Polyester imide film for optoelectronic devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current materials for optical films lack simultaneous high transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength, and flexibility, making them unsuitable for advanced optoelectronic devices that require improved optical and mechanical characteristics.

Innovation Solution

A novel compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is synthesized, which reacts with a diamine to form a polyester imide film with high transmittance, low yellow index, and low haze, along with high out-of-plane birefringence, using inexpensive raw materials and allowing for high heat resistance and mechanical properties.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional materials are used for optical lenses and films, then manufacturing cost is low, but transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength, and flexibility cannot be simultaneously improved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive performance (transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength, flexibility)VSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite materials by combining diamine and dianhydride monomers to form polyimide polymers with superior comprehensive performance. The specific combination of aromatic diamines (providing heat resistance and mechanical strength) and aromatic dianhydrides (providing transparency and flexibility) creates a synergistic effect that achieves all four desired properties simultaneously, resolving the contradiction between comprehensive performance and manufacturing cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies parameter changes by systematically varying the chemical structures of monomers (different aromatic rings, substituent groups, and molecular weights) to optimize the balance between comprehensive performance and manufacturing cost. By adjusting parameters such as the type of aromatic ring, position of substituents, and chain length, the invention achieves high transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength, and flexibility while maintaining cost-effectiveness through selective monomer combinations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Illumination intensity

If materials are optimized for high transparency and heat resistance, then optical performance improves, but mechanical strength and flexibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransparency and optical performanceVSAvoidmechanical strength and flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different functional roles to specific molecular segments within the polyimide structure. The aromatic diamine portions (with rigid aromatic rings) provide mechanical strength and flexibility, while the aromatic dianhydride portions (with specific carbonyl group arrangements) provide transparency and optical performance. This localized functional distribution within the polymer chain resolves the contradiction between optical performance and mechanical properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses composite material principles by creating a polyimide polymer that integrates two distinct functional components: diamine units contributing mechanical strength and flexibility, and dianhydride units contributing transparency and optical properties. The alternating copolymer structure ensures both sets of properties are present and synergistically integrated, resolving the trade-off between optical performance and mechanical strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Reliability

If advanced polymers are synthesized to improve heat resistance and mechanical strength, then durability improves, but production cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat resistance and durabilityVSAvoidproduction cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies this principle by using commercially available, relatively inexpensive diamine and dianhydride monomers as starting materials. Rather than employing complex, expensive specialty chemicals, the invention uses readily obtainable aromatic diamines and dianhydrides that can be procured at lower costs, thereby achieving high heat resistance and durability without proportionally increasing production cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses parameter changes by selecting monomers with optimal balances between performance and cost. By carefully choosing aromatic rings, substituent types, and molecular weights within specific ranges, the patent achieves high heat resistance and durability while avoiding excessively expensive materials. The parameter optimization ensures cost-effective synthesis of high-performance polyimide polymers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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 resulting polymer film exhibits excellent thermal stability, high transparency, and mechanical properties, making it suitable for various optoelectronic devices, including display panels and optical compensation films, while being cost-effective to produce.

Implementation Method 1

A compound reacts with a diamine, and thus, a polyester imide film may be formed

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectChemical Bonding: Chemical Bonding

Data Source

PatentUS10538666B2Compound, polymer, film, and optical device
Publication Date: 2020.01.21 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1:wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R1, R2, o, p, A1, Ra, m, k and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.