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- the present invention is a substrate with a transparent conductive layer in which a transparent conductive layer having a patterned transparent conductive region is formed on a transparent substrate, and optical characteristics of the transparent conductive region and other regions Therefore, the present invention relates to a substrate with a transparent conductive layer that has a characteristic that the transparent conductive region is not optically visualized and is hardly visible, and a touch panel formed by attaching the substrate with the transparent conductive layer.
- the present invention relates to a film with a transparent conductive layer in which the substrate is a transparent film substrate, and further to a film with a transparent conductive layer used for manufacturing a capacitively coupled touch panel.
- the present invention also provides a substrate with a transparent conductive layer, a method for producing a film with a transparent conductive layer, a substrate with a transparent conductive layer, a transparent conductive film laminate for a touch panel obtained by bonding a film with a transparent conductive layer, and the transparent conductive layer. It is related with the touch panel with favorable visibility manufactured using a base
- a variety of substrates with transparent conductive layers and films with transparent conductive layers in which a transparent conductive layer is formed on a transparent substrate are widely used as important functional members in electronic devices utilizing light emitting and receiving functions.
- touch panel technology supporting “human-friendly” graphical user interfaces has been developed, and the functional members used for them have become important.
- the switch functions as a switch that can detect the contact position by detecting continuity or capacitance change due to contact with each transparent electrode.
- a functional member that uses a substrate and film, and has functions such as electrodes and switches, is a personal digital assistant.
- PDAs) notebook PCs
- OA devices OA devices
- medical devices car navigation systems, and other electronic devices
- touch panels that have both a display and input means, and the electronic devices can be made thinner and smaller. It is an indispensable member.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer patterned with these transparent conductive layers As a substrate with a transparent conductive layer patterned with these transparent conductive layers, a substrate produced by patterning a transparent conductive layer formed by vapor deposition of a metal oxide such as ITO or ATO by etching or laser ablation is generally used.
- ITO is used as the transparent conductive film material of the sensor electrode of the touch panel in the capacitive coupling type touch panel attached to the display device.
- These methods include a method of directly forming a pattern by applying a conductive paint using conductive particles, conductive nanowires, or the like as a conductive substance, or forming a uniform conductive film once and A method for forming a pattern by various suitable patterning processes has been developed.
- Conductive ultrafine fibers are dispersed and arranged without agglomeration or entanglement, intersecting, and forming electrically conductive fiber membranes in electrical contact with each other at the intersected portions, and at desired positions of the electrically conductive fiber membranes
- a conductive pattern covering and a manufacturing method are disclosed in which a conductive pattern portion is formed by irradiating a laser beam to disconnect or eliminate a part of the conductive ultrafine fibers (see Patent Document 2).
- the substrate with a transparent conductive layer having the electrode and switch functions is used as a material for a touch panel or the like, an image of a display or the like is visually recognized through the substrate with a transparent conductive layer. For this reason, it is very important that the formed pattern is not visualized regardless of which manufacturing method is used. If these patterns are recognized due to the difference in optical characteristic values between the non-formation part and the pattern formation part such as electrodes and switches on the substrate with the transparent conductive layer, the display behind the substrate with the transparent conductive layer There is a possibility that good visibility of an image such as the above may be reduced.
- the conductive film can be formed by coating, so the manufacturing efficiency is high and the cost is reduced.
- the transparent conductive film has the advantages of low resistance and high transmittance.
- a transmittance adjustment region is formed in a non-pattern formation region (see Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4).
- an insulating part is formed by using silver in the conductive part layer as insulating silver chloride to reduce a difference in optical characteristics between the conductive part and the insulating part (see Patent Document 5). ).
- Patent Document 2 discloses a process of forming conductive fiber membranes in which conductive ultrafine fibers are dispersedly arranged without being aggregated or entangled to cross each other and electrically contact each other at the crossed portions, and the conductive fibers.
- a conductive pattern covering and a manufacturing method are disclosed in which a conductive pattern portion is formed by irradiating a desired position on a film with a laser beam to disconnect or eliminate part of the conductive ultrafine fibers.
- the non-conductive pattern portion also contains or is impregnated with the same fine fiber / binder as the conductive pattern covering, the hue and light rays of the conductive pattern portion and the non-conductive pattern portion
- the optical characteristics such as transmittance and haze value are the same, the difference is not visually recognized, and the conductive pattern is also difficult to visually recognize.
- Such isolated pattern regions have the same optical characteristics as other conductive regions and the difference between them is not visually recognized.
- Non-formed regions that are boundaries between the conductive regions are also narrow in width, The device itself is not visible.
- the isolated pattern region is a non-formed region and is insulated from other conductive regions, it functions in the same manner as the non-formed region.
- the pattern formation of the non-formation region of the transparent conductive film functioning as the insulating portion is extremely effective when the conductive pattern is formed by a precise pattern formation method such as photolithography or laser processing.
- a precise pattern formation method such as photolithography or laser processing.
- a coating process is used to form a conductive pattern, it is difficult to form an accurate narrow non-formation region as described above.
- a conductive pattern is coated using a conductive paint. It is impossible to form the isolated pattern region as described above.
- the optical characteristics of the isolated pattern region are almost the same as the optical characteristics of the transparent conductive film forming region, and there is no adjustment function.
- the portion where the transparent conductive film formation region of the nonconductive pattern portion overlaps is, for example, Compared to the portion where the transparent conductive film formation region of the conductive pattern portion does not overlap, the optical transmittance may be greatly reduced, which may cause the pattern to be easily recognized.
- the transparent electrode portion by the conductive ultrafine fiber film of the X-axis trace of the X sensor array and the conductivity of the Y-axis trace of the Y sensor array are used.
- Each of the conductive ultrafine fiber membranes is irradiated with a laser beam, and a part of the conductive ultrafine fiber is disconnected or disappeared.
- the non-conductive pattern portions where the conductive ultrafine fibers remain overlap the individual pattern visibility before superposition is good, but the hue, light transmittance, and haze value are clearly deteriorated through the touch panel. There has been a problem of deteriorating the image quality of the display device to be observed. Compared with a general method of completely removing the conductive ultrafine fiber film to form the nonconductive portion, the visibility may be deteriorated rather than improved.
- a transparent conductive substrate, a film or a substrate with a transparent conductive layer having a patterned transparent conductive layer, film are often combined and used in layers, so long as the pattern is not visible as a whole of the laminate. Therefore, even if the pattern of the substrate with a transparent conductive layer having a single patterned transparent conductive layer is visually recognized, the conductive pattern as a whole can be obtained by laminating the substrate with the transparent conductive layer having a pattern that cancels the pattern. It can also be prevented from being visually recognized. However, the finer the pattern itself formed, the higher the alignment accuracy required when laminating them.
- a second direction (for example, the X direction) extends in the first direction (for example, the Y direction) and intersects the first direction.
- a plurality of X electrodes extending in the second direction so as to intersect with the Y electrodes and arranged in the first direction.
- the capacitance of one electrode line in a state where it is not touched with a finger is the capacitance between the electrodes between adjacent electrodes and the intersection formed with the intersection with the orthogonal electrode Capacitance, ground capacitance with the display device placed under the touch panel, and wiring capacitance generated in the wiring between the control IC and the touch panel.
- the position coordinates touched by the observer are detected. For this reason, it is desirable that the capacity other than the interelectrode capacity is smaller, and it is desirable that the area of the intersection of the X and Y electrodes be designed as small as possible.
- the distance between the electrodes is made as narrow as possible within a range in which a short circuit between adjacent electrodes does not occur.
- the X electrode and the Y electrode are usually formed on different transparent insulating substrates, and in order to achieve sufficient resolution, when the X electrode and the Y electrode are stacked, the adjacent X electrode and Y electrode are separated from the operation surface. It is desirable to have a uniform appearance without overlapping. Therefore, the stacked X electrode and Y electrode are provided with a gap where no electrode exists in order to prevent the adjacent X and Y electrodes from overlapping.
- the pattern having the fibrous transparent conductive material in the transparent conductive layer is composed of a conductive pattern portion where the electrode portion containing the fibrous conductive material is formed and a gap portion where the electrode portion does not exist.
- the gap portion existing at the boundary between the two conductive pattern portions is clearly visually recognized. Furthermore, when the X electrode and the Y electrode extending in one direction are bonded to each other at a right angle, a crossing portion between the conductive films of the connecting portion that can connect the formed electrodes inevitably occurs. There is a difference in optical characteristics even between the conductive pattern portions where no crossing occurs. In particular, the haze value of the conductive pattern portion must be higher than the non-conductive pattern portion where they do not exist due to light scattering by the ultrafine fibers, and the conductive pattern portion and the gap portion, or the conductive film formation.
- An object of the present invention is a substrate with a transparent conductive layer or a film with a transparent conductive layer having a transparent conductive pattern whose pattern cannot be easily visually recognized on a transparent support, which is used for photolithography and laser processing.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer that can be formed by using a simpler and more efficient method such as a coating process, a printing process, etc. It is to provide a film with layers, as well as a method for producing them. Furthermore, it is providing the method of forming the transparent conductive layer pattern from which the pattern is not easily visually recognized on a transparent support body using such a simple and efficient method.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer having such a transparent conductive layer pattern a substrate with a transparent conductive layer for a touch panel, a film, a transparent conductive layer laminate for a touch panel, in which the pattern is not easily visible, or It is to provide a touch panel.
- the object of the present invention is to replace the conventional ITO as a transparent conductive film material of the electrode of the touch panel, and disperse and disperse the conductive ultrafine fibers without agglomerating or entanglement, and the intersecting portions.
- the conductive pattern portion and the non-conductive pattern portion do not deteriorate the hue, light transmittance, and haze value. It is to provide a substrate with a transparent conductive layer and a film with a transparent conductive layer that are not easily visible.
- the inventors When forming a transparent conductive pattern on a transparent substrate, the inventors have a conductive region covered with a homogeneous transparent conductive film in the pattern region and a high resistance region that electrically insulates the conductive region. Instead of the high resistance region not covered with the conductive film, a portion covered with the transparent conductive film and a portion not covered with the transparent conductive coating are used instead of the high resistance region. By using a mixed structure area and replacing it with a high resistance area that is not covered with a conventional transparent conductive film, the visibility problem can be solved more easily and efficiently. And reached the present invention.
- the present invention has a transparent conductive layer having a pattern formed by a transparent conductive film containing a binder resin and a conductive substance on a transparent substrate and a transparent film substrate, and the transparent conductive layer is a transparent conductive film. And a high resistance region (B) between the transparent conductive regions (A), and the high resistance region (B) has a transparent conductive region in the region. A small area (C) covered with a conductive film and a small area (D) not covered with a transparent conductive film, and the small area (C) and / or the small area (D) are invisible fineness.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer characterized in that a two-dimensional array having the following period or size is formed.
- the present invention is a method for producing a substrate with a transparent conductive layer having a transparent conductive layer having a pattern formed by a transparent conductive film containing a binder resin and a conductive substance on a transparent substrate and a transparent film substrate, and a film manufacturing method.
- the transparent conductive layer has a conductive region (A) uniformly covered with a transparent conductive film and a high resistance region (B) between the transparent conductive regions, and the high resistance region ( B) has a small area (C) coated with a transparent conductive film and a small area (D) not coated with a transparent conductive film, wherein the small area (C) and / or small area (D) is A portion for forming a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized and performing printing corresponding to the region (A), a small region (C) in the region (B), and Printing corresponding to an area having a small area (D) And a transparent substrate characterized in that it is produced by coating a transparent substrate or transparent film substrate with a coating for a transparent conductive layer or printing an ink for a transparent conductive layer.
- a method for producing a substrate with a conductive layer and a film with a transparent conductive layer is provided.
- the present invention is a method for producing a substrate with a transparent conductive layer, having a transparent conductive layer having a pattern formed by a transparent conductive film containing a binder resin and a conductive substance on a transparent substrate and a transparent film substrate, and a film manufacturing method.
- the transparent conductive layer has a conductive region (A) uniformly covered with a transparent conductive film and a high resistance region (B) between the transparent conductive regions, and the high resistance region ( B) has a small area (C) coated with a transparent conductive film and a small area (D) not coated with a transparent conductive film, wherein the small area (C) and / or small area (D) is A two-dimensional array having a period or size of invisible fineness is formed, a transparent conductive film is formed on the entire surface of the transparent substrate, and the pattern of the transparent conductive layer is a pattern in which the negative and the positive are reversed.
- a peeling substrate having an adhesive layer formed on a substrate.
- the negative of the region having the conductive region (A) and the region (C) and the small region (D) is formed by peeling unnecessary portions from the transparent conductive layer.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer, a film, wherein an adhesive layer is formed on the substrate by coating or printing using a plate having a portion for printing corresponding to a pattern on one plate A manufacturing method is provided.
- this invention provides the transparent conductive film laminated body for touchscreens formed by bonding together the said base
- the present invention provides a capacitively coupled touch panel having the transparent conductive film laminate.
- the substrate with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention has a transparent conductive layer in which a repeating pattern of a transparent conductive film containing a binder resin and a transparent conductive substance is formed, and the transparent conductive layer is uniformly a transparent conductive film.
- the region (C) and / or the small region (D) is an isolated region in which a two-dimensional array pattern having a period of fineness and / or size that cannot be visually recognized is formed, or the regions are partially formed. It is a connected area.
- the high resistance region (B) formed in this way has a high resistance performance while forming a conductive film by adjusting the distribution, shape and connection state of the small region (C) and the small region (D). Can be realized. For this reason, compared with the case where the high resistance region (B) is formed in a non-formed region that is not covered at all by the transparent conductive film, the optical characteristics can be made closer to the conductive region, and the transparent region The conductive pattern can be made difficult to be visually recognized. Further, when the high resistance region (B) has a two-dimensional array pattern having a period of fineness that cannot be visually recognized, the optical characteristics are uniform in appearance for the entire region. Further, in the high resistance region (B), by adjusting the distribution and shape of the small region (C) and the small region (D) forming the high resistance region (B), the electrical characteristics and optical characteristics can be adjusted. .
- the film with the transparent conductive layer is subjected to printing corresponding to the region (A), and the small region (C) and the small region (D) in the region (B).
- the film with the transparent conductive layer is subjected to printing corresponding to the region (A), and the small region (C) and the small region (D) in the region (B).
- a plate having a portion for performing printing corresponding to a region having a single plate by applying a coating for a transparent conductive layer on a transparent substrate or printing an ink for a transparent conductive layer
- the conductive region (A) uniformly covered with the conductive film and the small region (C) having the high resistance region (B) and covered with the conductive film in the high resistance region (B).
- Isolated area with a unique array pattern, or A pattern wherein the region to each other is a region which is partially connected, can be carried out more easily to form a transparent conductive pattern simultaneously and easily formed on the transparent film on the substrate.
- a transparent conductive film is formed on the entire surface of the transparent substrate or transparent film substrate, and for peeling films such as a release film in which an adhesive layer is formed on the substrate in a pattern opposite to the negative pattern and the positive pattern to be manufactured.
- the base material is peeled off after being pressure-bonded to the transparent conductive film via the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer is divided into the conductive region (A) and the small region (C in the high resistance region (B)).
- a small area (D) and an adhesive layer is formed on the substrate by coating or printing using a printing plate having a portion for printing corresponding to a negative pattern in one plate.
- the coating or ink for the transparent conductive layer may form a pattern of the transparent conductive layer on the transparent substrate or transparent film substrate. Difficult to do It is possible to form the transparent conductive layer pattern by the method is also due essentially coating or printing in a case having sex.
- the above-mentioned substrate with a transparent conductive layer When the above-mentioned substrate with a transparent conductive layer is used, visibility can be improved even in a transparent conductive film laminate for a touch panel formed by overlapping them. That is, when using a substrate with a transparent conductive layer having a transparent conductive layer patterned as in a capacitive touch panel, the same method is applied to a region where the transparent conductive layer is assumed to overlap in advance. The optical properties such as light transmittance and haze value are adjusted while maintaining the conductivity of the region where the overlap is assumed. It is possible to prevent the overlapping portion pattern from being visualized due to a significant change in characteristics.
- the substrate with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention the film with a transparent conductive layer, the pattern on the transparent substrate is a transparent electrode pattern, the substrate with a transparent conductive layer, the film is bonded in a perpendicular direction, It can be set as the base
- the substrate with a transparent conductive layer is a transparent substrate, a plurality of linear electrode patterns composed of a transparent conductive layer containing a fibrous conductive material stretched in a certain direction on the transparent substrate, and the like
- An electrode array portion (a) arranged at intervals and an electrode array unformed portion (b) which is a high resistance portion between the electrode arrays, and the electrode array portion (a) are electrodes arranged at equal intervals
- the transparent conductive layer having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized in the region (b1) where the electrode row non-formed portion (b) overlaps among the electrode row non-formed portion (b).
- a pattern that forms a two-dimensional array of layers The over emissions of transparent conductive substrate.
- a substrate with a patterned conductive layer used for an XY capacitive touch panel, and an X electrode conductive pattern covering and an Y electrode conductive pattern covering forming an X electrode and a Y electrode A small region covered with a conductive coating using a transparent conductive layer coating that forms an electrode in a portion corresponding to a gap where no electrode exists between the X electrode and the Y electrode of the touch panel in which both the coverings are bonded together
- a high resistance region is formed by disposing a conductive film having a two-dimensional arrangement pattern having a period and / or a size that is difficult or invisible to the naked eye and has a small area not covered with the conductive film. .
- the haze value of the region having a two-dimensional pattern is X when the X electrode conductive pattern covering and the Y electrode conductive pattern covering are bonded together.
- the haze value of the transparent conductive region having, for example, a halftone dot-like uncovered portion corresponding to the above-mentioned intersecting portion is the time when the X electrode conductive pattern covering and the Y electrode conductive pattern covering are bonded together.
- the substrate with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention has a transparent conductive layer pattern on the transparent substrate, and has two regions of a conductive region and a high resistance region, but the difference in optical characteristics between these regions is small, and the transparent conductive layer Sex patterns are difficult to see. Furthermore, the method for producing a substrate with a transparent conductive layer according to the present invention does not require fine processing at the time of forming a transparent conductive pattern, and uses a coating process or a printing process of a transparent conductive layer paint or a transparent conductive layer ink. Thus, it is possible to form a substrate and a film with a transparent conductive layer having a transparent conductive layer patterned on the transparent substrate and the transparent film substrate, and in which the transparent conductive layer pattern is hardly visible.
- a transparent conductive film material for the sensor electrode of the touch panel instead of ITO, conductive ultrafine fibers are dispersed and arranged without agglomeration or entanglement, and are electrically contacted with each other at the intersection.
- FIG. 5 shows a microscopic view of a discontinuous transparent conductive film used in the gap dummy pattern shown in FIG. 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a microscopic view of a conductive transparent conductive film used for a bridge corresponding to a crossing portion between both electrodes shown in FIG. 5 of the present invention.
- a concentration gradient is applied to the dummy pattern used for the gap between the electrodes generated when the conductive pattern coverings for X and Y electrodes are overlapped.
- the enlarged schematic diagram provided is shown.
- An enlarged schematic view of a checkered insulating dummy pattern with an occupied area of about 50% formed in the gap of the electrode part Enlarged schematic view of lattice-shaped negative pattern for heat-sensitive adhesive to form insulating dummy pattern
- Enlarged schematic view of grid-like insulating dummy pattern formed in the gap of electrode part Enlarged schematic view of striped uncoated part formed at the connecting part connecting the electrode part
- First schematic diagram of buying negative pattern for heat-sensitive adhesive to form dot-shaped uncoated part formed on connecting part connecting electrode part Schematic and enlarged view of a conventional conductive pattern covering for X electrodes corresponding to the comparative example
- Schematic and enlarged view of conventional conductive pattern covering for Y electrode corresponding to comparative example The schematic which piled
- substrate with a transparent conductive layer in this invention Sectional view of a support having a negative patterned heat-sensitive adhesive used in the production of a substrate with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention
- Schematic cross-sectional view of the peeling step of a substrate having a transparent conductive layer substrate and a negative patterned heat-sensitive adhesive in the present invention Sectional drawing after apply
- the transparent conductive pattern of the present invention has a conductive region (A) uniformly covered with a transparent conductive film and a high resistance region (B) between the transparent conductive regions, and the high resistance
- the region (B) has a small region (C) covered with a transparent conductive film and a small region (D) not covered with a transparent conductive film, and the small region (C) and / or the small region (D) ) Is characterized by forming a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized.
- “substrate”, “film” and “film substrate” are also shown in various places, including “substrate with transparent conductive layer” and “film with transparent conductive layer”.
- the substrate with a conductive layer contains a film with a transparent conductive layer.
- the substrate with a transparent conductive layer is a superordinate concept of the film with a transparent conductive layer.
- the high-resistance region of the present invention is not a high-resistance region in which a conductive film is not formed, but merely separates a conductive region covered by a conductive film. Although being separated from each other, the high resistance region has a portion coated with a transparent conductive film and a portion not coated. At least one of the portions is an isolated region in which a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized is formed, or a region in which the regions are partially connected.
- the average surface resistance value is surely increased from that of the conductive region, while the optical characteristics of the region are completely covered with the conductive film. Compared with the case where it is not done, it becomes closer to the conductive region. Since the two-dimensional arrangement pattern has such a fineness that the period or size cannot be visually recognized, the optical characteristics are uniform over the high resistance region (B) as long as it is visually observed.
- the small region (C) and / or the small region (D) is an isolated region in which a two-dimensional array pattern having a period of fineness that cannot be visually recognized or a region in which the regions are partially connected to each other. is there.
- the isolated small region (C) is surrounded by a portion not covered with the transparent conductive film and is separated from the other small regions (C) and the conductive regions (A). In some cases, these regions are formed, or a region in which the regions are partially connected to each other is formed.
- one small uncoated region (D) is surrounded by a region coated with a transparent conductive film, and the other uncoated small region (D) or other transparent conductive film
- the region may be an isolated region that is separated from the region that is not covered by the region, or a region in which the regions are partially connected to each other. In the two-dimensional array pattern, at least one of the above-described covering states may be formed, or both may be formed.
- the covered small region (C) is an isolated region having a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized, or a region in which the regions are partially connected
- the region (C) exists with a portion not covered with the transparent conductive film spaced apart from each other or partially connected.
- the uncovered region (D) is an isolated region having a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized, or a region in which the regions are partially connected
- the region exists in such a manner that the regions are separated from each other or partially connected with a background covered with the transparent conductive film.
- the surface resistance value due to the distribution of such small regions is determined as to whether the covered region (C) or the uncoated region (D) is formed, or both are formed, or are covered. It depends on how much the entire region occupies the entire high resistance region and in what distribution state the small region (C) or the small region (D) is formed. In order to keep the resistance value of the high resistance region high, it is preferable that the small regions (C) covered with the transparent conductive film in the high resistance region be separated from each other as much as possible and exist in isolation.
- the higher the resistance the greater the difference between the optical characteristics of the region and the optical properties of the conductive region (A), and the conductive pattern becomes more visible.
- the individual areas (C) ) are completely isolated at narrow intervals so that a network that electrically connects the small regions (C) is not formed.
- the small region (D) not covered with the transparent conductive film in the high resistance region is separated from the portion covered with the transparent conductive film.
- Existing and distributed can be used, or those partially connected can be used.
- the smaller the total area of the small regions (D) not covered with the transparent conductive film the smaller the optical difference from the conductive region (A), but the lower the resistance value.
- region for example, the pattern formed by the small area
- a high resistance region having a small region (C) or a small region (D) or a high resistance region having both of them is used for the high resistance region. It can be determined by the resistance value or insulation of the high resistance region required for the pattern, or the degree of visibility allowed for the transparent conductive pattern produced on the transparent substrate. Furthermore, when using either or both of the small area (C) and the small area (D), the size and distribution of the small area, the total area of the covered and uncovered areas, etc. are finally transparent. It can be determined appropriately depending on the properties required for the substrate and film with a conductive layer.
- the period of the two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized formed in the high resistance region (B) is sufficient if the pattern cannot be visually recognized. Although it is slightly different depending on the optical characteristics, it is preferably 250 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 150 ⁇ m or less, and further preferably 100 ⁇ m or less.
- the size of the small region (C) or the small region (D) is preferably 250 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 150 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 100 ⁇ m or less.
- the conductive region (A) is an electrode row forming portion (a)
- the high resistance region (B) is an electrode row non-formed portion (b).
- a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized is formed in the overlapping region (b1) of the electrode row unformed portion (b) that is the high resistance region (B).
- the period should be visually invisible, and may vary slightly depending on the optical characteristics of the transparent conductive layer to be produced, but is preferably 250 ⁇ m or less, and 150 ⁇ m or less. It is more preferable that it is 100 ⁇ m or less.
- the array pattern can be visually recognized.
- the size of each small region is preferably 250 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 150 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 100 ⁇ m or less.
- the two-dimensional arrangement pattern is preferably formed on the entire surface of the region (b1) and only in the region (b1) of the electrode row unformed portion (b) from the viewpoint of improving the visibility.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer that is a film with a transparent conductive layer, and the formation of a two-dimensional pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized in the film.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer of the invention, a patterned transparent conductive layer substrate as one embodiment of a film, and a film, each having a diamond shape as an electrode sensor in the X-axis and Y-axis directions of an XY touch panel With reference to the drawings, a detailed description will be given using a transparent conductive layer pattern in which linear electrodes in which electrode portions are connected by a connecting portion along a common axis are arranged in parallel. Note that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
- FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a schematic plan view of a substrate with a transparent conductive layer or a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrodes, and a partially enlarged view thereof.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a substrate with a transparent conductive layer or a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for a Y electrode, and a partially enlarged view thereof, which is an embodiment of the present invention.
- the X electrode and the Y electrode of the touch panel in which the substrate with the patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode, the film and the patterned transparent conductive layer substrate for Y electrode, and the substrate with two transparent conductive layers of the film are bonded together.
- a gap portion where no electrode is present is formed.
- the gap portion is a gray portion around the diamond pattern in the enlarged views of FIGS.
- a transparent conductive film having the same composition as that of the transparent conductive film in which the electrode portion is formed in the gap portion a halftone dot having a period and / or size that is difficult to see with the naked eye or a mesh-shaped dummy pattern (insulating (See FIG. 8 and FIG. 10).
- the gap portion preferably has the same high resistance as before the dummy pattern is formed, and it is preferable that the resistance value does not decrease as compared with that before the formation. Even if the resistance value decreases, the smaller the decrease width, the better.
- the haze value of the dummy pattern is obtained when a halftone dot or a mesh by the transparent conductive film is bonded to the X electrode conductive pattern covering and the Y electrode conductive pattern covering and the gap portions overlap each other. It is preferable that the optical characteristics of the transparent conductive layer of the electrode portion where the overlapping does not basically occur are the same as the optical characteristics. Especially when the transparent conductive material is a fibrous conductive material, the pattern is easily visualized due to the difference in the haze value, so the haze value of the overlapping gap is formed to be equal to the haze value in the electrode portion. It is preferable to do.
- a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode (film with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode) and a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrode (film with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrode) are bonded together
- the transparent conductive layer at the intersection is composed of a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrodes (film with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrodes) and a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrodes (patterned for Y electrodes).
- a film with a transparent conductive layer is laminated and they overlap, X. It is preferable to form so that it may become equivalent to the haze value of the transparent conductive layer of each Y electrode part.
- FIG. 3 shows a substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode (patterned transparent conductive layer film for X electrode) which is the substrate with a transparent conductive layer of FIG. 1 and a Y electrode which is a substrate with a transparent conductive layer of FIG.
- substrate with a patterned transparent conductive layer (film with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrodes) are shown, and each dummy pattern part of X electrode and Y electrode is overlapped, and X electrode The gap portion of the Y electrode is filled.
- the bridge (connecting portion) of the X electrode and the Y electrode corresponds to each other via an OCA (optical transparent adhesive) that is an insulating layer, and the X electrode and the Y electrode
- OCA optical transparent adhesive
- FIG. 4 is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a substrate (film) with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode and a substrate (film) with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrode.
- FIG. 3 shows a substrate (film) with a patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode and a substrate (film) with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrode.
- An example of a cross-sectional view of a laminate in which a substrate (film) is overlaid is shown.
- the transparent conductive film 4 on the transparent film substrate 1 the transparent conductive film 4 on the electrode part, the insulating dummy pattern 5 on the gap part, and the substrate (film) with the patterned transparent conductive layer for X electrode having a bridge.
- a transparent conductive film 4 on the electrode part, an insulating dummy pattern 5 on the gap part, and a substrate (film) with a patterned transparent conductive layer for Y electrode having a bridge are laminated via an OCA (optical transparent adhesive) 2. Furthermore, a screen panel for protecting the touch panel sensor is laminated on the substrate (film) with a patterned transparent conductive layer for the Y electrode via OCA (transparent optical adhesive) 2 to form an XY touch panel sensor. Has been.
- the insulating dummy pattern and conductive dummy pattern of the substrate (film) with the patterned transparent conductive layer will be described in detail below.
- a dot-like conductive film pattern formed such that minute isolated conductive layer regions are separated from each other and do not conduct can be used as a preferable insulating dummy pattern.
- a mesh-like conductive film pattern in which uncovered portions are arranged in a dot pattern in the conductive film can be preferably used as the conductive dummy pattern.
- the insulating dummy pattern formed in the portion corresponding to the gap where the electrode between the X electrode and the Y electrode used in the present invention does not exist will be described in more detail.
- the dummy pattern can be produced as a halftone dot having a size that is difficult to see with the naked eye or a dummy pattern having no stitch-like conductivity, for example, by the transparent conductive film forming the electrode.
- the haze value of the dummy pattern in the overlaid state is preferably equal to the haze value of the electrode portion.
- the halftone dot shape forming the dummy pattern is not particularly limited as long as the above object can be achieved, but a dot shape as shown in FIG. 5 can be used as an example of the simplest shape.
- the dot pitch is preferably 250 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 150 ⁇ m or less. Furthermore, 100 micrometers or less are preferable, 80 micrometers or less are more preferable, and 60 micrometers or less are still more preferable.
- the size of the dummy pattern dots used for the X and Y electrode conductive pattern coverings may be uniform or have a difference so that they are not easily visible when X and Y are overlapped. What is necessary is just to select suitably.
- bridging part which is a cross
- the transparent conductive film of the bridge portion has a size that is difficult to visually recognize with the naked eye while ensuring conductivity so that the diamond-shaped electrodes are electrically connected to each other.
- a mesh-like conductive dummy pattern in which the covering portion is disposed can be used.
- the transparent conductive film at the crossing portion is obtained by attaching the substrate with the transparent conductive layer pattern for X electrode (film) and the substrate with the transparent conductive layer pattern for Y electrode (film) to each other. It is preferably formed so as to be equivalent to the haze value of the transparent conductive film of the electrode portion.
- the shape of the uncovered portion formed on the bridge portion, for example, on the halftone dots is not particularly limited as long as the above purpose can be achieved, but as an example of the simplest shape, a dot as shown in the enlarged schematic diagram of FIG. It can be used.
- the dot pitch is preferably 250 ⁇ m, and more preferably 150 ⁇ m or less.
- 100 micrometers or less are more preferable, 80 micrometers or less are more preferable, and 60 micrometers or less are still more preferable.
- the size of the dot may be appropriately selected in consideration of the conduction resistance and the haze value, but is preferably 250 ⁇ m and more preferably 150 ⁇ m or less.
- 100 micrometers or less are more preferable, 80 micrometers or less are more preferable, and 60 micrometers or less are still more preferable.
- the haze value of the transparent conductive film at the intersection when the patterned transparent conductive layer-coated substrate (film) for both the X and Y electrodes is laminated is 50% to 50% of the haze value of the electrode part in each of the X and Y directions.
- the range is 150%, and more preferably 80% to 120%.
- the haze value of the crossing portion before lamination is obtained by multiplying the haze value of the transparent conductive film in the portion where no overlap occurs in the X direction and the Y direction by the occupation area ratio of the transparent conductive film in the connection (bridge) portion.
- the total area of the dot-shaped uncovered portion (small region D) formed at the intersection is determined so that the required conduction resistance is achieved and the haze value in the above range is achieved. be able to.
- the difference between the electrode portion in the hue, light transmittance, and haze value is small in the gap portion between the electrodes and the electrode intersection portion. For example, when arranged on a display, the pattern for both electrodes becomes difficult to be visually recognized.
- the conductive material is made of conductive fibers such as conductive ultrafine fibers and has a haze value due to light scattering of the conductive fibers, the effect of improving the visibility by reducing the difference in the haze value is extremely large. .
- Such a substrate with a transparent conductive layer, a substrate with a transparent conductive layer, or a film is transparent using a transparent conductive layer coating or a transparent conductive layer ink made of a dispersion in which a transparent conductive material is dispersed in a dispersion medium. It can be produced through a process of coating and printing on a substrate or a transparent film substrate.
- the substrate or film with a patterned transparent conductive layer for the X electrode and the Y electrode having a patterned transparent conductive layer can also be formed through the coating step or the printing step.
- the two-dimensional array pattern of the transparent conductive layer having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized formed in the electrode array non-formed part is used as a halftone dot of a printing plate or a pattern to form a mesh.
- the density and color tone of an image are adjusted by an aggregate of pixels having a size of fineness and a two-dimensional period, called a halftone dot. ing.
- these halftone dots can form a uniform film that can be recognized at a high concentration when they are connected to each other. It is also possible to form a region that is isolated and not covered with ink between the halftone dots. Therefore, the printing corresponding to the electrode array pattern and the two-dimensional array pattern having a period and / or size that cannot be visually recognized by a very fine visual inspection formed on the electrode array non-formed part are transparent using one plate. It can be simultaneously formed by applying a transparent conductive coating or printing a transparent conductive layer ink on a conductive substrate.
- the two-dimensional arrangement pattern of the transparent conductive layer having a period of fineness that cannot be visually recognized formed in the present invention has an optically uniform appearance and is not formed with the region where the transparent conductive layer is formed.
- By adjusting the ratio of the region and the shape thereof it is possible to adjust the conductivity and optical characteristics of the region in which the two-dimensional pattern is formed.
- the ratio of the area where the transparent conductive layer is formed to the area where the transparent conductive layer is not formed and the shape of the area where the two-dimensional array pattern that cannot be visually recognized is formed. If you want to adjust the optical characteristics while maintaining it, adjust the shape, size, etc. of the halftone dots of the printing plate, etc.
- the opening ratio of the stitch may be adjusted.
- the conductive material is a fibrous conductive material
- the conductive material is intertwined to form a mesh-like conductive path, so if the width of the mesh formed by the conductive layer is reduced, the fiber It becomes difficult to form a conductive path due to the entanglement of the conductive material, and the conductivity tends to decrease.
- the fibrous conductive material in the transparent conductive layer forms a network while contacting each other with the adjacent fibrous conductive material. It is formed to maintain the conductivity of the entire conductive region. Therefore, even if the contact of a part of the fibrous conductive material is cut off, the conductivity of the entire region is lowered and the resistance value is raised. Therefore, for example, when a small region (D) that is not covered with the transparent conductive film is formed in the transparent conductive region and the resistance value of the region is adjusted by gradually increasing the density of the region, the initial value of the adjustment is used. Often the conductivity in the region is lost.
- D small region
- the transparent substrate on which the transparent conductive layer is formed in the present invention is mainly composed of a plate-like substrate made of glass, polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate, and polyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and EVA. , Vinyl-based resins such as polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride, sheet-like substrates made of plastics such as polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyimide and acrylic resin, and films made of similar plastics can be used. Of these, preferred are plate-like substrates, sheet-like substrates or film-on-substrates having a total visible light transmittance of 70% or more.
- the plastic film is lightweight, easy to handle and easy to handle. Further, among these plastic films, a polyethylene terephthalate film and a polyethylene naphthalate film are preferable from the viewpoint of transparency, heat resistance, ease of handling, and cost, and a polyethylene terephthalate film is most suitable.
- the thickness of the transparent plastic substrate is preferably 5 ⁇ m to 300 ⁇ m because the handleability is poor if it is thin, and the transmittance of visible light decreases if it is thick. More preferably, it is preferably 10 ⁇ m to 250 ⁇ m, and more preferably 25 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m.
- the patterned transparent conductive region formed on the transparent substrate contains a binder resin and a conductive material.
- a shape of the transparent conductive material various shapes such as particles, fibers, and thin films can be used.
- particles having a particulate shape include tin oxide, cadmium oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO), fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO), tin-doped indium oxide (ITO), and aluminum-doped oxide formed by known methods.
- Conductive inorganic fine particles such as zinc (AZO) are used.
- ITO is preferable in that a superior conductivity can be obtained.
- coated the surface of the fine substance used as a core material with the transparent conductive substance for example, coated inorganic material, such as ATO and ITO, on the surface of fine particles with transparency, such as barium sulfate. Things can be used.
- organic conductive fine particles may be used as the core material.
- a metal material coated on the surface of resin fine particles can be used.
- the particle diameter of these fine particles is generally preferably 10 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 1.0 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 50 nm to 150 nm.
- the fine conductive material used in the present invention is preferably a fibrous material, among which there is no branching, it is easy to loosen, and it is easy to obtain a uniform distribution density of the fibrous material.
- a wire-like one that can form a large opening between the balls and realize a good light transmittance is preferable.
- the conductive material having such a shape include carbon nano tubes and metal nanowires that are wire-shaped conductive metals.
- the metal nanowire is a nanometer-sized fine conductive substance that is a rod having a straight or curved shape and made of metal.
- fine conductive materials are in the form of fibers, preferably wires, they are entangled with each other to form a mesh, thereby forming a good electrical conduction path even with a small amount of conductive materials. This is preferable because the resistance value of the conductive layer can be further reduced. Furthermore, when such a mesh-like shape is formed, since the opening of the gap portion of the mesh is large, even if the fibrous conductive material itself is not transparent, it achieves good transparency as a coating film. Is possible.
- metal of the metal nanowire include iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, cadmium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold. From the viewpoint of conductivity, copper, silver Platinum and gold are preferable, and platinum plated or gold plated silver is more preferable.
- At least one cross-sectional dimension of the metal nanowire is preferably less than 500 nm, more preferably less than 200 nm, and even more preferably less than 100 nm.
- the metal nanowire preferably has an aspect ratio exceeding 10. The aspect ratio is more preferably more than 50 and still more preferably has an aspect ratio exceeding 100. The shape and size of the metal nanowire can be confirmed with a scanning electron microscope or a transmission electron microscope.
- Metal nanowires can be prepared by methods known in the art. For example, a method of reducing silver nitrate in a solution, a method in which an applied voltage or current is applied to the precursor surface from the tip of the probe, a metal nanowire is drawn at the probe tip, and the metal nanowire is continuously formed. (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-223893).
- a method for reducing silver nitrate in a solution more specifically, silver nanowires are synthesized by liquid phase reduction of a silver salt such as silver nitrate in the presence of a polyol such as ethylene glycol and polyvinylpyrrolidone. Is possible. For example, Xia, Y. et al. etal.
- Such a conductive metal nanowire has a state in which the metal nanowires are entangled with each other while maintaining an appropriate interval on the transparent substrate, and a substantially transparent conductive network is possible by forming a conductive network.
- Specific metal types, shaft lengths, aspect ratios, and the like may be appropriately determined according to the purpose of use.
- a substrate with a transparent conductive layer is prepared by forming a transparent conductive layer on the transparent substrate using a dispersion in which these fine conductive substances are dispersed.
- the liquid that is a dispersion medium for forming a transparent conductive paint that is a dispersion liquid of the conductive material used for this purpose is not particularly limited, and various known dispersion media can be used.
- saturated hydrocarbons such as hexane, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene and xylene, alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol, ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), methyl isobutyl ketone, and diisobutyl ketone , Esters such as ethyl acetate and butyl acetate, ethers such as tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and diethyl ether, amides such as N, N-dimethylformamide, N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and N, N-dimethylacetamide, ethylene chloride And halogenated hydrocarbons such as chlorobenzene.
- saturated hydrocarbons such as hexane, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene and xylene, alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol
- a dispersing agent can also be used according to the kind of dispersion medium.
- polar dispersion media are preferable, and those having an affinity for water such as alcohols such as methanol and ethanol, and amides such as NMP have good dispersibility without using a dispersant. It is preferable.
- These liquids can be used singly or as a mixture of two or more.
- Water can also be used as a dispersion medium.
- a uniform film can be obtained by mixing and adding an alcohol to water, or selecting and adding a surfactant that improves wettability to a hydrophobic transparent substrate.
- the amount of the liquid as the dispersion medium to be used is not particularly limited, and may be adjusted so that the fine conductive substance dispersion has a viscosity suitable for coating or printing.
- the liquid can be set in a wide range of about 100 to 100,000 parts by weight of the liquid with respect to 100 parts by weight of the transparent conductive substance. It can be selected as appropriate.
- the dispersion of the conductive substance in the dispersion medium can be performed by applying a known dispersion method to the mixture of the conductive substance and the liquid as the dispersion medium as necessary.
- a known dispersion method it is important that the characteristics of the fine conductive material do not change significantly before and after the dispersion treatment and the transparency of the mixture is not lost. is there.
- the conductive material is metal nanowires
- the transparent conductive layer paint or the transparent conductive ink may contain a binder resin.
- the binder resin contained in the transparent conductive layer functions to fix the conductive substance in the transparent conductive layer to the substrate via the conductive layer.
- the resin serving as the binder resin is not necessarily the resin used when forming the transparent conductive layer on the transparent substrate, but the transparent conductive in each step until the final formation of the patterned transparent conductive layer.
- Various resins applied in the subsequent steps fulfill the function of the conductive material in the transparent conductive layer once formed on the substrate together with the material.
- the materials or combinations of materials that can be used as the binder resin used for forming the transparent conductive layer or fixing the transparent conductive layer are described below. Formation or fixation of a coating film with these binder resins can be achieved by the polymerization of monomers or oligomers (10 to 100 monomers) contained in the protective layer coating by light irradiation or heating, or for protective layers.
- the resin in the paint is crosslinked by drying and heating to form a solid polymer matrix, or the binder resin in the solvent is formed by forming a crosslinked coating by removing the solvent. Is not necessarily limited to those cured and formed through polymerization and crosslinking processes. However, in terms of durability and scratch resistance of the coating film, it must be fixed through polymerization of monomers by visible light or ultraviolet light, electron beam, heating, etc., or crosslinking of a polymer compound by a crosslinking agent. Is preferred.
- the organic polymer used as the binder preferably has a polar functional group bonded to the carbon skeleton.
- the polar functional group include a carboxyl group, an ester group, a ketone group, a nitrile group, an amino group, a phosphoric acid group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfonic acid group, a polyalkylene glycol group, and an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
- polymers useful as binders include acrylic resins, alkyd resins, polyurethanes, acrylic urethanes, polycarbonates, polyesters, polystyrenes, polyacetals, polyamides, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, and cellulose.
- An example of the inorganic polymer is a siloxane polymer produced by hydrolysis / condensation of tetraalkoxysilane.
- polymerizable organic monomers or oligomers examples include methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, methoxypolyethylene glycol methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, ethylene oxide-modified phosphate acrylate, urethane acrylate, polyethylene glycol methacrylate, polybutadiene acrylate, Acrylate and methacrylate type monomers and oligomers typified by polyester acrylate, etc .; mono (2-methacryloyloxyethyl) acid phosphate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, styrene, vinyltoluene, etc. Vinyl monomers; epoxide compounds such as bisphenol A diglycidyl ether;
- polymerizable inorganic monomers examples include metal ores such as Si, Ti, Zr, Al, Sn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, In, Sb, Pt, and Au. Acid salts, organic acid salts, alkoxides, and complexes (chelates). These are polymerized through hydrolysis or thermal decomposition and finally become inorganic substances (metal oxides, hydroxides, carbides, metals, etc.), and therefore are treated as inorganic monomers in the present invention. These inorganic monomers can also be used in the state of the partial hydrolyzate. Next, although the specific example of each metal compound is illustrated, it is not limited to these.
- a transparent conductive layer pattern is formed by using the binder resin and the conductive material, and a transparent conductive film containing them, and the pattern is formed on the transparent substrate with a conductive region (A) and a high resistance.
- the region (B) has a small region (C) covered with a transparent conductive film and a small region (D) not covered with a transparent conductive film, and the small region (C) and / or the small region ( D) is a high resistance region (B) that is an isolated region in which a two-dimensional array pattern having a period and / or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized is formed, or a region in which the regions are partially connected to each other.
- a pattern having it can be realized by performing printing with a conductive ink containing a binder resin and a conductive substance.
- a two-dimensional pattern of a transparent conductive layer having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized, which is applied to a patterned substrate or film with a transparent conductive layer has the following two methods for forming by coating or printing: It can be roughly divided into methods. (1) A method for forming a pattern by coating and printing a transparent conductive layer coating or a transparent conductive layer ink directly on a transparent substrate or transparent film substrate by a known coating method or printing method. (2) On a transparent substrate. Alternatively, a method of forming a pattern by an etching method, a laser scribing method, a lift-off method or the like after forming a transparent conductive layer on the entire surface of the transparent substrate film by a known coating method or printing method.
- the method of (1) for directly forming the transparent conductive layer pattern is to apply or print the transparent conductive layer paint or transparent conductive layer ink on the substrate or film, and apply or print the film thickness and the coating and printing.
- the pattern is adjusted by the design of the plate and the blending design of the paint or ink.
- the paint or ink is applied or printed by a method such as screen, gravure, or ink jet to form a pattern.
- a small amount of conductive ultrafine fibers are applied uniformly and accurately, and the fibers are further separated. It is necessary to cross each other and form electrical contact with each other.
- the coating liquid for forming a transparent conductive layer it is necessary for the coating liquid for forming a transparent conductive layer to have a small content of conductive ultrafine fibers and to reduce the binder resin that inhibits electrical contact as much as possible.
- the ink or coating liquid using the conductive ultrafine fiber is: It is difficult to obtain the required rheology with large compositional restrictions. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to form a film with a transparent conductive layer in which a transparent conductive film having a uniform film thickness is formed as an electrode and the fine pattern of the present invention is formed by the transparent conductive film by one printing. It is.
- the method (2) it is necessary to use an etching resist solution, an etching solution, a lift-off release agent, an adhesive, etc. that satisfy the basic characteristics for etching or lift-off.
- the coating material for the transparent conductive layer it is only necessary to form a uniform transparent conductive layer, and there are few restrictions on the composition design of the transparent conductive layer coating material and the transparent conductive layer ink.
- the etching method generates development waste liquid and etching waste liquid, and is not necessarily preferable from the viewpoint of environmental load. Laser scribing also requires a dedicated laser processing apparatus and requires time for patterning, which tends to increase costs.
- the method of forming a release agent or adhesive pattern by printing and performing transfer or lift-off enables fine printing of about 10 ⁇ m due to the advancement of printing technology, and in the patterning process of transferring used parts or removing unnecessary parts
- the patterning method of the present invention is most preferable in that a dry process can be selected and a conductive coating pattern can be formed only by a coating or printing process.
- the pattern has a conductive region (A) uniformly covered with a transparent conductive film and a high resistance region (B), and the region (C) and / or the high resistance region (B).
- the region (D) has an isolated region in which a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized is formed, or a region in which the regions are partially connected.
- printing corresponding to the area (A) and printing corresponding to the area having the small area (C) and the small area (D) in the area (B) are performed. It can be formed by printing a transparent conductive layer ink on a transparent substrate using a printing plate having a portion in one plate.
- a printing method to be used can be selected according to the characteristics of the conductive ink to be used among printing methods using plate making such as planographic printing, relief printing, gravure and screen.
- the gravure printing method is preferable because not only the size and density of the halftone dots but also the depth can be adjusted to more accurately adjust the two-dimensional pattern of these halftone dots.
- This is done by using a gravure cylinder having a gravure cell pattern in the same cylinder for printing a region such as a region that is connected to the substrate by gravure printing of a transparent conductive layer coating on a transparent substrate. be able to.
- a halftone dot pattern or a halftone dot pattern used when printing a grayscale or color image with a limited number of colors is used.
- Point techniques are available.
- a dot-like pattern of black ink printing dots with varying size or dot density is arranged on white paper.
- the printed dots are so small that the human eye cannot recognize the shape of the point, it is perceived as gray, depending on the ratio of the black dot to the white background area.
- continuous brightness expression from black to white becomes possible.
- adjustment of the electrical characteristics or optical characteristics of the conductive region or the high resistance region in the substrate with a transparent conductive layer, the film with a transparent conductive layer, or the high resistance region of the present invention can be performed by using the following various printing techniques. Can be done precisely.
- AM screen Amplitude Modulation
- the adjustment of the above characteristics is performed by separating the dots of the halftone dots. And adjusting the connection to adjust the formation of the small region (C) as shown in FIG.
- the halftone dots for printing are separated from the highlight where the printed dots are small to the vicinity of the intermediate density, and the printed dots are enlarged and connected to each other in the solid area from the vicinity of the intermediate density, and are covered by the connection of the halftone dots.
- the fact that the area of the area to be changed changes almost continuously is used. At this time, on the contrary, the area where printing is not performed remains in a dot shape, and the area gradually decreases.
- the electrical characteristics such as electrical conductivity in the transparent conductive layer largely influence whether or not the halftone dots which are the small areas (C) are in a connected state, and the optical characteristics such as haze are small areas ( C)
- the total area occupied by the halftone dots is greatly affected.
- the total area occupied by the desired halftone dots, the separated state and the connected state of the dots can be adjusted to some extent independently by changing the shape of the dots. Specifically, when circular dots are used, the dot connection occurs at a density higher than the intermediate density, that is, in an area where the dot occupancy is larger than 50%. On the other hand, when the checkered dot shape and arrangement as shown in FIG. 8 are used, the dot connection occurs at a density lower than the intermediate density, that is, in an area where the dot occupancy is less than 50%.
- the separation and connection of the dot-like transparent conductive films that are normally printed with halftone dots are small regions (C) in which insulation is maintained while maintaining a separation state from each other up to a high printing density by using circular dots.
- a conductive print pattern in which the dot-like conductive films that are small regions (C) are connected to each other is obtained at a lower density than the circular dot. Can do.
- the transparent conductive film and the high resistance region have electrical characteristics such as conduction and insulation of the transparent conductive film. It is possible to adjust to a value close to.
- the method for controlling electrical characteristics such as conductivity and insulation while maintaining specific optical characteristics such as haze value is not limited to the above-described technique, and the control can be performed by changing the period of halftone dots.
- the halftone dot technique such as “Fairdot2” (trade name of Media Technology Japan Co., Ltd.), which combines the FM screen dot method, the AM screen dot method for controlling the size of halftone dots, and the FM screen dot method, can be used as appropriate. is there.
- microcells having an arbitrary size are arranged at arbitrary intervals without depending on the number of screen lines indicating the resolution of printing.
- the printing cells can be formed in an arbitrary lattice shape, and printing necessary for controlling the electrical and optical characteristics of the conductive coating on the substrate (film) with a transparent conductive layer in the present invention. This is a particularly effective method for forming a plate.
- a transparent conductive layer is formed on the entire surface of the transparent substrate film by a known coating method or printing method, followed by etching, laser A method for performing patterning by a scribing method, a lift-off method, or the like will be described.
- the conductive material is a fibrous conductive material, it is preferable to use the following method.
- the dispersion liquid of the conductive material does not contain a binder resin in terms of improving the conductive performance. This is because in the transparent conductive film, contact between conductive materials is not inhibited unless a binder resin is used. Therefore, the conductivity between the conductive materials is ensured, and the electric resistance value of the obtained conductive layer can be further reduced.
- the conductive material dispersion does not contain a binder resin
- a transparent conductive film when a transparent conductive film is formed on the substrate, a part of the transparent conductive film can be easily formed on the transparent form substrate in the next step. It is also preferable that it can be peeled.
- the step of fixing the patterned transparent conductive layer on the transparent substrate or transparent film substrate with the protective layer coating is performed by impregnating the transparent conductive layer into the transparent conductive layer and reaching the substrate. Therefore, the fact that the transparent conductive material dispersion does not contain a binder resin means that the transparent conductive layer contains more gaps, and does not hinder the fixation by impregnation of the coating material for the protective layer. preferable.
- the dispersion liquid of the fibrous conductive material which is a coating for the transparent conductive layer, does not contain the binder resin in view of the improvement of the conductive performance, or even if it contains the binder resin, the content thereof is extremely small, and the coating film is at least temporarily. It is preferable to contain only the minimum amount necessary to form the target.
- the transparent conductive layer made of such a transparent conductive paint the contact between the conductive substances is not hindered by the presence of the binder resin. Therefore, the electrical conductivity between the fibrous conductive materials is ensured, and the electrical resistance value of the obtained conductive layer can be further suppressed.
- the transparent conductive film is formed on the substrate by making the dispersion liquid of the fibrous conductive material not containing the binder resin, the transparent conductive film is formed on the transparent (film) substrate in the next step. It is also preferable in that it can be easily peeled off and the pattern of the transparent conductive layer can be easily formed.
- a conductive material it is not limited to the shape of a conductive material, and it is not limited to the patterning method.
- paint or ink is used as much as possible. It is preferable to reduce the content of the binder resin.
- a transparent conductive layer on a transparent substrate using a transparent conductive paint using a fibrous transparent conductive material it contains a fibrous conductive material and preferably does not contain a binder resin.
- a transparent conductive layer After applying the conductive paint on the transparent substrate and securing sufficient contact between the fibrous transparent conductive materials, it is preferable to create a transparent conductive layer by forming a protective layer by allowing a resin for fixing the fibrous transparent conductive material to penetrate into the gap formed between the transparent conductive materials and solidifying as necessary. .
- a resin for fixing the fibrous transparent conductive material it is preferable to ensure sufficient contact points of the transparent conductive material moving element and before infiltrating the resin for fixing the transparent conductive material. Therefore, after forming a transparent conductive layer on the entire surface of the transparent substrate and the transparent film substrate and then forming a patterned transparent conductive layer by patterning, it is preferable to go through the following steps.
- a protective layer on the entire surface of the substrate on which a uniform transparent conductive layer or a patterned transparent conductive layer is formed Applying paint and fixing the transparent conductive layer on the substrate
- a transparent conductive layer is formed using a transparent conductive paint containing no or a very small amount of such a binder resin, or when the transparent conductive layer is further patterned, if necessary, Applying a protective layer coating containing a binder resin on the transparent conductive layer, impregnating the conductive layer with the protective layer coating to reach the substrate, and fixing the transparent substrate and the transparent conductive layer more firmly Done.
- the fact that the conductive material dispersion does not contain a binder resin means that the transparent conductive layer contains more gaps, which is preferable in that it does not hinder the fixation by impregnation of the protective layer coating material. .
- the amount of the binder resin that functions to fix the transparent conductive material to the substrate is too large.
- the surface resistivity increases.
- pressure treatment is performed from above the conductive layer, and the contact point between the conductive materials is determined. In the case where the treatment to be increased is performed, if there is too much binder resin, the pressurizing effect is reduced due to the cushioning action.
- the transparent conductive materials in the transparent conductive layer after coating formation are further formed in order to increase the conductivity of the transparent conductive layer. It is possible to increase the contact point and increase the contact area at the intersection of the pressure to perform the pressurization process.
- the pressurizing step is effective.
- the step of pressurizing the intersecting portion of the conductive material is specifically a step of pressurizing the surface of the transparent conductive layer.
- the transparent conductive material is in the form of a fiber like a metal nanowire, more specifically in the form of a wire, the transparent conductive layer dispersed in a mesh shape
- This process reduces the contact resistance between the conductive fine particles and the metal nanowires.
- This step is not particularly limited as long as it is a publicly known method for pressurizing the coating surface, but the layer obtained by coating is, for example, a transparent conductive layer disposed between two flat plates that can be pressurized, and fixed.
- Examples thereof include a flat plate press method in which pressure is applied for a period of time, a calender method in which a transparent conductive layer is sandwiched between two pressurizable rolls, line pressure is applied, and the entire surface is pressed by rotating the roll.
- the pressure for pressurizing the transparent conductive layer 500kN / m 2 ⁇ 50000kN / m 2, preferably 1000kN / m 2 ⁇ 10000kN / m 2, more preferably at 2000kN / m 2 ⁇ 5000kN / m 2 is there.
- the transparent conductive layer has an amount that does not deteriorate the conductivity of the coating film on the substrate or the peeling property of the coating film from the substrate and does not impair the fixing process of the conductive layer with the resin in the protective layer coating.
- the coating material and the transparent conductive layer ink may contain a resin, and the type and amount thereof can be appropriately selected within the range where the above characteristics are obtained.
- the conductive material dispersion may contain the resin and other additives in order to adjust viscosity, prevent corrosion, improve adhesion to the substrate, and control the dispersion of the conductive material. .
- suitable additives and binders include carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), 2-hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC), hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), methylcellulose (MC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), tripropylene glycol (TPG), And xanthan gum (XG), and surfactants such as ethoxylates, alkoxylates, ethylene oxide, and propylene oxide, and copolymers thereof, sulfonates, sulfates, disulfonates, sulfosuccinates, phosphate esters , And fluorine-based surfactants.
- non-polymeric organic compounds such as 2-alkoxyethanol, ⁇ -diketone and alkyl acetate can also be used as a film forming agent.
- the step of patterning the transparent conductive layer on the substrate can be performed after the step of fixing the transparent conductive layer on the substrate, but after the step of forming the transparent conductive layer on the substrate by coating, Patterning is easier and more techniques can be applied if the process is performed before the step of fixing the transparent conductive layer on the substrate. Furthermore, after patterning, the transparent conductive layer after patterning can be applied to a more reliable transparent substrate by applying a protective layer coating to the entire surface of the transparent substrate partially covered with the patterned transparent conductive layer. Fixing is possible and preferable. As a specific method for forming the patterned transparent conductive layer on the substrate, it is possible to apply a method such as laser beam patterning or photoetching.
- Adhesives for the pattern to be formed because it can be performed, light irradiation, masking, etc. are not necessary, wet processing such as etching is not necessary, and stable conductivity can be secured.
- a peeling base material in which a negative pattern is formed with a paint and peeling off unnecessary portions of the transparent conductive layer formed on the substrate to form a desired patterned transparent conductive layer preferable.
- a negative pattern of a pattern composed of a conductive region (A) and a high resistance region (B) having a two-dimensional array pattern having a period or size of fineness that cannot be visually recognized is formed on the substrate.
- a heat-sensitive adhesive to form a release substrate from the uniform transparent conductive layer formed on the transparent substrate or transparent film substrate, using the release substrate to support negative patterns A step of peeling off the unnecessary portion may be performed.
- the transparent substrate and the transparent film substrate are transparent on the entire surface.
- An adhesive for a peeling substrate such as a peeling film in which a conductive film is formed and an adhesive layer is formed on a support in a negative and positive pattern opposite to a repeating pattern to be formed on a transparent substrate
- the layer can be peeled off after pressure bonding to the transparent conductive film to form the repeating pattern.
- the peelable film is manufactured by performing printing corresponding to the negative pattern in the region corresponding to the region (A), and the small region (C) and the small region (D) in the region (B).
- a printing plate having a portion for performing printing corresponding to a negative pattern in a region having a single plate, and by applying or printing on a support, a release film is obtained. It can be formed at a time by a coating process or a printing process. Alternatively, it is possible to use the negative pattern itself, which is adhered to the peeling film as it is and transferred to a pattern, as the conductive pattern. It is preferable to use the surface of the transparent conductive film initially formed on the transparent film substrate as the surface of the patterned transparent conductive layer as it is, using the remaining pattern.
- Step of forming a peelable transparent conductive layer on the substrate by coating (2) Step of forming a negative patterned heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the support (3) The substrate and the support A step of bonding the transparent conductive layer and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer so that they are in close contact with each other (4) peeling the support from the substrate, and the portion of the transparent conductive layer in close contact with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer, Step of forming a transparent conductive layer pattern on the substrate by shifting to the heat-sensitive adhesive layer (5) Applying a protective layer coating on the entire surface of the substrate on which the transparent conductive layer pattern has been formed, A step of immobilizing the layer on the substrate.
- the peelable transparent conductive film used in the present invention is formed by applying a transparent conductive coating material in which a fine transparent conductive material is dispersed in a liquid medium (dispersion medium) on a transparent film substrate.
- the transparent conductive substance includes a substance that can be a conductive material for forming a transparent conductive layer by controlling the shape and content even if the transparent conductive substance itself is not transparent.
- the transparent conductive layer of the present invention preferably has a surface resistivity of 0.01 ⁇ / ⁇ to 1000 ⁇ / ⁇ , has high transparency in the visible light region, and has a total light transmittance of 80% or more. Preferably, it can be peeled off from the substrate.
- peeling substrate having an adhesive layer on at least the surface
- the peeling adhesive substrate and the transparent conductive layer are superposed and bonded, and then the peeling substrate is peeled off. This means that the transparent conductive layer on the substrate can be peeled without causing internal destruction and without damaging the substrate and the interface between the substrate and the transparent conductive layer.
- a dispersion containing a transparent conductive material, a dispersion medium and, if necessary, a resin is added to the transparent substrate (11). It is coated on top and dried to form a uniform conductive coating (12) on the transparent substrate.
- a coating method a known coating method such as spray coating, bar coating, roll coating, die coating, ink jet coating, screen coating, dip coating can be used.
- the film thickness of the transparent conductive layer is too thin, sufficient conductivity as a conductor tends not to be achieved, and if it is too thick, the transparency tends to be impaired due to an increase in haze value, a decrease in total light transmittance, and the like. Normally, the thickness is adjusted appropriately between 10 nm and 10 ⁇ m. However, if the conductive material itself is not transparent, such as metal nanowires, the transparency can easily be lost by increasing the film thickness, and the conductive film with a thinner film thickness can be obtained. Often layers are formed.
- the conductive layer has an extremely large number of openings, but when measured with a contact-type film thickness meter, the average film thickness is preferably 10 nm to 500 nm, more preferably 30 nm to 300 nm, and more preferably 50 nm to 150 nm. Is most preferred.
- a base layer that facilitates the peeling of the transparent conductive layer (12) on the coating surface on the transparent base in advance.
- the composition and configuration can be appropriately selected according to the composition of the transparent substrate (11) and the protective layer coating material that is impregnated from the transparent conductive layer (12) in the subsequent step to reach the substrate.
- Step (2) A substrate for peeling is prepared in order to partially peel the transparent conductive layer formed on the substrate from the substrate.
- the peeling substrate (20) used in the present invention has a heat-sensitive adhesive layer (14) that is negatively patterned on a film-like support (13).
- the base material for peeling (20) is a negative negative electrode with respect to the desired conductive pattern to be formed on the substrate.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive does not exhibit any tackiness at room temperature, but develops tackiness when heated.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the support the heat-sensitive adhesive has affinity for both the transparent conductive layer formed on the transparent substrate and the support and can strongly bond both. Any known heat-sensitive adhesive can be used as long as it is an agent, but the temperature at which tackiness is manifested is that the conductive material penetrates into the gap between the conductive materials of the transparent conductive layer.
- the film When the film is used as a transparent substrate, it is preferable to develop tackiness at a temperature that does not greatly exceed the glass transition temperature of the substrate film. Moreover, when peeling a support body at about normal temperature after a heating, it is preferable that a strong adhesive force is shown to both an electroconductive substance and a support body, and favorable peeling is performed.
- heat-sensitive adhesives examples include polyurethane adhesives, polyester adhesives, vinyl acetate (vinyl chloride / vinyl acetate copolymer) adhesives, acrylic adhesives, and the like.
- a heat-sensitive adhesive having a glass transition temperature Tg of room temperature or higher, an acid group such as a carboxylic acid group or a sulfonic acid group, and mainly composed of an amorphous polyester resin or a polyester polyurethane resin is preferable. Is preferably in the range of 20 to 100 ° C. Further, for the purpose of manipulating the heat sensitive temperature, an appropriate amount of resins having compatibility with the main agent and having different glass transition temperatures Tg may be blended.
- polyolefin resin particles can be added to the heat-sensitive adhesive as an anti-blocking agent.
- addition of polyethylene resin particles or polypropylene resin particles is preferable, and more specifically, high density polyethylene resin particles, low density polyethylene resin particles, modified polyethylene resin particles, decomposable low density polyethylene resin particles, decomposable polypropylene. Addition of resin particles is preferred.
- the polyethylene resin particles and the decomposable polypropylene resin particles have a weight average particle diameter of 0.1 to 25 ⁇ m. When the particles are flat or flake shaped, the range of 3 to 25 ⁇ m is preferable, and the molecular weight is 1, The range of 000 to 29,000 and the melting point are preferably in the range of 100 to 150 ° C., respectively.
- the solvent used in the heat-sensitive adhesive layer coating is not particularly limited as long as the binder resin used in the heat-sensitive adhesive is well dissolved or dispersed, and any solvent can be used as long as it is non-corrosive.
- suitable solvents include water, alcohols, ketones, cyclic ether compounds such as tetrahydrofuran, hydrocarbons such as cyclohexane, or aromatic solvents such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.
- the solvent is volatile and preferably has a boiling point of 200 ° C. or lower, more preferably below 150 ° C., and further preferably has a boiling point of 100 ° C. or lower.
- polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate, polyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and EVA, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride and the like are mainly used.
- a film made of a plastic such as vinyl resin, polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyimide, or acrylic resin can be used. Among them, those that do not cause thermal deformation in the step of bringing the transparent conductive layer and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer into close contact with each other and bonding them by heating are preferable.
- These supports may be colored to the extent that they do not interfere with the object of the present invention, and can be used as a single layer, but may be used as a multilayer film in which two or more layers are combined.
- a polyethylene terephthalate film is most suitable in terms of transparency, heat resistance, ease of handling, and cost.
- the thickness of the transparent plastic substrate is preferably 5 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m because if it is thin, the heat resistance is poor, and if it is thick, the heat capacity becomes large and a long heating time is required to develop tackiness by heating the heat-sensitive adhesive. More preferably, the thickness is 10 ⁇ m to 50 ⁇ m, and more preferably 15 ⁇ m to 30 ⁇ m.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the support is formed in a so-called negative pattern in which a desired transparent conductive pattern to be obtained on the substrate is inverted.
- a method for forming a negative pattern of adhesive a known printing method can be used. Sufficient heat sensitivity for the heat-sensitive adhesive layer exhibiting tackiness by heating to adhere well to the transparent conductive layer on the substrate in the next step.
- a known method can be used.
- a gravure printing method, an offset printing method, a gravure offset printing method, a screen printing method, an ink jet printing method and the like can be used.
- the thickness of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably 0.05 ⁇ m to 5.0 ⁇ m, more preferably 0.1 ⁇ m to 2.0 ⁇ m, and even more preferably 0.2 ⁇ m to 1.0 ⁇ m.
- the manufacturing conditions of the printing plate of the present invention are 170 lpi (line per inch) or more, preferably 260 lpi or more and 500 lpi or less as the number of screen lines indicating the printing resolution. If the number of screen lines is small, the pattern is easily visible as dots, and it is difficult to create an insulating pattern and a conductive pattern in a narrow area. On the other hand, when the number of screen lines is large, it is possible to form a pattern with a narrow dot pitch and excellent visibility, but on the other hand, dots are easily connected and it is difficult to control conduction and insulation.
- FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic view in which the area occupied by the cells forming the negative pattern is about 50%.
- patterning is performed using a negative pattern of the printed heat-sensitive adhesive, and an insulating pattern having an enlarged schematic diagram shown in FIG. 9 is formed.
- a method for forming an insulating pattern having an arbitrary cell shape using a digital plate making technique using a laser there is a method of forming grooves on a printing plate surface in a lattice shape.
- FIG. 10 shows a negative pattern for a heat-sensitive adhesive for forming an insulating dummy pattern in this case.
- patterning is performed using a negative pattern of the printed heat-sensitive adhesive, and an insulating pattern having an enlarged schematic diagram shown in FIG. 11 is formed.
- a method for forming a conductive dummy pattern As a method of forming the conductive dummy pattern, a method of forming an uncoated portion of the conductive film in a stripe shape as shown in FIG. 12 at a portion connecting the electrodes, and a method of forming the conductive film in a dot pattern as shown in FIG. There is a method of forming an uncoated portion, which can be formed by appropriately using a laser digital plate making technique, an AM screen method, an FM screen method, or the like used in the insulating dummy pattern forming method.
- a heat sensitive adhesive layer having a negative pattern as shown in FIG. 14 may be formed on a support.
- the patterning step of the transparent conductive layer containing the fibrous conductive material used in the present invention includes (3) the base and the support, the transparent conductive layer, and the negative patterned heat-sensitive adhesive layer. And (4) peeling the support from the base and transferring the transparent conductive layer in close contact with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer onto the heat-sensitive adhesive layer. And a step of forming a pattern while leaving a desired transparent conductive layer on the substrate.
- the substrate provided with the transparent conductive layer and the peeling substrate that is the support provided with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed with the negative pattern, the transparent conductive layer and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer Are bonded and heated and pressurized so that they adhere to each other.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive is softened by heating and pressurizing the heat-sensitive adhesive layer, or the gap between the conductive fine particles of the transparent conductive layer, or The heat-sensitive adhesive and the conductive material in the transparent conductive layer adhere to each other by penetrating into the mesh of the fibrous conductive material. Then, after cooling the heat-sensitive adhesive layer of the bonded part to about room temperature, the support is peeled off from the base, and the transparent conductive layer of the part bonded to the heat-sensitive adhesive layer is removed, thereby removing the support on the base. A positive pattern of the transparent conductive layer is formed.
- the bonding method used for patterning the transparent conductive layer is not particularly limited as long as it does not cause thermal deformation of the substrate due to heating and pressurization during bonding.
- a transparent conductive layer of the substrate and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on a support in the substrate for peeling are disposed, and heated and pressed for a certain period of time.
- the substrate (11) having the transparent conductive layer (12) between the nips of two roll pairs (15) and (16) that can be heated by either one or both, and the heat sensitive Examples include a roll laminating method in which the support (13) having the adhesive layer (14) is conveyed and sandwiched, heated, linearly pressed, and the rolls (15) and (16) are rotated to press the entire surface. .
- the latter roll laminating method enables continuous processing by roll-to-roll using a film substrate and a film-like peeling substrate, and has excellent production efficiency.
- the roll laminating type roll is a roll that can be heated either or both, and the material of the roll is that the transparent conductive layer and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer are thermally bonded well, and the substrate is thermally deformed. If it does not generate
- the types of rolls used are rigid rolls mainly made of metal rolls and elastic rolls made mainly of heat-resistant rubber. All combinations of metal / metal, metal / elastic, and elastic / elastic can be used. However, in order to develop the adhesiveness of the heat-sensitive adhesive between the nips of the roll pair, an elastic / elastic, elastic / metal roll pair having a wide nip width and a long heating time is preferable.
- temperature and pressure conditions for expressing the adhesiveness of the heat-sensitive adhesive to the transparent conductive layer without causing thermal deformation of the film substrate may be appropriately selected.
- the treatment temperature is preferably 70 ° C. to 150 ° C., more preferably 80 ° C. to 130 ° C., and further preferably 90 ° C. to 120 ° C.
- the pressure may be a roll linear pressure, and a minimum linear pressure that provides a good transfer state in a range of 10 kN / m to 60 kN / m may be selected.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive layer portion may be preheated before bonding.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive layer portion of the release substrate may be heated and pressurized in a reduced pressure atmosphere in the bonding step.
- the peeling substrate comprising the bonded transparent conductive layer-coated substrate and the support having the patterned heat-sensitive adhesive layer is cooled to about room temperature,
- the support is peeled from the substrate.
- the transparent conductive layer (18) bonded to the heat-sensitive adhesive layer in the peeling step corresponds to the portion where the heat-sensitive adhesive layer (14) formed on the support (13) is formed.
- the transparent conductive layer (17) which is peeled from the substrate together with the heat-sensitive adhesive layer (14) and does not correspond to the portion where the heat-sensitive adhesive is formed remains on the body (11) as a positive pattern of the transparent conductive layer.
- a pattern of the conductive layer is completed on the substrate.
- cooling means such as blowing cooling air to the peeling substrate support and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer portion is good for peeling and generating an unpeeled portion, etc. This is effective for preventing patterning defects.
- Patterning by lift-off method in which a negative pattern is formed on a substrate for peeling with a heat-sensitive adhesive and unnecessary portions are peeled off from a transparent conductive layer formed uniformly on the substrate, is applied to the substrate of the substrate for peeling.
- the heat-sensitive adhesive is not applied to the part of the peeling substrate corresponding to the unpeeled part of the transparent conductive layer. Therefore, the transparent conductive layer can be reliably left on the substrate, and there is no fear that unnecessary heat-sensitive adhesive remains on the transparent conductive layer and the light transmittance of the transparent conductive layer is lowered.
- a protective layer coating is applied on the substrate and the entire surface of the transparent conductive layer formed on the substrate.
- the coating process for the protective layer is applied to the entire surface of the substrate partially covered with the formed transparent conductive layer pattern by the bonding process and the peeling process described above.
- the solvent component is dried, the resin component contained is cured, and the protective layer (19) is formed.
- the surface of the transparent conductive layer is covered and protected, and the protective layer coating is composed of gaps between the conductive fine particles in the transparent conductive layer and mesh gaps formed by the fibrous, preferably wire-like conductive substance.
- the entire transparent conductive layer is firmly fixed on the substrate when it reaches the substrate while being filled and cured, thereby forming a substrate with a transparent conductive layer.
- a possible material or combination of materials for the binder resin used for fixing the transparent conductive layer is described below.
- the immobilization with these binder resins is performed by polymerizing monomers or oligomers (10 to 100 monomers) contained in the protective layer paint by light irradiation or heating, or the resin in the protective layer paint.
- Crosslinking is performed by drying and heating to form a solid polymer matrix, or the binder resin in the solvent is formed by forming a crosslinked coating film by removing the solvent. It is not limited to what was hardened and formed through the process. However, in terms of durability and scratch resistance of the coating film, it must be fixed through polymerization of the monomer by visible light or ultraviolet light, electron beam, heating, etc., or crosslinking of the polymer compound by a crosslinking agent. Is preferred.
- the organic polymer used as the binder preferably has a polar functional group bonded to the carbon skeleton.
- the polar functional group include a carboxyl group, an ester group, a ketone group, a nitrile group, an amino group, a phosphoric acid group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfonic acid group, a polyalkylene glycol group, and an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
- polymers useful as binders include acrylic resins, alkyd resins, polyurethanes, acrylic urethanes, polycarbonates, polyesters, polystyrenes, polyacetals, polyamides, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, and cellulose.
- An example of the inorganic polymer is a siloxane polymer produced by hydrolysis / condensation of tetraalkoxysilane.
- polymerizable organic monomers or oligomers examples include methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, methoxypolyethylene glycol methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, ethylene oxide-modified phosphate acrylate, urethane acrylate, polyethylene glycol methacrylate, polybutadiene acrylate, Acrylate and methacrylate type monomers and oligomers typified by polyester acrylate, etc .; mono (2-methacryloyloxyethyl) acid phosphate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, styrene, vinyltoluene, etc. Vinyl monomers; epoxide compounds such as bisphenol A diglycidyl ether;
- polymerizable inorganic monomers examples include metal ores such as Si, Ti, Zr, Al, Sn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, In, Sb, Pt, and Au. Acid salts, organic acid salts, alkoxides, and complexes (chelates). These are polymerized through hydrolysis or thermal decomposition and finally become inorganic substances (metal oxides, hydroxides, carbides, metals, etc.), and therefore are treated as inorganic monomers in the present invention. These inorganic monomers can also be used in the state of the partial hydrolyzate. Next, although the specific example of each metal compound is illustrated, it is not limited to these.
- One or more of the above polymer binders are dissolved or diluted with an organic solvent as necessary to prepare a liquid having a viscosity of 25 cps or less, preferably 10 cps or less. Used for impregnation of the formed coating film.
- the viscosity of this liquid is higher than 25 cps, the liquid does not sufficiently penetrate into the coating film so as to reach the substrate when impregnated with the coating film, and the intended effect of improving the adhesion and film strength cannot be obtained.
- excess liquid is deposited on the transparent conductive layer formed in the first step to form an insulating layer that does not contain conductive fine powder. It drops significantly.
- the organic solvent used for dissolution or dilution is not particularly limited, and in addition to various organic solvents exemplified for the coating film forming process of (1), a liquid used as a film forming agent in the coating film forming process of (1).
- Organic compounds and water can also be used as a solvent.
- this impregnating liquid includes a curing catalyst (in the case of heat curing), a photopolymerization initiator (in the case of ultraviolet curing), a crosslinking agent, a hydrolysis catalyst (eg, acid), a surfactant, a pH adjuster, etc. Can be added.
- solvents examples include water, alcohols, ketones, cyclic ether compounds (such as tetrahydrofuran), hydrocarbons (eg, cyclohexane), or aromatic solvents (such as benzene, toluene, xylene). More preferably, the solvent is volatile and has a boiling point of 200 ° C. or lower, 150 ° C. or lower, or 100 ° C. or lower.
- the protective coating material includes a crosslinking agent, a polymerization initiator, a stabilizer (for example, an antioxidant and an ultraviolet stabilizer for prolonging the product life, and a polymerization inhibitor for improving the shelf life), a surfactant, And what has the same effect may be included.
- the protective coating material may further include a corrosion inhibitor that prevents corrosion of the metal nanowires.
- the method for forming the protective layer is not particularly limited as long as it is a known wet coating method. Specifically, spray coating, bar coating, roll coating, die coating, inkjet coating, screen coating, dip coating and the like can be mentioned.
- the protective layer after coating and drying is too thin relative to the transparent conductive layer before coating, scratch resistance and abrasion resistance
- the function as a protective layer such as weather resistance is lowered, and if it is too thick, the conductive material is completely embedded in the protective layer, so that the contact resistance as a conductor increases.
- the coating thickness for the transparent conductive layer is preferably 30 to 150 nm after coating and drying. In consideration of the above, the surface resistivity, haze, etc. can be adjusted so as to achieve predetermined values.
- the film thickness after drying of the coating material for the protective layer depends on the film thickness of the transparent conductive layer, the protective function by the protective layer tends to work better when the film thickness is 30 nm or more, and the film thickness is 150 nm or less. When it is, it exists in the tendency which can ensure more favorable electroconductive performance.
- the film with a transparent conductive layer produced in this way is used as various products or parts for products in combination with other electronic components, and by adding the necessary configuration, various displays as sheets for touch panels Used with the device.
- the film with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention can be used as a capacitive touch panel by further combining necessary structures.
- a film with a transparent conductive layer used for a touch panel having a position detection function arranges a transparent conductive pattern that functions as an electrode of a capacitor on a transparent substrate.
- each sheet for X-axis detection and Y-axis detection Each sheet has a repeating pattern of transparent conductive regions, and the repeating pattern has a linear structure in which the specific repeating unit is connected in one direction, Linear structures are arranged in parallel at regular intervals.
- a transparent conductive pattern is formed so that, when they are overlapped, a portion where the patterns overlap each other or a portion where they do not overlap at all does not occur as much as possible.
- the transparent substrate is coated with the linear structure of the transparent conductive region, which is the specific repeating unit, arranged in parallel at regular intervals, the same linear pattern orthogonal to this is formed.
- a specific repeating unit has the substantially rhombic region (A), and transparent conductive regions having a linear structure in which the repeating unit is connected in one direction are arranged in parallel at regular intervals. It is possible to use a film with a transparent conductive layer having a conductive pattern and having a similar pattern linearly perpendicular to the conductive pattern on the transparent substrate as an uncoated region.
- a film with a transparent conductive layer is a pattern for a touch panel in which two sheets are laminated so that the transparent conductive layer faces each other and the transparent conductive layer faces each other with the transparent conductive layer facing inside.
- the conductive region is made smaller than the high resistance region, and when two films with a transparent conductive layer are overlapped, a region without a transparent conductive layer is formed between the transparent conductive regions facing each other.
- the optical characteristics of this portion are different from others, it is easy to be visually recognized as a pattern. Further, even in a portion where the transparent conductive patterns on a straight line overlap each other at right angles, the pattern of this portion may be visually recognized because the optical characteristics are different from those of other conductive regions.
- the high resistance region between the conductive regions is a region having a small region (C) and a small region (D), and the insulation between the conductive regions is kept good, and the optical characteristics are made conductive.
- the portion where the conductive regions in the perpendicular direction overlap with each other also has a small region (C) and a small region (D), so that the optical characteristics are kept better than the conductive region while maintaining good conductivity.
- the optical characteristics can be changed while maintaining good conductivity or insulation.
- the ease of visually recognizing a pattern can be suppressed, but particularly in the formation of the small region (C) and the small region (D), the optical characteristics of the boundary portion between them and the conductive region gradually become conductive regions.
- the boundary portion with the conductive region becomes easier to visually recognize, and when they are superposed, regions of optical characteristics having inclinations opposite to each other are formed. Because of the overlap, the overall optical characteristics of the conductive region can be approximated.
- Example 1 [Synthesis of silver nanowires] Silver nanowires are Sun, B.M. Gates, B.B. Mayers, & Y. Xia, “Crystalline silver nanos by soft solution processing”, Nano letters, (2002), 2 (2) 165-168, followed by a method using polyols in the presence of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP).
- PVP polyvinyl pyrrolidone
- nanowire synthesized by dissolving silver sulfate and reducing it It is a nanowire synthesized by dissolving silver sulfate and reducing it. That is, in the present invention, nanowires synthesized by a modified polyol method described in Cambrios Technologies Corporation US Provisional Application No. 60 / 815,627 were used.
- aqueous dispersion containing 0.5% w / v of a silver nanowire having a minor axis diameter of about 70 nm to 80 nm and an aspect ratio of 100 or more synthesized by the above method as a metal nanowire forming a transparent conductive layer (Clear OhmTM, Ink-A AQ, manufactured by Cambrios Technologies Corporation) was used on a transparent film substrate of a highly transparent PET film (Cosmo Shine A4100 manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.) having a thickness of 25 ⁇ m using a slot die coater. After coating and drying, a pressure treatment was performed at a pressure of 2000 kN / m 2 to form a transparent conductive layer (see FIG. 18).
- the flow initiation temperature obtained by measurement with a high-pressure flow tester (die: 1 ⁇ ⁇ 1 L, pressurization: 98 N) is 90 ° C.
- a negative pattern printing is performed on the pattern of the transparent conductive layer to be formed on the transparent film substrate on the PET film (Teijin DuPont Films Teijin Tetron Film G2) having a thickness of 23 ⁇ m as a support. I do.
- the electrode pattern for the capacitive projection touch panel of FIGS. 1 and 2 was used as a desired conductive layer pattern to be formed on the transparent film substrate.
- the pattern has a diamond-shaped electrode portion (electrostatic element) having a side length of 3.7 mm and an inner angle of 90 degrees, and the line width of the connecting portion (bridge) connecting the electrode portions is X
- the electrode is 0.7 mm and the Y electrode is 1.0 mm.
- the connecting portions on the straight line connecting both the diamond-shaped electrodes overlap, and the diamond-shaped electrode portions do not overlap. Both linear electrode patterns were arranged so that the gap was 0.3 mm.
- the region of the sex dummy pattern was formed.
- the insulation is formed by arranging the dot-like regions having a diameter of 40 ⁇ m covered with the transparent conductive film at a pitch of 73 ⁇ m in the gap portion where the transparent conductive film does not exist. The region of the sex dummy pattern was formed.
- the former connecting portion is conductive and has the same conductivity as that of the electrode row portion where no dummy pattern is formed, and the haze value is 60% of that of the electrode row portion where no dummy pattern is formed. Further, the latter gap portion was not conductive, had the same high resistance as the electrode row non-formed portion, and the haze value was 40% of the electrode row portion where no dummy pattern was formed.
- the patterns shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, which are the negative patterns of the pattern FIGS. 23 and 24 to be formed by the transparent conductive layer have a screen line number of 350 lpi. Created from a gravure version.
- a region where the negative pattern is formed is prepared by adjusting the size and depth of the gravure cell on the same gravure plate, and by gravure printing method. At the same time, the negative pattern was created. On the support, printing was performed so that the thickness of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer after drying was 0.5 ⁇ m to 0.8 ⁇ m, and the heat-sensitive adhesive was pattern-printed in a negative image shape as shown in FIGS. A substrate for peeling was obtained (FIG. 19).
- the transparent conductive layer and the heat-sensitive adhesive layer are moved while the substrate on which the transparent conductive layer formed as a roll-shaped coating is formed and the peeling substrate having the negative-patterned heat-sensitive adhesive layer are run. Stacked to face each other, using a laminator with metal heating roll and heat-resistant silicon roll, pressure nip, heating roll temperature 110 ° C., roll nip pressure (linear pressure) 30 kN / m, speed 5 m / min Bonding was performed continuously under the conditions (FIG. 20).
- the peeling substrate is continuously peeled from the transparent film substrate, and the transparent conductive layer has a desired pattern on the transparent film substrate.
- a patterned film with a transparent conductive layer remaining in the shape was obtained.
- the film with a transparent conductive layer was continuously formed by the above-described peeling step to obtain a film with a transparent conductive layer wound in a roll shape (FIG. 21).
- the transparent conductive layer portion was observed with a microscope, the transparent conductive layer portion on the transparent film substrate was not damaged in the peeling process using the peeling substrate, and the transparent conductive layer portion was not removed from the peeling substrate.
- the transparent conductive layer did not remain in the portion where the layer was peeled off, and the peeling was performed completely. Further, the heat-sensitive adhesive did not adhere to the film with the conductive layer.
- protective layer by application of protective layer paint (fixation of transparent conductive layer)
- protective coating 100 parts of acrylic resin (Acricid A-815-45, non-volatile content 45% by DIC) and 7.2 parts of isocyanate curing agent (Bernock DN-980, non-volatile content 75% by DIC) methyl ethyl ketone It was well dissolved in 2200 parts and 2200 parts of toluene to give a protective layer coating.
- a capacitive touch panel from a film with a transparent conductive layer in which these conductive layers are patterned
- two types of films with a transparent conductive layer are oriented with the transparent conductive layer facing in the same direction (for example, upward).
- One is a patterned transparent conductive film for X electrodes
- the other is a patterned transparent conductive film for Y electrodes
- one transparent conductive layer forming portion is arranged so as to alternately overlap the other conductive layer non-formed portion
- Example 1 as a dummy pattern for improving visibility, a connection portion formed by a transparent conductive layer connecting the electrode portions is provided with a region that is not covered with a dot-like transparent conductive film having a diameter of 30 ⁇ m. Conductive dummy pattern regions arranged at a pitch were formed. In addition, in the gap portion where the transparent conductive film does not exist when the X electrode and the Y electrode are overlapped, regions covered with a dot-shaped Bony conductive film having a diameter of 30 ⁇ m are arranged at a pitch of 73 ⁇ m. An insulating dummy pattern region was formed.
- the connecting part connecting the former electrode part was electrically conductive and had the same conductivity as the electrode part, and the haze value was 70% of that of the electrode row part where the dummy pattern was not formed.
- the latter gap portion had no electrical conduction and had the same high resistance as the non-formed portion of the electrode row, and the haze value was 30% of the electrode row portion where no dummy pattern was formed.
- a film with a transparent conductive layer for a capacitive projection touch panel was produced in exactly the same manner as in Example 1. After that, as in Example 1, two types of films with a transparent conductive layer were placed so that the transparent conductive layer was directed in the same direction (for example, upward), and the transparent conductive layer forming portion that was one electrode row portion was the other electrode row.
- the width of the connecting portion between the electrostatic elements is set so that the resistance values of the linear X electrode and the Y electrode are the same as those in the first embodiment, the X electrode is 0.4 mm, and the Y electrode is
- the micropattern produced in Example 1 is formed in the gap between the electrostatic elements (gap between the electrodes) when the electrostatic element connection portion (connection portion) is overlapped with the X electrode and the Y electrode. Instead, the electrode pattern for the capacitive projection type touch panel of FIGS. 23 and 24 was used.
- Example 2 After that, as in Example 1, the two types of films with the transparent conductive layer were turned so that the transparent conductive layer was directed in the same direction (for example, upward), and one electrode row formation portion was alternately placed on the other electrode row non-formation portion.
- the transparent conductive film laminated body for touch panels was produced through the process of superposing
- OCA optical adhesive sheet
- Example 1 As in Example 1, a transparent conductive layer was formed on a transparent film substrate. Thereafter, a protective layer is applied and formed in the same manner as in Example 1 without patterning. An electrode that is a non-conductive pattern part by using a YAG laser to cut a uniform transparent conductive layer without this pattern, disconnecting or disappearing a part of the conductive ultrafine fiber to cut off conduction with other transparent conductive patterns
- the transparent conductive layer pattern of Comparative Example 2 was formed by producing the non-column portion.
- the electrode row portion which is the conductive pattern portion of the transparent conductive layer pattern
- the non-electrode row portion which is the non-conductive pattern portion, have different electrical characteristics in terms of the presence or absence of conduction with other regions. There is almost no difference in composition. Therefore, since the conductive pattern portion and the non-conductive pattern portion exhibit almost the same hue, light transmittance, and haze value, the two portions cannot be visually distinguished.
- the transparent conductive layer pattern for touch panel About a film with a patterned transparent conductive layer before bonding by an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet (OCA) and a transparent conductive film laminate after bonding, the resistance is measured by applying a tester to both end resistance measuring portions of each transparent conductive pattern. Measure. Moreover, the electrical resistance between adjacent transparent conductive patterns is also measured. As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the transparent conductive layer pattern for the touch panel used in the present invention has diamond patterns connected in the X-axis direction or Y-axis direction, and adjacent patterns are insulated from each other. Patterns of wiring terminals are formed at both ends of the pattern series.
- the pattern sequence is broken in the middle, an appropriate resistance value cannot be obtained when measurement is performed at both terminals. Furthermore, if a series of adjacent patterns are short-circuited on the way, adjacent terminals are not well insulated. Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether the transparent conductive layer is well patterned by measuring the resistance of the terminals at both ends of the pattern series and the adjacent terminals. Five touch panel patterns with different central portions were selected, and the terminals at both ends and the adjacent terminals were measured one by one at a total of five locations, and the average was taken.
- the above measurement was performed on the base film before forming the transparent conductive layer. Furthermore, the haze value of the portion of the base film where the transparent conductive film is not formed is measured before and after the bonding with the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, and the haze value of the portion of the base film portion is measured respectively. The difference between the measured values of the haze values of the electrode portion of the transparent conductive layer, the connecting portion connecting the electrode portions, and the gap portions of the X, Y, and electrodes before and after bonding with the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet was determined. The above measurement samples were taken at the same time for making the touch panel pattern from the different locations of the wider measurement pattern, and samples of the conductive layer forming part and the conductive layer peeling part were collected at five locations, The center part of each sample was measured and averaged.
- the film with the patterned transparent conductive layer for the touch panel and the transparent conductive film laminate for the touch panel of the present invention have good conductivity at the electrode row portion and good insulation at the electrode row non-formed portion.
- These transparent conductive layers are used when the haze value of the electrode connecting portion that overlaps when bonded and the area that becomes the gap portion generated between the X and Y electrodes is adjusted and used as a capacitive touch panel It can be seen that the touch panel with excellent visibility can be produced without the pattern being visualized.
- a cleaning process in the etching method and a special apparatus for laser patterning are not required, and a dummy pattern for improving visibility can be formed simultaneously with the formation of the electrode pattern, which is excellent in terms of productivity.
- the transparent conductive layer pattern in the patterned film with a transparent conductive layer of the present invention is used for organic / inorganic electroluminescence electrodes, electromagnetic wave shields, electrodes for electronic paper, electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells, liquid crystal electrodes, and the like.
- a special device for manufacturing is not required, and a pattern for improving visibility can be formed simultaneously with the formation of the electrode pattern, and it can be suitably used particularly for a transparent electrode for a touch panel.
- Electroconductive film of electrode part 5 Insulating dummy pattern of gap
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特にディスプレイの全面に電極、スイッチ機能を有する透明導電層付き基体、フィルムを配し、これら高輝度の画像からの光入射と、外部環境からの光入射の双方を受けるタッチパネルの場合、光透過率や反射率、ヘイズ等のわずかな違いが電極、スイッチパターンとして可視化されやすく、ディスプレイ等の画像の視認性を低下させる原因となっていた。
特に近年ITOに変わる透明導電性膜用の導電性物質として、塗布による透明導電性膜形成の開発が急速に進んでいる繊維状導電性物質を用いた透明導電性膜においては、従来のITOを用いた透明導電性膜に比較して、塗布による導電膜の形成が可能なため製造効率が高くコスト低減の長所を有し、加えて透明導電膜が低抵抗、高透過率であるという利点を有するものであるが、繊維状の導電性物質によるヘイズの差が可視化されやすいという問題を有している。
しかしこれらは透明導電膜のパターンあるいは透明導電膜を形成した後に、別途透明導電膜の非形成領域に透過率調整層を形成したり、透明導電膜の一部に絶縁部を形成したりするものであって、製造プロセスが複雑となるのに加え、特許文献3や特許文献4に記載された方法では透過率調整領域を正確に透明導電部の非形成領域に形成しなくてはならず、位置合わせが困難である。さらに特許文献5に記載の方法のように塩化物の溶液を使用する場合には、本来良好な導電性を維持すべき透明導電膜のパターン形成領域の銀への反応の拡がりが懸念される。
例えば上記方法は、特許文献1に提示されるX-Y方式タッチパネルに適応した場合、XセンサアレイのX軸トレースの導電性極細繊維膜による透明電極部と、YセンサアレイのY軸トレースの導電性極細繊維膜に、それぞれレーザー光線を照射させ、導電性極細繊維の一部を断線または消失させることにより、電気的に非接触となった非導電性部分が形成された状態であるものの、孤立した導電性極細繊維が残存する非導電性パターン部同士が重なると、重ね合わせを行う前の個々のパターン視認性は良好なものの、色相、光線透過率、ヘイズ値は、明確に悪化し、タッチパネルを通して観察する表示装置の画質を劣化させる問題があった。そして導電性極細繊維膜を完全に除去して非導電性部分を形成する一般的な方法に比べて、改良されないどころかむしろ視認性が悪化することもあった。
静電容量結合方式のタッチパネルで通常多く用いられるX-Y方式タッチパネルでは、第1の方向(例えばY方向)に延在し、前記第1の方向と交差する第2の方向(例えばX方向)に併設される複数のY電極と、このY電極と交差して前記第2の方向に延在し、前記第1の方向に併設される複数のX電極とを有している。
X-Y方式タッチパネルは、指などで触れられてない状態(定常状態)の電極1ラインの容量は、隣接する電極との間の電極間容量、直行する電極との交差部で形成する交差部容量、タッチパネルの下に配置する表示装置との間の対地容量、および制御用ICとタッチパネルとの間の配線に生じる配線容量とからなり、タッチパネルに人の指などが触れる事による電極間容量の変化を検知して、観察者がタッチした位置座標を検出する。
このため、電極間容量以外の容量はより小さいことが望まれ、X、Y電極の交差部の面積はできるだけ小さく設計することが望まれる。一方十分な位置解像度を達成するため、それぞれの電極の間隔は、隣接する電極間の短絡を発生させることが無い範囲において可能な限り狭く作られる。
このようなとき繊維状透明導電性物質を透明導電層中に有するパターンは、繊維状導電性物質を含有する電極部の形成された導電性パターン部分と、該電極部が存在しない隙間部分との間で、色相、光線透過率、ヘイズ値が異なるため、二つの導電性パターン部の間の境界に存在する隙間部分が明確に視認される。さらにお互いに一方向に延伸するX電極とY電極は直角方向に貼り合わせた時、形成された電極を連結うる連結部分の導電性膜同士の交差部分が必然的に発生し、該交差部分と交差の生じていない導電性パターン部との間でも光学特性に差違が発生する。とくに、導電性パターン部のヘイズ値は、極細繊維による光散乱のため、それらの存在しない非導電性パターン部より高くならざるを得ず、上記導電性パターン部分と隙間部分、あるいは導電成膜の交差の生じていない導電性パターン部分と、交差の生じる連結部分との間でヘイズ値による差が生じる。このためたとえばタッチパネル、液晶や有機EL用のディスプレイ等の用途に適用するには問題があった。
(図15、図16、図17参照)
本発明は透明基体、透明フィルム基体上に、バインダー樹脂及び導電性物質を含有する透明導電性被膜によってパターンの形成された透明導電層を有し、前記透明導電層は、透明導電性被膜で一様に覆われた導電性領域(A)と、該透明導電性領域(A)の間の高抵抗領域(B)とを有し、前記高抵抗領域(B)は、該領域内に透明導電性被膜で被覆された小領域(C)および透明導電性被膜では被覆されていない小領域(D)を有し、 前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は、視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列を形成していることを特徴とする透明導電層付き基体を提供する。
さらに本発明は上記透明導電層付き基体、透明導電層付きフィルムを直角方向に貼り合わせて形成されるタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体を提供する。
さらに本発明は上記透明導電膜積層体を有する静電容量結合方式のタッチパネルを提供する。
このように本発明の透明導電層付き基体、透明導電層付きフィルムは、前記透明基体上のパターンが透明電極パターンであって、前記透明導電層付き基体、フィルムが、直角方向に貼り合わされて、静電容量結合方式タッチパネルの製造に用いられるタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体を形成可能なパターン化透明導電層付き基体、フィルムとすることができる。この場合は前記透明導電層付き基体、フィルムは、透明基体、透明フィルム基体上に、一定方向に延伸した繊維状導電性物質を含有する透明導電層からなる複数の線状電極パターンが平行かつ等間隔に配列した電極列部分(a)と、前記電極列の間の高抵抗部分である電極列未形成部分(b)とを有し、前記電極列部分(a)は等間隔に配列した電極部(a1)と、前記電極部をつなぐ連結部(a2)とを有し、前記電極部同士が重ならず、かつ連結部同士に重なりが発生するような直角方向の重ね合わせを行った時に、前記電極列未形成部分(b)のなかで、該電極列未形成部分(b)同士の重なり合いを発生させる領域(b1)に、目視では視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する透明導電層の二次元配列パターンを形成したパターン化透明導電性基体となる。
そして好ましくは、上記の両電極間の隙間部分であって二次元パターンを有する領域のヘイズ値が、X電極用導電性パターン被覆体とY電極用導電性パターン被覆体を貼り合わせた時点でX、Y各電極部分に形成された各電極部分のヘイズ値と同等になるように、二次元配列パターンの部分の光学的特性を調整して形成することで、タッチパネルとしての良好な電気的特性、絶縁特性を保持しつつ導電性パターンが最も視認されにくい状況を実現することができる。
また、上記と同様のX-Y方式タッチパネルのX電極用導電性パターン被覆体とY電極用導電性パターン被覆体において、両被覆体を貼り合わせたタッチパネルの、X電極とY電極の交差部分に、導電性被膜の未被覆部分を配置し、導電性被膜で被覆された小領域及び導電性被膜では被覆されていない小領域を有する、肉眼で視認困難なもしくは視認不可能な周期及び/又は大きさを有する二次元配列パターンからなる導電性被膜の未被覆部分を配置し、透明導電性領域を形成する。そして好ましくは、上記の交差部分にあたる例えば網点状に未被覆部分を有する透明導電性領域のヘイズ値は、X電極用導電性パターン被覆体とY電極用導電性パターン被覆体を貼り合わせた時点で、X,Y各電極部分の透明導電膜のヘイズ値と同等になるように形成することで、さらに導電性パターンが最も視認されにくい状況を実現することができる。
なお、本願においては「透明導電層付き基体」と「透明導電層付きフィルム」をはじめ、各所で「基体」と「フィルム」及び「フィルム基体」を併記しているが、これは本願発明の透明導電層付き基体に、透明導電層付きフィルムが含まれていることを確認的に示すための表記である。本願発明において透明導電層付き基体は透明導電層付きフィルムの上位概念である。
本発明の高抵抗領域は、単に導電性被膜によって被覆された導電性領域を隔てる導電性被膜の形成されていない高抵抗の領域ではなく、結果として高抵抗で、隣接する導電性領域を電気的に隔ててはいるものの、高抵抗領域内には透明導電性被膜で被覆された部分と、被覆されていない部分とを有している。そして少なくともどちらかの部分は目視では視認できない細かさの周期又は大きさを有する二次元的な配列パターンを形成した孤立した領域、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域となっている。高抵抗領域をこのような領域とすることにより、導電性領域より確実に平均的な表面抵抗値が上昇することになり、一方該領域の光学的特性は高抵抗領域が導電性被膜で全く被覆されていない場合に比較して、より導電性領域に近いものとなる。なお前記二次元的な配列パターンはその周期又は大きさが目視では視認出来ない細かさであるため、目視するかぎり光学的特性は高抵抗領域(B)にわたって均一である。
小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は目視では視認できない細かさの周期又はを有する二次元的な配列パターンを形成した孤立した領域、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域である。すなわち被覆された小領域(C)が、該領域の周囲を透明導電性被膜で被覆されていない部分によって取り囲まれ、他の小領域(C)や導電性領域(A)と離間している孤立した領域であるか、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域を形成する場合がある。あるいは一方被覆されていない小領域(D)が、該領域の周囲を透明導電性被膜で被覆された領域によって取り囲まれ、他の被覆されていない小領域(D)や、その他の透明導電性被膜によって被覆されていない領域と離間している孤立した領域であるか、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域を形成する場合がある。そして二次元的な配列パターンにおいては、上記の被覆状態の少なくとも一方が形成され、あるいは両方が形成されていてもよい。
そしてそれら複数の小領域(C)及び小領域(D)が存在するときは、それらの個々の領域の大きさ、密度、隣接する小領域との間隔等によって種々の分布状態が存在する。
このような小領域の分布による表面抵抗値の値は、被覆された領域(C)と被覆されていない領域(D)のどちらが形成されているか、両方が形成されているか、あるいは被覆されている領域全体が高抵抗領域全体のどの程度の割合を占めているか、どのような分布状態で小領域(C)あるいは小領域(D)が形成されているかに依存する。高抵抗領域の抵抗値を高く維持するためには、高抵抗領域中に透明導電性被膜で被覆された小領域(C)ができるだけ互いに離間し、孤立して存在することが好ましく、小領域(C)の総和面積が小さいほど抵抗値は高く、より高い絶縁性を安定的に実現可能である。ただし高抵抗を実現すればするほど該領域の光学的特性と、導電性領域(A)の光学的特性の差が大きくなり、導電性パターンが視認されやすくなる。したがって高抵抗領域の抵抗を高く保ち、その光学的特性の導電性領域の光学的特性との差を大きくしないためには、小領域(C)の総和面積が大きいままで個々の小領域(C)間を狭い間隔で完全に孤立させ、小領域(C)間を電気的に連結するネットワークを作らないようにすることが好ましい。
さらに小領域(C)または小領域(D)のどちらかあるいは双方を使用するときの小領域の大きさ、分布、被覆されている部分とされていない部分との総和面積等も最終的な透明導電層付き基体、フィルムに求められる特性によって適宜きめることができる。
さらに二次元的な配列パターンの周期自体が視認不可能なほど細かくなくても、小領域(C)または小領域(D)自体の大きさが充分に小さければ、配列パターンが視認されることは無い。この場合各小領域の大きさは250μm以下であることが好ましく、150μm以下であることがより好ましく、100μm以下であることがさらに好ましい。
前記二次元的な配列パターンは視認性改良の点からは領域(b1)の全面で、かつ電極列未形成部分(b)のうち領域(b1)にのみ形成されていることが好ましい。
図2は、本発明の一実施形態であって、Y電極用の透明導電層付き基体またはパターン化透明導電層付き基体、フィルムの平面概略図とその部分的拡大図を示している。
本実施形態では、X電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体、フィルムとY電極用パターン化透明導電層基体、フィルムの2つの透明導電層付き基体を貼り合わせたタッチパネルの、X電極とY電極の間の電極が存在しない隙間部分が形成される。該隙間部分は図1及び図2の拡大図のダイヤモンドパターンの周辺灰色部分である。この隙間部分に電極部を形成している透明導電被膜と同様の組成の透明導電被膜を用いて、肉眼で視認困難な周期及び/又は大きさを有する網点、または網目形状のダミーパターン(絶縁性パターン)を配置している(図8、図10参照)。該隙間部分においてはダミーパターン形成前と同様の高抵抗を有することが好ましく、形成前と比較して抵抗値が下がらないことが好ましい。かりに抵抗値の低下が発生したとしても、低下幅が小さいほど好ましい。
さらに、上記のダミーパターンのヘイズ値は、透明導電膜による網点または網目が、X電極用導電性パターン被覆体とY電極用導電性パターン被覆体を貼り合わせ隙間部分同士が重なり合った時その部分の光学的特性が、重なり合いの基本的に生じていない電極部分の透明導電層と光学的特性が同等となることが好ましい。特に透明導電性物質が繊維状の導電性物質であるときには、ヘイズ値の差によりパターンが可視化されやすいため、重なり合った隙間部分のヘイズ値が、電極部分における、ヘイズ値と同等になるように形成することが好ましい。
さらに上記の交差部分の透明導電層は、X電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体(X電極用パターン化透明導電層付きフィルム)とY電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体(Y電極用パターン化透明導電層付きフィルム)を貼り合わせこれらが重なったときに、重なり合っていないX.Yそれぞれの電極部分の透明導電層のヘイズ値と同等になるように形成することが好ましい。
また、X電極、Y電極の交差部分は、X電極、Y電極のそれぞれのブリッジ(連結部)が対応して絶縁層であるOCA(光学用透明粘着剤)を介し、X電極用、Y電極用それぞれのパターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)が直角方向に重ね合わされて形成される。
透明フィルム基体1上に形成された、電極部分の透明導電性被膜4、隙間部分の絶縁性ダミーパターン5、ブリッジを有したX電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)上に、同様に電極部分の透明導電性被膜4、隙間部分の絶縁性ダミーパターン5、ブリッジを有したY電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)がOCA(光学用透明粘着剤)2を介して積層され、さらにタッチパネルセンサー保護用のスクリーンパネルがY電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)上に、OCA(光学用透明粘着材)を2介し積層されており、X-Y方式タッチパネルセンサーが形成されている。
絶縁性ダミーパターンにおいては、例えば図5に示すように微小な孤立した導電層領域が互いに離間し導通を生じないように形成された、網点状導電膜パターンが好ましい絶縁性ダミーパターンとして使用できる。一方導電性パターンにおいては、図6に示すように導電膜の中に網点状に未被覆部分が配置された網目状導電膜パターンが導電性ダミーパターンとして好ましく使用できる。
前述の通り、ダミーパターンは、例えば電極を形成する透明導電膜によって肉眼で視認困難な大きさの網点、または編目形状の導通性を有しないダミーパターンとして作製することができる。そして各電極用のパターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)の共通軸に沿って、整列、連結された一連のダイヤモンド型電極部を連結した形状の電極列間で短絡がなく、さらにX電極、Y電極それぞれの電極用パターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)を重ね合わせた時に、重ね合わせられた状態でのダミーパターンのヘイズ値が、電極部のヘイズ値と同等であることが好ましい。
また、X、Yの各電極用導電性パターン被覆体に用いる上記ダミーパターン用ドットの大きさは、均一でも、差を持たせても良く、X、Yを重ねた時点で視認されにくいように適宜選択すればよい。
前述の通りブリッジ部の透明導電被膜には、ダイヤモンド形状の電極同士が導通するように導電性を確保しつつ、肉眼で視認困難な大きさで、例えば図6に示すように網点状の未被覆部分を配置する網目状の導電性ダミーパターンを使用できる。これにより、交差部分にあたる連結部(ブリッジ)のヘーズ値を下げることができるため、電極用導電性パターンの交差部分で高いヘイズ値が発生し、これが例えばディスプレイ上で可視化されることがない。
さらに、上記の交差部分の透明導電被膜は、X電極用透明導電層パターン付き基体(フィルム)とY電極用透明導電層パターン付き基体(フィルム)を貼り合わせた時点でX電極,Y電極それぞれの電極部分の透明導電被膜のヘイズ値と同等になるように形成されることが好ましい。
以上より、本実施形態におけるパターン化透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)は、電極間の隙間部分と、さらに電極の交差部分について、色相、光線透過率、ヘイズ値における電極部分のそれとの差が小さくなり、例えばディスプレイ上に配置されたとき両電極用パターンが視認されにくくなる。特に導電性物質が導電性極細繊維等の導電性繊維からなり、該導電性繊維の光散乱によるヘイズ値を有する時は、そのヘイズ値の差を小さくすることよる視認性向上の効果が極めて大きい。
パターン化された透明導電層を有する、前記X電極用、Y電極用のそれぞれのパターン化透明導電層付き基体またはフィルムも、上記塗布工程または印刷工程を経て形成することができる。このとき電極列未形成部分に形成される目視では視認出来ない細かさの周期または大きさを有する透明導電層の二次元配列パターンを、印刷版等の有する網点、もしくは網目の形成するパターンとして作製することで、これら極めて細かい周期または大きさを有する二次元パターンを、全体の透明導電層のパターン形成と同時にかつ容易に塗布または印刷プロセスを経て形成することができる。
ただし導電性物質が繊維状の導電性物質であるときは、導電性物質が絡み合いつつ網の目状の導電経路を形成しているため、導電性層の形成する網目の幅が小さくなると、繊維状導電性物質の絡み合いによる導電経路を形成しにくくなり、導電性が低下しやすい。
また一方、高抵抗や絶縁性を維持しつつ光学的特性を調整するのであれば、透明導電層の形成されていない領域を網目状に残して透明導電層の領域を島状、ドット状に形成できるように印刷版等の網点の形状、大きさ等を調整して形成し、島やドットの大きさを調整することで行うことができる。
以下に本発明で規定する透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)における各部分の構成、及び該透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)における透明導電層を作製するための、透明導電層用塗料に使用しうる原料、材料について記載し、さらにそれら原材料を用いた本願発明の透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)の製造方法について記載する。
透明導電性物質の形状としては粒子状、繊維状、薄膜状等種々の形状のものが使用できる。
粒子状の形状を有するものとしては、公知の方法により形成された酸化錫、酸化カドミウム、アンチモンドープ酸化錫(ATO)、フッ素ドープ酸化錫(FTO)、錫ドープ酸化インジウム(ITO)、アルミニウムドープ酸化亜鉛(AZO)等の導電性無機微粒子が用いられる。その中でもITOがより優れた導電性が得られる点で好ましい。あるいは芯材となる微細な物質の表面に透明導電性物質のコーティングを行ったものを用いてもよく、例えばATO、ITO等の無機材料を硫酸バリウム等の透明性を有する微粒子の表面にコーティングしたものを用いることが出来る。あるいは芯材として有機質の導電性微粒子が用いられても良い。この場合は、例えば金属材料を樹脂微粒子表面にコーティングしたもの等が挙げられる。これら微粒子の粒子径は一般に10μm以下が好ましく、1.0μm以下がさらに好ましく、50nmから150nmが一層好ましい。
このような導電性を有する金属ナノワイヤーが透明基体上に適度な間隔を保ちながら互いに絡み合った状態を有し、導電網を形成することで、実質的に透明な導電網が可能である。具体的な金属種や軸長さ、アスペクト比等は使用目的等に応じて適宜定めればよい。
用いる分散媒としての液体の量は、特に制限されず、前記微細な導電性物質の分散液が塗布または印刷に適した粘度を有するように調整すればよい。例えば、前記透明導電性物質100重量部に対して、液体100~100,000重量部程度と広範囲に設定可能であって、前記透明導電性物質と分散媒の種類、使用する撹拌、分散装置に応じて適宜選択することができる。
透明導電層に含有されるバインダー樹脂は、透明導電層中の導電性物質を、導電層を介して基体に固定する機能を果たす。バインダー樹脂の機能を果たす樹脂としては、必ずしも透明基体上に透明導電層を形成するときに用いられる樹脂のみでなく、パターン化透明導電層を最終的に形成するまでの各工程で、透明導電性物質とともに、あるいは一度基体上に形成された透明導電層中の導電性物質に対して以降の各工程で適用される種々の樹脂がその機能を果たす。
上記原材料を用いて本発明の透明導電層付き基体、フィルムを作製する方法について以下に記載する。
本発明において、前記のバインダー樹脂及び導電性物質を用いて、これらを含有する透明導電性被膜によって透明導電層パターンを形成し、該パターンが透明基体上に導電性領域(A)、および高抵抗領域(B)中に透明導電性被膜で被覆された小領域(C)および透明導電性被膜では被覆されていない小領域(D)を有し、前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は目視では視認できない細かさの周期及び/又は大きさを有する二次元的な配列パターンを形成した孤立した領域、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域である高抵抗領域(B)を有するパターンであるようにするためには、バインダー樹脂と導電性物質を含有する導電性インクによる印刷を行うことにより実現することができる。
(1)透明導電層用塗料または透明導電層用インクを、透明基体上または透明フィルム基体上に直接既知の塗布方法または印刷法により塗布、印刷してパターン形成を行う方法
(2)透明基体上または透明基体フィルム上の全面に、既知の塗布方法または印刷方法で透明導電層を形成した後に、エッチング法、レーザースクライビング法、リフトオフ法等でパターン形成を行う方法。
直接透明導電層パターンを形成する、(1)の方法は、透明導電層用塗料または透明導電層用インクを基体、またはフィルム上へ塗布もしくは印刷するに際し、塗布または印刷の膜厚と塗布、印刷のパターンを、版の設計と、塗料またはインクの配合設計により調整して行う方法であって、通常は塗料、インクをスクリーン、グラビア、インクジェット等の方法で塗布、または印刷しパターンを形成する。
しかし、銀ナノワイヤー等の導電性極細繊維を使用する透明導電被膜を形成するには、透明性と導電性を確保するため、少量の導電極細繊維を均一に精度よく塗布し、さらに繊維どうしを交差させその部分で互いに電気的接触状態を形成する必要がある。このため透明導電層形成用塗布液は、導電性極細繊維の含有量が少なく、かつ、電気的接触を阻害するバインダー樹脂も極力少なくする必要がある。一方、印刷によって透明導電層のパターンを形成するためには、インキの粘弾性を制御して印刷適性を付与することが重要であって、前記導電性極細繊維を用いたインクまたは塗布液は、組成上の制約が大きく必要なレオロジーを得る事は難しい。そのため、電極として均一な膜厚の透明導電性被膜が形成され、かつ該透明導電性被膜によって本発明の微細パターンが形成された透明導電層付きフィルムを一度の印刷で形成することは、極めて困難である。
また、レーザースクライビングも専用のレーザー加工装置が必要となる上、パターニングに時間を要するため、コスト高になりやすい。一方、剥離剤、接着剤パターンを印刷で形成し転写やリフトオフを行う方法は、印刷技術の進歩により10μm程度の微細印刷が可能となり、使用部分の転写、または不要部分を除去するパターニング工程においては、ドライプロセスが選択でき、塗布または印刷工程のみで導電性被膜のパターン形成が可能である点で、本発明のパターニング方式としてはもっとも好ましい。
以下に透明基体またはフィルムに対する直接的な塗布または印刷によって透明導電性被膜をパターン化する方法から記載する。
ここで該パターンは透明導電性被膜で一様に覆われた導電性領域(A)と、高抵抗領域(B)を有し、該高抵抗領域(B)中に領域(C)及び/又は領域(D)は目視では視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列パターンを形成した孤立した領域、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域を有する。本発明においては塗布方法または印刷方法において前記領域(A)に対応した印刷と、前記領域(B)中の小領域(C)及び小領域(D)を有する領域に対応した印刷を行うための部分を一つの版の中に有する印刷版を用いて、透明性基体上に透明導電層用インクの印刷によって形成することができる。
このような版を有する例えばグラビア印刷を用いて透明基体上に本願発明の透明導電性パターンを形成するためには、領域(A)に対応したベタ印刷を行うグラビアセルパターンと、前記領域(B)中の小領域(C)及び小領域(D)に、対応した目視では視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列パターンを形成した孤立した領域、あるいは前記領域同士が部分的に連結した領域であるような領域の印刷を行うグラビアセルパターンとを同一のシリンダー中に有するグラビアシリンダーを用いて、透明性基体上に透明導電層用塗料のグラビア印刷によって製造することでおこなうことができる。
本発明の網点状パターンや網目状パターンの形成、網点形状の決定については、より簡便な方法として、印刷方法においてグレイスケールやカラーの画像を限られた色数で印刷する場合に用いる網点技法が利用可能である。網点技法は、例えば白い紙の上に黒インキの印刷ドットの、大きさもしくはドット密度の変化した点状のパターンを並べるものである。十分な距離からこれを見ると、印刷ドットが非常に小さいため、人間の眼ではその点の形状を識別できず、灰色であるかのように認識され、黒い点と白い背景の面積の割合により、黒色から白色への連続した明度表現が可能となる。
同様の網点技法で透明導電層用塗料あるいはインクを印刷することで、導電膜の「有る」、「無し」の二値状態の制御でありながら、各々の網点の占有面積比率をコントロールすることで、所望の均一のヘイズ値を持つ透明導電性領域あるいは高抵抗領域を形成することが可能となる。
網点技法の中でもっとも一般的な、階調を網点のドットの大きさで表現する「AMスクリーン(Ampritude Modulation)」を使用する場合、上記特性の調整は、網点のドット同士の離間と接続を調整して、図7に示すように小領域(C)の形成を調整をすることで行われる。すなわち印刷ドットが小さいハイライトから中間濃度付近までは、印刷の網点ドットが離間状態となり、また中間濃度付近からベタ領域では印刷ドットが大きくなり互いに連結状態となり、網点ドットの連結で被覆される領域の面積がほぼ連続的に変化することを利用する。この時は逆に印刷の行われていない領域がドット状に残り、その面積が次第に減少していく、
透明導電層における電気伝導率等の電気的特性は、主に小領域(C)である網点ドット間が連結状態にあるか否かが大きく影響し、ヘイズ等の光学的特性は小領域(C)である網点ドットの総専有面積が大きく影響する。所望の網点ドットの総専有面積と、ドット同士の離間状態及び連結状態とは、ドットの形状を変えることである程度独立に調整を行うことが出来る。具体的には、円形ドットを使用した場合、ドット同士の連結は中間濃度より高い濃度、すなわちドット占有率が50%より大きい領域で発生する。
一方、図8のような市松模様のドット形状と配置を用いると、ドット同士の連結は中間濃度より低い濃度、すなわちドット占有率が50%より小さい領域で発生する。このようにドットの形状の調整を行うことで電気的特性と光学的特性それぞれの調整幅をさらに拡げることが可能である。
また、網点のドットが離間したり連結したりするパターンを、肉眼で視認困難な大きさとするためには、印刷版のスクリーン線数を十分大きくすることで可能である。
また通常、網点印刷されるドット状の透明導電性被膜同士の離間と接続は、円形状のドットの使用で高い印刷濃度までお互いに離間状態を保ち絶縁性が維持された小領域(C)を形成することが可能であり、方形ドットを使用すると円形状ドットに比べて低い濃度で、小領域(C)であるドット状の導電性被膜同士が連結された導電性の印刷パターンを得ることができる。
これらを利用することにより、X電極部,Y電極部それぞれの透明導電層付き基体(フィルム)における、透明導電性領域、高抵抗領域等の導電性被膜を有する領域において、光学的特性については電極列形成部分(a)と、電極列未形成部分(b)との中間程度の値を達成しつつ、透明導電被膜の導通、絶縁等の電気的特性については透明導電性領域、高抵抗領域それぞれに近い値への調整を可能とすることができる。
以下に良好な導電性と光学的特性を有する透明導電層パターンを形成するために、透明基体フィルム上の全面に、既知の塗布方法または印刷方法で透明導電層を形成した後に、エッチング法、レーザースクライビング法、リフトオフ法等でパターニングを行う方法について説明する。特に導電性物質が繊維状導電性物質で有る場合には、以下の方法を用いることが好ましい。
すなわち、繊維状導電性物質を使用して既述のように透明基体、透明フィルム基体上に、静電容量型タッチパネル用の透明導電層のような周期的パターンを形成させるときは、繊維状の導電性物質凝集の問題と、また既述したような繊維状導電性物質間の電気的接点の確保の問題があり、導電性繊維同士の絡み合い状態の中での開口率を高くして、透明導電層の光透過率を高く維持する必要もある。このため透明導電層形成用の塗料の該塗料中には印刷方法による直接パターン形成を行うための十分な樹脂成分を含有させられない場合が多く、低粘度のため、パターン形成のための印刷が困難なことが多い。
そのような場合には予め透明基体、透明フィルム基体上に均一な透明導電層を形成しておき、種々の方法で不要な透明導電層部分を削除したり、逆に必要なパターンのみを切り取ったりしてパターン化された透明導電層を得ることができる。
このため前記導電性物質の分散液中には、導電性能の向上の点においてはバインダー樹脂を含まないことが好ましい。透明導電性被膜中においては、バインダー樹脂を用いなければ導電性物質同士の接触が阻害されることがないからである。従って、導電性物質相互間の導電性が確保され、得られる導電層の電気抵抗値をより低く抑えることができる。また、導電性物質の分散液がバインダー樹脂を含まなくすることによって、基体上に透明導電性被膜を形成したときに、次工程において透明導電性塗膜の一部が該透明フォルム基体上から容易に剥離可能である点でも好ましい。更に、その後にパターン化された透明導電層を保護層用塗料により透明基体、透明フィルム基体上へ固定化する工程では、保護層用塗料を透明導電層に含浸させ基体に到達させることにより行われるため、透明導電性物質の分散液がバインダー樹脂を含まないことは、透明導電層がより間隙を多く含んでいることを意味しており、保護層用塗料の含浸による固定化を阻害しない点で好ましい。
必要に応じて繊維状の透明導電性物質を固定するための樹脂を該透明導電性物質間に形成された間隙に浸透させ、固化させて保護層を形成し透明導電層を作成することが好ましい。このとき透明導電層のパターン化を行う場合には、透明導電性物質動ディの接点を十分に確保して後、透明導電性物質を固定するための樹脂を浸透させる前に行うことが好ましい。
このことから透明基体、透明性フィルム基体上の全面に透明導電層を形成した後に、パターニングを行ってパターン化された透明導電層を形成するにあたっては、以下の各工程を経ることが好ましい。
(1)基体上に後工程のパターン化時に剥離可能な透明導電層を塗布により形成する工程
(2)均一な透明導電性層あるいはパターン化した透明導電層を形成した基体全面に、保護層用塗料を塗布し、透明導電層を基体上に固定化する工程
透明導電層を透明基体上に形成するときに基体に透明導電性物質を固定する機能を果たすバインダー樹脂の量は多すぎると導電層中の導電性物質を完全に被覆、埋設するため導電層の表面固有抵抗が上昇する。このためバインダー樹脂の量は用途に応じた表面固有抵抗を有するように、最終的な導電層表面への導電性物質の露出状況を確認して調整する必要がある。
さらに導電性塗膜を基体上に形成した後、導電性物質の充填率を向上させて導電性を向上させるために導電層の上から加圧処理をして、導電性物質同士の接触点を増加させる処理を行う場合には、バインダー樹脂が多すぎるとクッション作用のため、加圧効果が減殺される。
導電性物質の交差部分を加圧する工程とは、具体的には透明導電層面を加圧する工程であって、透明導電性物質が導電性微粒子の場合には、該微粒子の密度を向上させて微粒子同士の接触点と接触面積を増加させる工程であり、透明導電性物質が金属ナノワイヤーのような繊維状、より詳細にはワイヤー状の場合には、網目状に分散している透明導電層に真上から圧力を加えて、透明導電層を圧縮し、内部の金属ナノワイヤーの接触点を増やす工程である。この工程によって導電性微粒子や金属ナノワイヤー間の接触抵抗が下がることになる。
本工程は通常塗膜面を加圧する公知の方法であれば特に制限はないが、塗布によって得られた層を、例えば、加圧可能な2枚の平板間に透明導電層を配置し、一定時間加圧する平板プレス法や、加圧可能な2本のロールの間に透明導電層を挟み込んで線加圧し、ロールを回転させることによって面全体を加圧するカレンダー法などが挙げられる。
ロールによるカレンダー法において、透明導電層を加圧する圧力は、500kN/m2~50000kN/m2、好ましくは1000kN/m2~10000kN/m2、より好ましくは2000kN/m2~5000kN/m2である。
上記の添加量範囲において導電性物質の分散液は、粘度調整、腐食防止、基体への接着性向上、および導電性物質の分散を制御するために、前記樹脂及びその他の添加剤を含んでもよい。適切な添加剤および結合剤の例として、カルボキシメチルセルロース(CMC)、2-ヒドロキシエチルセルロース(HEC)、ヒドロキシプロピルメチルセルロース(HPMC)、メチルセルロース(MC)、ポリビニルアルコール(PVA)、トリプロピレングリコール(TPG)、およびキサンタンゴム(XG)、およびエトキシレート、アルコキシレート、エチレンオキシド、および酸化プロピレンなどの界面活性剤、およびそれらの共重合体、スルホン酸塩、硫酸塩、ジスルホン酸塩、スルホコハク酸塩、リン酸エステル、およびふっ素系界面活性剤が挙げられるがそれだけに限定されない。
さらに2-アルコキシエタノール、β-ジケトン、アルキルアセテート、等の非ポリマー系有機化合物を膜形成剤として使用することもできる。
上記基体上にパターン化された透明導電層を形成する具体的方法としては、レーザービームによるパターン化、フォトエッチング等の方法を適用することも可能であるが、塗布工程を用いて連続的に処理が行えること、光照射やマスキング等の処理が不要であること、さらにエッチング等の湿式処理を行う必要のないこと、また安定した導電性が確保できる点から、形成すべきパターンに対して接着剤塗料によってネガティブパターンを形成された剥離用基材を使用し、基体上に形成された透明導電層の不要部分を剥離して、所望のパターン化された透明導電層を形成する方法を用いることが好ましい。
このような場合には、導電性領域(A)及び目視では視認出来ない細かさの周期または大きさ有する二次元配列パターンを有する高抵抗領域(B)からなるパターンのネガティブパターンを、基材に対して例えば感熱接着剤を用いて形成して剥離用基材を作製し、透明基体、透明フィルム基体上に形成された均一な透明導電層から、該剥離用基材を用いてネガティブパターンに対応した不要部分を剥離する工程を行えばよい。
あるいは剥離用フィルムにそのまま接着されてパターン状に転移したネガティブパターンそのものを導電性パターンとして利用することも可能であるが、透明導電層の安定した表面導電性を実現するためには、透明基体上に残されたパターンを使用して、当初透明フィルム基体上に形成された透明導電性被膜の表面を、そのままパターン化された透明導電層の表面として用いることが好ましい。
以下に予め作製した均一な透明導電層から、ネガティブパターンを形成した接着剤層を有する剥離用基材を用いて不要部分を削除しパターン化された透明導電層付きフィルムを得る製造方法について工程別にさらに詳細に説明する。
すなわち、繊維状導電性物質を含有する均一な透明導電層用いてパターン化された透明導電層を形成し、最終的に透明基体に固定されたパターン化された透明導電層を有する透明導電膜を作製する方法としては、以下の工程を用いる方法をあげることができる。
(1)基体上に剥離可能な透明導電層を塗布により形成する工程
(2)支持体上に、ネガティブパターン化された感熱接着剤層を形成する工程
(3)前記基体と前記支持体とを、前記透明導電層と前記感熱接着剤層とが互いに密着するように貼り合わせる工程
(4)前記支持体を前記基体から剥離し、前記感熱接着剤層と密着した部分の前記透明導電層を、感熱接着剤層上へと移行させることにより、基体上に透明導電層のパターンを形成する工程
(5)前記透明導電性層パターンを形成した基体全面に、保護層用塗料を塗布し、透明導電層を基体上に固定化する工程である。
本発明で使用する剥離可能な透明導電性塗膜は、微細な透明導電性物質を液体媒体(分散媒)中に分散した透明導電性塗料を透明フィルム基体上に塗布することによって形成される。ここで透明導電性物質とはそれ自身が透明でなくても、形状や含有量を制御することにより透明導電層を形成する導電性材料となりうる物質も含むものとする。本発明の透明導電層は、表面抵抗率が0.01Ω/□~1000Ω/□であることが好ましく、可視光域において高い透明性を有し、全光線透過率が80%以上であることが好ましく、さらに基体上から剥離可能である。ここで剥離可能とは少なくとも表面に接着剤層を有する剥離用基材を用いて、該剥離用基材の接着剤層と透明導電層を重ね合わせて接着後、剥離用基材を剥離したとき、基体上の透明導電層が内部破壊を起こすことなく、また基体及び基体と透明導電層の界面にダメージを与えることもなく剥離できることをいう。
塗布方法としてはスプレーコート、バーコート、ロールコート、ダイコート、インクジェットコート、スクリーンコート、ディップコートなど公知の塗布方法を用いることができる。
透明導電層の膜厚は薄すぎると導体としての十分な導電性が達成出来なくなる傾向にあり、厚すぎるとヘイズ値の上昇、全光線透過率の低下等で透明性が損なわれる傾向にある。通常は10nm~10μmの間で適宜調整を行うが、金属ナノワイヤーのように導電性物質そのものが透明でない場合には、膜厚の増加によって透明性が失われ得やすく、より薄い膜厚の導電層が形成されることが多い。この場合きわめて開口部の多い導電層であるが、接触式の膜厚計で測定したときに平均膜厚として10nm~500nmの膜厚範囲がこのましく、30nm~300nmがより好ましく、50nm~150nmが最も好ましい。
〔パターン化された感熱接着剤層を有する支持体(剥離用基材)の作成(工程(2)〕
基体上に形成された透明導電層を、部分的に基体から剥離するために剥離用基材を作製する。図19に示すように本発明で使用する剥離用基材(20)はフィルム状支持体(13)上に、ネガティブパターン化された感熱接着剤層(14)を有している。剥離用基材(20)は、支持体(13)上に感熱接着剤と溶剤を含有する感熱接着剤層用塗料を、基体上に形成すべき所望の導電性パターンに対して、反対のネガティブパターンを形成して塗布することにより形成することができる。
感熱接着剤は、常温では粘着性を全く示さないが、加熱する事により粘着性が発現する。支持体上に形成する感熱接着剤層の感熱接着剤としては、前記透明基体上に形成された透明導電層と、支持体の双方に対して親和性があり、両者を強力に接着できる感熱接着剤であれば、特に限定されることなく、公知の種々の感熱接着剤を用いることができるが、粘着性の発現する温度としては、透明導電層の導電性物質の間隙に浸透し導電性物質と良好に密着し、かつ透明基体としてフィルムを使用する場合には、基体フィルムのガラス転移温度を大きく上回らない温度で粘着性を発現することが好ましい。また、加熱の後に常温程度で支持体を剥離する際に、導電性物質と支持体の両方に強い接着力を示して良好な剥離が行われることが好ましい。
感熱接着剤には、必要に応じて、ブロッキング防止剤として、ポリオレフィン系樹脂粒子を添加することができる。なかでも、ポリエチレン樹脂粒子またはポリプロピレン樹脂粒子の添加が好ましく、より具体的には、高密度ポリエチレン樹脂粒子、低密度ポリエチレン樹脂粒子、変性型ポリエチレン樹脂粒子、分解型低密度ポリエチレン樹脂粒子、分解型ポリプロピレン樹脂粒子の添加が好ましい。また、これらポリエチレン樹脂粒子および分解型ポリプロピレン樹脂粒子の重量平均粒子径は0.1~25μmであるが、粒子が扁平状、リン片状の場合は3~25μmの範囲が好ましく、分子量は1,000~29,000の範囲、融点は100~150℃の範囲にあることがそれぞれ好ましい。
接着剤のネガティブパターン形成方法としては、公知の印刷方法が使用でき、加熱により粘着性を発現した感熱接着剤層が、次工程において基体上の透明導電層に良好に接着するための十分な感熱接着剤の厚みを形成できれば、特に制限はなく公知の方法を使用可能である。例えば、グラビア印刷法、オフセット印刷法、グラビアオフセット印刷法、スクリーン印刷法、インクジェット印刷法等が使用できる。また、感熱接着剤層の厚みは、0.05μm~5.0μmが好ましく、0.1μm~2.0μmがより好ましく、0.2μm~1.0μmがさらに好ましい。
また、レーザーによるデジタル製版技術を使用した任意のセル形状による絶縁性パターンの形成方法としては、格子状に溝を印刷版面に形成する方法がある。この場合の絶縁性ダミーパターンを形成するための感熱接着剤用ネガティブパターンを図10に示す。この印刷版により、印刷された感熱接着剤のネガティブパターンを用いてパターニング行い、図11に示す拡大概略図を示す絶縁性パターンが形成される。
本発明で使用する繊維状の導電性物質を含有する透明導電層のパターニング工程は、(3)前記基体と前記支持体とを、前記透明導電層と前記ネガティブパターン化された感熱接着剤層とが互いに密着するように貼り合わせる工程と、(4)前記支持体を前記基体から剥離し、前記感熱接着剤層と密着した部分の前記透明導電層を、感熱接着剤層上へと移行させることにより、基体上に所望の透明導電層を残してパターンを形成する工程とからなる。貼り合わせを行う工程においては、前記透明導電層を設けた基体と前記ネガティブパターンを形成した感熱接着剤層を設けた支持体である剥離用基材とを、透明導電層と感熱接着剤層とが互いに密着するように貼り合わせ加熱及び加圧する。特に透明導電層がバインダー樹脂を含まず、あるいは含んでいても含有量が少ないときは感熱接着剤層の加熱、加圧により、感熱接着剤は軟化し透明導電層の導電性微粒子の間隙、あるいは繊維状導電性物質の網目内に浸透して、感熱接着剤と透明導電層内の導電性物質が接着する。
その後、貼り合わせ部分の感熱接着剤層を常温程度に冷却後、前記支持体を前記基体から剥離し、前記感熱接着剤層と接着した部分の透明導電層を、除去することにより、基体上に透明導電層のポジティブパターンが形成される。
特に、後者のロールラミネート方式は、フィルム基体とフィルム状の剥離用基材を使ったロールツーロールでの連続処理が可能であり、優れた生産効率を有する。ロールラミネート方式のロールは、前述の通り、どちらか一方、または両方が加熱可能なロールであり、ロールの材質は、透明導電層と感熱接着材層が良好に熱接着し、基体の熱変形を発生させなければ、特に限定されることはない。使用ロールの種類としては金属ロールが主体の剛体ロールと、耐熱ゴム製が主体の弾性ロールがあり、それらの組み合わせとしては、金属/金属、金属/弾性、弾性/弾性の全ての組み合わせが使用可能であるが、ロール対のニップ間で感熱接着剤の粘着性を発現させるため、ニップ巾が広く、加熱時間を長くなる弾性/弾性、弾性/金属のロール対が好ましい。
さらに必要に応じて、貼り合わせ前に感熱接着剤層部分を予備加熱してもよい。また感熱接着剤層中に気泡が混入すると、導電性層との部分的接着不良のため剥離基材による導電性層の剥離が不完全になりやすい。このため気泡混入防止のために、貼り合わせ工程において、剥離基材の感熱接着層部分の加熱、加圧を減圧雰囲気下で行っても良い。
陥を防ぐ目的で有効である。
剥離用基材に感熱接着剤でネガティブパターンを形成し、基体上に均一に形成された透明導電層から不要部分を剥離するリフトオフ法によるパターン化は、剥離用基材の支持体上に塗布された感熱接着剤の有無だけで決定され、透明導電層の未剥離部分に対応する剥離用基材の部分には感熱接着剤は塗布されていない。このため透明導電層を確実に基体上に残すことができ、また透明導電層上に不要な感熱接着剤が残って透明導電層の光透過率を低下させる恐れがない。
基体上に透明導電層の所望のパターンを形成した後に、基体上及び基体上に形成された透明導電層の全面に保護層用塗料の塗布を行う。
保護層用塗料の塗布工程は、図22のように前述の貼り合わせ工程及び剥離工程によって、形成された透明導電層パターンに一部を被覆された基体上の全面に、保護層用塗料を塗布し、溶媒成分を乾燥させ、含有する樹脂成分を硬化し保護層(19)を形成することによって行われる。本工程によって透明導電層の表面が被覆され保護されるとともに、保護層用塗料は透明導電層中の導電性微粒子の間隙や、繊維状、好ましくはワイヤー状の導電性物質の形成する網目の隙間を充填しつつ基体に到達し、硬化したときに透明導電層全体を基体上に強固に固定化し、透明導電層付き基体を形成する。
透明導電層の固定化に使用されるバインダー樹脂として可能な材料または材料の組み合わせを以下に述べる。これらバインダー樹脂による固定化は保護層用塗料中に含有される単量体またはオリゴマー(10~100単量体)が光照射、または加熱によって重合して、または保護層用塗料中の樹脂が、乾燥および加熱によって架橋して、固体高分子マトリクスを形成して行われ、あるいは溶媒中のバインダー樹脂が、溶媒除去によって架橋塗膜を形成して行われるが、該塗膜は必ずしも、重合、架橋プロセスを経て硬化形成されたものに限定されない。しかし、塗膜の耐久性、耐擦過性の点で可視光線または紫外線、電子線、加熱等による単量体の重合、あるいは架橋剤による高分子化合物の架橋を経て固定化されたものであることが好ましい。
溶解または希釈に用いる有機溶媒は特に制限されず、(1)の塗膜形成工程に関して例示したような各種の有機溶媒のほかに、(1)の塗膜形成工程で膜形成剤として使用する液状有機化合物、および水も溶媒として使用可能である。
この含浸用液体には、必要により、硬化触媒(熱硬化の場合) 、光重合開始剤(紫外線硬化の場合)、架橋剤、加水分解触媒(例、酸)、界面活性剤、pH調整剤などを添加することができる。
適切な溶媒の例として、水、アルコール類、ケトン類、環状エーテル化合物類(テトラヒドロフラン等)、炭化水素( 例えば、シクロヘキサン) 、または芳香族系溶剤( ベンゼン、トルエン、キシレン等) が挙げられる。さらに好ましくは、溶媒は、揮発性であり、200℃ 以下、150℃ 以下、または100℃ 以下の沸点を有する。
保護層を形成する方法としては公知のウェットコート方法であれば特に制限はない。具体的には、スプレーコート、バーコート、ロールコート、ダイコート、インクジェットコート、スクリーンコート、ディップコートなどが挙げられる。
保護層用塗料によって透明導電層を含浸しつつ保護層を形成するとき、塗布、乾燥後の保護層の膜厚は、塗布前の透明導電層に対して薄すぎると耐擦過性、耐摩耗性、耐候性等の保護層としての機能が低下し、厚すぎると導電性物質が保護層に完全に埋設されてしまうため導体としての接触抵抗が増加する。
保護層用塗料の塗布は透明導電層の膜厚が50~150nmの範囲で形成されているときは、塗布、乾燥後の膜厚が30~150nmであることが好ましく、透明導電層の膜厚を考慮して表面抵抗率、ヘイズ等が所定の値を実現出来るよう調整することができる。40~175nmがより好ましく、50~150nmが最も好ましい。保護層用塗料の乾燥後の膜厚は、透明導電層の膜厚にもよるが、30nm以上の膜厚であると保護層による保護機能がより良好に働く傾向にあり、150nm以下の膜厚であるとより良好な導電性能が確保できる傾向にある。
位置検出機能を有するタッチパネルに使用する透明導電層付きフィルムは、透明基板上にコンデンサーの電極として機能する透明導電性パターンを配列するが、通常はX軸検出用とY軸検出用のそれぞれのシートを重ね合わせて使用され、それぞれのシートは透明導電性領域の繰り返しパターンを有しており、前記繰り返しパターンは、前記特定の繰り返し単位が一方向に連結された直線上の構造を有し、該直線上の構造が、一定の間隔で平行に配列している。
特にこれら透明導電性パターンが視認されるのを防止するために、これらを重ね合わせたときに、互いのパターン同士が重なり合う部分、あるいは全く重なり合わない部分が出来るだけ生じないように透明導電性パターンを形成することが好ましい。
そのためには、前記特定の繰り返し単位である、透明導電性領域の直線状の構造を一定の間隔で平行に配列して、透明基体を被覆したときに、これと直交する直線状の同様のパターンを未被覆領域として透明基体上に有しているような透明導電性パターンを有する透明導電層付きフィルムがこのましい。
このような透明導電層付きフィルムは2枚を直角方向に透明導電性層を内側にして、互いの透明導電性領域が互いの高抵抗領域と対向するように重ね合わせて貼り合わせタッチパネル用のパターンとして使用することができる。このとき導電性領域は高抵抗領域に対して小さめに作製されており、二つの透明導電層付きフィルムが重ね合わせられたとき対向する透明導電性領域の間に透明導電性層の無い領域が形成されこの部分の光学的特性が他と異なるためパターンとして視認されやすくなる。さらに直線上の透明導電性パターン同士が直角に重なり合う部分についても、他の導電性領域と光学的特性が異なるためこの部分のパターンが視認される可能性がある。
(実施例1)
〔銀ナノワイヤーの合成〕
銀ナノワイヤーは、Y.Sun、B.Gates、B.Mayers、& Y.Xia,“Crystalline silver nanowires by soft solution processing” 、Nano letters 、 (2002) 、2(2) 165~168に記載されるポリオールを用いた方法の後、ポリビニルピロリドン(PVP)の存在下で、エチレングリコールに硫酸銀を溶解し、これを還元することによって合成されたナノワイヤーである。すなわち本発明においてはCambrios Technologies Corporation 米国仮出願第60/815,627号に記載される修正されたポリオール方法によって、合成されたナノワイヤーを用いた。
透明導電層を形成する金属ナノワイヤーとして、上記方法で合成された短軸径約70nm~80nm、アスペクト比100以上の銀ナノワイヤーを水性媒体中に0.5%w/v含有する水分散体(Cambrios Technologies Corporation社製 ClearOhmTM, Ink-A AQ)を、スロットダイ塗工機を使用し、厚み50μmの高透明PETフィルム(東洋紡社製コスモシャインA4100)の透明性フィルム基体上にウエット厚み25μmに塗布、乾燥した後に、圧力2000kN/m2で加圧処理を行い透明導電層を形成した(図18参照)。
次に、CRISVON NT-810-45(DIC社製ポリウレタン樹脂、45%溶液)100重量部をメチルエチルケトン 62.5重量部、トルエン 62.5重量部に溶解させ感熱接着剤とした。このポリウレタン樹脂の代表的物性値は、粘弾性測定(昇温速度3℃/分)で得られるtanδのピーク値から得られるガラス転移温度が42℃、引っ張り速度300mm/分で得られる引張破断強度が277×10E5Pa、引張破断伸度が665%、高圧式フローテスター(ダイス:1φ×1L、加圧:98N)の測定で得られる流動開始温度が90℃である。上記の感熱接着剤用液を厚み23μmのPETフィルム(帝人デュポンフィルム社製テイジンテトロンフィルムG2)を支持体としてその上に透明フィルム基体上に形成すべき透明導電層のパターンに対してネガティブパターン印刷を行う。
さらに、視認性を向上させるダミーパターンとして、前記静電エレメントを接続する透明導電性被膜による連結部には、透明導電性被膜によって被覆されていない直径40μmのドット状領域を73μmピッチで配置した導電性ダミーパターンの領域を形成した。
また、X電極、Y電極を直角方向に重ね合わせたときに、透明導電性被膜の存在しない隙間部分には、透明導電性被膜によって被覆された直径40μmのドット状領域を73μmピッチで配置した絶縁性ダミーパターンの領域を形成した。
前者の連結部は導通があり、ダミーパターンを形成していない電極列部分と同様の導電性を有し、ヘイズ値は、ダミーパターンを形成していない電極列部分の60%であった。また、後者の隙間部分は導通が無く、電極列未形成部分と同様の高抵抗を有し、ヘイズ値は、ダミーパターンを形成していない電極列部分の40%であった。
ここで、前記支持体上には、上記の透明導電層によって形成されるべきパターン図23、及び図24に対して、そのネガティブパターンである図25、及び図26のパターンをスクリーン線数350lpiのグラビア版から作成した。このとき上記のダミーパターン部分についても、そのネガティブパターンが形成されるような領域を、同一のグラビア版上にグラビアセルの大きさ、深さを調整して作製しておき、グラビア印刷法にて同時にそのネガティブパターンを作成した。
なお支持体上には、乾燥後に感熱接着剤層の厚み0.5μm~0.8μmとなるように印刷を行い、図25及び図26のようなネガティブイメージ状に感熱接着剤がパターン印刷された剥離用基材を得た(図19)。
次いで、ロール状の塗布物として作成した透明導電層の形成された基体と、ネガティブパターン化された感熱接着剤層を有する剥離用基材とを走行させつつ、透明導電層と感熱接着剤層が互いに向き合うように重ね、金属製加熱ロールと、耐熱シリコンロールによる加熱、加圧ニップを持つラミネーターを使用して、加熱ロール温度110℃、ロールニップ圧(線圧)30kN/m、速度5m/分の条件で連続的に貼り合わせを行った(図20)。貼り合わせた材料を走行させながら、貼り合わせ部分の温度が室温程度まで下がった時点で、透明フィルム基体から剥離用基材を連続的に剥離し、透明フィルム基体上に透明導電層が所望のパターン状に残ったパターン化された透明導電層付きフィルムを得た。該透明導電層付きフィルムは上記の剥離工程によって連続的形成され、ロール状に巻かれた透明導電層付きフィルムを得た(図21)。
パターン化された透明導電層部分を顕微鏡によって観察したところ、透明フィルム基体上の透明導電層部分は剥離用基材を用いた剥離工程では損傷を受けておらず、また剥離用基材から透明導電層が剥離された部分には透明導電層が残存することがなく、完全に剥離が行われていた。また感熱接着剤が導電層付きフィルム側に付着することもなかった。
保護層用塗料として、アクリル樹脂(DIC社製アクリディックA-815-45 不揮発分45%)100部、イソシアネート系硬化剤(DIC社製バーノックDN-980 不揮発分75%)7.2部をメチルエチルケトン2200部、トルエン2200部によく溶解させ保護層用塗料とした。
前記パターン化された透明導電層をその上に有する透明フィルム基体の全面に、スロットダイ塗工機を使用し、該保護層用塗料で透明導電層中の網目状ナノワイヤーの間隙を充填しつつ、ウエット厚み10μmに塗布、乾燥し、乾燥厚み約0.1μmの保護層塗膜を形成した。その後に、60℃の雰囲気に24時間おいて、イソシアネート系硬化剤とアクリル樹脂とを硬化反応させ保護層を形成した(図22)。このようにして図23と図24の2種類のタッチパネル用透明導電層パターンを有する透明導電層付きフィルムを作製した。これら導電層がパターン化された透明導電層付きフィルムから静電容量型のタッチパネルを作製するには、例えば2種類の透明導電層付きフィルムを、透明導電層を同一方向(例えば上向き)に向けて、一方をX電極用パターン化透明導電性フィルム、他方をY電極用パターン化透明導電性フィルムとして、一方の透明導電層形成部分が他方の導電層未形成部分に互い違いに重なるように配置し、OCA(光学用粘着シート)を介して重ね合わせる工程を経て作製される。形成した透明導電層パターンについて、静電容量方式の投影型タッチパネル用透明導電層付きフィルム、あるいはタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体としての評価を行うため、後述の測定を行った。結果を表1に示す。
(実施例2)
前者の電極部を接続する連結部は、導通があり電極部と同様の導電性を有しヘイズ値は、ダミーパターンを形成していない電極列部分の70%であった。また、後者の隙間部分は、導通が無く電極列の未形成部分と同様の高抵抗を有し、ヘイズ値は、ダミーパターンを形成していない電極列部分の30%であった。それ以外は、実施例1と全く同様にして静電容量方式投影型タッチパネル用の透明導電層付きフィルムを作成した。
その後に、実施例1と同様に2種類の透明導電層付きフィルムを、透明導電層を同一方向(例えば上向き)に向けて、一方の電極列部分である透明導電層形成部分が他方の電極列未形成部分に互い違いに重なるように、OCA(光学用粘着シート)を介して重ね合わせ、貼り合わせを行った。形成された透明導電層パターンについて、静電容量方式投影型タッチパネル用の透明導電層付きフィルム、あるいはタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体としての評価を行うため、後述の測定を行った。結果を表1に示す。
(比較例1)
その後に、実施例1と同様に2種類の透明導電層付きフィルムを、透明導電層を同一方向(例えば上向き)に向けて、一方の電極列形成部分が他方の電極列未形成部分に互い違いに重なるように、OCA(光学用粘着シート)を介して重ね合わせる工程を経てタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体が作製された。
形成されたタッチパネル用の透明導電膜積層体の透明導電層パターンについて、静電容量方式投影型タッチパネルの透明導電層付きフィルム、あるいはタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体としての評価を行うため、後述の測定を行った。結果を表1に示す。
(比較例2)
光学用粘着シート(OCA)による貼り合わせ前のパターン化透明導電層付きフィルムと、貼り合わせ後の透明導電膜積層体について、10cm四方のサンプルを、4探針法抵抗率計(三菱アナリテック社製ロレスタ-EP)を用いてサンプル中央部に4探針プローブを押し当て表面抵抗率(Ω/□)を測定する。電極列部分と電極列未形成部分について測定を行うが、このときは、タッチパネル用パターンを作製するときに、評価用に同時形成した、より面積の広い測定用パターンを用いた。該測定用パターンの異なる場所からそれぞれ5箇所を選定し、10cm四方の塗膜サンプルを採取し測定を行い、平均をとった。
光学用粘着シート(OCA)による貼り合わせ前のパターン化透明導電層付きフィルムと、貼り合わせ後の透明導電膜積層体について、それぞれの透明導電パターンの両末端抵抗測定部にテスターをあてて電気抵抗を測定する。また、隣り合う透明導電パターン間の電気抵抗も測定する。
本発明で使用したタッチパネル用の透明導電層パターンは、図23及び図24に示すようにダイアモンドパターンがX軸方向、またはY軸方向に連結され、隣り合うパターンの連なり同士は絶縁されている。パターンの連なりの両端には配線用の端子のパターンが形成されている。もしパターンの連なりが途中で断線していると、両端の端子で測定を行ったときに、適正な抵抗値をうることが出来ない。さらにもし隣り合うパターンの連なり同士が途中で短絡していると、隣同士の端子が良好に絶縁されないことになる。したがってパターンの連なりの両端の端子と、隣り合う端子の抵抗を測定することにより透明導電層のパターン化が良好に行われているかどうかが確認できる。中央部の異なるタッチパネルパターン5個を選定し、両端の端子と、隣り合う端子を1箇所ずつ、それぞれ計5箇所の測定を行い、平均をとった。
光学用粘着シート(OCA)による貼り合わせ前のパターン化透明導電層付きフィルムと、貼り合わせ後の透明導電膜積層体について、全光線透過率、ヘーズ値の測定を行った。
測定は積分球式全光線透過率測定機(日本電色工業社製NDH-2000)を用いて、全光線透過率(Tt){JIS K-7361に準拠、NDH-2000測定方法1}とヘーズ(曇り度)(Hz){JIS K-7136に準拠、NDH-2000測定方法3}を測定した。また透明導電層形成前の基体フィルムについても上記測定を行った。さらに、透明導電膜が形成されていない基体フィルムの部分のヘーズ値を、光学用粘着シートによる貼り合わせを行う前と後で測定し、基体フィルムの部分のヘーズ値の測定値に対して、それぞれ光学用粘着シートによる貼り合わせ前と後における、透明導電層の電極部分、電極部分を接続する連結部分、及びX,Y,電極の間隙部分のヘーズ値の測定値との差を求めた。以上測定サンプルは、タッチパネルパターンを作製するときに評価用に同時形成した、より面積の広い測定用パターンの異なる場所から、導電層形成部分と導電層剥離部分のサンプルをそれぞれ5箇所採取し、それぞれのサンプルの中央部を測定して平均をとった。
また、エッチング方式における洗浄プロセスや、レーザーパターニング用の特殊装置が必要なく、電極パターンの形成と同時に視認性向上のためのダミーパターンを形成出来るので、生産性の点でも優れている。
2 光学用透明粘着剤
3 光学用透明PET
4 電極部分の導電膜
5 隙間部分の絶縁性ダミーパターン
11 (透明導電層形成用)基体
12 透明導電層
13 (感熱接着剤ネガティブパターン形成用)支持体
14 感熱接着剤層
15 加熱、加圧用金属ローラー
16 加熱、加圧用耐熱シリコンゴムローラー
17 パターン化された透明導電層
18 感熱接着剤により引き剥がされた透明導電層
19 保護層(透明導電層を保護層用塗料で含浸し、基体上に固定化した保護層)
20 剥離用基材
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- 透明基体上に、バインダー樹脂及び導電性物質を含有する透明導電性被膜によってパターンの形成された透明導電層を有し、前記透明導電層は、透明導電性被膜で一様に覆われた導電性領域(A)と、該透明導電性領域(A)の間の高抵抗領域(B)とを有し、前記高抵抗領域(B)は、該領域内に透明導電性被膜で被覆された小領域(C)および透明導電性被膜では被覆されていない小領域(D)を有し、前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は、視認できない細かさの周期又は大きさを有する二次元的な配列を形成していることを特徴とする透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)の形成する二次元的な配列は、100μm以下の繰り返し周期を有する請求項1に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記高抵抗領域(B)における透明導電性被膜で被覆されていない小領域(D)は全高抵抗領域(B)の70%以下の総面積を有する請求項1に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記導電性物質は繊維状導電性物質である請求項1に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記繊維状導電性物質はナノワイヤーである請求項4に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記透明基体上のパターンは電極パターンであって、前記導電性領域(A)は、一定方向に並行かつ等間隔に延伸した線状の電極列部分(a)であり、前記高抵抗領域(B)は前記電極列の間の電極列未形成部分(b)である請求項1に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記透明導電層付き基体は直角方向に貼り合わされて、静電容量結合方式タッチパネルの製造に用いられる透明導電層付き基体であって、前記電極列部分(a)のそれぞれの電極列は等間隔に配列した電極部(a1)と、前記電極部をつなぐ連結部(a2)とを有し、前記電極部同士が重ならず、かつ連結部同士に重なりが発生するような直角方向の重ね合わせを行った時に、前記電極列未形成部分(b)のなかで、該電極列未形成部分(b)同士の重なり合いを生じる領域(b1)に、前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)の形成する、視認できない細かさの周期又は大きさを有する二次元的な配列を有する透明導電層を形成したことを特徴とする、請求項6に記載の透明導電性付き基体。
- さらに前記視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列を、連結部(a2)のなかで連結部同士が重なり合う領域にも有している請求項7に記載の透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
- 前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は、周期100μm以下の繰り返しパターンを形成している請求項7に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記電極列未形成部分(b)同士の重なり合いを生じる領域(b1)における透明導電性被膜で被覆されていない小領域(D)は前記領域(b1)の70%以下の総面積を有する請求項9に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記導電性物質は繊維状導電性物質である請求項7に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記繊維状導電性物質はナノワイヤーである請求項11に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記パターンの形成された透明導電層は透明導電性物質を含有する透明導電層用塗料の塗布工程または印刷工程を経て作製され、前記二次元的配列は目視では視認できない細かさの周期を有し、該周期は塗布または印刷に使用する版の網点の周期である請求項1~12のいずれか1項に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記パターンは透明基体上に形成された均一な透明導電層から、不要部分を除去することにより形成される請求項1~12のいずれか1項に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 前記パターンの形成された透明導電層は、透明基体の全面に透明導電性被膜を塗布、形成した後、基体上に前記パターンに対するネガティブパターンを形成された接着剤層を有する剥離用基材を用いて、前記透明導電層から不要部分を剥離して形成され、前記接着剤層は前記基体上に塗布工程または印刷工程を経て作製され、前記ネガティブパターンは前記二次元的配列に対応する目視では視認できない細かさの周期を有し、前記周期は前記接着剤層の塗布または印刷に使用する版の網点の周期である請求項14に記載の透明導電層付き基体。
- 請求項1~12のいずれか1項に記載の透明導電層付き基体を直角方向に貼り合わせたタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体。
- 請求項16に記載のタッチパネル用透明導電膜積層体を有するタッチパネル。
- 透明基体上に、バインダー樹脂及び導電性物質を含有する透明導電性被膜によるパターンの形成された透明導電層を有する透明導
電層付き基体の製造方法であって、前記透明導電層は、透明導電性被膜で一様に覆われた導電性領域(A)と、該透明導電性領域の間の高抵抗領域(B)とを有し、前記高抵抗領域(B)は、透明導電性被膜で被覆された小領域(C)及び透明導電性被膜で被覆されていない小領域(D)を有し、前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は視認できない細かさの周期又は大きさを有する二次元的な配列を形成し、前記領域(A)に対応した印刷を行うための部分と、前記領域(B)中の小領域(C)及び小領域(D)を有する領域に対応した印刷を行うための部分とを一つの版の中に有する版を用いて、透明基体上に透明導電層用塗料の塗布、または透明導電層用インクの印刷によって形成することを特徴とする透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。 - 前記透明基体上のパターンは電極パターンであって、前記導電性領域(A)は、一定方向に並行かつ等間隔に延伸した線状の電極列部分(a)であり、前記高抵抗領域(B)は前記電極列の間の電極列未形成部分(b)である請求項18に記載の透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
- 前記透明導電層付き基体は直角方向に貼り合わされて、静電容量結合方式タッチパネルの製造に用いられる透明導電層付き基体であって、前記電極列部分(a)のそれぞれの電極列は等間隔に配列した電極部(a1)と、前記電極部をつなぐ連結部(a2)とを有し、前記電極部同士が重ならず、かつ連結部同士に重なりが発生するような直角方向の重ね合わせを行った時に、前記電極列未形成部分(b)のなかで、該電極列未形成部分(b)同士の重なり合いを生じる領域(b1)に、前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)の形成する、視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列を有する、透明導電層を形成したことを特徴とする請求項19に記載の透明導電性付き基体の製造方法。
- さらに前記視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列を、連結部(a2)のなかで連結部同士が重なり合う領域にも有しており、該領域に対応した印刷を行うため部分をさらに版の中に有する請求項20に記載の透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
- 透明基体上に、バインダー樹脂及び導電性物質を含有する透明導電性被膜によるパターンが形成された透明導電層を有する透明導電層付き基体の製造方法であって、前記透明導電層は、透明導電性被膜で一様に覆われた導電性領域(A)と、該透明導電性領域の間の高抵抗領域(B)とを有し、前記高抵抗領域(B)は、透明導電性被膜で被覆された小領域(C)及び透明導電性被膜で被覆されていない小領域(D)を有し、前記小領域(C)及び/又は小領域(D)は視認できない細かさの周期又は大きさを有する二次元的な配列パターンを形成し、透明基体上の全面に透明導電性被膜を形成し、前記透明導電層のパターンとはネガとポジが逆のパターンで基体上に接着剤層が形成された剥離用基材を用いて、前記透明導電層から不要部分を剥離して形成され、前記剥離用基材の製造においては前記導電性領域(A)ならびに前記小領域(C)及び小領域(D)を有する領域のネガパターンに対応した印刷を行うための部分を一つの版上に有する版を用いて、基体上に塗布または印刷によって接着剤層の形成が行われることを特徴とする透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
- さらに前記視認できない細かさの周期または大きさを有する二次元的な配列を、連結部(a2)のなかで連結部同士が重なり合う領域にも有しており、該領域のネガティブパターンに対応した印刷を行うための部分をさらに版の中に有する請求項22に記載の透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
- 前記導電性物質は繊維状導電性物質である請求項18~23のいずれか1項に記載の透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
- 前記繊維状導電性物質はナノワイヤーである請求項24に記載の透明導電層付き基体の製造方法。
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