is preferably acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group, more preferably acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group, More preferably, it may be an acryloyloxy group.
  • an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyl group, an epoxy group, an oxo group, an oxetanyl group, a thiol group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, Acryloyloxy group, methacryloyloxy group or an aryl group may be exemplified, but is not limited thereto.
  • Either -OQP or a residue of formula (2) which may be present at least one or more in formulas (1) and (2), may be, for example, at a position of R 3 , R 8, or R 13 . In addition, it may be preferably R 3 and R 4 , or R 12 and R 13 to be connected to each other to form a benzene substituted with —OQP.
  • substituents other than -OQP or residues of the formula (2) or substituents other than those linked to each other to form benzene in the compound of the formula (1) or the formula (2) are hydrogen, halogen, straight chain of 1 to 4 carbon atoms Or an alkoxycarbonyl group including a branched alkyl group, a straight or branched alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, a cyano group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cyano group or a nitro group, Preferably an alkoxycarbonyl group comprising chlorine, a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or It may be a
  • the liquid crystal layer is a monofunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound, more than 0 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight, 1 part by weight to 90 parts by weight, 1 part by weight to 80 parts by weight, 1 part by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyfunctional polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • the unit weight part may mean a ratio of weight.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may be horizontally aligned in the liquid crystal layer.
  • horizontal alignment means that the optical axis of the liquid crystal layer containing the polymerized or unpolymerized liquid crystal compound is about 0 degrees to about 25 degrees, about 0 degrees to about 15 degrees, and about 0 degrees to about 10 with respect to the plane of the liquid crystal layer. Also, it may mean a case having an inclination angle of about 0 degrees to about 5 degrees or about 0 degrees.
  • the liquid crystal layer may have a difference in refractive index in the in-plane slow axis direction and in-plane fast axis direction in a range of 0.05 to 0.2, 0.07 to 0.2, 0.09 to 0.2, or 0.1 to 0.2.
  • the refractive index in the in-plane slow axis direction refers to the refractive index in the direction showing the highest refractive index in the plane of the liquid crystal layer, and the refractive index in the fast axis direction indicates the difference in the refractive index in the direction showing the lowest refractive index on the plane of the liquid crystal layer. Can mean.
  • the fast axis and the slow axis are formed in a direction perpendicular to each other.
  • Each of the refractive indices may be a refractive index measured for light having a wavelength of 550 nm or 589 nm.
  • the liquid crystal layer may also have a thickness of about 0.5 ⁇ m to 2.0 ⁇ m or about 0.5 ⁇ m to 1.5 ⁇ m.
  • the liquid crystal layer having the refractive index relationship and the thickness may implement a phase delay characteristic suitable for the application to be applied.
  • a liquid crystal layer having a relationship and thickness of the refractive index may be suitable for an optical element for light division, and so-called crosstalk induced by improper light division when the element is applied to a stereoscopic image display. Etc. can be prevented.
  • the liquid crystal layer may be formed to split incident light, for example, light incident through the polarizing plate into two or more types of light having different polarization states.
  • the liquid crystal layer may include at least first and second regions having phase delay characteristics different from each other.
  • the phase delay characteristics of the first region and the second region are different from each other in a direction in which the first and second regions are the same or different from each other in a state where both the first and second regions have a phase delay characteristic.
  • Each of the optical axes having the optical axis formed in the above and the phase retardation values are also different from each other, and the case where the optical axes are formed in different directions with the same phase retardation value.
  • the difference in phase delay characteristics of the first and second regions means that any one of the first and second regions is a region having phase delay characteristics, and the other region is optically isotropic without phase delay characteristics.
  • the case may also be included.
  • An example of such a case may be a case in which a layer of a liquid crystal material is formed only in a portion of the liquid crystal layer, and a layer of the liquid crystal material is not formed in another region.
  • the phase delay characteristics of the first or second region can be controlled by adjusting, for example, the alignment state of the liquid crystal compound, the refractive index relationship of the liquid crystal layer, or the thickness of the liquid crystal layer.
  • first region A and the second region B are alternately disposed adjacent to each other while having a stripe shape extending in a common direction as shown in FIG. 2, or FIG. 3. As shown in Fig. 1 may be arranged alternately adjacent to each other in a grid pattern.
  • one of the first and second regions is a left-eye image signal polarization adjusting region (hereinafter referred to as an "LC region”), and the other.
  • the region of may be an image signal polarization adjusting region for the right eye (hereinafter, may be referred to as an “RC region”).
  • the two or more types of light having different polarization states which are divided by the liquid crystal layer including the first and second regions, are two kinds of linearly polarized light having directions substantially perpendicular to each other. Or left circularly polarized light and right circularly polarized light.
  • any one of the first and second regions is a region which is transmitted as it is without rotating the polarization axis of the incident light, and the other region is the polarization axis of the light transmitted through the other region. It may be a region capable of transmitting by rotating in a direction perpendicular to the direction.
  • the region containing the polymerizable liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal layer may be formed only in any one of the first and second regions.
  • the region in which the liquid crystal layer is not formed may be an empty space or a region in which a glass or optically isotropic resin layer, a resin film, a sheet, or the like exists.
  • one of the first and second regions may be a region capable of converting incident light into left circularly polarized light and transmitting the light, and another region may be an region capable of converting incident light into right circularly polarized light and transmitting the light.
  • the first and second regions have the same phase retardation value and have optical axes formed in different directions, or one region can retard incident light by a quarter wavelength of the wavelength.
  • the other area may be an area capable of retarding incident light by 3/4 wavelength of the wavelength.
  • the first and second regions have the same phase retardation value, for example, a value capable of retarding incident light by a quarter wavelength of the wavelength, and are formed in different directions from each other. It may be an area having an optical axis. The angle formed by the optical axes formed in different directions as described above may be vertical, for example.
  • first and second regions are regions having optical axes formed in different directions from each other, a line bisecting an angle formed by the optical axes of the first and second regions is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the polarizer included in the polarizing plate or It is preferable that it is formed so that it may become horizontal.
  • FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining the arrangement of the optical axes when the first and second regions A and B in the example of FIG. 2 or 3 are regions having optical axes formed in different directions from each other.
  • a line that bisects the angle formed by the optical axes of the first and second regions A and B may mean a line that bisects the angle of ( ⁇ 1 + ⁇ 2).
  • the bisector may be formed in a direction parallel to the boundary line L of the first and second regions A and B.
  • the angle formed by the optical axes of the first and second regions, that is, ( ⁇ 1 + ⁇ 2) may be, for example, 90 degrees.
  • each of the above means substantially vertical, horizontal, orthogonal or parallel, unless otherwise specified, for example , Error including manufacturing error or variation.
  • each of the above may include an error within about ⁇ 15 degrees, preferably an error within about ⁇ 10 degrees, more preferably an error within about ⁇ 5 degrees.
  • the phase delay layer may further include a base layer on which a liquid crystal layer is formed.
  • 5 exemplarily shows a structure in the case where the optical element 4 includes the base layer 41 on which the liquid crystal layer 11 is formed.
  • a glass base material layer or a plastic base material layer can be used, for example.
  • the plastic base layer include cellulose resins such as triacetyl cellulose (TAC) or diacetyl cellulose (DAC); Cyclo olefin polymers (COPs) such as norbornene derivatives; Acrylic resins such as poly (methyl methacrylate); polyolefin (PC); polyolefins such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP); polyvinyl alcohol (PVA); poly ether sulfone (PES); polyetheretherketon (PEEK); Polyetherimide (PEN), polyestermaphthatlate (PEN), polyester such as polyethylene terephtalate (PET), polyimide (PI), polysulfone (PSF), or a fluorine resin or the like may be exemplified.
  • TAC triacetyl cellulose
  • DAC diacetyl cellulose
  • COPs Cyclo olefin polymers
  • the substrate layer for example, the plastic substrate layer, may have a lower refractive index than the liquid crystal layer.
  • the refractive index of the exemplary substrate layer is in the range of about 1.33 to about 1.53.
  • the base layer has a lower refractive index than the liquid crystal layer, for example, it is advantageous to improve luminance, prevent reflection, and improve contrast characteristics.
  • the plastic base layer may be optically isotropic or anisotropic.
  • the base layer is optically anisotropic in the above, it is preferable that the optical axis of the base layer is disposed so as to be perpendicular or horizontal to a line bisecting the angle formed by the optical axes of the first and second regions.
  • the substrate layer may include a sunscreen or a UV absorber.
  • a sunscreen or absorbent When the sunscreen or absorbent is included in the base layer, deterioration of the liquid crystal layer due to ultraviolet rays or the like can be prevented.
  • a salicylic acid ester compound, a benzophenone compound, an oxybenzophenone compound, a benzotriazol compound, a cyanoacrylate compound or a benzoate Organics such as (benzoate) compounds or the like or inorganic materials such as zinc oxide or nickel complex salts may be exemplified.
  • the content of the sunscreen or absorbent in the substrate layer is not particularly limited and may be appropriately selected in consideration of the desired effect.
  • the sunscreen or absorbent may be included in the manufacturing process of the plastic base layer in an amount of about 0.1 wt% to 25 wt% based on the weight ratio of the main material of the base layer.
  • the thickness of the substrate layer is not particularly limited and may be appropriately adjusted according to the intended use.
  • the base material layer may have a single layer or a multilayer structure.
  • An exemplary optical element may further include an alignment layer existing between the base layer and the liquid crystal layer.
  • the alignment layer may be a layer that serves to orient the liquid crystal compound in the process of forming the optical element.
  • a conventional alignment layer known in the art for example, a photo alignment layer, an alignment layer of a (nano) imprinting method or a rubbing alignment layer may be used.
  • the alignment layer is an arbitrary configuration, and in some cases, it is possible to impart orientation without the alignment layer by rubbing or stretching the substrate layer directly.
  • the polarizing plate included in the optical element may include a polarizer.
  • the polarizer is a functional element that can extract light vibrating in one direction from incident light while vibrating in various directions.
  • the polarizer may include a light absorption axis formed in a predetermined direction and a light transmission axis perpendicular to the light absorption axis.
  • a conventional polarizer such as a poly (vinyl alcohol) polarizer can be used as the polarizer.
  • a protective layer may be formed on one or both surfaces of the polarizer.
  • cellulose resin films such as TAC or DAC, an amorphous polyolefin film, a polyester film, an acrylic resin film, a polycarbonate film, a polysulfone film, an alicyclic polyimide film, or a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) film, etc.
  • cured by electromagnetic waves, such as an ultraviolet-ray, etc. can be illustrated.
  • the said optical element contains the 1st adhesive layer which has a phase retardation layer and a polarizing plate, and the 2nd adhesive layer formed in the polarizing plate.
  • the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure sensitive adhesive layer for attaching the optical element to the optical device.
  • the optical device for example, a liquid crystal panel of a liquid crystal display device or an image display element of a stereoscopic image display device may be exemplified. .
  • At least one of the first and second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a storage modulus of at least 0.02 MPa, at least 0.03 MPa, at least 0.04 MPa, at least 0.05 MPa, at least 0.06 MPa, at least 0.07 MPa, at least 0.08 MPa, at least 0.08 MPa, or at 0.09 at 25 ° C. It may be at least MPa.
  • the upper limit of the storage modulus is not particularly limited.
  • the storage modulus may be 0.25 MPa or less, 0.2 MPa or less, 0.16 MPa or less, 0.1 MPa or less, or 0.08 MPa or less.
  • At least the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the optical device may have a storage modulus in the above range, and preferably may exhibit a storage modulus exceeding 0.08 MPa.
  • the optical element When the first or second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer exhibits the storage elastic modulus, the optical element exhibits excellent durability, and thus, for example, the phase retardation property of the phase retardation layer is stably maintained for a long time and even under severe conditions, thereby providing stable light content. It can exhibit the characteristics, and side effects such as light leakage in the optical device to which the optical element is applied can be prevented. In addition, the hardness characteristics of the optical element are improved, and excellent resistance to external pressure, scratches, and the like can be exhibited, and reworkability can be appropriately maintained.
  • the first or second pressure sensitive adhesive layer may have a thickness of 25 ⁇ m or less, 20 ⁇ m or less, or 18 ⁇ m or less.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has the thickness, the durability, hardness characteristics and reworkability may be further improved.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may include an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive, a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive, an epoxy pressure sensitive adhesive or a rubber pressure sensitive adhesive.
  • the said adhesive can be formed by hardening
  • thermosetting component and the active energy ray curable component may refer to components in which such curing is induced by application of appropriate heat or irradiation of active energy rays, respectively.
  • active energy rays microwaves, infrared rays (IR), ultraviolet rays (UV), X-rays and gamma rays, as well as alpha-particle beams, proton beams, Particle beams such as neutron beams or electron beams can be included, and typically ultraviolet or electron beams can be used.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a thermosetting component may include an acrylic polymer crosslinked by a multifunctional crosslinking agent.
  • the acrylic polymer crosslinked by the polyfunctional crosslinking agent for example, an acrylic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 or more can be used.
  • the weight average molecular weight is a conversion value with respect to standard polystyrene measured by Gel Permeation Chromatograph (GPC).
  • GPC Gel Permeation Chromatograph
  • the term "molecular weight” means a "weight average molecular weight.”
  • the molecular weight of a polymer is made into 500,000 or more, and the adhesive layer which has the outstanding durability under severe conditions can be formed.
  • the upper limit of the molecular weight is not particularly limited, and for example, in consideration of durability and coating property of the composition, it can be adjusted in the range of 2.5 million or less.
  • the acrylic polymer may be a polymer including a (meth) acrylic acid ester monomer and a crosslinkable monomer as a polymer unit.
  • alkyl (meth) acrylate can be used, and alkyl (meth) having an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in consideration of the cohesion force, glass transition temperature, or tackiness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive.
  • Acrylate can be used.
  • Such monomers include methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, n-propyl (meth) acrylate, isopropyl (meth) acrylate, n-butyl (meth) acrylate, t-butyl (meth) Acrylate, sec-butyl (meth) acrylate, pentyl (meth) acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth) acrylate, 2-ethylbutyl (meth) acrylate, n-octyl (meth) acrylate, isooctyl (Meth) acrylate, isononyl (meth) acrylate, lauryl (meth) acrylate, tetradecyl (meth) acrylate, and the like can be exemplified, and one or more of the above can be used.
  • the polymer may also further comprise crosslinkable monomers as polymerized units.
  • the polymer may include, for example, 80 parts by weight to 99.9 parts by weight of the (meth) acrylic acid ester monomer and 0.1 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of the crosslinkable monomer as a polymerized unit.
  • crosslinkable monomer means a monomer that can be copolymerized with other monomers forming an acrylic polymer and can provide a crosslinkable functional group to the polymer after copolymerization. The said crosslinkable functional group can react with the polyfunctional crosslinking agent mentioned later, and can form a crosslinked structure.
  • crosslinkable functional group nitrogen containing functional groups, such as a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an epoxy group, an isocyanate group, or an amino group, etc. can be illustrated, for example.
  • the copolymerizable monomer which can provide such a crosslinkable functional group at the time of manufacture of an adhesive resin is known variously.
  • crosslinkable monomer 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl (meth) acrylate, 6-hydroxyhexyl (meth Hydroxy group-containing monomers such as) acrylate, 8-hydroxyoctyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxyethylene glycol (meth) acrylate or 2-hydroxypropylene glycol (meth) acrylate; (Meth) acrylic acid, 2- (meth) acryloyloxy acetic acid, 3- (meth) acryloyloxy propyl acid, 4- (meth) acryloyloxy butyl acid, acrylic acid duplex, itaconic acid, maleic acid and Carboxyl group-containing monomers such as maleic anhydride or nitrogen-containing monomers such as (meth) acrylamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone or N-vinyl caprolactam, and the like can be exemplified, and one or more
  • acrylic polymer other various monomers may be included as polymerized units as necessary.
  • the acrylic polymer may further include a compound represented by the following formula (3) as a polymerized unit.
  • R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group
  • A represents an alkylene group or an alkylidene group
  • R 16 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group
  • n represents a number from 1 to 6.
  • the compound of the formula (3) for example, when the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a crosslinked structure of an active energy ray component described later, improves the compatibility of the crosslinked structure of the crosslinked structure and the thermosetting component, the physical properties of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is an appropriate range It may be useful to keep it as.
  • aryl group may mean a monovalent moiety derived from a compound or derivative thereof including benzene or a structure including two or more benzenes condensed or bonded.
  • the aryl group may be, for example, an aryl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably 6 to 16 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 13 carbon atoms, and for example, a phenyl group, a phenylethyl group, a phenylpropyl group, and a benzyl group.
  • N in the general formula (3) may be more preferably 1 to 25, even more preferably 1 to 15, more preferably 1 to 6.
  • an alkoxy alkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, the alkoxy dialkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, the alkoxy trialkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, the alkoxy tetraalkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester , Alkoxy polyethylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, phenoxy alkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, phenoxy dialkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, phenoxy trialkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester, phenoxy tetraalkylene Glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester or phenoxy polyalkylene glycol (meth) acrylic acid ester and the like can be exemplified.
  • the ratio may be appropriately adjusted according to the purpose, for example, it may be included in 10 to 50 parts by weight relative to the weight of the other monomers.
  • the polymer may be, for example, nitrogen-containing monomers such as (meth) acrylonitrile, (meth) acrylamide, N-methyl (meth) acrylamide or N-butoxy methyl (meth) acrylamide; Styrene-based monomers such as styrene or methyl styrene; Glycidyl (meth) acrylate; Or optional monomers such as carboxylic acid vinyl esters such as vinyl acetate, and the like as polymerized units. Such additional monomers may be adjusted in the range of 20 parts by weight or less relative to the other monomers in total weight ratio.
  • nitrogen-containing monomers such as (meth) acrylonitrile, (meth) acrylamide, N-methyl (meth) acrylamide or N-butoxy methyl (meth) acrylamide
  • Styrene-based monomers such as styrene or methyl styrene
  • Glycidyl (meth) acrylate or optional monomers such as carb
  • Acrylic polymers are prepared by applying a mixture of monomers selected and blended as necessary to each component described above in a polymerization mode such as solution polymerization, photopolymerization, bulk polymerization, suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization. can do.
  • a polymerization mode such as solution polymerization, photopolymerization, bulk polymerization, suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization. can do.
  • thermosetting crosslinking agents such as an isocyanate crosslinking agent, an epoxy crosslinking agent, an aziridine crosslinking agent, and a metal chelate crosslinking agent
  • polyfunctional isocyanate compounds such as tolylene diisocyanate, xylene diisocyanate, diphenylmethane diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, isoborone diisocyanate, tetramethylxylene diisocyanate or naphthalene diisocyanate, or the The compound etc.
  • Epoxy crosslinkers include ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, triglycidyl ether, trimethylolpropane triglycidyl ether, N, N, N ', N'-tetraglycidyl ethylenediamine and glycerin diglycidyl ether
  • One or more selected from the group can be exemplified, and as the aziridine crosslinking agent, N, N'-toluene-2,4-bis (1-aziridinecarboxamide), N, N'-diphenylmethane-4,4
  • One or more selected from the group consisting of '-triethylene melamine, bisisoprotaloyl-1- (2-methylaziridine) and tri-1-aziridinylphosphineoxide may be exemplified, and the metal chelate crosslinking agent may be
  • a compound in which a polyvalent metal such as aluminum, iron, zinc, tin, titanium, antimony, magnesium or vanadium is coordinated with acetyl acetone or ethyl acetoacetate may be exemplified, but is not limited thereto.
  • the multifunctional crosslinking agent is included in the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including the thermosetting component or the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the composition, for example, in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight or 0.01 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer. There may be.
  • the ratio of the crosslinking agent may be changed depending on the physical properties such as the desired elastic modulus, the inclusion of other crosslinked structures in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and the like.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing the active energy ray curable component may include a crosslinked structure of the polymerized active energy ray polymerizable compound.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be, for example, a functional group capable of participating in a polymerization reaction by irradiation of an active energy ray, for example, an alkenyl group, acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group, methacryloyloxy group, or the like.
  • Examples of the compound having a functional group capable of participating in the polymerization reaction by irradiation of the active energy ray a functional group such as acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group in the side chain of the acrylic polymer A polymer introduced with;
  • active energy ray-curable oligomers such as urethane acrylates, epoxy acrylates, polyester acrylates or polyether acrylates, or polyfunctional acrylates described below can be exemplified.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a thermosetting component and an active energy ray curable component may simultaneously include a crosslinked structure comprising an acrylic polymer crosslinked with the multifunctional crosslinking agent and a crosslinked structure of the polymerized active energy ray polymerizable compound. Can be.
  • Such an adhesive layer is an adhesive containing what is called an interpenetrating polymer network (hereinafter, "IPN").
  • IPN interpenetrating polymer network
  • the term “IPN” may refer to a state in which at least two crosslinked structures are present in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and in one example, the crosslinked structures may be entangled with each other, or linked or penetrating. May be present.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains an IPN, an optical element having excellent durability under severe conditions and excellent in workability or suppression of light leakage or crosstalk can be realized.
  • thermosetting component in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing IPN, as the multifunctional crosslinking agent and the acrylic polymer of the crosslinked structure embodied by the acrylic polymer crosslinked by the multifunctional crosslinking agent, for example, the above-described thermosetting component may be described in the section of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising the thermosetting component. Ingredients may be used.
  • the active energy ray-polymerizable compound of the crosslinked structure of the polymerized active energy ray-polymerizable compound may also be used.
  • the active energy ray polymerizable compound may be a multifunctional acrylate.
  • the polyfunctional acrylate any compound having two or more (meth) acryloyl groups can be used without limitation.
  • Ring structures included in the polyfunctional acrylate include carbocyclic structures or heterocyclic structures; Or any of a monocyclic or polycyclic structure.
  • Examples of the polyfunctional acrylate including a ring structure include monomers having isocyanurate structures such as tris (meth) acryloxy ethyl isocyanurate and isocyanate-modified urethane (meth) acrylates (ex. Isocyanate monomers and trimethylol).
  • Hexafunctional acrylates such as propane tri (meth) acrylate reactants) and the like can be exemplified, but is not limited thereto.
  • the active energy ray-polymerizable compound forming the crosslinked structure in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing IPN may be included in an amount of 5 parts by weight to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer, for example. Therefore, it can be changed.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may include various additives known in the art, in addition to the aforementioned components.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer further includes at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a silane coupling agent, a tackifying resin, an epoxy resin, a curing agent, an ultraviolet stabilizer, an antioxidant, a colorant, a reinforcing agent, a filler, an antifoaming agent, a surfactant, and a plasticizer. can do.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be, for example, a method of applying and curing the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition prepared by blending the above-described components by means such as a bar coater or a comma coater.
  • the method of curing the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is not particularly limited, for example, to maintain the composition at an appropriate temperature so that the crosslinking reaction of the acrylic polymer and the polyfunctional crosslinking agent and the polymerization of the active energy ray-curable compound is possible. It can harden
  • the irradiation of the active energy ray may be performed using, for example, a high-pressure mercury lamp, an electrodeless lamp, a xenon lamp, or the like, and the conditions such as the wavelength and the amount of light of the active energy ray to be irradiated may be the active energy.
  • the polymerization of the precurable compound may be selected in a range within which it can be appropriately performed.
  • the first or second pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be formed by selecting an appropriate kind from the above-described types of pressure sensitive adhesives.
  • the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including at least the IPN
  • the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a crosslinked structure of a thermosetting component, that is, a crosslinked acrylic polymer crosslinked by a multifunctional crosslinking agent. It may be an adhesive layer having a structure or an adhesive layer including the IPN.
  • the storage elastic modulus and the kind of the first or second pressure sensitive adhesive layer a more suitable kind may be selected according to the specific structure of the optical element.
  • the optical device may further include a protective substrate layer having a phase retardation layer further including a substrate layer on which the liquid crystal layer is formed, and further attached to the substrate layer as a third pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
  • a protective substrate layer having a phase retardation layer further including a substrate layer on which the liquid crystal layer is formed, and further attached to the substrate layer as a third pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
  • the optical element 6 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the optical element 5 having the above structure, wherein the protective base layer 51 is attached to the base layer 41 on which the liquid crystal layer 11 is formed as the third pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 123.
  • the structure is shown.
  • the optical element 6 having such a structure may further include a surface treatment layer 61, which will be described later, formed on the surface of the protective substrate layer 51, for example, as shown in FIG.
  • a base layer as described above may be used, and the protective base layer 51 may also be selected within the same category as the base layer 41.
  • Substrate layers can be used.
  • the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 122 has a storage modulus at 25 ° C. of 0.02 MPa or more, 0.05 MPa or more, or more than 0.08 MPa, or more than 0.08 MPa, and 0.25 MPa or less, 0.09 MPa to 0.2 MPa or
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be 0.09 MPa to 0.16 MPa.
  • the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including the IPN.
  • the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including a crosslinked structure of the thermosetting component or an IPN.
  • the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer may have a storage modulus at 25 ° C. of 0.02 MPa or more, 0.05 MPa or more, or more than 0.08 MPa.
  • the 1st adhesive layer is an adhesive layer containing the crosslinked structure of a thermosetting component
  • the storage elastic modulus in 25 degreeC is adjusted in the range of 0.02 MPa-0.08 MPa or 0.04 MPa-0.08 MPa
  • the storage modulus at 25 ° C. is greater than 0.08 MPa and can be adjusted in the range of 0.25 MPa or less, in the range of 0.09 MPa to 0.2 MPa or 0.09 MPa to 0.16 MPa.
  • an adhesive having a storage modulus and a crosslinking component in the same category as the first or second adhesive layers 121 and 122 may be used.
  • the third pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 123, the storage modulus at 25 ° C is 0.02 MPa or more, 0.05 MPa or more, or more than 0.08 MPa, or more than 0.08 MPa, 0.25 MPa or less, 0.09 MPa to An adhesive layer containing 0.2 MPa or 0.09 MPa to 0.16 MPa, and an adhesive layer containing IPN may be used.
  • the optical device may further include a substrate layer on which the liquid crystal layer is formed, and may include a surface treatment layer formed on the surface of the substrate layer.
  • FIG. 8 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the optical element 7 having the above structure, wherein the substrate layer 41 having the liquid crystal layer 11 formed thereon and the surface treatment layer 61 formed on the surface of the substrate layer 41 are shown.
  • the containing structure is shown.
  • the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a storage modulus at 25 ° C. of 0.02 MPa or more, 0.05 MPa or more, or more than 0.08 MPa, or more than 0.08 MPa, and 0.25 MPa or less, 0.09 MPa to 0.2 MPa or 0.09 MPa It may be a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of 0.16 MPa, the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a storage modulus of 0.02 MPa to 0.08 MPa or 0.04 MPa to 0.08 MPa at 25 °C.
  • the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including the IPN, and the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including a crosslinked structure of the thermosetting component.
  • a surface treatment layer may be formed on the surface of the substrate layer on which the protective substrate layer or the liquid crystal layer is formed.
  • the surface treatment layer examples include an anti-glare layer such as a high hardness layer, an anti-glare layer or a semi-glare layer, or a low reflection layer such as an anti reflection layer or a low reflection layer. Can be.
  • the surface treatment layer may be formed on one main surface or both main surfaces of the base layer, or if necessary, may be performed on the entire surface including the side surface of the base layer.
  • the high hardness layer may be a layer having a pencil hardness of at least 1H or at least 2H under a load of 500 g.
  • the pencil hardness can be measured according to the ASTM D 3363 standard, for example using a pencil lead defined in KS G2603.
  • the high hardness layer may be, for example, a high hardness resin layer.
  • the resin layer may include, for example, a room temperature curing type, a moisture curing type, a thermosetting type, or an active energy ray curing type resin composition in a cured state, and in one example, a thermosetting type or active energy ray curing type resin composition, or The active energy ray curable resin composition may be included in a cured state.
  • the "cured state" may mean a case where the components contained in the respective resin compositions are converted into a hard state through a crosslinking reaction or a polymerization reaction.
  • the cured state may be induced at room temperature or may be induced by application of heat or irradiation of active energy ray in the presence of appropriate moisture.
  • composition may be meant.
  • the resin composition may include an acrylic compound, an epoxy compound, a urethane-based compound, a phenol compound, a polyester compound, or the like as a main material.
  • the "compound” may be a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric compound.
  • an acrylic resin composition which is excellent in optical properties such as transparency and excellent in resistance to yellowing and the like, preferably an active energy ray-curable acrylic resin composition can be used.
  • the active energy ray-curable acrylic composition may include, for example, an active energy ray polymerizable polymer component and a monomer for reactive dilution.
  • the polymer component in the above includes components known in the art as so-called active energy ray polymerizable oligomers such as urethane acrylate, epoxy acrylate, ether acrylate or ester acrylate, or monomers such as (meth) acrylic acid ester monomers and the like. Polymerized mixtures can be exemplified. As the (meth) acrylic acid ester monomer, alkyl (meth) acrylate, (meth) acrylate having an aromatic group, heterocyclic (meth) acrylate or alkoxy (meth) acrylate and the like can be exemplified. In this field, various polymer components for producing an active energy ray-curable composition are known, and such compounds may be selected as necessary.
  • the monomer for reactive dilution which may be included in the active energy ray-curable acrylic composition
  • a monomer having one or two or more active energy ray-curable functional groups for example, acryloyl group or methacryloyl group
  • the (meth) acrylic acid ester monomer or polyfunctional acrylate may be used.
  • the multifunctional acrylate an appropriate kind may be selected from the compounds described in the pressure-sensitive adhesive section.
  • the selection of the above components or the blending ratio of the selected components for producing the active energy ray-curable acrylic composition is not particularly limited and may be adjusted in consideration of the hardness and other physical properties of the desired resin layer.
  • the AG (Anti-glare) layer or the SG (Semi-glare) layer for example, a resin layer containing a resin layer or particles having an uneven surface formed therein, the particles having a refractive index different from that of the resin layer.
  • grain can be used.
  • the resin layer used for formation of the said high hardness layer can be used, for example.
  • an anti-glare layer although it is not necessary to adjust the component of a resin composition so that a resin layer may show high hardness, you may form a resin layer so that a high hardness may be shown.
  • the method of forming the uneven surface on the resin layer is not particularly limited.
  • the resin layer may be cured in a state in which the coating layer of the resin composition is in contact with a mold having a desired concave-convex structure, or a particle having an appropriate particle size may be blended, coated, and cured in the resin composition to implement the concave-convex structure. Can be.
  • the anti-glare layer may also be implemented using particles having a different refractive index than that of the resin layer.
  • the particles for example, the difference in refractive index with the resin layer may be 0.03 or less or 0.02 to 0.2. If the difference in the refractive index is too small, it is difficult to cause haze, and if the difference is too large, scattering occurs in the resin layer to increase the haze, but a decrease in light transmittance or contrast characteristics may be induced. Consideration can be given to selecting appropriate particles.
  • the shape of the particles contained in the resin layer is not particularly limited and may have, for example, spherical, elliptical, polyhedral, amorphous or other shapes.
  • the particles may have an average diameter of 50 nm to 5,000 nm.
  • corrugation is formed in the surface can be used as said particle
  • Such particles may, for example, have an average surface roughness Rz of 10 nm to 50 nm or 20 nm to 40 nm, and / or a maximum height of irregularities formed on the surface of about 100 nm to 500 nm or 200 nm to 400 nm, and the width of the unevenness may be 400 nm to 1,200 nm or 600 nm to 1,000 nm.
  • Such particles are excellent in compatibility with the resin layer or dispersibility therein.
  • the particles various inorganic or organic particles can be exemplified.
  • the inorganic particles include silica, amorphous titania, amorphous zirconia, indium oxide, alumina, amorphous zinc oxide, amorphous cerium oxide, barium oxide, calcium carbonate, amorphous barium titanate or barium sulfate, and the like.
  • the organic particles may include particles including a crosslinked or non-crosslinked material of an organic material such as an acrylic resin, a styrene resin, a urethane resin, a melamine resin, a benzoguanamine resin, an epoxy resin, or a silicone resin, but are not limited thereto. It is not.
  • the content of the uneven structure or the particles formed in the resin layer is not particularly limited.
  • the shape of the uneven structure or the content of the particles for example, in the case of the AG layer, so that the haze (haze) of the resin layer is about 5% to 15%, 7% to 13% or about 10%
  • the haze may be adjusted to be about 1% to 3%.
  • the haze may be measured according to a manufacturer's manual using a hazemeter such as Sepung's HR-100 or HM-150.
  • the low reflection layer such as an anti reflection (AR) layer or a low reflection (LR) layer, may be formed by coating a low refractive material.
  • a low refractive material There are a variety of low refractive materials that can form a low reflection layer, all of which may be appropriately selected and used in the optical element.
  • the low reflection layer may be formed such that the reflectance is about 1% or less through the coating of the low refractive material.
  • the surface treatment layer may be formed alone or in combination of two or more thereof.
  • the case where a high hardness layer is formed first on the surface of a base material layer and a low reflection layer is formed again on the surface can be illustrated.
  • the optical element may further satisfy the condition of the following general formula (1).
  • X is the optical element measured after attaching the optical element to the glass substrate through the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and maintained at 60 °C and 10% relative humidity for 150 hours, 300 hours or 500 hours The amount of change in the width or length of the device.
  • X may also be 170 nm or less, 150 nm or less, 130 nm or less, 110 nm or less, 90 nm or less, 70 nm or less, 50 nm or less or 40 nm or less.
  • X means that the lower the numerical value, the more excellent the durability and dimensional stability of the optical element, the lower limit is not particularly limited.
  • the present invention also relates to a stereoscopic image display device.
  • An exemplary stereoscopic image display device may include the optical element described above.
  • the stereoscopic image display apparatus further includes an image display element capable of generating a left eye image signal (hereinafter referred to as an L signal) and a right eye image signal (hereinafter referred to as an R signal).
  • an L signal may be transmitted, and the other region may be disposed so that the R signal may be transmitted. It may be attached to the device.
  • the optical element may be arranged such that the R and L signals are emitted from the display element to pass through the polarizing plate of the optical element first and then enter the respective regions of the liquid crystal layer.
  • the stereoscopic image display device includes the optical element as a light splitting element, various methods known in the art may be applied and manufactured.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates, as one exemplary apparatus, an apparatus by which an observer may wear a polarized glasses and observe a stereoscopic image.
  • the apparatus 8 includes, for example, a light source 81, a polarizing plate 82, and the image display element 83, and includes a second pressure sensitive adhesive layer 122 and a polarizing plate 13. ), An optical element including a phase difference layer 11 including a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer 121 and a liquid crystal layer in sequence may be attached to the display element 83 as the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer 122. have.
  • the light source 81 for example, a direct type or edge type backlight commonly used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like may be used.
  • LCD liquid crystal display
  • the display element 83 may be a transmissive liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a row, column, or matrix direction. One or more pixels may be combined to form a right eye image signal generation region (hereinafter referred to as RG region) for generating an R signal and a left eye image signal generation region (hereinafter referred to as LG region) for generating an L signal. .
  • RG region right eye image signal generation region
  • LG region left eye image signal generation region
  • the RG and LG regions may be alternately disposed adjacent to each other while having a stripe shape extending in a common direction as shown in FIG. 10, or alternately disposed adjacent to each other while forming a lattice pattern as illustrated in FIG. 11.
  • the first and second regions are LC or RC regions, respectively, and the R signal transmitted from the RG region is RC through the polarizer 13 in consideration of the arrangement of the RG and LG regions.
  • the L signal may be disposed to be incident to the region, and the L signal may be incident to the LC region through the polarizer 13.
  • the image display element 83 is, for example, a first transparent substrate, a pixel electrode, a first alignment film, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment film, a common electrode, a color filter, and a second transparent arranged sequentially from the light source 81 side direction. It may be a liquid crystal panel including a substrate or the like.
  • the polarizing plate 82 may be attached to the light incident side of the panel, that is, the light source 81, and the optical element may be attached to the opposite side of the panel.
  • the polarizer included in the polarizing plate 82 and the polarizer included in the polarizing plate 13 of the optical element may be arranged such that, for example, both absorption axes form a predetermined angle, for example, 90 degrees. As a result, it can be transmitted or blocked through the display element 83 emitted from the light source 81.
  • unpolarized light from the light source 81 of the display device 8 may be emitted to the polarizing plate 82 side.
  • the polarizer 82 light having a polarization axis in a direction parallel to the light transmission axis of the polarizer of the polarizer 82 may pass through the polarizer 82 and enter the display element 83.
  • Light incident on the display element 83 and transmitted through the RG region becomes an R signal
  • light passing through the LG region becomes an L signal and is incident on the polarizing plate 13 of the optical element.
  • the light transmitted through the LC region and the light transmitted through the RC region are respectively emitted in different polarization states.
  • the R and L signals having different polarization states may be incident on the right and left eyes of the observer wearing polarized glasses, and thus the observer may observe a stereoscopic image.
  • Exemplary optical elements of the present invention exhibit excellent durability, hardness characteristics and reworkability.
  • the phase retardation characteristics of the phase retardation layer included in the optical element can be stably maintained for a long time and under severe conditions, thereby exhibiting stable light splitting characteristics.
  • side effects such as light leakage may be prevented in the optical apparatus to which the optical element is applied.
  • the optical element can exhibit excellent resistance to external pressure, scratches, and the like.
  • 1 is a diagram illustrating an optical element by way of example.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams exemplarily showing the arrangement of the first and second regions in the optical element.
  • FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the arrangement of the optical axes of the first and second regions.
  • FIG. 5-8 is a figure which shows an optical element by way of example.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a stereoscopic image display device.
  • 10 and 11 are schematic diagrams showing the arrangement of the RG region and the LG region.
  • optical device will be described in more detail with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples, but the scope of the optical device is not limited to the following examples.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is cut to a size of 15 cm ⁇ 25 cm ⁇ 25 ⁇ m (width ⁇ length ⁇ thickness), and the cut pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is laminated in five layers. Subsequently, the laminated pressure-sensitive adhesive layer was cut into a circle having a diameter of 8 mm, and then left in the compressed state using glass to stand overnight, thereby improving the wetting at the interface between the layers, thereby resulting in bubbles generated during lamination. Prepare the sample by removing. Subsequently, the sample is placed on a parallel plate, the gap is adjusted, the zero point of Normal & Torque is set, the stabilization of the normal force is confirmed, and the following conditions are measured for storage modulus.
  • test type dynamic strain frequency sweep
  • initial frequency 0.4 rad / s
  • final frequency 100 rad / s
  • the measurement of the horizontal or vertical length of the optical device was performed using the premium 600C and IView Pro programs of Intec IMS Inc., which are three-dimensional measuring instruments.
  • the thickness measurement was measured by using a spectral reflectometer, which is a device that can evaluate the characteristics of the thin film using the interference phenomenon between the reflected light on the surface of the thin film and the light reflected at the interface below.
  • the crosstalk rate at the time of observing the stereoscopic image may be defined as a ratio of luminance in a dark state and a bright stat.
  • the crosstalk rate is measured in the following manner. An optical element is used to construct a stereoscopic image display device as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the polarizing glasses for stereoscopic image observation are placed at the normal observation point of the stereoscopic image display apparatus.
  • the observation point when the observer observes a stereoscopic image, the observation point is a distance that is 3/2 times the length of the horizontal direction of the stereoscopic image display device from the center of the stereoscopic image display device.
  • the horizontal length of the stereoscopic image display device may be a horizontal length based on the observer, for example, a horizontal length of the image display device when a viewer observes a stereoscopic image. .
  • a luminance meter (equipment name: SR-UL2 Spectrometer) is disposed on the back of the left and right eye lenses of the polarizing glasses, and the luminance in each case Measure The luminance measured at the back of the left eye lens is the brightness of the bright state, and the luminance measured at the back of the lens of the right eye is the brightness of the dark state.
  • the ratio of the luminance of the dark state to the luminance of the bright state [luminance in the dark state] / [luminance in the bright state]) can be obtained as a percentage, and this can be defined as the crosstalk rate (Y). have.
  • the crosstalk rate may also be measured in the same manner as described above, and may be measured by obtaining luminance in a light and dark state while the stereoscopic image display device is outputting an R signal.
  • the brightness measured at the back of the left eye lens is the brightness of the dark state
  • the brightness measured at the back of the right eye lens is the brightness of the bright state. have.
  • Nitrogen gas was refluxed, and 99 parts by weight of n-butyl acrylate (n-BA) and 1 part by weight of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (2-HEA) were added to a 1 L reactor equipped with a cooling device for easy temperature control. . Subsequently, 120 parts by weight of ethyl aceate (EAc) was added to the reactor as a solvent, and nitrogen gas was purged for 60 minutes to remove oxygen.
  • n-BA n-butyl acrylate
  • 2-HEA 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate
  • Nitrogen gas was refluxed, 79 parts by weight of n-butyl acrylate (n-BA), 20 parts by weight of methoxy ethylene glycol acrylate (MEA) and hydroxyethyl acryl in a 1L reactor equipped with a cooling device for easy temperature control.
  • the reaction was carried out in the manner according to Preparation Example 1 except that 1.0 part by weight of HEA was added to prepare an acrylic polymer (B) having a molecular weight of 1.8 million and a molecular weight distribution of 4.5.
  • An adhesive composition was prepared by blending 1.0 parts by weight of a polyfunctional crosslinking agent (Xylylene Diisocyanate, XDI isocyanate) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer (A).
  • the prepared pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is coated on a release treated surface of a release-treated PET film (thickness: 38 ⁇ m, MRF-38, manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation) to a thickness of 25 ⁇ m, and dried at an appropriate temperature so that curing may occur properly.
  • Aging was carried out to prepare a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (A) having a storage modulus of about 0.04 to 0.06 MPa at 25 ° C.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition was prepared by blending the solvent as much as possible.
  • the prepared pressure-sensitive adhesive composition was coated on a release treated surface of a release-treated PET film (thickness: 38 ⁇ m, MRF-38, manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation) to have a thickness of 25 ⁇ m, and then dried in an oven at 110 ° C. for 3 minutes. Dried.
  • a release treatment surface of a release-treated PET film (thickness: 38 ⁇ m, MRF-38, manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation) was further laminated on the dried coating layer, and the coating layer was irradiated with ultraviolet rays (roughness: 600 mW / cm 2 , light amount: 150 mJ / cm 2 ) to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (B) having a storage modulus of about 0.10 to 0.15 MPa at 25 ° C.
  • the composition for forming a photo-alignment film was coated so that the thickness after drying was about 1,000 mm 3, and dried in an oven at 80 ° C. for 2 minutes.
  • a photoinitiator Igacure 907
  • the dried photo-alignment film-forming composition was subjected to alignment treatment according to the method disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 2010-0009723 to form a photo-alignment film including first and second alignment regions oriented in different directions.
  • a pattern mask having a light transmitting portion and a light blocking portion having a width of about 450 ⁇ m and a light blocking portion alternately formed up and down and left and right are positioned on the dried composition, and different from each other on the pattern mask.
  • the polarizing plate in which two regions which transmit polarization were formed was located.
  • ultraviolet rays 300 mW / cm 2
  • the alignment treatment was performed by irradiation for about 30 seconds.
  • a liquid crystal layer was formed on the alignment layer subjected to the alignment treatment.
  • the liquid crystal compound (LC242 TM, made by BASF) is coated on the photo-alignment layer 11 so as to have a dry thickness of about 1 ⁇ m, and after being oriented according to the alignment in the lower alignment layer, ultraviolet (300 mW) / cm 2 ) was irradiated for about 10 seconds to crosslink and polymerize the liquid crystal to form a liquid crystal layer having first and second regions having optical axes orthogonal to each other depending on the orientation of the lower photoalignment film.
  • the difference between the refractive index in the slow axis direction and the refractive index in the fast axis direction was about 0.125.
  • the prepared coating solution was coated on one surface of the same TAC substrate as used in Preparation Example 5 in a roll coating manner such that the thickness after drying was about 4,500 nm and dried.
  • the dried coating solution was irradiated with ultraviolet rays (280 mJ / cm 2 ) and cured to form a surface treatment layer (SG layer).
  • SG layer surface treatment layer
  • an alignment film and a liquid crystal layer were sequentially formed on the surface opposite to the surface on which the SG layer of the TAC substrate was formed to prepare a phase delay layer (B).
  • the prepared coating solution was coated on one surface of the same TAC substrate as used in Preparation Example 5 in a roll coating manner such that the thickness after drying was about 4,500 nm and dried. Subsequently, the dried coating solution was irradiated with ultraviolet rays (280 mJ / cm 2 ) and cured to form a surface treatment layer (SG layer).
  • ultraviolet rays 280 mJ / cm 2
  • the optical element was manufactured using the polarizing plate with a TAC protective film on both surfaces of a polyvinyl alcohol-type polarizer. Specifically, the adhesive layer (B) was laminated on one surface of the polarizing plate, and the liquid crystal layer surface of the phase retardation layer manufactured in Production Example 5 was laminated on the opposite surface of the polarizing plate with the adhesive layer (B). Then, using the adhesive layer (B), the surface which does not form the surface treatment layer of the TAC base material in which the surface treatment layer manufactured in manufacture example 7 is formed was affixed, and the optical element was manufactured.
  • the optical element was manufactured using the polarizing plate with a TAC protective film on both surfaces of a polyvinyl alcohol-type polarizer. Specifically, the adhesive layer (B) was laminated on one surface of the polarizing plate, and the liquid crystal layer surface of the phase retardation layer manufactured in Production Example 5 was laminated on the opposite surface of the polarizing plate with the adhesive layer (A). Then, using the adhesive layer (B), the surface which does not form the surface treatment layer of the TAC base material in which the surface treatment layer manufactured by the manufacture example 7 is formed was affixed, and the optical element was manufactured.
  • the optical element was manufactured using the polarizing plate with a TAC protective film on both surfaces of a polyvinyl alcohol-type polarizer. Specifically, the adhesive layer (B) was laminated on one surface of the polarizing plate, and the liquid crystal layer surface of the phase retardation layer manufactured in Production Example 6 was attached to the opposite surface by the adhesive layer (A) to manufacture an optical element.
  • the optical element was manufactured using the polarizing plate with a TAC protective film on both surfaces of a polyvinyl alcohol-type polarizer. Specifically, the adhesive layer (B) was laminated on one surface of the polarizing plate, and the liquid crystal layer surface of the phase retardation layer manufactured in Production Example 5 was laminated on the opposite surface of the polarizing plate with the adhesive layer (A). Then, using the adhesive layer (B), the surface which does not form the surface treatment layer of the TAC base material in which the surface treatment layer manufactured in manufacture example 7 is formed was affixed, and the optical element was manufactured.
  • Durability was evaluated about the optical element manufactured in the Example and the comparative example, respectively. Specifically, after attaching each optical element to the glass substrate via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the opposite side of the phase retardation layer in the polarizing plate, it was left for 150 hours, 300 hours and 500 hours at 60 ° C and 10% relative humidity. Then, the amount of change in the transverse length was measured and summarized in Table 1 below. Table 1 below is the average value of the changes measured after leaving three optical elements manufactured in the same condition for 150 hours, 300 hours, or 500 hours, respectively, and the sign "-" decreases after the length in the horizontal direction is left. It means.
  • the phase retardation layer is formed in the same manner as in Preparation Example 5, but after the liquid crystal layer is formed, the thickness of the liquid crystal mixture is adjusted by adjusting the composition of the liquid crystal mixture so that the difference in refractive index is 0.03 in the slow axis direction and the fast axis direction.
  • a liquid crystal layer having 0.3 ⁇ m, 1 ⁇ m and 2.5 ⁇ m was formed, respectively, to prepare a phase delay layer.
  • a phase retardation layer was manufactured in the same manner using the same liquid crystal compound as Preparation Example 5, but a phase retardation layer was prepared by forming a liquid crystal layer having a thickness of about 0.3 ⁇ m and 2.5 ⁇ m, respectively.
  • a phase retardation layer was formed in the same manner as in Preparation Example 5, but after the liquid crystal layer was formed, the thickness of the liquid crystal mixture was adjusted so that the difference in refractive index was 0.22 in the slow axis direction and the fast axis direction, so that the thickness was about 0.3 ⁇ m. , 1 ⁇ m and 2.5 ⁇ m, respectively, were formed to prepare a phase delay layer.
  • an optical device was fabricated in the same manner as in Example 1 using the prepared phase retardation layer, and the crosstalk rate when the stereoscopic image was observed using the optical device and the optical device of Example 1 was evaluated. It is shown in Table 2 below.
  • Refractive index difference The difference between the refractive index of the liquid crystal layer in the in-plane slow axis direction and that of the fast axis direction
  • ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 the angle between the optical axis of the first or second region with the boundary line L
  • LG Video signal generation area for left eye
  • RG video signal generation area for right eye

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L'invention concerne un élément optique. Un élément optique représentatif de l'invention présente de remarquables caractéristiques de durabilité, de dureté et de refaçonnage.
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