LIGHT REFRACTIVE INDEX MODULATION POLYMER, LIGHT REFRACTIVE INDEX MODULATION POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING REFRACTIVE INDEX
申请人:NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
公开号:EP1669378A1
公开(公告)日:2006-06-14
A subject for the invention is to provide a method of refractive index regulation by which the refractive index of an optical polymer molding can be efficiently changed without necessitating a complicated step, such as the step of oxidizing beforehand, and which when used for producing an optical device, imparts excellent transparency thereto. Another subject is to provide a photochemically refractive-index-changing polymer or photochemically refractive-index-changing polymer composition for use in the method.
The invention relates to a method of refractive index regulation characterized in that either a photochemically refractive-index-changing polymer which is a polymer of one or more monomers comprising an acrylic vinyl monomer represented by CH2=C (R1) C (=O) O-R2=CH2 (wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms, provided that the monomer may have one or more heteroatoms and halogen atoms in the molecule) as an essential ingredient and which has radial-polymerizable side-chain vinyl groups remaining in the molecule or a composition containing this polymer is irradiated with a radiation, e.g., ultraviolet, to react the vinyl groups and thereby cause a density change so as to result in a refractive-index increase (Δn) through the irradiation of 0.005 or more.
本发明的一个主题是提供一种折射率调节方法,通过该方法可以有效地改变光学聚合物模塑的折射率,而不需要复杂的步骤,例如事先氧化的步骤,并且当用于生产光学器件时,可赋予其极佳的透明度。另一个主题是提供一种用于该方法的光化学折射率变化聚合物或光化学折射率变化聚合物组合物。
本发明涉及一种调节折射率的方法,其特征在于光化学折射率变化聚合物是一种或多种单体的聚合物,这些单体包括由 CH2=C (R1) C (=O) O-R2=CH2 表示的丙烯酸乙烯基单体(其中 R1 是氢或甲基,R2 是具有 1-20 个碳原子的饱和或不饱和烃基)、只要单体分子中可能含有一个或多个杂原子和卤素原子)作为基本成分,且分子中残留有可径向聚合的侧链乙烯基,或含有这种聚合物的组合物经辐射照射,如g.,紫外线,使乙烯基发生反应,从而引起密度变化,通过辐照使折射率(Δn)增加 0.005 或更多。