WO2013047360A1 - 電子ペーパーおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to electronic paper and a method for manufacturing the same.
- a self-luminous type or a backlight type display device As a device for displaying electronic publication and electronic information, a self-luminous type or a backlight type display device is generally used.
- these display devices tend to cause fatigue when used for a long time for ergonomic reasons, compared to a medium printed on paper.
- the power consumption is large, the display time is limited in the case of battery driving.
- a reflective display device typified by electronic paper can read characters with a feeling close to that of paper, and can reduce fatigue.
- it is suitable for outdoor signage because it can display performance outdoors in the sun and light.
- power consumption is small and long-time driving is possible. Since power is not consumed except for screen rewriting, it is actively used for applications such as digital signage and electronic price tags, and electronic paper is being actively developed.
- black-and-white display is sufficient if only the text information of the electronic book is available, but colorized display is required to display book illustrations, advertisements, signboards, displays that enhance the eye-catching effect, images, catalogs, etc. Is an indispensable technology, and needs are increasing with the colorization of display content. Therefore, the following methods have been proposed as color electronic paper.
- Patent Documents 1 and 2 In the colorization of electronic paper, a technique using a plurality of types of microcapsules for displaying R, G, and B in microcapsules in which electrophoretic particles are dispersed and enclosed has been proposed (Patent Documents 1 and 2).
- a method using a color filter has been proposed for colorizing electronic paper.
- the distance between the pixels of the color filter is preferably 1 to 20 ⁇ m (Patent Document 3).
- the colored areas can be applied to various surfaces of electro-optic displays, or front plane laminates, reverse front plane laminates or double release membranes used to produce such displays.
- a method of inkjet printing on a corresponding surface has been proposed (Patent Document 4).
- the ink jet method is non-contact printing, has less foreign matter, and is plateless printing, and therefore has an advantage that the cost can be reduced compared with printing using a plate.
- the ink density and film thickness must be increased, the ink transmittance decreases and the reflectance decreases, but the pixel coloration rate increases.
- the ink density and film thickness can be reduced, and the ink transmittance can be increased. That is, by increasing the in-pixel coloring rate, the reflectance and color reproducibility, which are the problems of color electronic paper, can be maximized.
- the pixel size is simply increased, color mixture occurs due to overlapping of pixels. That is, in order to increase the in-pixel coloring rate, there have been problems of making the pixel shape close to a square, improving coating accuracy, and preventing color mixing.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic paper that prevents color mixture between pixels and improves the coloring ratio in the pixel, and a method for manufacturing the same.
- an electrophoretic material layer, a light transmissive electrode layer, an ink fixing layer, and a color filter layer formed by printing pixel ink on the ink fixing layer are formed on an electrode substrate.
- the invention according to claim 2 is the electronic paper according to claim 1, wherein the pixel ink is printed on the ink fixing layer by an ink jet method to form the color filter layer.
- the invention according to claim 3 is the electronic paper according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid repellent component is a fluorine-containing monomer or a fluorine-containing polymer.
- the invention according to claim 4 is the electronic paper according to claim 3, wherein the liquid repellent component is a fluorine-containing aliphatic polycarbonate.
- an interval between adjacent print pixels printed on the ink fixing layer is 1 ⁇ m or more and 10 ⁇ m or less. It is.
- the invention according to claim 6 is the electronic paper according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a coloring rate in the pixel of the print pixel is 60% or more and 99% or less.
- an electrophoretic material layer, a light transmissive electrode layer, and an ink fixing layer are laminated in this order on an electrode substrate, and pixel ink is printed on the ink fixing layer by an inkjet method.
- a method for producing electronic paper comprising a color filter layer, An electronic paper manufacturing method, wherein a liquid repellent component is added to the pixel ink.
- the electronic paper of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as color electronic paper) is obtained by adding a color printing process by an ink jet method to a conventional monochrome electronic paper manufacturing process.
- an electrophoretic display device As a method for manufacturing an electrophoretic display device, generally called electronic paper, for example, a dispersion system containing electrophoretic particles is enclosed between counter electrode plates having at least one light transmission type described in JP-A-1-86116.
- an electrophoretic display device that performs a required display by changing the optical reflection characteristics by a display control voltage applied between the electrodes.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a configuration of an electronic paper layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- color electronic paper is a pixel ink formed by electrophoretic material layer 4, light transmissive electrode layer 5, ink fixing layer 7 and ink fixing method on an electrode substrate composed of base layer 1 and electrode layer 2.
- a color filter layer 8 formed by printing are laminated in this order.
- Reference numeral 3 denotes an adhesive layer
- reference numeral 6 denotes an electrode sheet layer
- reference numeral 9 denotes a protective film.
- the ink fixing layer for example, an inkjet recording medium described in JP-A-2000-43405 or an inkjet printer recording medium described in JP-A-2008-272972 can be used. In particular, those with high transparency are preferred. However, it is not preferable to use an ink-jet image receiving material having a porous structure as described in JP-A-2000-238408 as the ink fixing layer of the present invention. This is because, when the ink fixing layer has a porous structure, the ink is soaked in the layer and the liquid repellency between the inks is impaired. That is, the ink fixing layer is required to be a film-holding type.
- the ink fixing layer As a material for the ink fixing layer, performances such as transparency, no discoloration or fading of the received ink, and various resistances are required, and vinyl resins such as polyvinyl butyral and polyvinyl acetate are used as good materials. It is done.
- the ink fixing layer material is applied, for example, so as to have a thickness of 3 to 10 ⁇ m after drying with a coating apparatus. Coating is performed using a die coater, spin coater, bar coater or the like as the coating apparatus. However, the coating method is not limited to these methods.
- the ink fixing layer After applying the ink fixing layer material, the ink fixing layer is formed by solidifying by a method such as heat, vacuum or UV irradiation.
- An arbitrary pattern is applied by an inkjet method in accordance with the electrode substrate on which the electrode wiring is patterned.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an ink jet coating apparatus in the color electronic paper manufacturing method of the present invention.
- a transport stage 30 on which the color electronic paper base material 20 is placed and transported accurately in one direction an inkjet head 10 supplied with inkjet ink for coating on the color electronic paper, and the inkjet
- An ink jet head unit 60 is provided that can hold the head 10 at a certain height from a color electronic paper base material (hereinafter simply referred to as a base material) and can move orthogonally in the transport direction.
- a color electronic paper base material hereinafter simply referred to as a base material
- the inkjet head includes a plurality of nozzles that eject ink, and the nozzles are arranged in a scanning direction that scans the inkjet head relative to a color pixel pattern (hereinafter simply referred to as a pixel pattern) of a color filter layer. In contrast, they are arranged at predetermined equal intervals. Further, an inkjet head control board 11 for controlling ejection of inkjet ink from the nozzles of the inkjet head 10 is provided. By setting the distance from the inkjet head nozzle to the substrate to be 300 ⁇ m to 2000 ⁇ m, it becomes possible to apply with high application accuracy.
- an inkjet head maintenance device 12 for recovering the ejection properties of the nozzles of the inkjet head is provided.
- the ink jet head maintenance device 12 is provided with a nozzle or the like for wiping the nozzle surface with a waste cloth or a film or discharging a liquid, and a general ink jet head maintenance mechanism can be used.
- an alignment camera and an image processing unit are preferably provided.
- Reference numeral 50 denotes a drying unit
- 70 denotes an ink tank.
- the ink jet coating apparatus shown in FIG. 2 was used, an ink jet head having a plurality of nozzles was scanned relative to the pixel pattern, and the ink fixing layer of the base material was provided. Ink jet ink is discharged and supplied to the surface, and an ink jet ink layer, that is, a color filter layer is formed on the ink fixing layer.
- an ink jet head having a plurality of nozzles is scanned relative to the pixel pattern.
- the scanning target may be on the substrate side or on the inkjet head side. Moreover, you may operate both a base material and an inkjet head.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a pixel shape and a discharge arrangement pattern.
- the ink droplet landing portion 80 is continuously discharged to produce a long hole pixel. At that time, when the interval F between the ink droplets is long, the shape becomes concave (a), and when the interval is short, the central portion is expanded (c). It is preferable to adjust F to produce a vertically linear shape (b). Further, a shape in which the long hole shapes are arranged side by side in an arbitrary number is formed, and a predetermined pixel coloring portion 90 is formed (d). Reference numeral 91 denotes a pixel coloring area.
- FIG. 5 shows an explanatory diagram in which a droplet forms a pixel.
- the droplets 80 land on the ink fixing layer 7 and wet spread occurs.
- a liquid repellent component liquid repellent
- the distance between the pixels cannot be less than 1 ⁇ m due to the interface, the distance between the print pixels to be colored and the pixels is preferably 1 ⁇ m or more and 10 ⁇ m or less.
- the pixel size is 85 ⁇ m square when the landing accuracy of the inkjet device is ⁇ 10 ⁇ m.
- the pixel coloring rate is about 60%.
- the pixel coloring rate is about 99%.
- the distance between adjacent pixels that form the same color of the color electronic paper as a component perpendicular to the main scanning direction of the inkjet head among the distances between adjacent nozzles of the inkjet head.
- the orientation of the inkjet head is arranged so that it becomes 1 / integer of the component perpendicular to the main scanning direction of the inkjet head, and the inkjet ink is discharged and supplied to the pixel pattern.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the nozzle pitch when the inkjet head is tilted.
- the nozzle holes 110 in the inkjet head nozzle surface 100 that is, the nozzle rows of the inkjet head are arranged so as to face the ink fixing layer, and the electronic paper base material is relatively scanned.
- the component perpendicular to the scanning direction of the inkjet head and the pixel distance between the adjacent pixels of the color electronic paper to be colored are orthogonal to the scanning direction of the inkjet head.
- the ink jet head is inclined and arranged so that it becomes 1 / integer of the components.
- the row of nozzles opened in the ink jet head that is, the axis of the nozzle array is inclined at an arbitrary angle with respect to the transport direction of the coated color electronic paper.
- the nozzle pitch can be adjusted by tilting the nozzle array axis.
- the nozzle pitch when not tilted is A
- the nozzle pitch becomes A ⁇ cos ⁇ by tilting the angle ⁇ .
- a plurality of phases having periodicity are divided and driven for each phase, and a multi-phase division drive inkjet head is used.
- the step of ejecting and supplying inkjet ink is performed by assigning and using one or more specific phases. In that case, let A be the nozzle pitch of the same phase.
- a discharge operation of a minute drop in which the inkjet head 10 is controlled is performed.
- an independent nozzle-controlled inkjet head is used, and the discharge operation of each nozzle is performed in accordance with the speed and time in the scanning direction.
- the inkjet head can be multi-phase division drive, and the plurality of nozzles are assigned a plurality of phases having periodicity by multi-phase division drive,
- the step of ejecting and supplying the inkjet ink from the nozzles can be performed only for some specific phases of the plurality of phases.
- all the nozzles can be used because there is only one phase.
- the type of head in the present invention is not limited and can be used.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of multiphase division driving in the inkjet head of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of the inkjet head 131 and the nozzles 132 arranged on the inkjet head 131. It is assumed that N nozzles are arranged in the inkjet head 131. For convenience, each nozzle is assigned a natural number N in order from the left end to the right end, 1, 2, 3,. Shall. Ink is ejected from each nozzle 132, and the ejection timing, frequency, and ink ejection amount of each nozzle can be controlled independently.
- the nozzles are A phase nozzles 1, 4, 7... (N-2), B phase nozzles 2, 5, 8... (N-1), and C phase nozzles 3, 6 for each row.
- the divided A phase, B phase, and C phase have periodicity.
- the A-phase nozzles 1, 4, 7,... (N-2) are used, and the inkjet ink is not ejected from the B-phase and the C-phase.
- the pressure and electrical interference between adjacent nozzles can be shifted by the time difference, so that the discharge is stable, the discharge timing can be easily controlled, and the application can be performed more accurately.
- the ejection of the nozzles of the A phase, the B phase, and the C phase can be switched for each ejection, and when the ejection failure occurs in the A phase, the driving phase to be ejected can be switched to the B phase and the C phase. .
- the material of the pixel ink (colored ink) in the present invention uses a liquid repellent agent in addition to a color pigment, a resin, a dispersant, and a solvent. It is preferable to use three types of ink pigments, red, green, and blue, but yellow, light blue, and purple may be used. Moreover, the combination of colors is not limited.
- pigment used as the colorant examples include Pigment Red 9, 19, 38, 43, 97, 122, 123, 144, 149, 166, 168, 177, 179, 180, 192, 215, 216, 208, 216. 217, 220, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 240, Pigment Blue 15, 15: 6, 16, 22, 29, 60, 64, Pigment Green 7, 36, Pigment Red 20, 20, 86, 81, 83, 93, 108, 109, 110, 117, 125, 137, 138, 139, 147, 148, 153, 154, 166, 168, 185, Pigment Orange36, Pigment Violet23, etc. Too Not. Further, these may be used in combination of two or more in order to obtain the desired hue.
- the resin for the material of the colored ink casein, gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl acetal, polyimide resin, acrylic resin, epoxy resin, melanin resin, etc. are used, which are appropriately selected in relation to the pigment. .
- Acrylic resin is preferred when heat resistance and light resistance are required.
- a dispersant may be used.
- the dispersant as the nonionic surfactant, for example, polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, etc., and as the ionic surfactant Examples thereof include sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate, poly fatty acid salt, fatty acid salt alkyl phosphate, tetraalkyl ammonium salt, and other organic pigment derivatives and polyester.
- One type of dispersant may be used alone, or two or more types of dispersants may be mixed and used.
- the solvent species used for the colored ink those having a surface tension range of 35 mN / m or less suitable for inkjet printing and a boiling point of 130 ° C. or higher are preferable.
- the surface tension is 35 mN / m or more, the dot shape stability at the time of ink jet discharge is significantly adversely affected.
- the boiling point is 130 ° C. or less, the drying property in the vicinity of the nozzle is remarkably increased. This is not preferable because it causes clogging and other defects.
- the solvent is not limited to these, and any solvent that satisfies the above requirements can be used. Moreover, you may mix and use 2 or more types of solvents as needed.
- liquid repellent examples include silicone-based and fluorine-based materials.
- a silicone resin or silicone rubber having an organic silicone or alkyl fluoro group in the main chain or side chain and containing a siloxane component preferably a fluorine-containing monomer or a fluorine-containing polymer such as vinylidene fluoride, Fluorine resins such as vinyl fluoride, ethylene trifluoride, and the like, and copolymers thereof can be used.
- fluorine-containing aliphatic polycarbonates are preferred from the viewpoint of the effects of the present invention.
- fluorine-containing aliphatic polycarbonates are fluorine-containing methacrylate polymers and perfluoropolyethers.
- the liquid repellent is preferably added in the pixel ink at a solid content ratio of 0.01 to 3.00 (% by weight).
- the addition amount is less than 0.01 (% by weight)
- the liquid repellent effect is small, and the pixel and the pixel are mixed in color.
- the addition amount exceeds 3.00 (% by weight)
- the pixel and the pixel are repelled.
- the distance of the interface due to the liquidity becomes large, and the pixel occupation ratio decreases.
- drying means and / or the solidifying means is based on any method of heating, blowing, decompressing, light irradiation, electron beam irradiation, or a combination of two or more thereof.
- a protective film is formed to protect the color filter layer.
- an organic resin such as polyamide, polyimide, polyurethane, polycarbonate, acrylic or silicone, Si 3 N 4 , SiO 2 , SiO, Al 2 O 3 ,
- An inorganic film such as Ta 2 O 3 can be provided as a protective layer by spin coating, roll coating, printing, or vapor deposition.
- An electronic paper using a microcapsule electrophoresis method was prepared.
- positive and negatively charged white and black particles are placed in a microcapsule filled with a transparent solvent, and an image is formed by pulling up each particle to the display surface by applying an external voltage. It is. Since the size of the microcapsules is as small as several tens ⁇ m to several hundreds ⁇ m, when the microcapsules are dispersed in a transparent binder, they can be coated like ink. This ink can draw an image by applying a voltage from the outside.
- An active matrix display panel can be obtained by coating this electronic ink on a transparent resin film on which a transparent electrode is formed, and bonding it to a substrate on which an electrode circuit for driving an active matrix is formed.
- a component in which a transparent resin film on which a transparent electrode is formed is coated with electronic ink is called a “front plate”, and a substrate on which an electrode circuit for driving an active matrix is formed is called a “back plate”.
- An ink fixing layer was provided on the front plate side.
- a material for the ink fixing layer a mixture of urethane resin, toluene, water, and IPA was used, and it was applied with a die coater so as to have a dry thickness of 6 ⁇ m to 8 ⁇ m.
- the ink fixing layer was printed in a lattice pattern with an inkjet device.
- the ink used for printing was 3% pigment, 20% synthetic resin, 65% diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, 11% PGM-Ac, and 1% fluorine-containing aliphatic polycarbonate.
- fluorine-containing aliphatic polycarbonate a fluorine-containing methacrylate polymer was used.
- the color filter layer was thermally dried at 80 ° C. for 5 minutes, and then a protective film was laminated to prepare a color electronic paper.
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前記画素インクに撥液成分が添加されていることを特徴とする電子ペーパーである。
前記画素インクに撥液成分が添加されていることを特徴とする電子ペーパーの製造方法である。
2 …電極層
3 …接着層
4 …電気泳動材料層
5 …光透過性電極層
6 …電極シート層
7 …インク定着層
8 …カラーフィルター層
9 …保護膜
10…インクジェットヘッド
11…インクジェットヘッド制御基盤
12…インクジェットヘッドメンテナンス装置
20…電子ペーパー基材
30…搬送ステージ
40…インクジェット塗布装置
50…乾燥部
60…インクジェットヘッドユニット
70…インクタンク
80…インク液滴着弾部
90…画素
91…画素着色領域
100…インクジェットヘッドノズル面
110…インクジェットヘッドノズル穴
131…インクジェットヘッド(分割駆動タイプ)
132…インクジェットヘッドノズル(分割駆動タイプ)
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- 電極基板上に、電気泳動材料層と、光透過性電極層と、インク定着層と、前記インク定着層上に画素インクを印字してなるカラーフィルター層とがこの順で積層された電子ペーパーであって、
前記画素インクに撥液成分が添加されていることを特徴とする電子ペーパー。 - 前記インク定着層上に、インクジェット法により前記画素インクを印字し、前記カラーフィルター層が形成されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電子ペーパー。
- 前記撥液成分が、含フッ素単量体または含フッ素重合体であることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の電子ペーパー。
- 前記撥液成分が、含フッ素脂肪族ポリカーボネートであることを特徴とする請求項3に記載の電子ペーパー。
- 前記インク定着層上に印字された、隣り合う印字画素の間隔が1μm以上10μm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1~4のいずれかに記載の電子ペーパー。
- 前記印字画素の画素内の着色率が、60%以上99%以下であることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれかに記載の電子ペーパー。
- 電極基板上に、電気泳動材料層と、光透過性電極層と、インク定着層とをこの順に積層し、前記インク定着層上にインクジェット法により画素インクを印字してカラーフィルター層を形成してなる電子ペーパーの製造方法であって、
前記画素インクに撥液成分が添加されていることを特徴とする電子ペーパーの製造方法。
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