Curable Composition for Clear Fluorinated Surface-Treating Layer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surface-treating agents often form a clouded surface-treating layer on base materials, which affects their water-repellency, oil-repellency, and antifouling properties.
Innovation Solution
A curable composition comprising a compound with a perfluoropolyether group and a curable monomer, where the organic solvent content is minimized to prevent clouding, and the use of specific catalysts like tin, titanium, or zirconium atoms is limited to prevent reaction catalyst effects, forming a clear and effective surface-treating layer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a surface-treating agent containing fluorine-containing compound is used to form surface-treating layer, then water-repellency, oil-repellency, and antifouling property are improved, but the surface-treating layer becomes clouded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical structure parameters of the curable monomer by introducing halogen atoms at the α-position to the carbonyl group. This structural modification prevents clouding while maintaining the fluorine-containing compound's water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling properties, thus resolving the contradiction between functionality and transparency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite curable composition combining fluorine-containing compounds with specifically designed halogenated curable monomers. This composite approach allows the fluorine-containing compound to provide surface functionality while the halogenated monomer ensures clarity by preventing clouding during curing.
2Ease of manufacture
If organic solvent is used in the composition, then ease of manufacture and application are improved, but volatile organic compounds increase and clouding occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates organic solvents from the composition formulation. By designing a solvent-free curable composition using halogenated curable monomers, it removes the source of volatile organic compounds and clouding while maintaining ease of application through the monomers' inherent properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces persistent organic solvents with short-lived curable monomers that polymerize upon curing. The halogenated curable monomers serve as temporary carriers that transform into stable crosslinked structures, eliminating volatile organic compound emissions while simplifying the formulation.
3Productivity
If catalysts containing tin, titanium, or zirconium atoms are used to promote reaction, then curing efficiency is improved, but residual metal atoms remain and affect product quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes metal-based catalysts from the curing system. By using catalyst-free curing mechanisms or alternative catalyst systems that do not leave residual metal atoms, it eliminates contamination while maintaining adequate curing efficiency through the designed molecular structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs organic-based catalysts or self-curing mechanisms that leave no persistent metal residues. The catalyst system is designed to be consumed or decomposed during curing, ensuring no residual metal atoms remain in the final product, thus improving manufacturing precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition forms a clear, water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling surface-treating layer with improved releasability and reduced volatile organic compounds, maintaining the base material's integrity and performance.
Implementation Method 1
a surface-treating layer having excellent water-repellency, oil-repellency, antifouling property
Implementation Method 2
a surface-treating layer having excellent water-repellency, oil-repellency, antifouling property
Implementation Method 3
a curable composition comprising (A) a compound having a perfluoropolyether group and a curable moiety and (B) a curable monomer
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AI summary
The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a compound having a perfluoropolyether group and a curable moiety, and a curable resin and/or a curable monomer, wherein an organic solvent having no radical reactive group is not substantially contained. The present invention provides a curable composition capable of forming a surface-treating layer that is in a lower clouded state.


