Abstract:
Provided is a polymerizable composition including a quantum dot, a polyfunctional thiol, a first (meth)acrylate, and a second (meth)acrylate, in which the first (meth)acrylate is a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, the second (meth)acrylate is a mono- or higher functional (meth)acrylate having a functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, a phosphate group, and an amino group, and a molecular weight of the second (meth)acrylate is equal to or less than a molecular weight of the polyfunctional thiol.
Abstract:
A phosphor-containing film including a phosphor such as a quantum dot and is capable of suppressing the deterioration of the phosphor even where the film is formed into a laminated structure; and a backlight unit including the phosphor-containing film as a wavelength converting member. The film includes a phosphor-containing layer in which a plurality of fluorescent regions, each of which contains a phosphor that deteriorates through reaction with oxygen when exposed to oxygen, are discretely arranged and a resin layer having impermeability to oxygen is arranged among the plurality of the discretely arranged fluorescent regions; and a first substrate film and a second substrate film, which are respectively laminated on the both main surfaces of the phosphor-containing layer, in which the resin layer has a Knoop hardness of 115 N/mm2 to 285 N/mm2, a creep recovery rate of 22% or less, and an elastic recovery rate of 60% or more.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion member suppresses peeling at an edge at cutting; and is used with a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device. The wavelength conversion member includes a first substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, and a second substrate, in which each of the first and second substrates includes a support, a barrier layer, and an organic layer, where each of the barrier layers contains at least aluminum and phosphorus, each of the organic layers is formed of a composition containing a polymer A having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or lower and a polymer B having an acryloyl or methacryloyl group in a molecule thereof, and the wavelength conversion layer is a layer in which at least one selected from the group consisting of a quantum dot, a phosphor particle, and a phosphor coloring agent is dispersed in a matrix made of an acrylic resin.
Abstract:
Provided is a laminated film which is capable of preventing quantum dots from being deteriorated due to moisture or oxygen and therefore has high durability, and is capable of narrowing the frame and therefore has high productivity. More specifically, provided is a laminated film, including a functional layer laminate having an optical functional layer and a gas barrier layer laminated on at least one main surface of the optical functional layer, and an edge face sealing layer formed so as to cover at least a part of an edge face of the functional layer laminate, in which a surface roughness Ra of the edge face of the functional layer laminate in a formation region of the edge face sealing layer is 0.1 to 2 μm and a thickness of the edge face sealing layer is 1 to 5 μm.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a functional film having an optical functional layer that exhibits an optical function and is capable of suppressing deterioration of the optical functional layer, and a method thereof. The functional film includes an optical functional layer, a resin layer which surrounds end surfaces of the optical functional layer, and gas barrier supports between which the optical functional layer and the resin layer are sandwiched, in which an oxygen permeability of the resin layer is 10 cc/(m2·day·atm) or less, and a difference between a thickness of the optical functional layer and the resin layer is within 30%; and a production method including forming a frame-shaped resin layer on a surface of a first gas barrier support, filling the inside of the frame with a polymerizable composition which becomes an optical functional layer, laminating a second gas barrier support on the resin layer, and curing the polymerizable composition.
Abstract:
Provided is a wavelength conversion member including: a wavelength conversion layer including at least one kind of quantum dots that are excited by excitation light to emit fluorescence and are dispersed in an organic matrix; an intermediate layer that is provided adjacent to at least one main surface of the wavelength conversion layer; and a barrier layer that is provided adjacent to a main surface of the intermediate layer opposite to the wavelength conversion layer and includes silicon nitride and/or silicon oxynitride as a major component, in which the organic matrix is obtained by curing a curable composition including at least an alicyclic epoxy compound, and the intermediate layer includes a chemical structure A which is bonded to silicon nitride and/or silicon oxynitride as a major component of the barrier layer and a chemical structure B which is bonded to the organic matrix.
Abstract:
The wavelength conversion member includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including quantum dots which are excited by excitation light to emit fluorescence. The wavelength conversion layer is a cured layer obtained by curing a polymerizable composition which includes the quantum dots and a polymerizable compound having a molecular weight of 200 or lower, and the number of bubble-shaped defects having a diameter of 0.1 mm or more in the wavelength conversion layer is less than 10 per 100 cm2.
Abstract:
A backlight unit including a light-emitting element and a member that selectively reduces an amount of emitted light, and wherein the light-emitting element includes a light source and a wavelength conversion member, and the wavelength conversion member includes at least one fluorescent material, the light-emitting element has a property of emitting blue light, green light, and red light, and the blue light has an emission intensity peak with an emission center wavelength falling within a wavelength range of 430 nm to 480 nm, the green light has an emission intensity peak with an emission center wavelength falling within a wavelength range of 520 nm to 560 nm and a half width exceeding 50 nm, and the red light has an emission intensity peak with an emission center wavelength falling within a wavelength range of 600 nm to 680 nm and a half width exceeding 50 nm.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a wavelength conversion member, which comprises a wavelength conversion layer, wherein the wavelength conversion layer comprises at least one quantum dot which has a property of being excited with exciting light to emit fluorescence, and at least one oxygen permeability coefficient-reducing agent, an oxygen permeability coefficient per 1 mm thickness of the wavelength conversion layer is less than 150.0 cm3/m2/day/atm, and the oxygen permeability coefficient-reducing agent is a compound which exhibits an oxygen permeability coefficient-reducing capability of reducing the oxygen permeability coefficient per 1 mm thickness of the wavelength conversion layer by equal to or more than 30% per 10 parts by weight of the oxygen permeability coefficient-reducing agent relative to 100 parts by weight of the wavelength conversion layer except for the oxygen permeability coefficient-reducing agent.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion member including a wavelength conversion layer comprising a quantum dot, wherein the wavelength conversion layer includes an organic matrix, and the organic matrix contains a polymer and one or more of compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (1) and the like; and a quantum dot-containing polymerizable composition containing a quantum dot, a radical polymerizable compound, and one or more of compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (1) and the like are provided. The wavelength conversion member has an excellent light resistance and the composition has an excellent photocurability which enables a production of a wavelength conversion member containing a quantum dot which has a less tendency to lower its light emission intensity.