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- the present application relates to a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal film and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the liquid crystal compound means an organic compound in which the orientation of molecules has crystallinity and optical anisotropy.
- the liquid crystal compound may be charged to a panel of a display device or the like and used to adjust the amount of light passing through the panel by rearranging the liquid crystal compound by application of a voltage.
- the liquid crystal compound may be polymerized in an oriented state and used as an optical film such as a retardation film.
- an alignment layer may be used to impart order to the liquid crystal compound and allow the liquid crystal compound to give a regular response.
- the alignment layer is usually formed by applying an alignment agent such as polyimide or polyvinyl alcohol on the substrate, and rubbing the alignment layer in a predetermined direction to impart orientation. Then, a polymeric liquid crystal compound is apply
- the rubbing alignment layer lacks the adhesive force with the liquid crystal layer, which causes a problem that the liquid crystal layer peels or shrinks in a harsh environment such as a high temperature or high humidity environment.
- static electricity or scratches are easily generated due to friction in the rubbing process, and fine dust caused by a rubbing cloth or the like may also be a problem.
- the non-contact orientation method is known, and the patent document 1 has known the light orientation method using light irradiation.
- this method also has the trouble of performing a process of forming a separate alignment layer.
- Patent Document 1 Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0008425
- the present application provides a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal film and a method of manufacturing the same.
- One embodiment of the present application provides a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound and a photo-alignment material containing a halogen element.
- the liquid crystal composition it is possible to form a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal compound oriented without a separate alignment layer.
- the liquid crystal composition may simultaneously form a liquid crystal layer and an alignment layer phase-separated from the liquid crystal layer in one process. Accordingly, even when the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer are formed from one kind of composition, the components of the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer can be prevented from being mixed in one layer and affecting the function of each other.
- the terms "phase separation” or “layer separation” are used in substantially the same sense and may mean that a layer formed by substantially one component is positioned or arranged on a layer substantially formed by another component.
- the term "layer substantially formed by one component” may mean that only one component is present in one layer, or that one component is richer than other components.
- the liquid crystal composition may include a photoalignable material containing a halogen element.
- photo-orientation material is aligned in a predetermined direction through irradiation of light or the like, and in the aligned state, adjacent liquid crystals through an interaction such as anisotropic interaction in a predetermined direction. It means the compound which can be orientated by.
- the photo-orientation material may be a monomolecular compound, a monomeric compound, an oligomeric compound or a high molecular compound.
- the photoalignable material including the halogen element may be a compound including a halogen element and a photosensitive moiety.
- Such photo-orientable materials include, for example, alignment by photocrosslinking or photopolymerization such as [2 + 2] cycloaddition, [4 + 4] cycloaddition, or photodimerization.
- the compound which becomes, etc. can be used.
- a cinnamate compound As a compound aligned by photocrosslinking or photopolymerization, a cinnamate compound, a coumarin compound, a cinnanam compound, a tetrahydrophthalimide compound, a maleimide compound , Benzophenone compounds, diphenylacetylene compounds, compounds having chalconyl residues (hereinafter referred to as chalconyl compounds) or compounds having anthracenyl residues (hereinafter referred to as anthracenyl compounds) as photosensitive residues; This can be illustrated.
- the photo-alignment material including a halogen element may be a compound including a unit of Formula 1 below.
- n is a number of 50 to 5,000
- R 1 and R 2 are each independently a hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group or a residue represented by the formula (2), at least one of R 1 and R 2 is a formula (2) It is a residue represented by.
- R 3 is an alkylene group or an alkylidene group
- R 4 to R 8 are each independently hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an allyloxy group, and among the units of Formula 1 and the residues of Formula 2 It contains a halogen element as at least one substituent.
- halogen may include fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine unless otherwise specified.
- alkyl group includes an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 16 carbon atoms, 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 1 to 8 carbon atoms, 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 4 to 10 carbon atoms, or 6 to 9 carbon atoms, unless otherwise specified. May be exemplified.
- the alkyl group may be linear, branched or cyclic.
- alkyl group for example, methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, isopropyl group, butyl group, isobutyl group, tert-butyl group, pentyl group, neopentyl group, cyclohexyl group, hexyl group, octyl group, furnace A nil group or a decyl group etc. can be illustrated.
- the alkyl group may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
- alkoxy group unless otherwise specified, alkoxy having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 16 carbon atoms, 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 1 to 8 carbon atoms, 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 4 to 10 carbon atoms, or 6 to 9 carbon atoms. Groups can be illustrated.
- the alkoxy group may be linear, branched or cyclic. As such an alkoxy group, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, isopropoxy group, butoxy group, isobutoxy group, tert-butoxy group, etc. can be illustrated, for example.
- the alkoxy group may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
- alkylene group or alkylidene group unless otherwise specified, 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 16 carbon atoms, 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 1 to 8 carbon atoms, 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 4 to 10 carbon atoms or 6 carbon atoms
- An alkylene group or alkylidene group of 9 to 9 can be illustrated.
- the alkylene group or alkylidene group may be linear, branched or cyclic.
- the alkylene group or alkylidene group may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
- Halogen element in the compound comprising a unit of Formula 1 is directly covalently bonded at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 4 to R 8 site; Or a halogen atom is substituted with a substituent of R 1 , R 2 and R 4 to R 8 , or a divalent residue of R 3 .
- At least one of R 4 to R 8 of Chemical Formula 2 may be a halogen element, an alkyl group substituted with a halogen element, or an alkoxy group substituted with a halogen element.
- the alkyl group substituted with the term halogen element may mean an alkyl group in which at least one hydrogen of the above-described alkyl group is substituted with a halogen element, unless otherwise specified.
- the alkyl group in which one hydrogen of the methyl group is substituted with a halogen element substituted with a halogen element may be a fluoromethyl group, chloromethyl group, bromomethyl group or iodomethyl group.
- the alkyl group substituted with the halogen element may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents in addition to the halogen element.
- the alkoxy group substituted by the term halogen element can mean the alkoxy group in which one or more hydrogens of the alkoxy group mentioned above were substituted by the halogen element, unless otherwise specified.
- an alkoxy group in which one hydrogen of the methoxy group is substituted with a halogen element substituted with a halogen element may be a fluoromethoxy group, chloromethoxy group, bromomethoxy group or iodomethoxy group.
- the alkoxy group substituted with the halogen element may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents in addition to the halogen element.
- n in Formula 1 may be a number of 50 to 3,000 or 50 to 1,500.
- R 1 and R 2 in Formula 1 may each independently represent a hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, or a residue represented by Formula 2, and at least one may be a residue represented by Formula 2.
- R 1 and R 2 may be each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a residue represented by Formula 2, and at least one may be a residue represented by Formula 2.
- R 3 of Formula 2 may be an alkylene group or an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
- R 4 to R 8 are each independently hydrogen, halogen or alkyl group, at least one may be halogen.
- the compound including the unit of Formula 1 may be a homopolymer or a copolymer.
- the compound including the unit of Formula 1 is a copolymer
- repeating units included in the photo-alignment material in addition to the unit of Formula 1 are formed from monomers known in the art to not interfere with the orientation of the photo-alignment material. All repeat units can be included.
- the terminal of the compound comprising a unit of formula (1) can be formed as known in the art.
- the terminal of the compound may be formed such that an alkyl group or an alkoxy group is present.
- the material may have, for example, a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 g / mol to about 500,000 g / mol, but is not limited thereto.
- the term weight average molecular weight may mean a conversion value for standard polystyrene measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and unless otherwise specified, molecular weight may mean weight average molecular weight.
- the liquid crystal composition may include a liquid crystal compound.
- liquid crystal compound may refer to a compound including a site capable of exhibiting liquid crystallinity, for example, a mesogen skeleton.
- the liquid crystal composition may include a liquid crystal layer including, for example, an oriented liquid crystal compound in an unpolymerized state, or in a state in which the oriented liquid crystal compound is polymerized.
- Including the liquid crystal compound in the unpolymerized state may mean that the liquid crystal compound is included so that the liquid crystal compound may be rearranged by an external stimulus, for example, application of a voltage.
- including the liquid crystal compound in a polymerized state may mean that the liquid crystal compound is included so that its orientation is not changed by an external magnetic pole or the like. That is, since the liquid crystal composition can provide the liquid crystal layer of the unpolymerized and polymerized state, the kind of liquid crystal compound contained in a liquid crystal composition can be selected suitably in consideration of the use use of a liquid crystal composition.
- the liquid crystal composition used in the unpolymerized liquid crystal layer may include an unpolymerized liquid crystal compound or a polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
- the liquid crystal composition used for the liquid crystal layer in the polymerized state may include a polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
- the term "unpolymerizable liquid crystal compound” may mean a liquid crystal compound that does not include a polymerizable functional group, and the term “polymerizable liquid crystal compound” may mean a liquid crystal compound including at least one polymerizable functional group.
- the polymerizable functional group of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may be polymerized or crosslinked by a free radical reaction, a functional group including an ethylenically unsaturated double bond may be exemplified.
- a functional group including an ethylenically unsaturated double bond may be exemplified.
- an alkenyl group, an epoxy group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, etc. are mentioned, for example.
- the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may include one or more functional groups of a vinyl group, allyl group, acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group, and methacryloyloxy group.
- the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may include one, two, three or four or more functional groups, for example.
- the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may include one, two, or three functional groups.
- the unpolymerizable liquid crystal compound or the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may be a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 3.
- A is a single bond, -COO- or -OCO-
- R 11 to R 20 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, cyano group, nitro group, -UQP or A substituent of Formula 4 below, or a pair of two adjacent substituents of R 11 to R 15 or a pair of two adjacent substituents of R 16 to R 20 may be connected to each other to form a benzene substituted with -UQP.
- U is -O-, -COO-, -OCO- or -OCOO-
- Q is an alkylene group or an alkylidene group
- P is an alkenyl group, epoxy group, cyano group, carboxyl group, acryloyl group , Methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group.
- B is a single bond, -COO- or -OCO-, and R 21 to R 25 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl group, alkoxy group, cyano group, nitro group or -UQP, wherein U is Is -O-, -COO-, -OCO-, or -OCOO-, Q is an alkylene group or an alkylidene group, P is a polymerizable functional group, Alkenyl group, epoxy group, cyano group, carboxyl group, acryloyl group , Methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group.
- single bond may mean that no separate atom or atom group exists at the site.
- single bond means a case where no separate atom is present in a portion represented by A or B.
- A when A is a single bond, benzene on both sides of A may be directly connected to form a biphenyl structure.
- alkenyl group includes alkenyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, 2 to 16 carbon atoms, 2 to 12 carbon atoms, 2 to 8 carbon atoms, 2 to 4 carbon atoms, 4 to 10 carbon atoms, or 6 to 9 carbon atoms, unless otherwise specified. Groups can be illustrated.
- the alkenyl group may be linear, branched or cyclic. As such an alkenyl group, a vinyl group, an allyl group, a propenyl group, isopropenyl group, butenyl group, hexenyl group, cyclohexenyl group, octenyl group, etc. can be illustrated, for example.
- the alkenyl group may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
- Substituents which may be substituted with any compound or substituent in the present specification include halogen, hydroxy group, alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkenyl group, epoxy group, cyano group, carboxyl group, isocyanate group, mercapto group, acryloyl group, methacrylo Diary, acryloyloxy group, methacryloyloxy group or an aryl group may be exemplified, but is not limited thereto.
- aryl group may mean a monovalent moiety derived from a compound or derivative thereof having a benzene ring or comprising a structure in which two or more benzene rings are condensed, unless otherwise specified.
- the concept may include a so-called aralkyl group.
- the aryl group may include, for example, an aryl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms or 6 to 16 carbon atoms.
- a phenyl group, a phenylethyl group, a phenylpropyl group, benzyl group, a tolyl group, a xylyl group, a naphthyl group, etc. can be illustrated, for example.
- the aryl group may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
- P of Formulas 3 and 4 may each independently be an acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, acryloyloxy group or methacryloyloxy group. In another example, P of Formulas 3 and 4 may each independently be an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group.
- R 11 to R 20 are each independently hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a substituent of the following Formula 4 Phosphorus compounds.
- the unpolymerizable liquid crystal compound may be a compound in which R 21 to R 25 in Formula 4 are each independently hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, or a nitro group.
- liquid crystal compound when the liquid crystal compound is a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, at least one of R 11 to R 20 in Formula 3 is -UQP or a substituent of Formula 4 below, or two adjacent substituents of R 11 to R 15 or R 16 to At least one pair of two adjacent substituents in R 20 may be linked to each other to form a benzene substituted with —UQP.
- at least one or more residues of -UQP or Formula 4 in Formulas 3 and 4 may be present at, for example, R 13 , R 18 or R 23 , for example, 1 Dogs or two may be present.
- a substituent other than -UQP or the residue of Formula 4 may be, for example, hydrogen, halogen, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or 4 to 12 carbon atoms. It may be a cycloalkyl group, a cyano group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a nitro group.
- the substituent other than the residue of -UQP or the general formula (4) may be chlorine, a linear or branched 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, or a cyano group have.
- the liquid crystal compound may be included in an appropriate amount compared to a photo-alignment material containing a halogen element to induce proper layer separation and stable orientation.
- the liquid crystal compound is, for example, 30 to 300 parts by weight, 40 to 300 parts by weight, 50 to 300 parts by weight, 80 to 300 parts by weight, 90 to 300 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the photo-alignment material containing a halogen element, 100 to 300 parts by weight, 150 to 300 parts by weight, 200 to 300 parts by weight, 30 to 250 parts by weight, 40 to 250 parts by weight, 80 to 250 parts by weight, 90 to 250 parts by weight, 100 to 250 parts by weight or 200 to 250 parts by weight may be included.
- the liquid crystal compound may be stably aligned without a separate alignment layer, and may simultaneously form a liquid crystal layer and an alignment layer separated from the liquid crystal layer. Accordingly, the liquid crystal layer can be formed from the liquid crystal compound in a simplified process.
- the liquid crystal composition may further include an appropriate initiator in consideration of the purpose of use.
- the liquid crystal composition in the case of providing a liquid crystal layer including the liquid crystal composition in a polymerized state, may include a radical initiator or a cationic initiator capable of initiating polymerization of the liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal composition.
- the liquid crystal composition in the case of providing a liquid crystal layer in which the liquid crystal composition is unpolymerized, may include a radical initiator or a cationic initiator capable of initiating the alignment reaction of the photo-alignment material in the liquid crystal composition.
- the initiator may not be used.
- Free radical initiators well known in the art may be used.
- Free radical photoinitiators are, for example, 2-methyl-1- [4- (methylthio) phenyl] -2- (4-morpholinyl) -1-propanone and 2-benzyl-2- (dimethylamino) Amino ketones such as -1- [4- (4-morpholinyl) phenyl] -1-butanone and the like;
- Benzoin ethers such as benzoin methyl ether and benzoin isopropyl ether;
- Substituted benzoin ethers such as anisoin methyl ether and the like;
- Substituted acetophenones such as 2,2-diethoxyacetophenone and 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone;
- Substituted alpha-ketols such as 2-methyl-2-hydroxypropiophenone and the like;
- Aromatic phosphine oxides such as bis (2, 4,
- Useful thermal free radical initiators include, for example, 2,2'-azo-bis (isobutyronitrile), dimethyl 2,2'-azo-bis (isobutyrate), azo-bis (diphenyl methane) and Azo compounds such as 4, 4'-azo-bis (4-cyanopentanoic acid) and the like; Peroxides such as hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, cumyl peroxide, tert-butyl peroxide, cyclohexanone peroxide, glutaric acid peroxide, lauroyl peroxide and methyl ethyl ketone peroxide; hydroperoxides such as tert-butyl hydroperoxide and cumene hydroperoxide; Peracids such as peracetic acid, perbenzoic acid, potassium persulfate and ammonium persulfate; Peresters such as diisopropyl percarbonate and the like; Thermal redox initiators and the like; And the like and
- a free radical photoinitiator may be used in consideration of ease of general use and simultaneous initiation, solvent-free treatment, and storage stability. For this reason, as the free radical photoinitiator, for example, a free radical photoinitiator selected from amino ketones, substituted acetophenones, aromatic phosphine oxides and mixtures thereof can be used.
- the cationic initiator may also use an initiator known in the art.
- Useful cationic photoinitiators include any of a variety of known useful materials, such as onium salts, and certain organometallic complexes and the like and mixtures thereof.
- Useful onium salts include those having the structure AX, wherein A is selected from organic cations (eg, diazonium, iodonium and sulfonium cations; specifically diphenyliodonium, triphenylsulfonium, And phenylthiophenyl diphenylsulfonium), and X is an anion (eg, an organic sulfonate or a metal halide or metalloid).
- organic cations eg, diazonium, iodonium and sulfonium cations; specifically diphenyliodonium, triphenylsulfonium, And phenylthiophenyl diphenylsulfon
- Particularly useful onium salts include, but are not limited to, aryl diazonium salts, diaryl iodonium salts, and triaryl sulfonium salts.
- Useful cationic thermal initiators include quaternary ammonium salts of imidazole and superacids (eg, quaternary ammonium salts of SbF 6 ) and the like and mixtures thereof.
- cationic photoinitiators may be used in consideration of ease of general use and simultaneous initiation, solvent-free treatment, and storage stability. Of these, cationic photoinitiators selected from onium salts and mixtures thereof can be used for the same reason as described above.
- the specific ratio of the radical initiator or the cationic initiator is not particularly limited, and an appropriate ratio may be selected according to the purpose.
- the initiator may be included in a ratio of 0.01 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystal compound, but is not limited thereto.
- the ratio of the initiator is too low, proper polymerization may not be induced, and on the contrary, when the ratio is too high, physical properties may deteriorate due to the remaining initiator after formation of the alignment layer, and an appropriate ratio may be selected in consideration of this.
- the liquid crystal composition may be prepared by uniformly mixing in a suitable solvent as needed for the coating property of the composition.
- a suitable solvent as needed for the coating property of the composition.
- phase separation may be easily performed when the liquid crystal composition is applied.
- a solvent 1 type, or 2 or more types, such as an ether solvent, an aromatic solvent, a halogen solvent, an olefin solvent, or a ketone solvent, can be illustrated, for example.
- cyclopentanone for example, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, chlorobenzene, N-methylpyrrolidone, toluene, xylene, mesitylene, cymene, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethylformamide, chloroform, gamma butyro Lactone or tetrahydrofuran and the like can be exemplified.
- the liquid crystal composition may appropriately further include any additives known in the art, as necessary, in addition to the components described above.
- any additives known in the art as necessary, in addition to the components described above.
- chiral agents, surfactants, polymerizable monomers, polymers, and the like can be used as the optional additives described above.
- the liquid crystal film is a base layer;
- the liquid crystal layer formed on the substrate layer may include a liquid crystal layer in which a liquid crystal compound is present in an aligned state in the liquid crystal layer.
- the base layer can be used without limitation the base layer used in the art.
- the substrate layer may be a substrate layer having no orientation.
- the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is also possible to use a substrate having orientation as the substrate layer.
- orientation may refer to a property capable of orienting adjacent liquid crystal molecules, liquid crystal compounds, or precursors thereof in a predetermined direction.
- the substrate may be an optically anisotropic substrate or a polarizing element, such as an optically isotropic substrate, a retardation layer exhibiting phase retardation characteristics, and the like.
- Plastic substrates include cellulose substrates such as diacetyl cellulose (DAC) or triacetyl cellulose (TAC) substrates; Cyclo olefin copolymer (COP) substrates such as norbornene derivative resin substrates; Acrylic substrates such as poly (methyl methacrylate) substrate; polycarbonate (PC) substrate; olefin substrates such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) substrate; polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) substrate; poly ether sulfone (PES) substrate; PEEK (polyetheretherketone) substrate; PEI (polyetherimide) substrate; PEN (polyethylenenaphthalate) substrate; polyester substrate such as PET (polyethyleneterephthalate) substrate; PI (polyimide) substrate; PSF (polysulfone) substrate; PAR (polyarylate) substrate or fluororesin substrate This may be illustrated, for example,
- the phase retardation layer for example, a quarter wave layer or a half wave layer may be used.
- the term n wavelength layer may refer to a phase delay device capable of retarding light incident on the wavelength layer by n times the wavelength.
- Such a phase retardation layer may be a liquid crystal polymer layer formed by orienting and polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, or may be a plastic film or sheet provided with birefringence by a stretching or shrinking process or the like.
- polarizing element conventional elements known in the art may be used.
- an element manufactured by adsorbing and orienting a dichroic dye or the like to a polyvinyl alcohol resin may be used as the polarizing element.
- the substrate may be subjected to various surface treatments such as a low reflection treatment, an antireflection treatment, an antiglare treatment, and / or a high resolution antiglare treatment, as necessary.
- the liquid crystal layer may be formed by the liquid crystal composition described above.
- the liquid crystal layer may include an oriented liquid crystal compound.
- the liquid crystal compound may be, for example, homogeneous, homeotropic, tilted, splay or cholesteric oriented.
- the liquid crystal layer formed of the liquid crystal composition may be included in a phase-separated state with the liquid crystal compound in a state in which photo-alignment materials are aligned in the liquid crystal layer. That is, the liquid crystal layer may include a layer formed by the liquid crystal compound oriented by the layer formed by the layer and the phase separated from the liquid crystal compound in a state in which the alignment of the photo-alignment material and the photo-alignment material.
- the layer formed by the photo-alignment material is referred to as an alignment layer.
- the liquid crystal layer narrowly means only a layer formed by a phase-separated liquid crystal compound, but may be broadly used as a meaning including a layer and an alignment layer formed by the liquid crystal compound.
- the liquid crystal composition forms a liquid crystal layer and an alignment layer
- the liquid crystal layer includes the liquid crystal layer including the liquid crystal compound oriented even if the liquid crystal layer is formed on the substrate layer having no alignment property without forming an alignment layer.
- the base layer may be a base layer having no orientation
- the liquid crystal layer may be a liquid crystal layer formed in contact with the base layer.
- the liquid crystal compound may be included in the liquid crystal layer in an unpolymerized state or a polymerized state.
- the liquid crystal compound when the liquid crystal compound is included in the liquid crystal layer in an unpolymerized state, the liquid crystal compound may be switched in an alignment state by application of a voltage.
- the term liquid crystal film is used herein to include a liquid crystal layer of an unpolymerized liquid crystal compound and a polymerized liquid crystal compound, but in particular, a liquid crystal film including a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal compound in an unpolymerized state is separately referred to as a liquid crystal cell. can do.
- the liquid crystal layer may include oriented liquid crystal molecules.
- the term "liquid crystal molecule” may mean a liquid crystal polymer formed by polymerization in a state in which a polymerizable liquid crystal compound is aligned. In the liquid crystal layer including the liquid crystal molecules, the alignment state may not be changed by applying a voltage.
- the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal film may include forming a liquid crystal layer by irradiating polarized light to a coating layer including the liquid crystal composition formed on the base layer.
- the method of manufacturing the liquid crystal film may be a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal film described above.
- the manufacturing method may further include forming a coating layer by applying a liquid crystal composition to the base layer.
- a liquid crystal composition the liquid crystal composition described above can be used.
- a liquid crystal composition containing no initiator or containing a very small amount of initiator may be used.
- a liquid crystal composition including an initiator may be used. Initiators can be used as described above.
- liquid crystal composition As a method of applying the liquid crystal composition to the base layer, a conventional method, for example, bar coating, comma coating, or spin coating may be used.
- the composition may be applied, for example, to a thickness of about 0.01 ⁇ m to about 10 ⁇ m or about 0.1 ⁇ m to about 5 ⁇ m.
- the coating layer comprising the liquid crystal composition can then be dried under appropriate conditions.
- the drying may be performed by maintaining the coating layer at a temperature of about 25 ° C. to 150 ° C. for about 30 seconds or more. If the drying temperature is 25 ° C. or more, the remaining solvent or the like of the coating layer is sufficiently dried to prevent staining and the like. Moreover, when a drying temperature is 150 degrees C or less, it can prevent that a base material layer deform
- the coating layer After drying the coating layer can be irradiated with light, for example, linearly polarized ultraviolet light. Accordingly, the photo-alignment material present in the coating layer may be phase-separated from the liquid crystal compound to form an alignment layer.
- light for example, linearly polarized ultraviolet light. Accordingly, the photo-alignment material present in the coating layer may be phase-separated from the liquid crystal compound to form an alignment layer.
- Irradiation of linearly polarized ultraviolet rays may be performed using, for example, a wire grid polarizer or the like.
- the alignment direction of the alignment layer may be adjusted by adjusting the polarization direction of ultraviolet rays.
- the light may be irradiated for example, 0.5 seconds or more.
- the photo-alignment material containing the halogen element blended in the dried composition may be oriented by, for example, photocrosslinking or photopolymerization reaction.
- the photo-alignment material containing a halogen element may be separated from the liquid crystal compound by moving toward the irradiation direction side of the light, for example, in the coating layer. Therefore, the irradiation direction of light can be controlled in consideration of the position where the alignment layer is to be formed from the photo-alignment material.
- the liquid crystal layer between the alignment layer 103 and the substrate layer 101.
- the liquid crystal film in which 102 is present can be formed.
- the liquid crystal compound may be oriented by an alignment layer which is separated from the liquid crystal compound and oriented according to the polarization direction of the polarized ultraviolet light.
- At least one drying process may be performed again to increase the alignment of the liquid crystal layer.
- the coating film of the liquid crystal composition is subjected to an orientation treatment to form a layered alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer, and then the layered alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer are dried to induce unoriented liquid crystal compounds that may remain in the liquid crystal layer. can do.
- the liquid crystal compound of the liquid crystal layer may be polymerized in the step of irradiating polarized ultraviolet rays.
- the present invention is not limited thereto, and in order to polymerize the liquid crystal compound of the liquid crystal layer, a separate polymerization process may be further performed as necessary.
- the liquid crystal compound of the liquid crystal layer may be polymerized by irradiating the polarized light to the coating layer and then irradiating the liquid crystal layer with light, for example, unpolarized ultraviolet rays. Such polymerization can take place in the presence of radical initiators or cationic initiators that absorb wavelengths in the ultraviolet region.
- Ultraviolet irradiation can be carried out in the atmosphere or under a nitrogen atmosphere in which oxygen is blocked to increase the reaction efficiency.
- Ultraviolet irradiators can generally be carried out using medium or high pressure mercury ultraviolet lamps or metal halide lamps with an intensity of 80 mW / cm 2 or more.
- a cold mirror or other cooling device may be provided between the base layer and the ultraviolet lamp so that the temperature of the liquid crystal layer at the time of ultraviolet irradiation becomes a temperature range having a liquid crystal state.
- the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal film may further perform a process generally performed in the art except that the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer are formed by one process with one kind of liquid crystal composition.
- the liquid crystal film is applicable to various technical fields.
- the liquid crystal film can be applied to a display device or the like.
- the liquid crystal film may be useful, for example, as an optical compensation substrate for a liquid crystal panel or display device such as a display device. Accordingly, the liquid crystal film may be included in the device as a liquid crystal panel or an optical compensation substrate.
- the film may be, for example, a super twist nematic (STN) LCD, a thin film transistor-twisted nematic (TFT-TN) LCD, or a vertical alignment LCD (VA).
- retardation films such as IPS (In-Plane Switching) LCD; ⁇ / 2 waveplate; ⁇ / 4 waveplate; Reverse wavelength dispersion film; Optical compensation films; Color filters; Laminated film with a polarizing plate or a polarizer; It can be used as a polarizing plate compensation film or the like.
- the manner of configuring the display device using the film is not particularly limited.
- the use of the liquid crystal film in this field there are various known methods for constituting a location or a device in which the film should be placed in the device, and all of these methods can be applied.
- the liquid crystal display device as a display device including the liquid crystal film as an optical compensation substrate will be described as follows.
- the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and first and second polarizing plates disposed on both surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, respectively.
- the liquid crystal film may be disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the first polarizing plate and / or between the liquid crystal panel and the second polarizing plate.
- the first and / or second polarizing plate may include a protective film on one or both surfaces.
- a protective film a TAC film, a polynorbornene film made of a ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), a ring opening metathesis polymerization followed by hydrogenation (HROMP) polymer prepared by hydrogenating a cycloolefin polymer (COPP) which is ring-opened polymerized again, Polyester films or polynorbornene-based films made by addition polymerization may be used.
- a film made of a transparent polymer material may be used as a protective film, but is not limited thereto.
- Exemplary liquid crystal compositions of the present application can provide an oriented liquid crystal layer without a separate alignment layer. According to the said liquid crystal composition, both the liquid crystal cell which hold
- FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a part of an exemplary method of manufacturing a liquid crystal film.
- 6 to 8 are SEM images of cross sections of liquid crystal films of Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 2, respectively.
- liquid crystal composition will be described in detail with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples, but the scope of the composition is not limited to the following examples.
- the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film produced in the Example or the comparative example was arrange
- the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film is disposed such that the optical axis coincides with the transmission axis of any one of the polarizing plates.
- phase retardation does not occur in the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film so that when the liquid crystal of the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film is uniformly aligned, no light leakage is observed between the polarizing plates and black is observed.
- CA210 is a device for measuring the luminance between the polarizing plates orthogonal in the above state, and the liquid crystal alignment of the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film was evaluated to the extent of the light leakage.
- 2 to 4 show images of polarization microscopes of liquid crystal cells and liquid crystal films of Examples and Comparative Examples.
- Example or Comparative Example After the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film prepared in Example or Comparative Example was subjected to pressure about the finger pressure, it was confirmed whether the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film maintains the initial alignment state again. When the alignment state of the liquid crystal cell or the liquid crystal film is returned to the initial alignment state within about 5 seconds, it was defined as having liquid crystal fluidity.
- SEM Sccanning Electron Microscope
- a photo-alignment material including a repeating unit of Chemical Formula B was blended in a ratio of 30 parts by weight to 70 parts by weight of the liquid crystal compound. Then, the mixture was dissolved in toluene so that the solid content concentration was 30% by weight to prepare a liquid crystal composition.
- the liquid crystal composition was coated on one surface of the TAC base layer (refractive index: 1.49, thickness: 80,000 nm) to have a thickness of about 2 ⁇ m after drying, and heated in an oven at 60 ° C. for 2 minutes to remove the solvent inside the coating film. Subsequently, a wire grid polarizer (Moxtek) capable of generating linearly polarized light in a predetermined direction is positioned on the dried coating film, and the TAC substrate layer is moved at a speed of about 3 m / min. An ultraviolet ray (light source: using a high-pressure mercury lamp of 200 mW / cm 2 intensity) was irradiated to perform an alignment treatment. Subsequently, in order to increase the alignment of the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer was dried in an oven at 100 ° C. for about 2 minutes to prepare a liquid crystal cell.
- a wire grid polarizer Moxtek
- a photo-alignment material including the repeating unit of Chemical Formula B was blended at a ratio of 30 parts by weight to 70 parts by weight of the liquid crystal compound. Then, the mixture was dissolved in cyclopentanone so that the solid content concentration was 30% by weight. Thereafter, a radical photoinitiator (trade name: IRGACURE 907, manufactured by Ciba-Geigy) was added at a ratio of 0.5 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the solid content to prepare a liquid crystal composition.
- a radical photoinitiator trade name: IRGACURE 907, manufactured by Ciba-Geigy
- the liquid crystal composition prepared in Example 2 was coated on one surface of the COP substrate layer (refractive index: 1.53, thickness: 100,000 nm) so as to have a thickness of about 2 ⁇ m after drying, and heated in an oven at 60 ° C. for 2 minutes, thereby Solvent was removed. Subsequently, a wire grid polarizer (Moxtek) capable of generating linearly polarized light in a predetermined direction is positioned on the dried coating film, and the TAC substrate layer is moved at a speed of about 3 m / min. An ultraviolet ray (light source: using a high-pressure mercury lamp of 200 mW / cm 2 intensity) was irradiated to perform an alignment treatment. Subsequently, in order to increase the alignment of the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer was dried in an oven at 100 ° C. for about 2 minutes to prepare a liquid crystal film.
- a wire grid polarizer Moxtek
- the retardance at the angle of incidence of ⁇ 50.00 ° to + 50.00 ° of the liquid crystal film was measured using Axoscan, a retardation measurement device manufactured by Axomatrix, and is shown in FIG. 5.
- a liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal film were manufactured in the same manner as in Example 2, except that a photoalignable material including a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula C was used as the photoalignable material.
- the liquid crystal cells and the liquid crystal film of Examples 1 and 2 had excellent liquid crystal alignment as in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- the liquid crystal cell of Example 1 has liquid crystal fluidity, and thus, it was confirmed that the alignment state can be switched by applying a voltage.
- the liquid crystal film of Example 2 exhibited uniform phase difference values that are symmetrical at incident angles of ⁇ 50.00 ° to + 50.00 °, and were uniformly oriented in one direction.
- Comparative Example 1 as shown in FIG. 4, it was confirmed that the liquid crystal alignment property was poor.
- phase separation may be observed through FIGS. 6 and 7, but in Comparative Example 1, phase separation may not be observed as shown in FIG. 8.
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액정 배향성 | 액정 유동성 | |
실시예 1 | O | O |
실시예 2 | O | X |
비교예 1 | X | X |
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- 할로겐 원소를 포함하는 광배향성 물질; 및 액정 화합물을 포함하는 액정 조성물.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 할로겐 원소를 포함하는 광배향성 물질은 화학식 1의 단위를 포함하는 화합물인 액정 조성물:[화학식 1]상기 화학식 1에서, n은 50 내지 5,000의 수이고, R1 및 R2는 각각 독립적으로 수소, 할로겐, 알킬기 또는 하기 화학식 2로 표시되는 잔기이되, R1 및 R2 중 적어도 하나는 하기 화학식 2로 표시되는 잔기이다:[화학식 2]상기 화학식 2에서 R3는 알킬렌기 또는 알킬리덴기이고, R4 내지 R8는 각각 독립적으로 수소, 할로겐, 알킬기, 알콕시기 또는 알릴옥시기이며, 상기 화학식 1의 단위 및 상기 화학식 2의 잔기 중 적어도 하나는 치환기로서 할로겐 원소를 포함한다.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 액정 화합물은 할로겐 원소를 포함하는 광배향성 물질 100 중량부 대비 30 중량부 내지 300 중량부로 포함되는 액정 조성물.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 액정 화합물은 중합성 액정 화합물 또는 미중합성 액정 화합물인 액정 조성물.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 용매를 추가로 포함하는 액정 조성물.
- 제 5 항에 있어서, 용매는 시클로펜타논, 시클로헥사논, 클로로벤젠, N-메틸피롤리돈, 톨루엔, 자일렌, 메시틸렌, 시멘, 디메틸설폭사이드, 디메틸포름아미드, 클로로포름, 감마부티로락톤 또는 테트라히드로푸란인 액정 조성물.
- 기재층; 상기 기재층에 형성된 제 1 항의 액정 조성물에 의해 형성된 액정층으로서 상기 액정층 내에서 액정 화합물이 배향된 상태로 존재하고 있는 액정층을 포함하는 액정 필름.
- 제 7 항에 있어서, 기재층은 배향성을 가지지 않는 기재층이고, 액정층은 상기 기재층과 접하여 형성되어 있는 액정 필름.
- 제 7 항에 있어서, 액정 화합물은 전압의 인가에 의해 배향 상태가 스위칭될 수 있는 액정 필름.
- 제 7 항에 있어서, 액정 화합물은, 배향된 상태로 중합되어 액정 고분자를 형성하고 있는 액정 필름.
- 제 7 항에 있어서, 액정층 내에서 광배향성 물질은 정렬된 상태로 액정 화합물과 상분리되어 있는 액정 필름.
- 기재층에 형성되어 있는 제 1 항의 액정 조성물을 포함하는 코팅층에 편광된 광을 조사하여 액정층을 형성하는 것을 포함하는 액정 필름의 제조 방법.
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