Liquid Crystal Display Color Filter Dye Network Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing color filters in liquid crystal displays face challenges in maintaining high transmittance and reliability due to limitations in heat resistance, light resistance, and chemical resistance, particularly when compared to filters without dyes.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a dye compound represented by Formula 1, which includes a reaction group capable of forming a network structure, into the color filter composition, along with a pigment, binder polymer, monomer, initiator, solvent, leveling agent, and coupling agent, to enhance the filter's heat resistance, light resistance, and chemical resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a dye is added to the color filter to improve color display, then color performance is improved, but heat resistance, light resistance, and chemical resistance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a composite material system consisting of a polymer matrix combined with a specific dye compound containing reactive groups. The dye molecule structure includes functional groups that can chemically bond with the polymer, creating a unified composite structure that maintains color performance while improving thermal and chemical stability. This composite approach allows the dye to be integrated into the polymer network rather than merely dispersed, preventing degradation at high temperatures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the chemical parameters of the dye by selecting compounds with specific reactive functional groups (such as hydroxyl, carboxyl, or amino groups) that can form covalent bonds with the polymer matrix. This parameter change in the dye's chemical structure enables the dye to participate in the polymer network formation, thereby improving heat resistance, light resistance, and chemical resistance while maintaining color display performance.
2Reliability
If a dye is added to the color filter to improve color display, then color performance is improved, but light resistance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite material where the dye is chemically integrated into the polymer matrix through reactive functional groups. This integration protects the dye molecules from direct exposure to degrading environmental factors including light, while still allowing them to perform their color display function. The polymer network acts as a protective framework that stabilizes the dye against photodegradation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies beforehand cushioning by pre-forming a protective polymer network structure that encapsulates and protects the dye molecules before they are exposed to harsh environmental conditions. The reactive groups in the dye allow it to become part of this protective network in advance, providing preemptive protection against light-induced degradation and extending the service life of the color filter.
3Reliability
If a dye is added to the color filter to improve color display, then color performance is improved, but chemical resistance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent develops a composite material system where the dye compound with reactive functional groups is chemically bonded to the polymer matrix. This creates a unified structure where the dye is not merely a separate additive but an integrated component of the polymer network. This integration provides chemical protection to the dye, preventing it from reacting with harmful chemicals while maintaining its color display functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the dye by selecting compounds with specific reactive functional groups that can form stable covalent bonds with the polymer matrix. This parameter modification enables the dye to achieve chemical resistance through strong chemical bonding, preventing degradation from chemical exposure while preserving color performance.
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 proposed solution improves the transmittance and reliability of the color filter by increasing its heat resistance, light resistance, and chemical resistance, while maintaining similar reliability to filters without dyes, and demonstrates better performance in heat, light, and chemical tests compared to comparative examples.
Implementation Method 1
a reaction group capable of forming a network structure
Implementation Method 2
the color filter affects transmittance of the liquid crystal display, a study for improving the transmittance of the color filter
Data Source
AI summary
A liquid crystal display includes a color filter including a dye and a pigment, and the color filter is formed from a compound represented by the following Formula 1.wherein R1 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkyl group, X1, X2, and X3 are independently a NR2R3 group, OR4, a R5C═CR6R7 group, or a OC(═O)R8C═CR9R10 group, and R2 to R10 are independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkyl group.


