CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOW BIFRINGENCE AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM

The present invention relates to cellulose esters having low hydroxyl content for use in optical applications, such as liquid crystal display (LCD) films. Films made with low hydroxyl levels and a given ratio of non-acetyl ester to hydroxyl level have been found to have low intrinsic birefringence....

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Main Authors DAYVOLT BRADLEY HOWARD, DONELSON MICHAEL EUGENE, WILSON ALAN KENT, SHELBY MARCUS DAVID, KIRKMAN BRYAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.04.2010
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
DERIVATIVES THEREOF
METALLURGY
ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
POLYSACCHARIDES
THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP
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Summary:The present invention relates to cellulose esters having low hydroxyl content for use in optical applications, such as liquid crystal display (LCD) films. Films made with low hydroxyl levels and a given ratio of non-acetyl ester to hydroxyl level have been found to have low intrinsic birefringence. These films can be cast, molded, or otherwise oriented without an appreciable birefringence or optical distortion (i.e. retardation). Such features make these films useful in polarizer, protective, and compensator films as well as molded optical parts, such as lenses. Furthermore, it has also been found that resins of the present invention can also be made to have "+C plate" behavior either by melt or solvent based processing, a characteristic which is not typical of cellulose esters. Such +C behavior allows films to be produced having unique compensatory behavior. Other embodiments of the invention relate to methods melt casting films while minimizing birefringence formation.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090634731