Flexible multi-layer cover lens laminate for foldable displays

Abstract

To provide flexible or foldable display devices, and more specifically, to flexible cover lens assemblies.SOLUTION: A flexible cover lens assembly disclosed herein comprises a glass layer, an adhesion promotion layer provided on the glass layer, a dry hard coat layer with a nano-indentation hardness in a range of 1 to 5 GPa disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] Embodiments described herein relate generally to flexible or foldable display devices, and more particularly to flexible or foldable cover lenses. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of Related Art

[0002] Electronic devices often have displays, such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, and quantum dot (QD) displays. Such displays can be fragile and sensitive to moisture, pressure, or particle contamination. Display devices typically use several layers of optical devices to color, polarize, and block light from an illumination source. To prevent damage to the underlying films, a rigid display cover lens layer is attached over the other layers to prevent damage to the underlying layers. The inclusion of a rigid display cover lens can add undesirable weight to the electronic device. While eliminating the cover lens can reduce the size and weight of the device, eliminating the cover lens can make the display more susceptible to damage from scratches.

[0003]

[0003] Increasing demands for new product functionality and the development of new and diverse applications have led to the need for thinner and lighter lens substrates with new properties, such as flexibility. Broadly speaking, three main characteristics are desired for cover lenses for the new flexible or foldable displays: 1) optical performance, 2) high hardness, and 3) flexibility. Good optical performance ensures good light transmission with very little haze. High hardness is related to scratch resistance and abrasion resistance. Foldability (e.g., high flexibility) in the cover lens avoids breakage due to cracking or delamination when repeatedly bent and folded, in view of a sufficiently high critical strain.

[0004]

[0004] Traditionally, cover lenses have excelled in addressing the first two properties (e.g., optical performance and hardness), but their brittle nature has left them poor in the third property, e.g., flexibility or foldability. To improve flexibility, significant efforts have been made to date, primarily by reducing the thickness of the glass or by chemically modifying the material to increase the critical strain at which the glass breaks. Nevertheless, glass as a cover lens material has proven to require the entire cover to be replaced when the glass breaks. Alternative solutions for cover lenses may offer excellent optical performance and flexibility, but are generally vulnerable to abrasion and / or scratches. Once damaged by scratches, the entire cover must be replaced. Replacing a cover lens requires specific expertise, time, and significant expense.

[0005]

[0005] Therefore, there is a need for an improved display cover lens for flexible or foldable displays. Summary of the Invention

[0006]

[0006] Embodiments described and illustrated herein relate generally to flexible or foldable display devices, and more particularly to a flexible cover lens assembly. In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, an adhesion-promoting layer on the glass layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, a dry hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in a range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0007]

[0007] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a substrate disposed on the glass layer, an adhesion-promoting layer on the substrate, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, a dry hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0008]

[0008] In another embodiment, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a substrate disposed on the glass layer, a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer.

[0009]

[0009] In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer, a dry hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0010]

[0010] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a substrate disposed on the glass layer, an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the substrate, a dry hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0011]

[0011] In another embodiment, a flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a substrate disposed on the glass layer, a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer and having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and a porosity of about 1% to about 7%, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0012] In one or more embodiments, a flexible cover lens assembly includes a substrate, an anti-fingerprint coating layer, and an adhesion-promoting layer disposed between the substrate and the anti-fingerprint coating layer.

[0013]

[0013] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a substrate, an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the substrate, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer and having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0014]

[0014] In another embodiment, a flexible cover lens assembly includes a substrate, a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, a dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0015]

[0015] In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, an impact absorbing layer disposed on the glass layer, a moisture barrier layer disposed on the impact absorbing layer, a substrate disposed on the moisture barrier layer, a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0016]

[0016] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a first adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer, a wet hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the first adhesion-promoting layer, a second adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard-coat layer, a dry hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the second adhesion-promoting layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0017]

[0017] In another embodiment, a flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a first adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer, a wet hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 6% to about 10% and disposed on the first adhesion-promoting layer, a second adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard-coat layer, a dry hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and disposed on the second adhesion-promoting layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer, wherein the flexible cover lens assembly has a critical strain of 1% to about 15%.

[0018] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a substrate, an anti-fingerprint coating layer, and an adhesion-promoting layer disposed between the substrate and the anti-fingerprint coating layer. In some examples, the flexible cover lens assembly also includes a dry hard-coat layer disposed between the adhesion-promoting layer and the anti-fingerprint coating layer. In other embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes the anti-fingerprint coating layer, an adhesion-promoting layer, and a dry hard-coat layer disposed between the adhesion-promoting layer and the anti-fingerprint coating layer.

[0019]

[0019] In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a substrate, a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0020] In other embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer, a second or dry hard-coat disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer. In one or more examples, the flexible cover lens assembly also includes a substrate disposed between the glass layer and the adhesion-promoting layer. In other examples, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a wet hard-coat layer disposed between the substrate and the adhesion-promoting layer.

[0021] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes an adhesion-promoting layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, a dry hard-coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer. In some examples, the flexible cover lens assembly further includes a glass layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, the adhesion-promoting layer being disposed between the glass layer and the anti-reflective layer. In other examples, the flexible cover lens assembly also includes a substrate disposed between the glass layer and the adhesion-promoting layer.

[0022]

[0022] In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a substrate disposed on the glass layer, a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer.

[0023]

[0023] In another embodiment, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a substrate, a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0024]

[0024] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, a substrate disposed on the glass layer, a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0025] In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a glass layer, an impact absorbing layer disposed on the glass layer, a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the substrate, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard-coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer. In some examples, the flexible cover lens assembly further includes a wet hard-coat layer disposed between the substrate and the adhesion promoting layer.

[0026] In other embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes an impact absorbing layer, a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer, a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer. In one or more examples, the flexible cover lens assembly further includes a glass layer disposed between the impact absorbing layer and the substrate.

[0027] In some embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a moisture barrier layer, a substrate disposed on the moisture barrier layer, a wet hard-coat layer disposed on the substrate, an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard-coat layer, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer, a dry hard-coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer. In some examples, the flexible cover lens assembly includes an impact-absorbing layer disposed between the moisture barrier layer and the substrate.

[0028]

[0028] In one or more embodiments, the flexible cover lens assembly includes a moisture barrier layer, an impact absorbing layer disposed on the moisture barrier layer, a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the substrate, an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0029] In one or more embodiments, a flexible, replaceable cover lens stack includes a first flexible cover lens, a second flexible cover lens, and a sacrificial adhesive layer disposed between the first and second flexible cover lenses, wherein each of the first and second flexible cover lenses is or includes any one of the flexible cover lens assemblies described and illustrated herein, and wherein the first and second cover lenses are different.

[0030]

[0030] In other embodiments, a display device includes any one of the flexible cover lens assemblies described and illustrated herein and a flexible display structure, such as an OLED display or an LCD display.

[0031]

[0031] So that the above-mentioned features of the present disclosure may be understood in detail, a more particular description of the present disclosure briefly summarized above may be had by reference to implementations, some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. However, since the present disclosure may admit of other equally effective embodiments, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings depict only typical embodiments of the present disclosure and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present invention. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0032] [Figure 1] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including a flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 2] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 3] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 4] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 5] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 6] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 7] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 8] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 9] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 10] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 11] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 12] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 13] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 14] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 15] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 16] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 17]1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 18] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 19] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 20] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 21] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 22] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device including another flexible cover lens assembly according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 23] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible and interchangeable cover lens laminate according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 24] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an adhesion promoting layer including multiple sublayers according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. [Figure 25] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display structure according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0033]

[0057] For ease of understanding, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements common to the figures. It is intended that elements and features of one implementation may be beneficially incorporated in other implementations unless specifically noted.

[0034]

[0058] FIELD OF THE INVENTION The implementations described herein relate generally to flexible display devices, and more particularly to covering a lens assembly that includes a flexible cover lens having a multi-layer film stack.

[0035]

[0059] 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 100 including a flexible cover lens assembly 102 disposed on a flexible display structure or flexible display laminate (FDS) 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 102 includes a glass layer 110, an impact absorbing layer (IAL) 120 disposed on the glass layer 110, a moisture barrier layer 130 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, a substrate 140 disposed on the moisture barrier layer 130, a first or wet hard coat (HC) layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140, an adhesion promoting layer (APL) 160 disposed on the wet hard coat layer 150, an anti-reflective (ARF) layer 170 disposed on the adhesion promoting layer 160, a second or dry hard coat (HC) layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating (AFC) layer 190 disposed on the dry hard coat layer 180. In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 can have a pencil hardness ranging from about 2H to about 9H, a nanoindentation hardness ranging from about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa, and a porosity ranging from about 6% to about 10%, and the dry hard-coat layer 180 can have a pencil hardness ranging from about 2H to about 9H, a nanoindentation hardness ranging from about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa, and a porosity ranging from about 1% to about 7%.

[0036] Flexible Display Structure (FDS) and Glass Layer

[0060] The FDS 104 is a flexible display structure or flexible display laminate and may be or include one or more light-emitting diode (LED) displays, one or more organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, one or more liquid crystal displays (LCDs), one or more quantum dot (QD) displays, and other types of displays. The FDS 104 may be or include one or more flexible displays and / or one or more rigid displays. The FDS 104 may be or include other types of devices and may be contained within or part of a monitor, display, screen, television, phone (e.g., mobile phone, smartphone, or cellular phone), computer or laptop, tablet, watch, or other electronic device. In some examples, the FDS 104 may be or include a foldable screen or foldable display on a folding or flip phone. In other embodiments, FDS 104 may be or include a foldable screen or display on a foldable laptop computer or a foldable tablet.

[0037]

[0061] In one or more embodiments, FDS 104 may or may not have a display glass layer as a top surface. In some examples, FDS 104 does not have a display glass layer as a top surface and instead includes glass layer 110. In other examples, FDS 104 has a display glass layer (not shown) as a top surface, and glass layer 110 is omitted in flexible cover lens assembly 102, or other flexible cover lens assemblies described and illustrated herein. In some examples, FDS 104 has a display glass layer (not shown) as a top surface, and glass layer 110 is disposed on the display glass layer of FDS 104 in flexible cover lens assembly 102, or other flexible cover lens assemblies described and illustrated herein.

[0038]

[0062] Glass layer 110 is or includes one or more layers comprising optically clear or transparent glass. In some embodiments, glass layer 110 includes one or more ultra-thin glass layers. Glass layer 110 has a thickness of about 5 μm, about 10 μm, about 15 μm, about 20 μm, or about 30 μm, to about 40 μm, about 50 μm, about 60 μm, about 70 μm, about 80 μm, about 90 μm, about 100 μm, about 120 μm, about 150 μm, about 200 μm, or more. For example, the glass layer 110 has a thickness of about 5 μm to about 200 μm, about 10 μm to about 200 μm, about 20 μm to about 200 μm, about 50 μm to about 200 μm, about 80 μm to about 200 μm, about 100 μm to about 200 μm, about 150 μm to about 200 μm, about 5 μm to about 100 μm, about 10 μm to about 100 μm, about 20 μm to about 100 μm, about 50 μm to about 100 μm, about 80 μm to about 100 μm, about 100 μm to about 120 μm, about 5 μm to about 80 μm, about 10 μm to about 80 μm, about 20 μm to about 80 μm, or about 50 μm to about 80 μm.

[0039] Impact absorbing layer (IAL)

[0063] The shock-absorbing layer 120 may be or include one or more layers that are bendable, flexible, and / or foldable and used to absorb shock or impact. The shock-absorbing layer 120 contains one or more materials that may be or include ether urethane, ester urethane, aliphatic urethane, aliphatic polyurethane, aliphatic polyester urethane, thermoset polysulfide, polyamide, copolymers thereof, elastomers thereof, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the shock-absorbing layer 120 may be deposited or otherwise formed by solution processing, including using techniques such as a bar coater, slot die, or other methods. In one or more embodiments, the shock-absorbing layer 120 may be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the shock-absorbing layer 120 may be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0040]

[0064] The impact absorbing layer 120 has a light transmittance within the visible range ranging from about 82%, about 85%, about 86%, about 88%, or about 90%, to about 92%, about 94%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99%. For example, the impact absorbing layer 120 has a visible light transmittance within the range of about 82% to about 99%, about 85% to about 99%, about 88% to about 99%, about 90% to about 99%, about 92% to about 99%, about 95% to about 99%, about 97% to about 99%, about 82% to about 98%, about 85% to about 98%, about 88% to about 98%, about 90% to about 98%, about 92% to about 98%, about 95% to about 98%, about 97% to about 98%, about 82% to about 96%, about 85% to about 96%, about 88% to about 96%, about 90% to about 96%, about 92% to about 96%, or about 95% to about 96%.

[0041]

[0065] The impact absorbing layer 120 has a thickness of about 0.5 μm, about 1 μm, about 2 μm, about 5 μm, about 10 μm, about 15 μm, about 20 μm, or about 25 μm, to about 30 μm, about 40 μm, about 50 μm, about 60 μm, about 70 μm, about 80 μm, about 90 μm, about 100 μm, about 120 μm, about 150 μm, about 200 μm, or more. The impact absorbing layer 120 may have a thickness of, for example, 0.5 μm to about 200 μm, about 1 μm to about 200 μm, about 5 μm to about 200 μm, about 10 μm to about 200 μm, about 20 μm to about 200 μm, about 35 μm to about 200 μm, about 50 μm to about 200 μm, about 80 μm to about 200 μm, about 100 μm to about 200 μm, about 150 μm to about 200 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 150 μm, about 1 μm to about 150 μm, about 5 μm to about 150 μm, or about 10 μm to about 150 μm. , about 20 μm to about 150 μm, about 35 μm to about 150 μm, about 50 μm to about 150 μm, about 80 μm to about 150 μm, about 100 μm to about 150 μm, about 125 μm to about 150 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 100 μm, about 1 μm to about 100 μm, about 5 μm to about 100 μm, about 10 μm to about 100 μm, about 20 μm to about 100 μm, about 35 μm to about 100 μm, about 50 μm to about 100 μm, or about 80 μm to about 100 μm.

[0042]

[0066] In one or more embodiments, the shock absorbing layer 120 can include an elastomeric layer having a thickness of less than 100 μm, such as about 75 μm or less. In some embodiments, the shock absorbing layer 120 can be slot die coated or cast.

[0043] Moisture barrier layer (MBL)

[0067] The moisture barrier layer 130 can be one or more films, coatings, or other layers that have inherent moisture-proof or water-proof properties and that are bendable, flexible, and / or foldable. In some embodiments, the moisture barrier layer 130 includes one or more layers, such as a moisture-proof and / or water-proof vapor layer, a high surface energy layer (e.g., hydrophilic), a planarization layer, an encapsulation layer, portions of these layers, or combinations thereof. In one or more embodiments, the moisture barrier layer 130 includes one or more materials that may be or include silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, dopants thereof, or any combination thereof.

[0044]

[0068] In some embodiments, the moisture barrier layer 130 includes a single layer, but can also include multiple layers, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or more sublayers. For example, the moisture barrier layer 130 can include multiple sublayers therein, such as from about two sublayers to about five sublayers. In one or more examples, the moisture barrier layer 130 includes a film stack having three or more sublayers, such as a first sublayer, a second sublayer, and a third sublayer, with the second sublayer disposed between the first and second sublayers. In one example, the film stack is a SiN / SiO / SiN stack, where the first sublayer is or can include silicon nitride, the second sublayer is or can include silicon oxide, and the third sublayer includes silicon nitride. The moisture barrier layer 130 is deposited or otherwise generated by one or more vapor deposition processes, which may be or include physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma-enhanced CVD (PE-CVD), high-density plasma CVD (HDP-CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), plasma-enhanced ALD (PE-ALD), other vacuum or vapor deposition processes, or any combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, the moisture barrier layer 130 can be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the moisture barrier layer 130 can be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0045]

[0069] The moisture barrier layer 130 has a thickness of from about 5 nm, about 10 nm, about 20 nm, about 30 nm, about 40 nm, or about 50 nm, to about 60 nm, about 80 nm, about 100 nm, about 150 nm, about 200 nm, about 250 nm, about 300 nm, about 400 nm, about 500 nm, about 600 nm, about 700 nm, or more. For example, the moisture-proof layer 130 may have a thickness of about 5 nm to about 700 nm, about 5 nm to about 500 nm, about 5 nm to about 400 nm, about 5 nm to about 350 nm, about 5 nm to about 300 nm, about 5 nm to about 250 nm, about 5 nm to about 200 nm, about 5 nm to about 150 nm, about 5 nm to about 100 nm, about 5 nm to about 80 nm, about 5 nm to about 50 nm, about 5 nm to about 30 nm, about 20 nm to about 500 nm, about 20 nm to about 400 nm, about 20 nm to about 350 nm, about 20 nm to about 30 ...00 nm, about 20 nm to about 550 nm, about 20 nm to about 500 nm, about 20 nm to about 500 nm, about 20 nm to about 550 nm, about 20 nm to about 500 nm, about The thickness is about 20 nm to about 250 nm, about 20 nm to about 200 nm, about 20 nm to about 150 nm, about 20 nm to about 100 nm, about 20 nm to about 80 nm, about 20 nm to about 50 nm, about 20 nm to about 30 nm, about 50 nm to about 500 nm, about 50 nm to about 400 nm, about 50 nm to about 350 nm, about 50 nm to about 300 nm, about 50 nm to about 250 nm, about 50 nm to about 200 nm, about 50 nm to about 150 nm, about 50 nm to about 100 nm, or about 50 nm to about 80 nm.

[0046]

[0070] The moisture-proof layer 130 is approximately 1 x 10 -6 g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -5 g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -4 g / m 2 / day, or approximately 1 × 10 -3 g / m 2 / day to about 1 × 10 -2 g / m 2 / day, approximately 0.1g / m 2 / day, about 0.5g / m 2 / day, approximately 1g / m 2 / day, about 5g / m 2 / day, or approximately 10 g / m 2 For example, the moisture barrier layer 130 has a WVTR of about 1×10 -6 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -5 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -4 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -3 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -2 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 0.1g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, about 0.5g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 1g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -6 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -5 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -4 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -3 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day, approximately 1 × 10 -2 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day, approximately 0.1g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day, or approximately 0.5 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 1g / m 2 / day.

[0047]

[0071] The moisture barrier layer 130 has a light transmittance within the visible range ranging from about 82%, about 85%, about 86%, about 88%, or about 90%, to about 92%, about 94%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99%. For example, the moisture barrier layer 130 has a light transmittance within the visible range of about 82% to about 99%, about 85% to about 99%, about 88% to about 99%, about 90% to about 99%, about 92% to about 99%, about 95% to about 99%, about 97% to about 99%, about 82% to about 98%, about 85% to about 98%, about 88% to about 98%, about 90% to about 98%, about 92% to about 98%, about 95% to about 98%, about 97% to about 98%, about 82% to about 96%, about 85% to about 96%, about 88% to about 96%, about 90% to about 96%, about 92% to about 96%, or about 95% to about 96%.

[0048] substrate

[0072] Substrate 140 may be or may include one or more flexible plastic or polymer substrates. Substrate 140 may be transparent and / or colorless. Substrate 140 includes one or more materials that may be or include one or more of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), triacetyl cellulose, polycarbonate, polyimide, colorless polyimide (CPI), polyamide, polysulfide, polymethacrylate methyl ester, polyether ether ketone, polyaryl ether ketone, transparent conductive polyester, copolymers thereof, elastomers thereof, or any combination thereof.

[0049]

[0073] Substrate 140 has a thickness of from about 1 μm, about 2 μm, about 5 μm, about 10 μm, about 15 μm, about 20 μm, or about 25 μm, to about 30 μm, about 40 μm, about 50 μm, about 60 μm, about 70 μm, about 80 μm, about 90 μm, about 100 μm, about 120 μm, about 150 μm, about 200 μm, or more. For example, the base 140 may have a thickness of about 5 μm to about 200 μm, about 10 μm to about 200 μm, about 20 μm to about 200 μm, about 50 μm to about 200 μm, about 80 μm to about 200 μm, about 5 μm to about 100 μm, about 10 μm to about 100 μm, about 20 μm to about 100 μm, about 30 μm to about 100 μm, about 50 μm to about 100 μm, about The thickness is 80 μm to about 100 μm, about 5 μm to about 80 μm, about 10 μm to about 80 μm, about 20 μm to about 80 μm, about 30 μm to about 80 μm, about 50 μm to about 80 μm, about 60 μm to about 80 μm, about 5 μm to about 50 μm, about 10 μm to about 50 μm, about 20 μm to about 50 μm, or about 30 μm to about 50 μm.

[0050] First or Wet Hard Coat (wHC) Layer

[0074] In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 may be or include one or more wet hard-coat layers. The wet hard-coat layer 150 may be or include one or more acrylates, one or more sol-gels, one or more siloxanes, one or more copolymers thereof, one or more elastomers thereof, or any combination thereof. In one or more examples, the wet hard-coat layer 150 includes or is an acrylate that may be or include a radiation-curable acrylate, an aliphatic urethane acrylate, a copolymer thereof, an elastomer thereof, or any combination thereof. For example, the wet hard-coat layer 150 includes or is a thermally cured acrylate and / or a UV-cured acrylate.

[0051]

[0075] The wet hard-coat layer 150 includes "wet" as part of its name because it is deposited or formed by a type of liquid deposition process that uses a liquid-type medium or starting material. Once deposited or otherwise formed, the wet hard-coat layer 150 is a solid layer that is completely dry or substantially dry. The wet hard-coat layer 150 can be fabricated from a gel, spin-coating, solution, suspension, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the gel, solution, or suspension contains one or more solvents, while in other examples, the gel, solution, or suspension is solvent-free, such as being completely or substantially solvent-free. In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 can be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the wet hard-coat layer 150 can be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0052]

[0076] In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 contains a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles or other particulates substituted or otherwise disposed within an organic or inorganic matrix. In some examples, the wet hard-coat layer 150 contains a thermally or UV-cured acrylate or sol-gel having an organic matrix in which inorganic nanoparticles are interspersed or dispersed, embedded as fillers, or covalently bonded to the organic matrix. Exemplary inorganic particles may be or include silica, alumina, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, or any combination thereof. The inorganic particles may be nanoparticles and may have a particle size of about 1 nm to about 500 nm, about 5 nm to about 100 nm, or about 10 nm to about 50 nm. The wet hard-coat layer 150 may contain from about 40 wt%, about 45 wt%, or about 50 wt%, to about 55 wt%, about 60 wt%, about 65 wt%, about 70 wt%, or about 75 wt% inorganic or other particles. For example, the wet hard coat layer 150 can include about 40% to about 75% by weight, about 40% to about 70% by weight, or about 45% to about 65% by weight of inorganic or other particles.

[0053]

[0077] The wet hard coat layer 150 has a refractive index of from about 1.40, about 1.42, about 1.43, about 1.45, or about 1.46 to about 1.48, about 1.50, about 1.51, about 1.52, about 1.54, about 1.55, or more. For example, the wet hard coat layer 150 may have a refractive index of from about 1.40 to about 1.55, about 1.40 to about 1.53, about 1.40 to about 1.51, about 1.40 to about 1.50, about 1.40 to about 1.48, about 1.40 to about 1.46, about 1.40 to about 1.45, about 1.40 to about 1.43, about 1.43 to about 1.55, about 1.43 to about 1.53, or about 1.55. The wet hard coat layer 150 has a refractive index of about 1.43 to about 1.51, about 1.43 to about 1.50, about 1.43 to about 1.48, about 1.43 to about 1.46, about 1.43 to about 1.45, about 1.45 to about 1.55, about 1.45 to about 1.53, about 1.45 to about 1.51, about 1.45 to about 1.50, about 1.45 to about 1.48, or about 1.45 to about 1.46. In some embodiments, the wet hard coat layer 150 has a refractive index of about 1.40 to about 1.55, or about 1.43 to about 1.51.

[0054]

[0078] The wet hard coat layer 150 can have a thickness of about 0.1 μm, about 0.2 μm, about 0.5 μm, about 0.6 μm, about 0.8 μm, about 1 μm, about 1.2 μm, about 1.5 μm, about 1.8 μm, about 2 μm, about 3 μm, about 5 μm, about 10 μm, about 15 μm, or about 20 μm, to about 25 μm, about 30 μm, about 35 μm, about 40 μm, about 50 μm, or more. For example, the wet hard coat layer 150 may have a thickness of about 0.1 μm to about 50 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 40 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 35 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 30 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 25 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 20 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 10 μm, or about 0.1 μm to about 5 μm, approximately 0.1 μm to approximately 2 μm, approximately 0.1 μm to approximately 1 μm, approximately 0.5 μm to approximately 50 μm, approximately 0.5 μm to approximately 40 μm, approximately 0.5 μm to approximately 35 μm , about 0.5 μm to about 30 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 25 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 20 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 10 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 5 μm, about 0.5μm to about 2μm, about 1μm to about 50μm, about 1μm to about 40μm, about 1μm to about 35μm, about 1μm to about 30μm, about 1μm to about 25μm , about 1 μm to about 20 μm, about 1 μm to about 10 μm, about 1 μm to about 5 μm, about 1 μm to about 3 μm, about 5 μm to about 50 μm, about 5 μm to about 40 μm, about The thickness can be from 5 μm to about 35 μm, from about 5 μm to about 30 μm, from about 5 μm to about 25 μm, from about 5 μm to about 20 μm, from about 10 μm to about 50 μm, from about 10 μm to about 40 μm, from about 10 μm to about 35 μm, from about 10 μm to about 30 μm, from about 10 μm to about 25 μm, or from about 10 μm to about 20 μm. In one or more embodiments, the wet hard coat layer 150 has a thickness in the range of from about 0.5 μm to about 40 μm.

[0055]

[0079] The wet hard coat layer 150 has a porosity of about 5%, about 6%, about 6.5%, about 7%, or about 7.5%, to about 8%, about 8.5%, about 9%, about 9.5%, about 10%, about 11%, about 12%, or about 15%, as measured using ellipsometry porosity. For example, the wet hard coat layer 150 has a porosity of about 5% to about 12%, about 6% to about 12%, about 6% to about 11%, about 6% to about 10.5%, about 6% to about 10%, about 6% to about 9.5%, about 6% to about 9%, about 6% to about 8.5%, about 6% to about 8%, about 6% to about 7.5%, about 6% to about 7%, about 7% to about 12%, or about The porosity is 7% to about 11%, about 7% to about 10.5%, about 7% to about 10%, about 7% to about 9.5%, about 7% to about 9%, about 7% to about 8.5%, about 7% to about 8%, about 7% to about 7.5%, about 8% to about 12%, about 8% to about 11%, about 8% to about 10.5%, about 8% to about 10%, about 8% to about 9.5%, about 8% to about 9%, or about 8% to about 8.5%.

[0056]

[0080] The wet hard coat layer 150 can have a pencil hardness of from about 2H, about 3H, about 4H, about 5H, or about 6H, to about 7H, about 8H, or about 9H based on the pencil hardness scale. For example, the wet hard-coat layer 150 can have a pencil hardness of about 2H to about 9H, about 3H to about 9H, about 4H to about 9H, about 5H to about 9H, about 6H to about 9H, about 7H to about 9H, about 2H to about 8H, about 3H to about 8H, about 4H to about 8H, about 5H to about 8H, about 6H to about 8H, about 7H to about 8H, about 2H to about 7H, about 3H to about 7H, about 4H to about 7H, about 5H to about 7H, about 6H to about 7H, about 6H to about 9H, about 7H to about 9H, about 8H to about 9H, about 6H to about 8H, or about 7H to about 8H based on the pencil hardness scale. In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 has a pencil hardness of about 6H to about 9H.

[0057]

[0081] In one or more embodiments, the wet hard coat layer 150 can have a nanoindentation hardness ranging from about 0.1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa, about 0.8 GPa, about 1 GPa, about 1.2 GPa, about 1.5 GPa, or about 1.8 GPa, to about 2 GPa, about 2.2 GPa, about 2.5 GPa, about 2.8 GPa, about 3 GPa, about 3.5 GPa, about 4 GPa, about 4.5 GPa, about 5 GPa, or more, across the thickness of the wet hard coat layer 150, as measured by nanoindentation according to the Oliver-Pharr Indentation Method for Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Materials. In some embodiments, the wet hard coat layer 150 has a resistivity of about 0.1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 2 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 2.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 3 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 3.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 4 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 4.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4.5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4.5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 ...5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa The nanoindentation hardness may be in the range of about 0.1 GPa to about 3.5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 2 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 2.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 3 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 3.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 2 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 2.5 GPa to about 3 GPa, or about 1 GPa to about 2 GPa.

[0058]

[0082] The wet hard-coat layer 150 has an inner bend radius of about 1 mm to about 5 mm, an outer bend radius of about 5 mm to about 20 mm, a transmittance of about 85% to about 98%, about 88% to about 95%, or about 90% to about 92%, and a heat resistance of about -20°C to about 80°C. In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 can be cured using ultraviolet radiation, a thermal curing process, an electron beam process, and / or a plasma-based vacuum deposition process. The dry hard-coat layer 150 can have a transmittance of about 90% to about 99.99% per ASTM D1003, a haze of less than 1% per ASTM D10003, and a sandpaper abrasion of less than 0.5% per ASTM D1044.

[0059] Adhesion promoting layer (APL)

[0083] The adhesion promotion layer 160 can be a single layer, can include a single layer, or can include multiple layers. In embodiments in which the adhesion promotion layer 160 includes two or more layers, the adhesion promotion layer 160 can have a consistent composition across the thickness of the layer, or can have a gradient composition across the thickness. A gradient composition across the thickness provides a gradient property (e.g., hardness, modulus, or carbon concentration) across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 160. In one or more embodiments, the hardness value of the adhesion promotion layer 160 is about 10% to about 15% of the modulus value of the adhesion promotion layer 160.

[0060]

[0084] The adhesion promotion layer 160 includes one or more materials that may be or include silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, or any combination thereof. The adhesion promotion layer 160 can be deposited or otherwise produced by one or more vapor deposition processes that may be or include PVD, sputtering, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, other vacuum or vapor deposition processes, or any combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, the adhesion promotion layer 160 can be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the adhesion promotion layer 160 can be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0061]

[0085] In one or more embodiments, the adhesion promoting layer 160 can be deposited or otherwise generated from one or more silicon precursors and one or more oxidizers during a vapor deposition process. The ratio of silicon precursor to oxidizer can be adjusted during the vapor deposition process after depositing each sublayer of the stack. These adjustments are used to control the desired gradient characteristics. The silicon precursor can be or include one or more alkylsilanes, alkoxysilanes, alkylsiloxanes, alkylsilazanes, or any combination thereof. The oxidizer can be or include oxygen, ozone, plasma oxygen, atomic oxygen, water or steam, nitrous oxide, peroxide, or any combination thereof.

[0062]

[0086] In one or more embodiments, the adhesion promoting layer 160 can be a non-graded layer or film. In other embodiments, the adhesion promoting layer 160 can be a gradient layer or film that includes two or more sublayers therein. For example, the adhesion promoting layer 160 can include 2, 3, 4, or 5 sublayers, up to 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more sublayers. In some embodiments, the adhesion promoting layer 160 can include 2 to 10 sublayers, 2 to 8 sublayers, 2 to 7 sublayers, 2 to 6 sublayers, 2 to 5 sublayers, 2 to 4 sublayers, 2 to 3 sublayers, 3 to 10 sublayers, 3 to 8 sublayers, 3 to 7 sublayers, 3 to 6 sublayers, 3 to 5 sublayers, 3 to 4 sublayers, 4 to 10 sublayers, 4 to 8 sublayers, 4 to 7 sublayers, 4 to 6 sublayers, or 4 to 5 sublayers.

[0063]

[0087] In some embodiments, the adhesion promotion layer 160 has a gradient in carbon concentration across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 160. The adhesion promotion layer 160 includes multiple sublayers contained therein. The adhesion promotion layer 160 can include 2, 3, 4, or 5 sublayers, up to 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, or more sublayers. In some examples, the multiple sublayers include a gradient in carbon concentration across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 160, and / or a gradient in hardness across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 160, and / or a gradient in elastic modulus across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 160.

[0064]

[0088] In one or more embodiments, the adhesion promotion layer 160 includes five sub-layers of varying hardness (H) to create a gradient across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 160. In one or more embodiments, the five sub-layers include: First Layer: H = about 0.5-0.9 GPa; Second Layer: H = about 0.8-1.3 GPa; Third Layer: H = about 1.2-2.4 GPa; Fourth Layer: H = about 2.0-2.8 GPa; and Fifth Layer: H = about 2.0-2.9 GPa. In other embodiments, the five sub-layers include: First layer: H = approximately 0.7-0.9 GPa; second layer: H = approximately 1.1-1.3 GPa; third layer: H = approximately 1.9-2.4 GPa (another example: H = approximately 2.2-2.4 GPa); fourth layer: H = approximately 2.6-2.8 GPa; and fifth layer: H = approximately 2.7-2.9 GPa.

[0065]

[0089] In one or more embodiments, each of the multiple sublayers can independently have a nanoindentation hardness across the thickness of the adhesion promoting layer 160 in a range from about 0.1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa, about 0.8 GPa, or about 1 GPa to about 1.5 GPa, about 2 GPa, about 2.5 GPa, about 3 GPa, about 3.5 GPa, about 4 GPa, about 4.5 GPa, about 5 GPa, or more, as measured by nanoindentation according to the Oliver-Pharr indentation method for evaluation of mechanical properties of materials. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of sub-layers has a compressive strength of about 0.1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 2 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 1 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 4.5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about The nanoindentation hardness may independently be within the ranges of about 4 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 3.5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 2.5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 2 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1.5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 3 GPa, or about 1 GPa to about 2 GPa.

[0066]

[0090] The adhesion promoting layer 160 has a refractive index of about 1.35, about 1.38, about 1.40, about 1.42, about 1.43, about 1.45, or about 1.46 to about 1.48, about 1.50, about 1.51, about 1.52, about 1.54, about 1.55, or higher. For example, the adhesion promoting layer 160 may have a refractive index of about 1.40 to about 1.55, about 1.40 to about 1.53, about 1.40 to about 1.51, about 1.40 to about 1.50, about 1.40 to about 1.48, about 1.40 to about 1.46, about 1.40 to about 1.45, about 1.40 to about 1.43, about 1.43 to about 1.55, about 1.43 to about 1.53, or about 1.48. The adhesion promoting layer 160 has a refractive index of about 1.3 to about 1.51, about 1.43 to about 1.50, about 1.43 to about 1.48, about 1.43 to about 1.46, about 1.43 to about 1.45, about 1.45 to about 1.55, about 1.45 to about 1.53, about 1.45 to about 1.51, about 1.45 to about 1.50, about 1.45 to about 1.48, or about 1.45 to about 1.46. In some embodiments, the adhesion promoting layer 160 has a refractive index of about 1.40 to about 1.55, or about 1.43 to about 1.51.

[0067]

[0091] The adhesion promoting layer 160 has a thickness of from about 0.01 μm, about 0.02 μm, about 0.04 μm, about 0.08 μm, about 0.1 μm, about 0.2 μm, about 0.5 μm, about 0.8 μm, or about 1 μm, to about 1.5 μm, about 2 μm, about 5 μm, about 8 μm, about 10 μm, about 15 μm, about 20 μm, about 25 μm, about 30 μm, about 35 μm, about 40 μm, about 50 μm, or more. The adhesion promoting layer 160 has a thickness of about 0.01 μm to about 50 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 50 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 30 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 20 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 10 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 8 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 5 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 1 μm, about 0.04 μm to about 0.1 μm, about 0.1 μm to about The thickness ranges from about 30 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 20 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 10 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 8 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 5 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 1 μm, about 1 μm to about 30 μm, about 1 μm to about 20 μm, about 1 μm to about 10 μm, about 1 μm to about 8 μm, about 1 μm to about 5 μm, or about 1 μm to about 3 μm.

[0068]

[0092] 24 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an adhesion promotion layer (APL) 260 including multiple sublayers 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, and 228 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. In one or more embodiments, the adhesion promotion layer 260 can be substituted for the adhesion promotion layer 160 according to any embodiment described and illustrated herein. While the adhesion promotion layer 260 is shown with 10 sublayers (sublayers 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, and 228), the adhesion promotion layer 260 can include from 2, 3, 4, or 5 sublayers, up to 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, or more sublayers. In some embodiments, the multiple sub-layers comprise a gradient of carbon concentration across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 260 and / or a gradient of hardness across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 260. The carbon concentration can be varied across the thickness of the adhesion promotion layer 260 by decreasing the carbon content from the bottom (i.e., bottom layer) to the top (i.e., top layer) within the multiple sub-layers.

[0069]

[0093] In some embodiments of the adhesion promotion layer 260, the carbon content of the bottom (i.e., bottom layer) can be about 20 atomic percent (at%) to about 65 at%, and the carbon content of the top (i.e., top layer) can be about 5 at% to about 15 at%. In one or more embodiments of the adhesion promotion layer 260 including five sublayers (Layers 1-5, from bottom to top, respectively), the sublayers include the following carbon concentrations: Layer 1: about 20 at% to about 65 at% (in another embodiment, about 20 at% to about 43 at%), Layer 2: about 15 at% to about 35 at%, Layer 3: about 10 at% to about 30 at%, Layer 4: about 7 at% to about 20 at%, and Layer 5: about 5 at% to about 15 at%. Carbon content can be measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) elemental analysis.

[0070] Anti-reflection (ARF) layer

[0094] The antireflective layer 170 includes one or more layers for reducing or preventing light reflection. The antireflective layer 170 includes one or more materials that may be or include silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, or any combination thereof. The antireflective layer 170 can be deposited or otherwise produced by one or more vapor deposition processes. For example, the antireflective layer 170 can be deposited or produced by a vapor deposition process that may be or include sputtering, PVD, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, other vacuum or vapor deposition processes, or any combination thereof. In one or more examples, the antireflective layer 170 includes silicon nitride deposited by one or more vapor deposition processes. In one or more embodiments, the antireflective layer 170 can be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet processing system or a roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the antireflective layer 170 may be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0071]

[0095] In some embodiments, antireflective layer 170 is formed or otherwise deposited by a vapor deposition process using one or more of the following precursors: one or more organic polymer precursors (liquid and / or gas), hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO), ppHMDSO, tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TOMCAT), hexamethyldisilazane (HMDSN), tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), silane, disilane, trisilane, or any combination thereof. In other embodiments, antireflective layer 170 is formed or otherwise deposited by a sputtering process using silica or quartz.

[0072]

[0096] The antireflective layer 170 has a refractive index of about 1.5, about 1.7, about 1.8, about 1.9, or about 2.0 to about 2.1, about 2.2, about 2.3, about 2.4, or about 2.5. For example, the antireflective layer 170 has a refractive index of about 1.5 to about 2.5, about 1.5 to about 2.3, about 1.5 to about 2.1, about 1.5 to about 2.0, about 1.5 to about 1.8, about 1.5 to about 1.7, about 1.7 to about 2.5, about 1.7 to about 2.3, about 1.7 to about 2.1, about 1.7 to about 2.0, about 1.8 to about 2.5, about 1.8 to about 2.3, about 1.8 to about 2.1, about 1.8 to about 2.0, about 2.0 to about 2.5, or about 2.0 to about 2.3.

[0073]

[0097] The antireflective layer 170 has a thickness of about 0.5 nm, about 1 nm, about 2 nm, about 3 nm, about 4 nm, about 5 nm, about 8 nm, about 10 nm, about 20 nm, about 30 nm, about 40 nm, or about 50 nm, to about 60 nm, about 80 nm, about 100 nm, about 120 nm, about 150 nm, about 180 nm, about 200 nm, about 250 nm, or more. For example, the antireflection layer 170 may have a thickness of about 2 nm to about 250 nm, about 2 nm to about 200 nm, about 2 nm to about 150 nm, about 2 nm to about 100 nm, about 2 nm to about 80 nm, about 2 nm to about 50 nm, about 2 nm to about 30 nm, about 2 nm to about 25 nm, about 2 nm to about 20 nm, about 2 nm to about 15 nm, about 2 nm to about 10 nm, about 2 nm to about 8 nm, about 5 nm to about 250 nm, about 5 nm to about 200 nm, about 5 nm to about 150 nm, about 5 nm to about 100 nm, about 5 nm to about 80 nm, about 5 nm to about 50 nm, about 5 nm to about 30 nm, about 5 nm to about 25 nm, about 5 nm to about 20 nm, about 5 nm to about 15 nm, about 5 nm to about 10 nm, about 5 nm to about 8 nm, about 20 nm to about 250 nm, about 20 nm to about 200 nm, about 20 nm to about 150 nm, about 20 nm to about 100 nm, about 20 nm to about 80 nm, about 20 nm to about 50 nm, about 20 nm to about 30 nm, about 50 nm to about 250 nm, about 50 nm to about 200 nm, about 50 nm to about 150 nm, about 50 nm to about 100 nm, or about 50 nm to about 80 nm.

[0074]

[0098] The antireflective layer 170 has a light transmittance within the visible range ranging from about 82%, about 85%, about 86%, about 88%, or about 90%, to about 92%, about 94%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99%. For example, the antireflective layer 170 has a light transmittance within the visible range of about 82% to about 99%, about 85% to about 99%, about 88% to about 99%, about 90% to about 99%, about 92% to about 99%, about 95% to about 99%, about 97% to about 99%, about 82% to about 98%, about 85% to about 98%, about 88% to about 98%, about 90% to about 98%, about 92% to about 98%, about 95% to about 98%, about 97% to about 98%, about 82% to about 96%, about 85% to about 96%, about 88% to about 96%, about 90% to about 96%, about 92% to about 96%, or about 95% to about 96%.

[0075] Second or Dry Hard Coat (dHC) Layer

[0099] In one or more embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 can be or include one or more dry hard-coat layers. The dry hard-coat layer 180 includes one or more materials that can be or include silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, or any combination thereof. In some examples of carbon-containing dry hard-coat layers 180, the carbon content can be from about 1 at%, about 2 at%, about 3 at%, about 4 at%, about 5 at%, or about 6 at%, to about 7 at%, about 8 at%, about 10 at%, about 12 at%, about 15 at%, about 18 at%, or about 20 at%. For example, the dry hard coat layer 180 can have a carbon content of about 1 at% to about 20 at%, about 5 at% to about 15 at%, about 5 at% to about 10 at%, about 8 at% to about 20 at%, or about 8 at% to about 12 at%. The carbon content can be measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) elemental analysis.

[0076]

[0100] The dry hard-coat layer 180 has the “dry” part in its name because it is formed by one or more types of vapor deposition processes. Once deposited or otherwise formed, the dry hard-coat layer 180 is a solid layer that is completely dry or substantially dry. The dry hard-coat layer 180 is deposited, formed, or otherwise produced by a vapor deposition process that may be or include PVD, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, other vacuum or vapor deposition processes, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the dry hard-coat layer 180 is produced, deposited, coated, or otherwise formed by vacuum processing, air processing, solution processing, or other deposition or coating methods, and then optionally treated or cured with thermal and / or UV exposure. In one or more embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 can be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet processing system or a roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the dry hardcoat layer 180 can be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0077]

[0101] The dry hard coat layer 180 has a refractive index of from about 1.40, about 1.42, about 1.43, about 1.45, or about 1.46 to about 1.48, about 1.50, about 1.51, about 1.52, about 1.54, about 1.55, or more. For example, the dry hard coat layer 180 may have a refractive index of from about 1.40 to about 1.55, about 1.40 to about 1.53, about 1.40 to about 1.51, about 1.40 to about 1.50, about 1.40 to about 1.48, about 1.40 to about 1.46, about 1.40 to about 1.45, about 1.40 to about 1.43, about 1.43 to about 1.55, about 1.43 to about 1.53, or about 1. The dry hard coat layer 180 has a refractive index of about 1.43 to about 1.51, about 1.43 to about 1.50, about 1.43 to about 1.48, about 1.43 to about 1.46, about 1.43 to about 1.45, about 1.45 to about 1.55, about 1.45 to about 1.53, about 1.45 to about 1.51, about 1.45 to about 1.50, about 1.45 to about 1.48, or about 1.45 to about 1.46. In some embodiments, the dry hard coat layer 180 has a refractive index of about 1.42 to about 1.55, or about 1.45 to about 1.51.

[0078]

[0102] The dry hard coat layer 180 can have a thickness of about 0.1 μm, about 0.2 μm, about 0.5 μm, about 0.6 μm, about 0.8 μm, about 1 μm, about 1.2 μm, about 1.5 μm, about 1.8 μm, about 2 μm, about 3 μm, about 5 μm, about 10 μm, about 15 μm, or about 20 μm, to about 25 μm, about 30 μm, about 35 μm, about 40 μm, about 50 μm, or more. For example, the dry hard coat layer 180 may have a thickness of about 0.1 μm to about 50 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 40 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 35 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 30 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 25 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 20 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm, about 0.1 μm to about 10 μm, or about 0.1 μm to about 5 μm, approximately 0.1 μm to approximately 2 μm, approximately 0.1 μm to approximately 1 μm, approximately 0.5 μm to approximately 50 μm, approximately 0.5 μm to approximately 40 μm, approximately 0.5 μm to approximately 35 μm , about 0.5 μm to about 30 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 25 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 20 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 10 μm, about 0.5 μm to about 5 μm, about 0.5μm to about 2μm, about 1μm to about 50μm, about 1μm to about 40μm, about 1μm to about 35μm, about 1μm to about 30μm, about 1μm to about 25μm , about 1 μm to about 20 μm, about 1 μm to about 10 μm, about 1 μm to about 5 μm, about 1 μm to about 3 μm, about 5 μm to about 50 μm, about 5 μm to about 40 μm, about It can have a thickness of 5 μm to about 35 μm, about 5 μm to about 30 μm, about 5 μm to about 25 μm, about 5 μm to about 20 μm, about 10 μm to about 50 μm, about 10 μm to about 40 μm, about 10 μm to about 35 μm, about 10 μm to about 30 μm, about 10 μm to about 25 μm, or about 10 μm to about 20 μm. In one or more embodiments, dry hard coat layer 180 has a thickness in the range of about 0.5 μm to about 40 μm.

[0079]

[0103] The dry hard coat layer 180 has a porosity of from about 0.5%, about 1%, about 1.5%, about 2%, about 2.5%, or about 3%, to about 3.5%, about 4%, about 4.5%, about 5%, about 5.5%, about 6%, about 6.5%, about 7%, or about 8%, as measured using ellipsometry porosity. For example, the dry hard coat layer 180 may have a porosity measured using ellipsometry of about 0.5% to about 8%, about 1% to about 8%, about 1% to about 7%, about 1% to about 6.5%, about 1% to about 6%, about 1% to about 5.5%, about 1% to about 5%, about 1% to about 4.5%, about 1% to about 4%, about 1% to about 3.5%, about 1% to about 3%, about 1% to about 2.5%, about 1% to about 2%, about 2% to about 8%, about 2% to about 7%, about The porosity is 2% to about 6.5%, about 2% to about 6%, about 2% to about 5.5%, about 2% to about 5%, about 2% to about 4.5%, about 2% to about 4%, about 2% to about 3.5%, about 2% to about 3%, about 2% to about 2.5%, about 3% to about 8%, about 3% to about 7%, about 3% to about 6.5%, about 3% to about 6%, about 3% to about 5.5%, about 3% to about 5%, about 3% to about 4.5%, about 3% to about 4%, or about 3% to about 3.5%.

[0080]

[0104] In one or more embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 has a porosity of about 0.5% to less than 7%, and the wet hard-coat layer 150 has a porosity of 7% to about 12%. In other embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 has a porosity of about 0.5% to less than 6%, and the wet hard-coat layer 150 has a porosity of 6% to about 12%. In some embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 has a porosity of about 1% to less than 7%, and the wet hard-coat layer 150 has a porosity of 7% to about 10%. In other embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 has a porosity of about 1% to less than 6%, and the wet hard-coat layer 150 has a porosity of 6% to about 10%.

[0081]

[0105] The dry hard-coat layer 180 can have a pencil hardness of from about 2H, about 3H, about 4H, about 5H, or about 6H, to about 7H, about 8H, or about 9H based on the pencil hardness scale. For example, dry hard-coat layer 180 can have a hardness of about 2H to about 9H, about 3H to about 9H, about 4H to about 9H, about 5H to about 9H, about 6H to about 9H, about 7H to about 9H, about 2H to about 8H, about 3H to about 8H, about 4H to about 8H, about 5H to about 8H, about 6H to about 8H, about 7H to about 8H, about 2H to about 7H, about 3H to about 7H, about 4H to about 7H, about 5H to about 7H, about 6H to about 7H, about 6H to about 9H, about 7H to about 9H, about 8H to about 9H, about 6H to about 8H, or about 7H to about 8H based on the pencil hardness scale. In one or more embodiments, dry hard-coat layer 180 has a pencil hardness of about 6H to about 9H.

[0082]

[0106] In one or more embodiments, the dry hard coat layer 180 can have a nanoindentation hardness across the thickness of the dry hard coat layer 180 in a range from about 0.1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa, about 0.8 GPa, about 1 GPa, about 1.2 GPa, about 1.5 GPa, or about 1.8 GPa, to about 2 GPa, about 2.2 GPa, about 2.5 GPa, about 2.8 GPa, about 3 GPa, about 3.5 GPa, about 4 GPa, about 4.5 GPa, about 5 GPa, or more, as measured by nanoindentation according to the Oliver-Pharr Indentation Method for Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Materials. In some embodiments, the dry hard coat layer 180 has a compressibility of about 0.1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 2 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 2.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 3 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 3.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 4 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 4.5 GPa to about 5 GPa, about 0.1 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1 GPa to about 4 GPa, about 1.5 GPa to about 4 GPa, or about 2 GPa across the thickness of the dry hard coat layer 180, as measured by nanoindentation. The nanoindentation hardness may be in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 3 GPa, about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa, about 0.4 GPa to about 1.2 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 2 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1.2 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 2 GPa, about 0.5 GPa to about 1.2 GPa, or about 0.5 GPa to about 1 GPa.

[0083]

[0107] The dry hard-coat layer 180 has an inner bend radius of about 1 mm to about 5 mm, an outer bend radius of about 5 mm to about 20 mm, a transmittance of about 85% to about 98%, about 88% to about 95%, or about 90% to about 92%, and a heat resistance of about -20°C to about 80°C. In one or more embodiments, the dry hard-coat layer 180 can be cured using ultraviolet radiation, electron beam processing, and / or plasma vacuum deposition processing. The dry hard-coat layer 180 can have a transmittance of about 90% to about 99.99% per ASTM D1003, a haze of less than 1% per ASTM D10003, and a sandpaper abrasion of less than 0.5% per ASTM D1044.

[0084] Anti-fingerprint coating (AFC) layer

[0108] Anti-fingerprint coating layer 190, also known as an anti-smudge layer, includes one or more layers, films, or coatings and provides the entire top surface for flexible cover lens assembly 202 or other flexible cover lens assemblies described and illustrated herein. Anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 reduces or prevents fingerprints, smudges, scratches, and other contaminants on the exterior and / or top surface of anti-fingerprint coating layer 190. Anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 includes one or more materials that may be or include fluorosilane, perfluoropolyether-containing silane polymers, chlorosilane, oxysilane, fluoroethylene, perfluoropolyether, nitrogen fluoride or nitrogen-fluorine containing compounds, polymers thereof, dopants thereof, or any combination thereof.

[0085]

[0109] The anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 is deposited or otherwise produced by one or more deposition processes that may be or include PVD, ion beam deposition, CVD, spin coating, spray coating, dip coating, thermal curing, or any combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 may be formed, processed, and / or otherwise processed on a sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing system. For example, the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 may be deposited, coated, or otherwise formed on an underlying surface, layer, or device by one or more sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll processing methods.

[0086]

[0110] The anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 has a surface energy of from about 5 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm, about 15 dyne / cm, about 18 dyne / cm, or about 20 dyne / cm to about 25 dyne / cm, about 30 dyne / cm, about 40 dyne / cm, about 50 dyne / cm, about 60 dyne / cm, about 70 dyne / cm, about 80 dyne / cm, or about 100 dyne / cm. For example, the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 has a resistivity of about 5 dyne / cm to about 100 dyne / cm, about 5 dyne / cm to about 80 dyne / cm, about 5 dyne / cm to about 70 dyne / cm, about 5 dyne / cm to about 50 dyne / cm, about 5 dyne / cm to about 40 dyne / cm, about 5 dyne / cm to about 30 dyne / cm, about 5 dyne / cm to about 20 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm to about 100 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm to about 80 dyne / cm, or about 10 dyne / cm to about 7 The surface energy ranges from about 0 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm to about 50 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm to about 40 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm to about 30 dyne / cm, about 10 dyne / cm to about 20 dyne / cm, about 30 dyne / cm to about 100 dyne / cm, about 30 dyne / cm to about 80 dyne / cm, about 30 dyne / cm to about 70 dyne / cm, about 30 dyne / cm to about 50 dyne / cm, or about 30 dyne / cm to about 40 dyne / cm.

[0087]

[0111] The anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 has a thickness of from about 0.5 nm, about 1 nm, about 2 nm, about 3 nm, about 4 nm, about 5 nm, about 8 nm, or about 10 nm, to about 12 nm, about 15 nm, about 18 nm, about 20 nm, about 25 nm, about 30 nm, about 35 nm, about 40 nm, about 50 nm, about 60 nm, about 80 nm, about 100 nm, or more. For example, the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 may have a thickness of about 1 nm to about 100 nm, about 1 nm to about 80 nm, about 1 nm to about 50 nm, about 1 nm to about 40 nm, about 1 nm to about 35 nm, about 1 nm to about 30 nm, about 1 nm to about 25 nm, about 1 nm to about 20 nm, about 1 nm to about 15 nm, about 1 nm to about 10 nm, about 1 nm to about 8 nm, about 1 nm to about 5 nm, about 3 nm to about 100 nm, about 3 nm to about 80 nm, about 3 nm to about 50 nm, about 3 nm to about 40 nm, about 3 nm to about 35 nm, about 3 nm to about 30 nm, about 3 nm to about 25 nm, about 3 nm to about 20 nm, about 3 nm to about 15 nm, about 3 nm to about 10 nm, about 3 nm to about 8 nm, about 3 nm to about 5 nm, about 5 nm to about 100 nm, about 5 nm to about 80 nm, Approximately 5 nm to approximately 50 nm, approximately 5 nm to approximately 40 nm, approximately 5 nm to approximately 35 nm, approximately 5 nm to approximately 30 nm, approximately 5 nm to approximately 25 nm, approximately 5 nm to approximately 20 nm, approximately 5 nm to approximately 15 nm , about 5nm to about 10nm, about 5nm to about 8nm, about 10nm to about 100nm, about 10nm to about 80nm, about 10nm to about 50nm, about 10nm to about 40nm, about 10nm to about 35 nm, about 10 nm to about 30 nm, about 10 nm to about 25 nm, about 10 nm to about 20 nm, about 10 nm to about 15 nm, about 20 nm to about 50 nm, about 20 nm to about 30 nm, about 50 nm to about 250 nm, about 50 nm to about 200 nm, about 50 nm to about 150 nm, about 50 nm to about 100 nm, or about 50 nm to about 80 nm.

[0088]

[0112] 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 200 including a flexible cover lens assembly 202 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 202 includes a moisture barrier layer 130, an impact absorbing layer 120 disposed on the moisture barrier layer 130, a substrate 140 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, and a wet hard coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 202 also includes an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the wet hard coat layer 150, an anti-reflection layer 170 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, a dry hard coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflection layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard coat layer 180. In some examples, the impact absorbing layer 120 is disposed between and in contact with the moisture barrier layer 130 and the substrate 140.

[0089]

[0113] 3 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 300 including a flexible cover lens assembly 302 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 302 includes a moisture barrier layer 130, an impact absorbing layer 120 disposed on the moisture barrier layer 130, a substrate 140 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, and an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 302 also includes an anti-reflection layer 170 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflection layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0090]

[0114] 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 400 including a flexible cover lens assembly 402 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 402 includes a moisture barrier layer 130, a substrate 140 disposed on the moisture barrier layer 130, and a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 402 also includes an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150, an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0091]

[0115] 5 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 500 including a flexible cover lens assembly 502 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 502 includes a glass layer 110, an impact absorbing layer 120 disposed on the glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, and a wet hard coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 502 also includes an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the wet hard coat layer 150, an anti-reflection layer 170 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, a dry hard coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflection layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard coat layer 180. In some examples, the wet hard coat layer 150 is disposed between and in contact with the substrate 140 and the adhesion promotion layer 160.

[0092]

[0116] 6 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 600 including a flexible cover lens assembly 602 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 602 includes an impact absorbing layer 120, a glass layer 110 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, a substrate 140 disposed on the glass layer 110, and a wet hard coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 602 also includes an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the wet hard coat layer 150, an anti-reflection layer 170 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, a dry hard coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflection layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard coat layer 180. In one or more embodiments, the glass layer 110 is disposed between and in contact with the impact absorbing layer 120 and the substrate 140.

[0093]

[0117] 7 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 700 including a flexible cover lens assembly 702 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 702 includes a glass layer 110, an impact absorbing layer 120 disposed on the glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, and an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 702 also includes an anti-reflection layer 170 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflection layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0094]

[0118] 8 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 800 including a flexible cover lens assembly 802 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 802 includes an impact absorbing layer 120, a substrate 140 disposed on the impact absorbing layer 120, a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140, and an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150. The flexible cover lens assembly 802 also includes an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0095]

[0119] 9 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 900 including a flexible cover lens assembly 902 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 902 includes a glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the substrate 140, a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140, and an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150. The flexible cover lens assembly 902 also includes an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0096]

[0120] 10 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1000 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1002 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1002 includes a substrate 140, a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140, and an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150. The flexible cover lens assembly 1002 also includes an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0097]

[0121] 11 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1100 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1102 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1102 includes a glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the glass layer 110, and an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 1102 also includes an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180. In some examples, the substrate 140 is disposed between and in contact with the glass layer 110 and the adhesion-promoting layer 160.

[0098]

[0122] 12 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1200 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1202 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1202 includes a glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the glass layer 110, and a wet hard coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140. The flexible cover lens assembly 1202 also includes an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the wet hard coat layer 150, an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160.

[0099]

[0123] 13 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1300 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1302 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1302 includes a glass layer 110, an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the glass layer 110, an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180. In some examples, the adhesion-promoting layer 160 is disposed between and in contact with the glass layer 110 and the anti-reflective layer 170.

[0100]

[0124] 14 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1400 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1402 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1402 includes an adhesion-promoting layer 160, an anti-reflective layer 170 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the anti-reflective layer 170, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0101]

[0125] 15 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1500 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1502 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1502 includes a glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the glass layer 110, a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140, and an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150. The flexible cover lens assembly 1502 also includes a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180. In one or more embodiments, the wet hard-coat layer 150 is disposed between and in contact with the substrate 140 and the adhesion-promoting layer 160.

[0102]

[0126] 16 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1600 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1602 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1602 includes a glass layer 110, a substrate 140 disposed on the glass layer 110, an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the substrate 140, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180. In one or more embodiments, the substrate 140 is disposed between and in contact with the glass layer 110 and the adhesion promotion layer 160.

[0103]

[0127] 17 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1700 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1702 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1702 includes a glass layer 110, an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the glass layer 110, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0104]

[0128] 18 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1800 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1802 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1802 includes a substrate 140, a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the substrate 140, an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer 160, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180.

[0105]

[0129] 19 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 1900 including a flexible cover lens assembly 1902 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 1902 includes a substrate 140, an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190, and an adhesion-promoting layer 160 disposed between the substrate 140 and the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190.

[0106]

[0130] 20 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 2000 including a flexible cover lens assembly 2002 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 2002 includes a substrate 140, an adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the substrate 140, a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the adhesion promotion layer 160, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180. In some examples, the adhesion promotion layer 160 and / or the dry hard-coat layer 180 are disposed between the substrate 140 and the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190. Additionally, the dry hard-coat layer 180 is disposed between and in contact with the adhesion promotion layer 160 and the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190.

[0107]

[0131] 21 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 2100 including a flexible cover lens assembly 2102 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 2002 includes an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190, an adhesion-promoting layer 160, and a dry hard-coat layer 180. The second hard-coat or dry hard-coat layer 180 is disposed between and in contact with the adhesion-promoting layer 160 and the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190.

[0108]

[0132] In one or more embodiments, any two, three, or more of the FDS 104, glass layer 110, impact absorbing layer 120, moisture barrier layer 130, substrate 140, wet hard coat layer 150, adhesion-promoting layer 160, anti-reflective layer 170, dry hard coat layer 180, and / or anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 can be coupled, connected, adhered, bonded, attached, or otherwise held together by one or more adhesive layers (not shown). Each adhesive layer can independently be or include one or more optically clear adhesives (OCA) and / or pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA). In one or more examples, each of the adhesive layers is applied as a liquid-based adhesive that dries and bonds two adjacent surfaces together. In some examples, each of the adhesive layers is an OCA double-sided tape that bonds two adjacent surfaces to one another.

[0109]

[0133] In other embodiments, any two, three, or more of the FDS 104, glass layer 110, impact absorbing layer 120, moisture barrier layer 130, substrate 140, wet hard coat layer 150, adhesion promoting layer 160, anti-reflective layer 170, dry hard coat layer 180, and / or anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 can be coupled, connected, adhered, bonded, attached, or otherwise held together without the use of adhesive. Thus, any or all adhesive layers can be omitted, and adjacent components or layers can be held together by inherent bonding forces. For example, any two, three, or more of the FDS 104, glass layer 110, impact absorbing layer 120, moisture barrier layer 130, substrate 140, wet hard coat layer 150, adhesion promoting layer 160, anti-reflective layer 170, dry hard coat layer 180, and / or anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 may be coupled, connected, adhered, bonded, attached, or otherwise held together with adjacent layers, films, or devices, and no adhesive layer is present at the interface therebetween. Any adjacent layer, film, or device may be deposited or otherwise formed directly on other adjacent layers, films, or devices.

[0110]

[0134] 22 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 2200 including a flexible cover lens assembly 2202 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible cover lens assembly 2202 includes a glass layer 110, a first adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the glass layer 110, a wet hard-coat layer 150 disposed on the first adhesion promotion layer 160, and a second adhesion promotion layer 160 disposed on the wet hard-coat layer 150. The flexible cover lens assembly 2202 also includes a dry hard-coat layer 180 disposed on the second adhesion promotion layer 160, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 disposed on the dry hard-coat layer 180. In some examples, each of the first and second adhesion promotion layers 160 can be independently different from one another. In other examples, the first and second adhesion promotion layers 160 are identical to one another. In one or more examples, the anti-fingerprint coating layer 190 can have an inorganic-organic-inorganic layer stack.

[0111]

[0135] 23 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a display device 2300 including a flexible and interchangeable cover lens laminate 2302 disposed on an FDS 104 according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible and interchangeable cover lens laminate 2302 includes a first flexible cover lens assembly 2310, a second flexible cover lens assembly 2330, and a sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 disposed between the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330. Each of the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 may be or include, independently or as any one of the flexible cover lens assemblies described and illustrated herein (e.g., flexible cover lens assemblies 102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702, 802, 902, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2102, or 2202), and the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 are different from each other.

[0112]

[0136] In one or more embodiments, when it is desirable to remove and replace the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 (e.g., due to being scratched or otherwise damaged), the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 can be selectively degraded, destroyed, or otherwise removed to separate the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 from the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 or other display structure. The first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 can be separated from the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 by exposing the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 to a predetermined temperature, a predetermined wavelength and / or dose of ultraviolet (UV) light, and / or a predetermined mechanical removal mechanism, as described and illustrated below.

[0113]

[0137] The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 includes one or more polymeric or oligomeric materials that may be or include acrylates, silicones, thermoplastic adhesives, elastomeric adhesives, and combinations thereof. The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 is decomposable at a temperature of about 60° C. to about 120° C. The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 is decomposable when exposed to ultraviolet light having a wavelength of about 350 nm to about 375 nm for about 0.5 seconds to about 30 seconds.

[0114]

[0138] In some embodiments, the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 includes one or more OCAs. The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 can be or include one or more polymeric or oligomeric materials, such as one or more acrylates, silicones, thermoplastic adhesives, elastomeric adhesives, or any combination thereof. The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 provides a low shear modulus, allowing layers above the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 to shear or slide relative to layers below the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320. In one or more embodiments, the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 can be formed from an optically clear liquid adhesive (LOCA) that can be dispensed in various ways and cured by UV exposure, or can be heat-, moisture-, and / or pressure-sensitive, allowing for regulated or controlled curing. In some embodiments, the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 can be decomposed at a predetermined temperature. For example, the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 can be decomposed at a temperature from about 40° C., about 50° C., or about 60° C. to about 80° C., about 100° C., or about 120° C. In other embodiments, the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 is degradable upon exposure to UV light of a predetermined wavelength and / or dose. For example, the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 is degradable upon exposure to UV light having a wavelength of about 350 nm to about 375 nm, e.g., about 365 nm. The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 is degradable by exposing the adhesive to UV light for a period of time from about 0.5 seconds, about 1 second, or about 5 seconds, to about 30 seconds, about 60 seconds, or about 90 seconds.

[0115]

[0139] The sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 comprises an adhesive that is different from the adhesive of other adhesive layers, if any, included in the flexible replaceable cover lens laminate 2302. The adhesive in the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 can have a different composition than the adhesive in any other adhesive layers, if any, included in the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330. The adhesive in the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320 decomposes or breaks down when exposed to UV light of a predetermined temperature or wavelength. In this manner, the adhesion or bond between the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 is broken, and the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 can then be separated from one another. During the same period, either of the adhesive layers (if any) in the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 are not decomposed or destroyed when exposed to UV light of the same predetermined temperature or wavelength, and the adhesion or bond between the components in the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the components in the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 is maintained.

[0116]

[0140] In one or more embodiments, the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 can be independently flexible over repeated cycles of bending up to as much as 1 mm inside the radius of curvature or as much as 4 mm outside the radius of curvature. In some embodiments, during a bending operation of a display device housing the cover lens assembly 2300, the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 can move independently relative to the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 by a slip, shear, and / or sliding mechanism provided by the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320. Such a slip, shear, and / or sliding plane separating the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330 can be designed into the material of the sacrificial adhesive layer 2320. The first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330, with or without an impact absorbing layer, can be impact resistant as measured by a standard ball drop test, exhibiting the ability to support a steel ball weighing up to 130 g dropped from a height of 100 cm, and in some embodiments, from a height greater than 100 cm, such as 120 cm to about 150 cm. In some embodiments, the first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330, alone, can be scratch resistant as measured by a standard steel wool test with a load of up to 1 kg, and can withstand a large number of cycles, for example, from about 100 cycles to about 4,000 cycles. The first flexible cover lens assembly 2310 and the second flexible cover lens assembly 2330, alone, can exhibit a total transmittance of about 85% to about 95%, a haze of less than 1%, and a B * It may have a yellowness index of <1 and high fracture toughness.

[0117]

[0141] 25 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible display structure 304 that can be used as the flexible display structure 104 included in display devices 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, and 2300 (FIGS. 1-23) according to one or more embodiments described and illustrated herein. The flexible display structure 104, 304 can be or include a flexible display, a rigid display, or other device, and can be included within a monitor, display, screen, television, phone (e.g., mobile phone, smartphone, or cellular phone), computer or laptop, tablet, watch, or other electronic device. In one or more embodiments, the flexible display structure 304 includes a contrast enhancement or polarizer layer 320, a touch panel 330, a display layer 340, a substrate 350, and a backing film 360. The polarizer layer 320 is or includes a multi-functional film layer including a polarizer film. The polarizer layer 320 is used to reduce unwanted reflections from reflective metals that make up the electrode lines or metal structures in the flexible display structure 304. The polarizer layer 320 can include a quarter-wave retarder and a linear polarizer formed from a flexible lens film having a thickness of less than 0.2 mm.

[0118]

[0142] Touch panel 330 may include a touch sensor IC board and touch sensors (not shown). In one or more embodiments, the touch sensor IC board is a flexible, metal-based printed circuit board. Display layer 340 may be or include one or more light-emitting diode (LED) displays, one or more liquid crystal displays (LCDs), or other suitable display devices. In some embodiments, display layer 340 is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. In some embodiments, display layer 340 is a quantum dot (QD) display. In one or more embodiments, display layer 340 may include a thin film encapsulation (TFE), an organic light-emitting layer, a driver IC board, and thin film transistors (TFTs).

[0119]

[0143] Substrate 350 may be or include a flexible plastic or polymer substrate. Substrate 350 may be transparent and / or colorless and, in some embodiments, may be conductive. Substrate 350 may be or include one or more polyimide materials, polyester terephthalate, polyether ether ketone, transparent conductive polyester, polycarbonate, polyaryl ether ketone, or any combination thereof. Substrate film 360 may be or include one or more heat sink layers and / or one or more protective barrier layers.

[0120]

[0144] Each component of the flexible display structure 104 can be adhered, bonded, or otherwise held together by one or more adhesives. For example, the polarizer layer 320 and the touch panel 330 are bonded to one another by an adhesive layer 325 disposed therebetween. The touch panel 330 and the display layer 340 are bonded to one another by an adhesive layer 335 disposed therebetween. The display layer 340 and the substrate 350 are bonded to one another by an adhesive layer 345 disposed therebetween. The substrate 350 and the base film 360 are bonded to one another by an adhesive layer 355 disposed therebetween. Each of the adhesive layers 325, 335, 345, and 355 can independently be or include one or more OCAs. In one or more embodiments, each of the adhesive layers 325, 335, 345, and 355 is applied as a liquid-based adhesive that dries and bonds two adjacent surfaces together. In some examples, each of the adhesive layers 325, 335, 345, 355 is an OCA double-sided tape that bonds two adjacent surfaces together. In other embodiments, each of the adhesive layers 325, 335, 345, 355 is not independently disposed between respective adjacent layers that are held together by other bonding methods. For example, any of the layers or components within the flexible display structure 104 can be deposited or otherwise formed on an adjacent layer or component.

[0121]

[0145] flexible cover lens assemblies 102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702, 802, 902, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2102, 2202, and 2310, and / or 2330, display devices 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, and / or 2300 (FIGS. 1-23), flexible display structure 104, 304, and / or any layers, films, or coatings thereof, can be fabricated using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), plasma-enhanced ALD (PE-ALD), physical vapor deposition (PVD) or sputtering, sheet-to-sheet processing, roll-to-roll processing, photolithography, etching, other film coating and curing processes, and / or other suitable fabrication processes. Suitable fabrication equipment is available commercially from Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, California.

[0122]

[0146] Flexible cover lens assemblies (flexible cover lens assemblies 102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702, 802, 902, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2102, 2202, and 2310 and / or 2330) are used in conjunction with display devices 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2002, 2102, 2202, and 2310 and / or 2330). 600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, and / or 2300 (FIGS. 1-23 )), the flexible display structure (including flexible display structure 104, 304), and / or any layer, film, or coating thereof, may have a critical strain of greater than 1%, e.g., from about 1.5%, about 2%, about 2.5%, about 3%, about 4%, or about 5%, to about 5.5%, about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, about 9%, about 10%, about 11%, about 12%, about 15%, or more. For example, the flexible cover lens assembly, flexible display structure, and / or any layer, film, or coating thereof can have a critical strain of 1% to about 15%, about 2% to about 15%, about 3% to about 15%, about 5% to about 15%, about 6% to about 15%, about 8% to about 15%, about 10% to about 15%, about 2% to about 12%, about 3% to about 12%, about 5% to about 12%, about 6% to about 12%, about 8% to about 12%, about 10% to about 12%, about 2% to about 10%, about 3% to about 10%, about 5% to about 10%, about 6% to about 10%, about 8% to about 10%, about 2% to about 7%, about 3% to about 7%, about 4% to about 7%, or about 5% to about 7%. The critical strain is measured at a given elongation of the flexible cover lens assembly or other layered laminate using an ultimate tensile tester. The maximum tensile elongation that the flexible cover lens assembly or other layered laminate can sustain without crack failure is defined as the critical strain of the flexible cover lens assembly or other layered laminate.

[0123]

[0147] The flexible cover lens and flexible cover lens assembly described and explained herein can be used in any type of display device. The flexible cover lens and flexible cover lens assembly have great strength, flexibility, elasticity, optical transparency, abrasion resistance, and / or thermal stability. By utilizing a sacrificial adhesive layer including a degradable optically transparent adhesive between the first flexible cover lens and the second flexible cover lens, or between the first flexible cover lens and the display structure or display device, if damage occurs, the first flexible cover lens can be easily removed (and replaced with a new cover lens) without damaging the underlying structure or device.

[0124]

[0148] In one or more embodiments, flexibility requirements depend on the particular foldable display design and product configuration, but generally, as described and illustrated herein, the foldable cover lens is flexible enough to sustain repeated folding cycles, folding the flexible cover lens to a radius of curvature of 5 mm or less with each cycle. With respect to critical strain, the flexibility of the cover lens can be indicated by the critical strain that the cover lens can withstand, a critical strain of greater than 1%.

[0125]

[0149] Embodiments of the present disclosure further relate to any one or more of paragraphs 1 to 93 below.

[0126]

[0150] Paragraph 1. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; an adhesion-promoting layer on the glass layer; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; a dry hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in a range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0127]

[0151] Paragraph 2. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a substrate disposed on the glass layer; an adhesion-promoting layer on the substrate; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; a dry hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0128]

[0152] Paragraph 3. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a substrate disposed on the glass layer; a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer.

[0129]

[0153] Paragraph 4. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer; a dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0130]

[0154] Paragraph 5. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a substrate disposed on the glass layer; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the substrate; a dry hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0131]

[0155] Paragraph 6. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a substrate disposed on the glass layer; a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer and having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and a porosity of about 1% to about 7%; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0132]

[0156] Paragraph 7. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising a substrate, an anti-fingerprint coating layer, and an adhesion-promoting layer disposed between the substrate and the anti-fingerprint coating layer.

[0133]

[0157] Paragraph 8. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a substrate; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the substrate; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer and having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0134]

[0158] Paragraph 9. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a substrate; a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; a dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0135]

[0159] Paragraph 10. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; an impact absorbing layer disposed on the glass layer; a moisture barrier layer disposed on the impact absorbing layer; a substrate disposed on the moisture barrier layer; a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0136]

[0160] Paragraph 11. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a first adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer; a wet hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa and disposed on the first adhesion-promoting layer; a second adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard-coat layer; a dry hard-coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the second adhesion-promoting layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer.

[0137]

[0161] Paragraph 12. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a first adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the glass layer; a wet hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 6% to about 10% and disposed on the first adhesion-promoting layer; a second adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard-coat layer; a dry hard-coat layer having a porosity of about 1% to about 7% and disposed on the second adhesion-promoting layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard-coat layer, wherein the flexible cover lens assembly has a critical strain of 1% to about 15%.

[0138]

[0162] Paragraph 13. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising an anti-fingerprint coating layer, an adhesion-promoting layer, and a dry hard coat, wherein the dry hard coat layer is disposed between the adhesion-promoting layer and the anti-fingerprint coating layer.

[0139]

[0163] Paragraph 14. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a substrate; a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0140]

[0164] Paragraph 15. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; a substrate disposed on the glass layer; a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0141]

[0165] Paragraph 16. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a glass layer; an impact absorbing layer disposed on the glass layer; a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer; an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the substrate; an anti-reflection layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflection layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0142]

[0166] Paragraph 17. The flexible cover lens assembly of Paragraph 16, further comprising a wet hard coat layer, said wet hard coat layer being disposed between said substrate and said adhesion promoting layer.

[0143]

[0167] Paragraph 18. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising an impact absorbing layer, a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer, a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate, an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer, an anti-reflection layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer, a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflection layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0144]

[0168] Paragraph 19. The flexible cover lens assembly of Paragraph 18, further comprising a glass layer disposed between the impact absorbing layer and the substrate.

[0145]

[0169] Paragraph 20. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a moisture barrier layer; a substrate disposed on the moisture barrier layer; a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; an anti-reflective layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflective layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0146]

[0170] Paragraph 21. The flexible cover lens assembly of Paragraph 20, further comprising an impact absorbing layer disposed between the moisture barrier layer and the substrate.

[0147]

[0171] Paragraph 22. A flexible cover lens assembly comprising: a moisture barrier layer; an impact absorbing layer disposed on the moisture barrier layer; a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer; an adhesion promoting layer disposed on the substrate; an anti-reflection layer disposed on the adhesion promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflection layer; and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer.

[0148]

[0172] Paragraph 23. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 22, wherein the flexible cover lens assembly has a critical strain of 1% to about 15%.

[0149]

[0173] Paragraph 24. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 23, wherein the flexible cover lens assembly has a critical strain of about 2% to about 12%.

[0150]

[0174] Paragraph 25. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 24, further comprising a substrate disposed between the glass layer and the adhesion-promoting layer.

[0151]

[0175] Paragraph 26. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 25, wherein the glass layer is an ultra-thin glass layer and has a thickness in the range of about 20 μm to about 100 μm.

[0152]

[0176] Paragraph 27. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 26, wherein the dry hard coat layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof.

[0153]

[0177] Paragraph 28. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 27, wherein the dry hard coat layer is produced from a vapor deposition process and has a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1.5 GPa to about 4.5 GPa.

[0154]

[0178] Paragraph 29. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 28, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a porosity of about 1% to about 7%.

[0155]

[0179] Paragraph 30. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 29, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a refractive index of about 1.42 to about 1.55.

[0156]

[0180] Paragraph 31. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 30, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a refractive index of about 1.45 to about 1.51.

[0157]

[0181] Paragraph 32. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 31, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a thickness ranging from about 0.5 μm to about 40 μm.

[0158]

[0182] Paragraph 33. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 32, wherein the dry hard coat layer is produced from a vapor deposition process.

[0159]

[0183] Paragraph 34. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 33, wherein the dry hard coat layer is produced from a vapor deposition process selected from the group consisting of PVD, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, and any combination thereof.

[0160]

[0184] Paragraph 35. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 34, wherein the wet hard coat layer comprises an acrylate, a sol-gel, a siloxane, a copolymer thereof, an elastomer thereof, or any combination thereof.

[0161]

[0185] Paragraph 36. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 35, wherein the wet hard coat layer comprises an acrylate, and the acrylate comprises a radiation-curable acrylate, an aliphatic urethane acrylate, a copolymer thereof, an elastomer thereof, or any combination thereof.

[0162]

[0186] Paragraph 37. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 36, wherein the wet hard coat layer is produced from a gel, a spin coating, a solution, a suspension, or any combination thereof.

[0163]

[0187] Paragraph 38. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 37, wherein the wet hard coat layer has a porosity of about 6% to about 10%.

[0164]

[0188] Paragraph 39. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 38, wherein the wet hard coat layer has a refractive index of about 1.40 to about 1.55.

[0165]

[0189] Paragraph 40. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 39, wherein the wet hard coat layer has a refractive index of about 1.43 to about 1.51.

[0166]

[0190] Paragraph 41. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 40, wherein the wet hard coat layer has a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.5 GPa to about 1.2 GPa.

[0167]

[0191] Paragraph 42. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 41, wherein the wet hard coat layer has a thickness ranging from about 0.5 μm to about 40 μm.

[0168]

[0192] Paragraph 43. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 42, further comprising a substrate disposed between the glass layer and the adhesion-promoting layer.

[0169]

[0193] Paragraph 44. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 43, further comprising a wet hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 0.4 GPa to about 1.5 GPa, the wet hard coat layer being disposed between the substrate and the adhesion promoting layer.

[0170]

[0194] Paragraph 45. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 44, further comprising a dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa, the dry hard coat layer being disposed between the adhesion-promoting layer and the anti-fingerprint coating layer.

[0171]

[0195] Paragraph 46. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 45, wherein the adhesion promoting layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof.

[0172]

[0196] Paragraph 47. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 46, wherein the adhesion promoting layer has a gradient of carbon concentration across the thickness of the adhesion promoting layer.

[0173]

[0197] Paragraph 48. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 47, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer comprises from about 2 sublayers to about 10 sublayers.

[0174]

[0198] Paragraph 49. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 48, wherein the adhesion promoting layer comprises a plurality of sublayers contained therein, the plurality of sublayers comprising a gradient of carbon concentration across a thickness of the adhesion promoting layer.

[0175]

[0199] Paragraph 50. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 49, wherein the adhesion promoting layer comprises a plurality of sublayers contained therein, the plurality of sublayers comprising a gradient of hardness across a thickness of the adhesion promoting layer.

[0176]

[0200] Paragraph 51. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 50, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer includes a plurality of sublayers contained therein, the plurality of sublayers having a nanoindentation hardness, measured by nanoindentation, across a thickness of the adhesion-promoting layer in a range of about 0.1 GPa to about 5 GPa.

[0177]

[0201] Paragraph 52. The flexible cover lens assembly of Paragraph 51, wherein the hardness is in the range of about 0.5 GPa to about 3.5 GPa as measured by nanoindentation.

[0178]

[0202] Paragraph 53. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 52, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer is produced from a vapor deposition process.

[0179]

[0203] Paragraph 54. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 53, wherein the adhesion promoting layer is produced from a vapor deposition process selected from the group consisting of PVD, sputtering, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, and any combination thereof.

[0180]

[0204] Paragraph 55. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 54, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer is made from a silicon precursor and an oxidizing agent.

[0181]

[0205] Paragraph 56. The flexible cover lens assembly of Paragraph 55, wherein the silicon precursor comprises an alkylsilane, an alkoxysilane, an alkylsiloxane, an alkylsilazane, or any combination thereof.

[0182]

[0206] Paragraph 57. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 56, wherein the adhesion promoting layer has a refractive index of about 1.40 to about 1.55.

[0183]

[0207] Paragraph 58. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 57, wherein the adhesion promoting layer has a refractive index of about 1.43 to about 1.51.

[0184]

[0208] Paragraph 59. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 58, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer has a thickness in the range of about 0.04 μm to about 30 μm.

[0185]

[0209] Paragraph 60. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 59, wherein the moisture barrier layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof.

[0186]

[0210] Paragraph 61. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 60, wherein the moisture barrier layer includes from about 2 sublayers to about 5 sublayers.

[0187]

[0211] Paragraph 62. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 61, wherein the moisture barrier layer includes multiple sublayers contained therein.

[0188]

[0212] Paragraph 63. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 62, wherein the moisture barrier layer comprises a film stack including a second sublayer disposed between a first sublayer and a third sublayer, wherein the first sublayer comprises silicon nitride, the second sublayer comprises silicon oxide, and the third sublayer comprises silicon nitride.

[0189]

[0213] Paragraph 64. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 63, wherein the moisture barrier layer is manufactured from a vapor deposition process.

[0190]

[0214] Paragraph 65. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 64, wherein the moisture barrier layer is fabricated from a vapor deposition process selected from the group consisting of PVD, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, and any combination thereof.

[0191]

[0215] Paragraph 66. The moisture barrier is approximately 1 x 10 -6 g / m 2 / day ~ approx. 10g / m 2 66. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of paragraphs 1 to 65, having a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) in the range of 1 / day.

[0192]

[0216] Paragraph 67. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 66, wherein the moisture barrier layer has a thickness in the range of about 20 nm to about 500 nm.

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[0217] Paragraph 68. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 67, wherein the moisture barrier layer has a light transmittance within the visible range in the range of about 85% to about 98%.

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[0218] Paragraph 69. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 68, wherein the impact absorbing layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of ether urethane, ester urethane, aliphatic urethane, aliphatic polyurethane, aliphatic polyester urethane, thermosetting polysulfide, polyamide, copolymers thereof, elastomers thereof, and any combination thereof.

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[0219] Paragraph 70. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 69, wherein the impact absorbing layer has a thickness in the range of about 1 μm to about 150 μm.

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[0220] Paragraph 71. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 70, wherein the impact absorbing layer has a light transmittance within the visible range in the range of about 85% to about 98%.

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[0221] Paragraph 72. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 71, wherein the anti-fingerprint coating layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of perfluoropolyether-containing silane polymers, chlorosilanes, oxysilanes, fluoroethylenes, perfluoropolyethers, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof.

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[0222] Paragraph 73. A flexible cover lens assembly according to any one of paragraphs 1 to 72, wherein the anti-fingerprint coating layer is produced from a vapor deposition process.

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[0223] Paragraph 74. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of paragraphs 1 to 73, wherein the anti-fingerprint coating layer is produced from a deposition process selected from the group consisting of PVD, ion beam deposition, CVD, spin coating, spray coating, dip coating, thermal curing, and any combination thereof.

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[0224] Paragraph 75. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 74, wherein the anti-fingerprint coating layer has a surface energy in the range of about 10 dyne / cm to about 80 dyne / cm.

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[0225] Paragraph 76. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 75, wherein the anti-fingerprint coating layer has a surface energy in the range of about 30 dyne / cm to about 50 dyne / cm.

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[0226] Paragraph 77. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 76, wherein the anti-fingerprint coating layer has a thickness in the range of about 3 nm to about 50 nm.

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[0227] Paragraph 78. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 77, wherein the antireflective layer has a refractive index of about 1.7 to about 2.3.

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[0228] Paragraph 79. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 78, wherein the antireflective layer has a refractive index of about 1.8 to about 2.1.

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[0229] Paragraph 80. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 79, wherein the antireflective layer has a light transmittance within the visible range in the range of about 85% to about 98%.

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[0230] Paragraph 81. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 80, wherein the antireflective layer has a thickness in the range of about 2 nm to about 150 nm.

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[0231] Paragraph 82. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 81, wherein the antireflective layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide nitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof.

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[0232] Paragraph 83. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 82, wherein the antireflective layer comprises silicon nitride.

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[0233] Paragraph 84. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 83, wherein the anti-reflective layer is produced from a vapor deposition process.

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[0234] Paragraph 85. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 84, wherein the antireflective layer is produced from a vapor deposition process selected from the group consisting of sputtering, PVD, CVD, PE-CVD, HDP-CVD, ALD, PE-ALD, and any combination thereof.

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[0235] Paragraph 86. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 85, wherein the substrate has a thickness in the range of about 5 μm to about 100 μm.

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[0236] Paragraph 87. The flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 86, wherein the substrate comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, triacetyl cellulose, polycarbonate, polyimide, polyamide, polysulfide, polymethacrylic acid methyl ester, copolymers thereof, elastomers thereof, and any combination thereof.

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[0237] Paragraph 88. A flexible, interchangeable cover lens laminate, comprising: a first flexible cover lens comprising the flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 87; a second flexible cover lens comprising the flexible cover lens assembly of any one of Paragraphs 1 to 87, wherein the first and second cover lenses are different; and a sacrificial adhesive layer disposed between the first flexible cover lens and the second flexible cover lens.

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[0238] Paragraph 89. The flexible, replaceable cover lens laminate of Paragraph 88, wherein said sacrificial adhesive layer comprises a polymeric or oligomeric material selected from the group consisting of acrylates, silicones, thermoplastic adhesives, elastomeric adhesives, and combinations thereof.

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[0239] Paragraph 90. The flexible, replaceable cover lens laminate of Paragraph 88, wherein the sacrificial adhesive layer is decomposable at a temperature of about 60°C to about 120°C.

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[0240] Paragraph 91. The flexible, replaceable cover lens laminate of Paragraph 88, wherein the sacrificial adhesive layer is decomposable upon exposure to ultraviolet light having a wavelength of about 350 nm to about 375 nm for a period of about 0.5 seconds to about 30 seconds.

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[0241] Paragraph 92. A display device comprising a flexible cover lens assembly or a flexible, interchangeable cover lens stack according to any one of paragraphs 1 to 91, and a flexible display structure.

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[0242] Paragraph 93. The display device of Paragraph 92, wherein the flexible display structure comprises an OLED display or an LCD display.

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[0243] While the foregoing description is directed to embodiments of the present disclosure, other and further embodiments of the present disclosure may be devised without departing from the basic scope of the disclosure, the scope of which is determined by the following claims. All documents described herein, including any priority documents and / or testing procedures, are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not inconsistent therewith. While forms of the present disclosure have been illustrated and described, as is apparent from the general description and specific embodiments above, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited thereby. Similarly, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the term "including" for purposes of U.S. law. Similarly, whenever the transitional phrase "comprising" appears before a composition, element, or group of elements, it is understood that the same composition or group of elements with the transitional phrase "consisting essentially of," "consisting of," "selected from the group of consisting of," or "is" preceding the recitation of the composition, element, or group of elements is also contemplated, and vice versa.

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[0244] Certain embodiments and features are described using a set of upper and lower numerical limits. It is understood that ranges including combinations of any two values, for example, any lower value with any higher value, any two lower values, and / or any two higher values, are contemplated unless otherwise indicated. Specific lower limits, upper limits, and ranges are set forth in one or more claims below.

Claims

1. A glass layer; an impact absorbing layer disposed on the glass layer; a substrate disposed on the impact absorbing layer; an adhesion promotion layer disposed directly on the substrate, the adhesion promotion layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof; an anti-reflective layer disposed directly on the adhesion-promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the anti-reflection layer, the dry hard coat layer having a nanoindentation hardness in the range of 0.1 GPa to 5 GPa; an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hard coat layer; Including, having a critical strain greater than 1%; 1. A flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display, wherein the dry hard coat layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof.

2. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein the critical strain is between 2% and 15%.

3. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a nanoindentation hardness in the range of 1 GPa to 5 GPa.

4. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a porosity of 1% to 7%.

5. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein a material of the adhesion promoting layer comprises silicon oxide, silicon carbide, or silicon oxycarbide.

6. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer has a refractive index in the range of 1.40 to 1.

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7. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein the adhesion promoting layer has a carbon concentration that varies across its thickness such that a carbon concentration gradient is created across the thickness of the adhesion promoting layer.

8. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 1, wherein the adhesion-promoting layer comprises 2 to 10 sublayers.

9. a substrate disposed on the shock absorbing layer; a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promoting layer disposed directly on the wet hard coat layer, the adhesion promoting layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof; an anti-reflective layer disposed directly on the adhesion-promoting layer; a dry hard coat layer disposed on the antireflective layer, the dry hard coat layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof; an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer; the dry hard coat layer has a nanoindentation hardness in the range of 0.1 GPa to 5 GPa; A flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display having a critical strain greater than 1%.

10. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 9, further comprising a glass layer, the substrate being disposed between the glass layer and the wet hard coat layer, and the glass layer having a thickness of 5 μm to 200 μm.

11. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 9, wherein the wet hard coat layer has a nanoindentation hardness in the range of 0.4 GPa to 1.5 GPa.

12. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 9, wherein the wet hard coat layer comprises an acrylate, and the acrylate comprises a radiation curable acrylate, an aliphatic urethane acrylate, a copolymer thereof, an elastomer thereof, or any combination thereof.

13. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 9, wherein the critical strain is between 2% and 15%.

14. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 9, wherein the dry hard coat layer comprises silicon oxide, silicon carbide, or silicon oxycarbide.

15. 10. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 9, wherein the dry hard coat layer has a porosity of 1% to 7%.

16. A glass layer; a substrate disposed on the glass layer; a wet hard coat layer disposed on the substrate; an anti-reflection layer disposed on the wet hard coat layer; an adhesion promotion layer disposed directly on the antireflective layer, the adhesion promotion layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxycarbide nitride, dopants thereof, and any combination thereof; an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed directly on the adhesion-promoting layer; Including, A flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display having a critical strain greater than 1%.

17. 17. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 16, wherein the critical strain is between 2% and 15%.

18. 17. The flexible cover lens assembly for a foldable display of claim 16, wherein a material of the adhesion promotion layer comprises silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or any combination thereof, and the adhesion promotion layer has a refractive index in the range of 1.40 to 1.55.

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