It is an object of the present invention to provide an alkali-soluble maleimide-based copolymer excellent in resistance for thermally yellowing, high in hardness, excellent in solubility in solvents and capable of readily forming uniform coat films and, in addition, capable of being satisfactorily dissolved in alkali water when remaining uncured, as well as a pigment dispersion composition comprising such copolymer and an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition comprising such copolymer. Another object of the present invention is to provide a color filter and a liquid crystal display which are formed by using the ionizing radiation-curable resin composition. The present invention is related to an alkali-soluble maleimide-based copolymer which comprises, as essential constituents, 5 to 50% by mass of a maleimide monomer unit which is at least one unit selected from the group consisting of a N-cyclohexylmaleimide monomer unit, a N-benzylmaleimide monomer unit and a substituted N-benzylmaleimide monomer unit, 8 to 30% by mass of the (meth)acrylic acid monomer unit and 30 to 87% by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit and which satisfies the condition represented by the formula:
0.4×X≦Y≦0.5×X+10
where X is the content, in % by mass, of the N-cyclohexylmaleimide monomer unit, the N-benzylmaleimide monomer unit and the substituted N-benzylmaleimide monomer unit and Y is the content, in % by mass, of the (meth)acrylic acid monomer unit.
本发明的目的是提供一种碱溶性马来
酰亚胺基共聚物,该共聚物具有优异的耐热黄变性、高硬度、优异的溶剂溶解性和易于形成均匀涂膜的性能,此外,在未固化时能够令人满意地溶解于碱
水中,本发明还提供一种包含这种共聚物的
颜料分散组合物和一种包含这种共聚物的电离辐射固化
树脂组合物。本发明的另一个目的是提供使用电离辐射固化
树脂组合物形成的彩色滤光片和液晶显示器。本发明涉及一种碱溶性马来
酰亚胺基共聚物,其基本成分包括 5-50%(质量)的马来
酰亚胺单体单元,马来
酰亚胺单体单元至少是选自以下组别的一个单元: N-环己基马来
酰亚胺单体单元、N-苄基马来
酰亚胺单体单元和取代的 N-苄基马来
酰亚胺单体单元组成的组中的至少一种单元;8%至 30%(质量分数)的(甲基)
丙烯酸单体单元和 30%至 87%(质量分数)的(甲基)
丙烯酸酯单体单元,且满足由式表示的条件:
0.4×x≦y≦0.5×x+10
其中,X 为 N-环己基马来
酰亚胺单体单元、N-苄基马来
酰亚胺单体单元和取代的 N-苄基马来
酰亚胺单体单元的含量(质量百分比),Y 为(甲基)
丙烯酸单体单元的含量(质量百分比)。