JP5667554B2 - Photocurable adhesive composition, polarizing plate and method for producing the same, optical member and liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photocurable adhesive composition used for bonding a polarizer and a protective film in a polarizing plate, a polarizing plate in which a protective film is bonded to a polarizer using the adhesive composition, and the polarizing plate. It is related with the manufacturing method. The present invention also relates to an optical member and a liquid crystal display device using the polarizing plate.

  The polarizing plate is useful as one of the optical components constituting the liquid crystal display device. The polarizing plate is usually used by being incorporated in a liquid crystal display device in a state where protective films are laminated on both sides of the polarizer. It is also known that a protective film is provided only on one side of the polarizer, but in many cases, the other side is not merely a protective film, but a layer having another optical function also serves as the protective film. It will be pasted. As a method for producing a polarizer, a method in which a uniaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol resin film dyed with a dichroic dye is treated with boric acid, washed with water and dried is widely known.

  Usually, a protective film is bonded to the polarizer immediately after washing with water and drying. This is because the dried polarizer has a low physical strength, and once it is wound, problems such as tearing in the processing direction occur. Therefore, the polarizer after drying is usually applied immediately after applying an aqueous adhesive, and then a protective film is simultaneously bonded on both sides via this adhesive. Usually, a triacetyl cellulose film having a thickness of 30 to 120 μm is used as the protective film.

  For adhesion between a polarizer and a protective film, in particular, a protective film made of a triacetyl cellulose film, a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive is often used, but there is an attempt to use a urethane-based adhesive instead. For example, in JP-A-7-120617 (Patent Document 1), a urethane prepolymer is used as an adhesive, and a polarizer having a high water content is bonded to a cellulose acetate-based protective film such as a triacetylcellulose film. Have been described.

  On the other hand, since triacetyl cellulose has high moisture permeability, a polarizing plate bonded with this resin film as a protective film causes deterioration under wet heat, for example, at a temperature of 70 ° C. and a relative humidity of 90%. There was a problem. Therefore, a method for solving such a problem by using a resin film having a moisture permeability lower than that of a triacetyl cellulose film as a protective film has been proposed. For example, it is known that an amorphous polyolefin-based resin is used as a protective film. It has been. Specifically, JP-A-6-511117 (Patent Document 2) describes that a thermoplastic saturated norbornene resin sheet is laminated on at least one surface of a polarizer as a protective film.

  When pasting such a protective film with low moisture permeability with a conventional apparatus, an adhesive mainly containing water, for example, an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution is used, and the protective film is pasted on a polyvinyl alcohol polarizer. In the so-called wet lamination in which the solvent is dried after combining, there are problems such as insufficient adhesive strength being obtained and the appearance being deteriorated. This is because a film with low moisture permeability is generally more hydrophobic than a triacetyl cellulose film, and water as a solvent cannot be sufficiently dried due to low moisture permeability.

  Therefore, JP 2000-32432 A (Patent Document 3) proposes that a polyvinyl alcohol polarizer and a protective film made of a thermoplastic saturated norbornene resin are bonded with a polyurethane adhesive. Yes. However, the polyurethane adhesive has a problem that it takes a long time to cure, and the adhesive strength is not always sufficient.

  On the other hand, it is also known to bond different types of protective films on both sides of a polarizer. For example, JP 2002-174729 A (PTL 4) discloses a polarizer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film. A protective film made of an amorphous polyolefin resin is bonded to one surface of the resin, and a protective film made of a resin different from the amorphous polyolefin resin, for example, triacetylcellulose, is bonded to the other surface. In JP 2005-208456 (Patent Document 5), a water-based first adhesive containing a specific urethane resin is interposed on one surface of a polarizing film made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin. A cycloolefin-based resin film and an aqueous second adhesive different from the first adhesive on the other surface, for example, an aqueous solution of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin. Through be laminated cellulose acetate-based resin film has been proposed.

  What is called an amorphous polyolefin-based resin in Patent Document 4 and also called a cycloolefin-based resin in Patent Document 5 is a polycyclic compound such as norbornene, derivatives thereof, and dimethanooctahydronaphthalene. When a double bond remains as in a ring-opening polymer, a thermoplastic resin hydrogenated therewith is preferably used.

  JP-A-2004-245925 (Patent Document 6) discloses an adhesive mainly composed of an epoxy resin that does not contain an aromatic ring. The adhesive is irradiated with active energy rays to perform cationic polymerization. Thus, a method of bonding the polarizer and the protective film has been proposed. The epoxy adhesive disclosed herein is particularly effective for bonding various transparent resin films including amorphous polyolefin resin and cellulose resin to a polarizer. In the case of a protective film, it has become clear that the adhesive force is not always sufficient.

  Therefore, the present inventors can achieve good adhesion in a short time when a low moisture-permeable resin film selected from an acrylic resin, a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, and an amorphous polyolefin resin is used as a protective film for a polarizer. We developed a low-viscosity photo-curing adhesive that develops strength. As a result, a composition containing a glycidyl ether type epoxy resin having an aromatic ring and an oxetane compound gives good adhesion, and particularly when 5 to 25% by weight of a (meth) acrylate monomer having an alicyclic skeleton is contained. It discovered that high adhesive force and durability were expressed (patent document 7). However, this adhesive has a problem that although the production process itself requires only a short process of light irradiation, sufficient adhesive force cannot be exhibited until a while after the film is wound. For this reason, there existed a problem that the film handling after light irradiation in a production process was difficult.

JP-A-7-120617 JP-A-6-511117 JP 2000-32432 A JP 2002-174729 A JP-A-2005-208456 JP 2004-245925 A JP 2010-209126 A

  In order to solve the problem when laminating a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer and a protective film with low moisture permeability by wet lamination, it may be possible to increase the drying oven length after laminating and increase the drying time, If the length of the drying oven is simply increased, there arises a problem that discoloration is likely to occur due to thermal deterioration of the polarizer. Therefore, it is conceivable to lower the drying temperature so as not to cause thermal deterioration of the polarizer. In this case, it is necessary to further increase the drying furnace length in order to sufficiently dry, and the capital investment is enormous. There is a problem of becoming. In addition, when different types of protective films are bonded to both sides of the polarizer, the shrinkage rates of these protective films differ from each other, so the protective films on both sides will adhere to the polarizer in different states. After drying, there is a problem that curling tends to occur on the polarizing plate when it is returned to room temperature.

  In order to improve such a problem, it is conceivable to employ a bonding method by dry lamination. However, because the adhesive having dry lamination suitability is extremely high in viscosity, the physical strength of the polarizer is weak, so the method of bonding the polarizer and the protective film is to apply the adhesive to the protective film, and then It is limited to the method of pasting to the child. In this method, if a foreign object adheres to the coated surface of the adhesive before bonding, the foreign object cannot be concealed, and after bonding, bubbles are generated between the adhesive layer and the polarizer starting from the foreign object. Cause bright spot defects.

  Therefore, even if the object of the present invention is to use a resin film with low moisture permeability selected from polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin and amorphous polyolefin-based resin as a protective film, it has an adhesive force immediately after light irradiation. Appears and has a good final adhesive strength after a certain period of time, does not cause problems such as poor appearance after durability test, and provides a low-viscosity photo-curing adhesive. Another object is to provide a polarizing plate having a protective film bonded thereto. Another object of the present invention is to provide an optical member capable of forming a liquid crystal display device having excellent reliability using this polarizing plate, and to apply it to the liquid crystal display device.

That is, according to the present invention, a polarizer composed of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye is selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin-based resin. An adhesive composition for adhering a protective film made of a selected transparent resin film,
(A) an epoxy compound having at least two alicyclic epoxy groups represented by the following formula (1) in the molecule;

(B) a poly (meth) acrylate of a polyol having 2 to 15 carbon atoms (excluding a polyether polyol having an alkylene oxide unit repeating number of 3 or more),
(C) a photocationic polymerization initiator and (D) an oxetane compound represented by the following formula (2),

The content ratio of the components (A) to (D) is in the composition,
(A) component: 20-80 weight%
(B) component: 10 to 55% by weight
Component (C): 0.5 to 10% by weight
Component (D): 1 to 25% by weight
A photo-curable adhesive composition is provided.
The composition of the present invention is preferably an epoxy compound represented by the following formula (4) as the component (A).

  The component (B) is more preferably a di (meth) acrylate of a diol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms (excluding a polyether diol having 3 or more alkylene oxide units). As the (meth) acrylate, acrylate is more preferable.

  The preferable content rate of (A) component and (B) component is 35 to 75 weight% and 10 to 35 weight% in a composition, respectively.

  Furthermore, the composition of the present invention preferably contains 1 to 18% by weight of an oxetane compound represented by the following formula (3) as the component (E) in the composition.

  The radically polymerizable components such as the component (B) contained in these photocurable adhesive compositions can be cured with radicals generated when the component (C) is decomposed by light. In order to obtain a sufficient reaction rate in an amount, it is preferable to contain the radical photopolymerization initiator as the component (F) in a proportion of 10% by weight or less.

  Furthermore, in order to obtain a coated surface excellent in smoothness, these photocurable adhesive compositions contain a leveling agent as component (G) in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5% by weight. It is preferable.

  According to the present invention, a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin are bonded to a polarizer comprising a polyvinyl alcohol resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye. There is provided a polarizing plate formed by laminating a protective film made of a transparent resin film selected from a series resin, wherein the adhesive is formed from any one of the above photocurable adhesive compositions. .

  This polarizing plate is polarized through an adhesive application step of applying any one of the photocurable adhesive compositions to at least one of the bonding surfaces of the polarizer and the protective film, and an adhesive layer obtained. Including a bonding step of bonding the child and the protective film, and a curing step of curing the photocurable adhesive composition in a state where the polarizer and the protective film are bonded via the adhesive layer. It can be manufactured by a method. Specifically, after applying the uncured photocurable adhesive composition to the polarizer, a protective film is bonded to the coated surface of the adhesive composition, and then the adhesive composition is cured. A method of forming an adhesive layer, after coating the uncured photocurable adhesive composition on a protective film, a polarizer is bonded to the coated surface of the adhesive composition, and then the adhesive composition is A method of forming an adhesive layer by curing, casting the uncured photocurable adhesive composition between the polarizer and the protective film, and sandwiching the bonded product of the polarizer and the protective film with a roll or the like For example, a method of forming an adhesive layer by curing the adhesive composition while uniformly spreading the adhesive composition and then curing the adhesive composition can be employed.

  Furthermore, according to this invention, the optical member by which the above-mentioned polarizing plate and the optical layer which shows another optical function are laminated | stacked is provided. In this case, the other optical layer preferably includes a retardation plate. There is also provided a liquid crystal display device in which this optical member is disposed on one side or both sides of a liquid crystal cell.

  Even if the photocurable adhesive composition of the present invention uses a resin film having a low moisture permeability selected from a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin-based resin as a protective film, after light irradiation The adhesive force is quickly developed, the final adhesive force after a predetermined time is good, and there is no problem such as poor appearance after the durability test. This adhesive composition is particularly useful when the protective film is made of an acrylic resin. Moreover, since the viscosity of the adhesive composition of the present invention is very low, it can be easily applied thinly and bonded without defects. A polarizing plate obtained by laminating a polarizer and a protective film via this adhesive composition is not only cured in a short process of light irradiation but also immediately after light irradiation. Since a certain strength of adhesive strength can be obtained, it can be manufactured with high productivity. Furthermore, an optical member in which this polarizing plate is combined with another optical layer can form a liquid crystal display device with excellent reliability.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. In the present invention, a photocurable adhesive composition having a specific composition is used to adhere a protective film made of a transparent resin film to a polarizer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye. Is used. Thus, a polarizing plate is obtained by bonding a polarizer and a protective film through a photocurable adhesive composition. This polarizing plate can be laminated with an optical layer having other optical functions to form an optical member. The optical member can be disposed on at least one side of the liquid crystal cell to form a liquid crystal display device. Hereinafter, description is advanced in order of a photocurable adhesive composition, a polarizing plate, the manufacturing method of a polarizing plate, an optical member, and a liquid crystal display device.

[Photocurable adhesive composition]
In this invention, in order to bond a polarizer and a protective film, the photocurable adhesive composition of a specific composition is used. Hereinafter, this photocurable adhesive composition may be simply referred to as “photocurable adhesive” or “composition”. The photocurable adhesive of the present invention essentially contains the following four components (A), (B), (C) and (D).

(A) An epoxy compound having an alicyclic epoxy group represented by the following formula (1) in the molecule (B) a polyol having 2 to 15 carbon atoms (provided that the number of repeating alkylene oxide units is 3 or more) (Excluding polyether polyol) poly (meth) acrylate (C) photocationic polymerization initiator (D) oxetane compound represented by the following formula (2)

  In the present specification, the epoxy compound (A) is also referred to as “component (A)” or “epoxy compound (A)”, and the poly (meth) acrylate (B) is referred to as “component (B)” or “ Also called “poly (meth) acrylate (B)”, the photocationic polymerization initiator of (C) is also called “(C) component” or “photocationic polymerization initiator (C)”, and the oxetane compound of (D) above Is also referred to as “component (D)” or “oxetane compound (D)”.

  The content ratio of the components (A) to (D) in the composition is 20 to 80% by weight of the component (A), 10 to 55% by weight of the component (B) based on the whole composition, and the component (C). Is 0.5 to 10% by weight and (D) component is 1 to 25% by weight.

  This photocurable adhesive can optionally contain an oxetane compound represented by the following formula (3) as the component (E), and is preferably 1 to 18% by weight. A radical photopolymerization initiator can be contained as the component (F), and a leveling agent can be contained as the component (G).

  In the present specification, the oxetane compound of (E) is also referred to as “(E) component” or “oxetane compound (E)”, and the photoradical polymerization initiator of (F) is referred to as “(F) component” or “ It is also referred to as “photo radical polymerization initiator (F)”, and the leveling agent (G) is also referred to as “(G) component” or “leveling agent (G)”.

<Epoxy compound (A)>
In the photocurable adhesive of the present invention, the epoxy compound as the component (A) is an epoxy compound having at least two alicyclic epoxy groups represented by the following formula (1) in the molecule, and is generally known. Various curable epoxy compounds can be used.

  Specific examples of the component (A) include 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate, bis (3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl) adipate, 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3,4. -Epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate-modified caprolactone, esterified product of polyvalent carboxylic acid and 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl alcohol or caprolactone-modified product, silicone compound having an alicyclic epoxy group represented by the above formula (1) at the terminal Etc.

  (A) As a component, the epoxy compound shown to following formula (4) is preferable at the point which is excellent in low viscosity, sclerosis | hardenability, adhesive force, and durability.

  (A) The epoxy compound of a component can also be used individually by 1 type, and can also be used in mixture of 2 or more types.

  (A) The content rate of the epoxy compound of a component shall be the range of 20 to 80 weight% on the basis of the whole composition. By setting it as this range, the adhesive force immediately after light irradiation, the final adhesive force, and durability can be made favorable. Moreover, adhesive force can be made more favorable by making the content rate of (A) component into the range of 35 to 75 weight%.

<Poly (meth) acrylate (B)>
In the photocurable adhesive of the present invention, the poly (meth) acrylate as the component (B) is a polyol having 2 to 15 carbon atoms (excluding a polyether polyol having 3 or more repeating alkylene oxide units). Of poly (meth) acrylate.

  A (meth) acrylate having 1 (meth) acryloyl group in the molecule tends to be insufficient in durability such as thermal cycle resistance. Even if it is a polyol having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, (meth) acrylate obtained from a polyether polyol having 3 or more repeating alkylene oxide units tends to be insufficient in durability such as cold cycle resistance.

  By using the component (B), the adhesiveness to the polarizer and the durability are excellent while lowering the viscosity of the composition. Here, as the component (B), a di (meth) acrylate of a diol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms (excluding a polyether diol having 3 or more alkylene oxide units) has a low viscosity and an adhesive strength. More preferable in terms of durability. As the (meth) acrylate, acrylate is preferable from the viewpoint of curability.

Specific examples of the component (B) include neopentyl glycol di (meth) acrylate,
1,6-hexanediol di (meth) acrylate, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol di (meth) acrylate, cyclohexanedimethylol di (meth) acrylate, 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propane Diol di (meth) acrylate, 1,9-nonanediol di (meth) acrylate, ethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, propylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, tetramethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, diethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate , Dipropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, tricyclodecane dimethylol di (meth) acrylate, trimethylolpropane tri (meth) acrylate, ditrimethylolpropane tetra (meth) acrylate, pentaerythri Rutori or tetra (meth) acrylate, dipentaerythritol penta or hexa (meth) acrylate, and the like di (meth) acrylate of hydrogenated bisphenol A and the like.
The component (B) may have an ester skeleton or an isocyanurate skeleton. Specific examples of the compound having an ester skeleton include an esterification reaction product of neopentyl glycol, hydroxypivalic acid, and (meth) acrylic acid. Examples of the compound having an isocyanurate skeleton include isocyanuric acid alkylene oxide. Examples include adduct di- or tri (meth) acrylate.

  Among these, esterification reaction products of 1,6-hexanediol di (meth) acrylate and neopentyl glycol, hydroxypivalic acid and (meth) acrylic acid are excellent in low viscosity, adhesiveness and durability, and low It is particularly preferable in terms of odor.

  (B) The content rate of a component shall be the range of 10 to 55 weight% on the basis of the whole composition. By setting it as this ratio, the adhesive force immediately after light irradiation, the final adhesive force, and durability can be made favorable. Moreover, adhesive force can be made more favorable by making the content rate of (B) component into the range of 10 to 35 weight%.

<Photocationic polymerization initiator (C)>
The photocurable adhesive of the present invention contains the epoxy compound (A), the oxetane compound (D) described above as a curing component, and an oxetane compound described later as necessary, and these are all cured by cationic polymerization. Therefore, a photocationic polymerization initiator is blended as the component (C). This cationic photopolymerization initiator generates a cationic species or a Lewis acid by irradiation with active energy rays such as visible light, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and electron beams, and starts a polymerization reaction of an epoxy group or an oxetanyl group.

  By blending a cationic photopolymerization initiator as component (C), curing at room temperature becomes possible, reducing the need to consider the heat resistance of the polarizer and distortion due to expansion or contraction, and adhere the protective film well. be able to. In addition, since the cationic photopolymerization initiator acts catalytically upon irradiation with active energy rays, it is excellent in storage stability and workability even when mixed with the epoxy compound (A) and the oxetane compound (D). Examples of the compound that generates a cationic species or a Lewis acid upon irradiation with active energy rays include aromatic diazonium salts, onium salts such as aromatic iodonium salts and aromatic sulfonium salts, and iron-allene complexes.

Examples of the aromatic diazonium salt include the following compounds.
Benzenediazonium hexafluoroantimonate,
Benzenediazonium hexafluorophosphate,
Benzenediazonium hexafluoroborate, etc.

Examples of the aromatic iodonium salt include the following compounds.
Diphenyliodonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate,
Diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate,
Diphenyliodonium hexafluoroantimonate,
Di (4-nonylphenyl) iodonium hexafluorophosphate and the like.

Examples of the aromatic sulfonium salt include the following compounds.
Triphenylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate,
Triphenylsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate,
Triphenylsulfonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate,
4,4'-bis (diphenylsulfonio) diphenyl sulfide bishexafluorophosphate,
4,4′-bis [di (β-hydroxyethoxy) phenylsulfonio] diphenyl sulfide bishexafluoroantimonate,
4,4′-bis [di (β-hydroxyethoxy) phenylsulfonio] diphenyl sulfide bishexafluorophosphate,
7- [di (p-toluyl) sulfonio] -2-isopropylthioxanthone hexafluoroantimonate,
7- [di (p-toluyl) sulfonio] -2-isopropylthioxanthone tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate,
4-phenylcarbonyl-4'-diphenylsulfonio-diphenyl sulfide hexafluorophosphate,
4- (p-tert-butylphenylcarbonyl) -4'-diphenylsulfonio-diphenyl sulfide hexafluoroantimonate,
4- (p-tert-butylphenylcarbonyl) -4'-di (p-toluyl) sulfonio-diphenyl sulfide tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate and the like.

Examples of the iron-allene complex include the following compounds.
Xylene-cyclopentadienyl iron (II) hexafluoroantimonate,
Cumene-cyclopentadienyl iron (II) hexafluorophosphate,
Xylene-cyclopentadienyl iron (II) -tris (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) methanide and the like.

  Each of these cationic photopolymerization initiators may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Among these, aromatic sulfonium salts are particularly preferably used because they have ultraviolet absorption characteristics even in a wavelength region of 300 nm or more, and therefore can provide a cured product having excellent curability and good mechanical strength and adhesive strength. It is done.

  As the component (C), commercially available products can be easily obtained. For example, “Kayarad PCI-220” and “Kayarad PCI-620” (manufactured by Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.) are trade names. "UVI-6992" (manufactured by Dow Chemical), "Adekaoptomer SP-150", "Adekaoptomer SP-160" (manufactured by ADEKA Corporation), "CI-5102", "CIT-" 1370 "," CIT-1682 "," CIP-1866S "," CIP-2048S "," CIP-2064S "(manufactured by Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.)," DPI-101 "," DPI-102 "," "DPI-103", "DPI-105", "MPI-103", "MPI-105", "BBI-101", "BBI-102", "BBI-103", "BBI-105" “TPS-101”, “TPS-102”, “TPS-103”, “TPS-105”, “MDS-103”, “MDS-105”, “DTS-102”, “DTS-103” Midori Chemical Co., Ltd.), "PI-2074" (Rhodia), "Irgacure 250", "Irgacure PAG103", "Irgacure PAG108", "Irgacure PAG121", "Irgacure PAG203" (above, manufactured by BASF) "CPI-100P", "CPI-101A", "CPI-210S", "CPI-110P" (manufactured by San Apro Co., Ltd.) and the like. In particular, “CPI-100P” and “CPI-110P” manufactured by San Apro Co., Ltd. are particularly preferable in terms of curability and adhesiveness.

  (C) The content rate of a component shall be the range of 0.5-10 weight% on the basis of the whole composition. When the proportion is less than 0.5% by weight, the adhesive is not sufficiently cured, and the mechanical strength and the adhesive strength are lowered. On the other hand, when the proportion exceeds 10% by weight, the ionic substance in the cured product is obtained. Since the hygroscopic property of the cured product increases and the durability performance may decrease due to an increase in the amount of the curable resin, it is not preferable. In addition, the content ratio of the component (C) is preferably 1 to 5% by weight. By setting the content within this range, optical properties such as transparency and durability can be improved.

<Oxetane compound (D)>
In the photocurable adhesive of the present invention, an oxetane compound represented by the following formula (2) is blended as the component (D). (D) By including a component, the adhesive force expression speed after light irradiation can be improved. Moreover, the final adhesive force when the relative humidity of the coating environment is about 45% can be improved. Furthermore, by including the component (D) in the relative humidity of the coating environment that can vary, the adhesive force can be expressed even if the relative humidity of the coating environment varies somewhat.

  As a content rate of (D) component, it is necessary to set it as 1-25 weight% on the basis of the whole composition, Preferably it is 1-18 weight%. (D) Increasing the final adhesive force when the adhesive strength development rate after light irradiation and the relative humidity of the coating environment are about 45% by containing the component in a proportion of 1 to 25% by weight. Can do. Further, by containing it in an amount of preferably 18% by weight or less, the relative humidity of the coating environment is about 45% without deteriorating the final adhesive force even when the relative humidity of the coating environment becomes about 65%. The final adhesive force and the adhesive force expression rate under both humidity conditions can be improved. As a content rate of (D) component, 1 to 12 weight% is more preferable.

<Oxetane compound (E)>
In the photocurable adhesive of the present invention, an oxetane compound represented by the following formula (3) can be blended as the component (E). By including (E) component, the adhesive force expression speed after light irradiation and the final adhesive force can further be improved.

  (E) It is preferable that the content rate of a component shall be 1-18 weight%. By setting it as this range, the adhesive force expression speed after light irradiation and the final adhesive force can further be improved. As a content rate of (E) component, 1 to 12 weight% is further more preferable.

<Photoradical polymerization initiator (F)>
The radical curable component such as the component (B) contained in the photo-curable adhesive of the present invention can be cured with radicals generated when the component (C) is decomposed by light, but the irradiation dose is small. In order to obtain a sufficient reaction rate, it is preferable to add a radical photopolymerization initiator as the component (F). (F) It is preferable that the mixture ratio of a component is 10 weight% or less on the basis of the whole composition, More preferably, it is 0.1 to 3 weight%. If the blending amount is 10% by weight or more, the durability may be lowered, which is not preferable.

  Specific examples of the component (F) include the following compounds.

4'-phenoxy-2,2-dichloroacetophenone, 4'-tert-butyl-2,2-dichloroacetophenone, 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone, 2-methyl-1- (4-methylthiophenyl)- 2-morpholinopropan-1-one, 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone, α, α-diethoxyacetophenone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one, 1- (4-isopropylphenyl) 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-1-one, 1- (4-dodecylphenyl) -2-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-1-one, 1- [4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) phenyl]- 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-1-one and 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1- (4- Acetophenone-based photopolymerization initiators such as ruphorinophenyl) butan-1-one;
Benzoin ether photoinitiators such as benzoin, benzoin methyl ether, benzoin ethyl ether, benzoin isopropyl ether, and benzoin isobutyl ether;
Benzophenone-based photopolymerization initiators such as benzophenone, methyl o-benzoylbenzoate, 4-phenylbenzophenone, 4-benzoyl-4'-methyldiphenyl sulfide, and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzophenone;
Thioxanthone photopolymerization initiators such as 2-isopropylthioxanthone, 2,4-diethylthioxanthone, 2,4-dichlorothioxanthone, and 1-chloro-4-propoxythioxanthone;
Such as 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide, bis (2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl) -2,4,4-trimethylpentylphosphine oxide, and bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phenylphosphine oxide , Acylphosphine oxide photopolymerization initiators;
Oxime ester photopolymerization initiators such as 1,2-octanedione, 1- [4- (phenylthiophenyl)]-, 2- (O-benzoyloxime);
Camphorquinone and the like.

As the component (F), one type can be used alone, or two or more types can be blended and used according to desired performance.
(F) When mix | blending the radical photopolymerization initiator of a component, the content rate is based on the whole composition, Preferably it is 10 weight% or less, More preferably, it is 0.1 to 3 weight%. If the content of the photo radical polymerization initiator (F) is more than 10% by weight, sufficient strength may not be obtained, and if the amount is insufficient, the adhesive may not be cured sufficiently.

<Leveling agent (G)>
The photocurable adhesive of the present invention preferably contains a leveling agent (G) for the purpose of obtaining a coated surface having excellent smoothness.
Examples of the component (G) include silicone leveling agents and fluorine leveling agents, and various commercially available leveling agents can be used.

  The preferable content rate of (G) component is 0.01 to 0.5 weight% on the basis of the whole composition. When the number of added parts is less than 0.01 parts, the effect of adding a leveling agent is small.

<Other curable components>
The photocurable adhesive of the present invention may contain other cationic curable components and radical curable components in addition to the components (A) to (G) described above.

  Examples of the cationic curable component other than the component (A), the component (D), and the component (E) include various epoxy compounds, oxetane compounds, and vinyl ether compounds.

  Specific examples of the epoxy compound other than the component (A) include diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol F, diglycidyl ether of brominated bisphenol A, phenol novolac epoxy resin, cresol novolac epoxy resin, biphenyl Type epoxy resin, hydroquinone diglycidyl ether, resorcin diglycidyl ether, terephthalic acid diglycidyl ester, phthalic acid diglycidyl ester, addition reaction product of terminal carboxylic acid polybutadiene and bisphenol A type epoxy resin, dicyclopentadiene dioxide, limonene dioxide 4-vinylcyclohexene dioxide, 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether, trimethylolpropane triglycidyl ether, pen Erythritol tetraglycidyl ether, polytetramethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, hydrogenated bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, epoxidized vegetable oil, 2- (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyltrimethoxysilane, 2- (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) Ethyltriethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, polybutadiene diglycidyl ether with hydroxyl groups at both ends, polybutadiene internal epoxidation product, double bond of styrene-butadiene copolymer Is partially epoxidized (for example, “Epofriend” manufactured by Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and part of the isoprene unit of block copolymer of ethylene-butylene copolymer and polyisoprene. Epoxidized compounds (e.g., the KRATON Co. "L-207"), and the like.

Specific examples of the oxetane compound other than the component (D) and the component (E) include an alkoxyalkyl group-containing monofunctional oxetane such as 3-ethyl-3- (2-ethylhexyloxymethyl) oxetane, and 3-ethyl-3. -Aromatic group-containing monofunctional oxetane, such as phenoxymethyloxetane, 1,4-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxymethyl] benzene, 1,4-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3- Yl) methoxy] benzene, 1,3-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] benzene, 1,2-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] benzene, 4,4 ′ -Bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] biphenyl, 2,2'-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] biff Nyl, 3,3 ′, 5,5′-tetramethyl-4,4′-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] biphenyl, 2,7-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3- Yl) methoxy] naphthalene, bis [4-{(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy} phenyl] methane, bis [2-{(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy} phenyl] methane, 2-bis [4-{(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy} phenyl] propane, an etherification modified product of novolac type phenol-formaldehyde resin with 3-chloromethyl-3-ethyloxetane, 3 (4), 8 (9) -bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxymethyl] -tricyclo [5.2.1.0 ^2,6 ] decane, 2,3-bis [(3-ethyl Oxetane-3-yl) methoxymethyl] norbornane, 1,1,1-tris [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxymethyl] propane, 1-butoxy-2,2-bis [(3-ethyloxetane- 3-yl) methoxymethyl] butane, 1,2-bis [{2- (3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy} ethylthio] ethane, bis [{4- (3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methylthio } Phenyl] sulfide, 1,6-bis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] -2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluorohexane, 3-[(3- Ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] propyltrimethoxysilane, 3-[(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxy] propyltriethoxysilane, 3-[(3-ethyl Hydrolysis condensate of oxetane-3-yl) methoxy] propyltrialkoxysilane, tetrakis [(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methyl] silicate, 3-ethyloxetane-3-ylmethanol and silanetetraol polycondensate These condensation reaction products are listed.

  Specific examples of the vinyl ether compound include cyclohexyl vinyl ether, 2-ethylhexyl vinyl ether, dodecyl vinyl ether, 4-hydroxybutyl vinyl ether, diethylene glycol monovinyl ether, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, cyclohexane dimethanol divinyl ether, and the like.

  The content of the cationic curable component other than the component (A), the component (D) and the component (E) is preferably less than 20% by weight, more preferably less than 10% by weight, based on the whole composition. Particularly preferably, it is less than 5% by weight.

  Examples of the radical curable component other than the component (B) include various compounds such as (meth) acrylates, (meth) acrylamides, maleimides, (meth) acrylic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, (meta ) Acrylic aldehyde, (meth) acryloylmorpholine, N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, triallyl isocyanurate, divinyl adipate, vinyltrimethoxysilane and the like.

  Specific examples of (meth) acrylates having one (meth) acryloyl group in the molecule include methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, propyl (meth) acrylate, isopropyl (meth) acrylate, butyl ( (Meth) acrylate, isobutyl (meth) acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth) acrylate, octyl (meth) acrylate, isooctyl (meth) acrylate, lauryl (meth) acrylate, stearyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate -To, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl (meth) acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth) acrylate, isobornyl (meth) acrylate, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethylol mono (Meth) acrylate, dicyclopentanyl (meth) acrylate, dicyclopentenyl (meth) acrylate, dicyclopentenyloxyethyl (meth) acrylate, benzyl (meth) acrylate, phenol alkylene oxide adduct (meth) acrylate, p- (Meth) acrylate of cumylphenol alkylene oxide adduct, (meth) acrylate of o-phenylphenol alkylene oxide adduct, (meth) acrylate of nonylphenol alkylene oxide adduct, 2-methoxyethyl (meth) acrylate, ethoxyethoxyethyl (Meth) acrylate, (meth) acrylate of 2-ethylhexyl alcohol alkylene oxide adduct, pentanediol mono (meth) acrylate, hexane All mono (meth) acrylate, mono (meth) acrylate of diethylene glycol, mono (meth) acrylate of triethylene glycol, mono (meth) acrylate of tetraethylene glycol, mono (meth) acrylate of polyethylene glycol, mono (meth) acrylate of dipropylene glycol ( (Meth) acrylate, mono (meth) acrylate of tripropylene glycol, mono (meth) acrylate of polypropylene glycol, 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxy-3-butoxypropyl (meth) acrylate, tetrahydro Furfuryl (meth) acrylate, caprolactone-modified tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth) acrylate, (2-ethyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl ) Methyl (meth) acrylate, (2-isobutyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl) methyl (meth) acrylate, (1,4-dioxaspiro [4,5] decan-2-yl) methyl (Meth) acrylate, glycidyl (meth) acrylate, 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl (meth) acrylate, (3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methyl (meth) acrylate, 2- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl isocyanate, allyl (Meth) acrylate, N- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl hexahydrophthalimide, N- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl tetrahydrophthalimide, 2- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl hexahydrophthalic acid, 2- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl succinate Acid, ω-ca Boxy-polycaprolactone mono (meth) acrylate, 2- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl acid phosphate, 3- (meth) acryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3- (meth) acryloyloxypropyldimethoxymethylsilane, 3- (meth ) Acryloyloxypropyltriethoxysilane and the like.

  Specific examples of (meth) acrylates other than the component (B) having two or more (meth) acryloyl groups in the molecule include triethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate and tripropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate. , Polyethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, polypropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, di (meth) acrylate of bisphenol A alkylene oxide adduct, urethane (meth) acrylate having 16 or more carbon atoms, polyester (meth) having 16 or more carbon atoms Examples thereof include acrylates and epoxy (meth) acrylates having 16 or more carbon atoms.

  Specific examples of (meth) acrylamides include (meth) acrylamide, N, N-dimethyl (meth) acrylamide, N, N-diethyl (meth) acrylamide, N-methylol (meth) acrylamide, N- (3-N , N-dimethylaminopropyl) (meth) acrylamide, methylenebis (meth) acrylamide, ethylenebis (meth) acrylamide, N, N-diallyl (meth) acrylamide and the like.

  Specific examples of maleimides include N-methylmaleimide, N-hydroxyethylmaleimide, N-hydroxyethylcitraconimide, urethanized reaction product of N-hydroxyethylcitraconimide and isophorone diisocyanate, and the like.

  The content ratio of the radical curable component other than the component (B) is preferably less than 20% by weight based on the whole composition.

<Other ingredients that have no curability>
Furthermore, in the photocurable adhesive of the present invention, other components having no curability can be arbitrarily blended as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Specifically, the photosensitizer , Thermal cationic polymerization initiator, polyol compound, water and the like.

  Specific examples of the photosensitizer include benzophenone, methyl o-benzoylbenzoate, 2-isopropylthioxanthone, and 9,10-dibutoxyanthracene. Among these, there is a compound corresponding to the photoradical polymerization initiator of the component (F), but the photosensitizer here functions as a sensitizer for the photocationic polymerization initiator of the component (C). To do. These may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

  The content ratio of the photosensitizer is preferably less than 3% by weight based on the whole composition.

  Specific examples of the thermal cationic polymerization initiator include benzylsulfonium salt, thiophenium salt, thioranium salt, benzylammonium salt, pyridinium salt, hydrazinium salt, carboxylic acid ester, sulfonic acid ester, and amine imide. These initiators can be easily obtained as commercial products. For example, both of them are indicated by trade names, “Adeka Opton CP77” and “Adeka Opton CP66” (above, manufactured by ADEKA Corporation), “CI” -2639 "and" CI-2624 "(manufactured by Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.)," Sun-Aid SI-60L "," Sun-Aid SI-80L "and" Sun-Aid SI-100L "(Sanshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) Manufactured).

  The content ratio of the thermal cationic polymerization initiator is preferably less than 3% by weight based on the whole composition.

  Specific examples of the polyol compound include ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, polyether polyol compound, polyester polyol compound, polycaprolactone polyol compound, and polycarbonate polyol compound.

  The blending ratio of the polyol compound is preferably less than 10% by weight based on the whole composition.

  The viscosity of the photo-curable adhesive of the present invention is 150 mPa · s or less at 25 ° C. in order to obtain a coating surface that can be used in the manufacturing process of a polarizing plate, that is, a thin coated film with excellent smoothness. It is preferable that it is 100 mPa · s or less. More preferably, it is 50 mPa · s or less.

  A small amount of water may be added to the photocurable adhesive of the present invention in order to improve the adhesive force to a highly dry polarizer. In this case, the amount of water added is preferably less than 3% by weight, more preferably less than 1% by weight, based on the entire composition.

  In addition to these, as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired, an ion trap agent, an antioxidant, a light stabilizer, a chain transfer agent, a tackifier, a thermoplastic resin, metal oxide fine particles, an antifoaming agent, a dye, An organic solvent can also be blended.

[Polarizer]
The photocurable adhesive described above is used for adhering a protective film to a polarizer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye, and thus the protective film is provided on the polarizer. Bonded to become a polarizing plate. That is, the polarizing plate according to the present invention is obtained by bonding a protective film to a polarizer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye. The protective film may be bonded only to one side of the polarizer, or may be bonded to both sides of the polarizer. When a protective film is bonded to both surfaces of the polarizer, each protective film may be made of the same type of resin, or may be made of a different type of resin.

<Polarizer>
The polyvinyl alcohol resin constituting the polarizer can be obtained by saponifying a polyvinyl acetate resin. Examples of the polyvinyl acetate resin include, in addition to polyvinyl acetate, which is a homopolymer of vinyl acetate, copolymers of vinyl acetate and other monomers copolymerizable therewith. Examples of other monomers copolymerized with vinyl acetate include unsaturated carboxylic acids, olefins, vinyl ethers, and unsaturated sulfonic acids. The degree of saponification of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is usually 85 to 100 mol%, preferably 98 to 100 mol%. This polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be further modified, and for example, polyvinyl formal or polyvinyl acetal modified with aldehydes may be used. The degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is usually 1,000 to 10,000, preferably 1,500 to 10,000.

  The polarizing plate is a step of uniaxially stretching such a polyvinyl alcohol resin film, a step of dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol resin film with a dichroic dye, and adsorbing the dichroic dye, and the dichroic dye is adsorbed. A step of treating the polyvinyl alcohol resin film with an aqueous boric acid solution, a step of washing with water after the treatment with the boric acid aqueous solution, and a uniaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol resin film in which these steps are applied to adsorb and orient the dichroic dye It is manufactured through a process of pasting a protective film.

  Uniaxial stretching may be performed before dyeing with a dichroic dye, may be performed simultaneously with dyeing with a dichroic dye, or may be performed after dyeing with a dichroic dye. When uniaxial stretching is performed after dyeing with a dichroic dye, this uniaxial stretching may be performed before boric acid treatment or during boric acid treatment. Of course, it is also possible to perform uniaxial stretching in these plural stages. For uniaxial stretching, rolls having different peripheral speeds may be uniaxially stretched or uniaxially stretched using a hot roll. Moreover, the dry-type extending | stretching which extends | stretches in air | atmosphere may be sufficient, and the wet extending | stretching which extends | stretches in the state swollen with the solvent may be sufficient. The draw ratio is usually about 4 to 8 times.

  In order to dye the polyvinyl alcohol resin film with the dichroic dye, for example, the polyvinyl alcohol resin film may be immersed in an aqueous solution containing the dichroic dye. Specifically, iodine or a dichroic dye is used as the dichroic dye.

  When iodine is used as the dichroic dye, a method of dyeing a polyvinyl alcohol resin film by dipping in an aqueous solution containing iodine and potassium iodide is usually employed. The content of iodine in this aqueous solution is usually about 0.01 to 0.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water, and the content of potassium iodide is usually about 0.5 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. It is. The temperature of this aqueous solution is usually about 20 to 40 ° C., and the immersion time in this aqueous solution is usually about 30 to 300 seconds.

On the other hand, when a dichroic dye is used as the dichroic dye, a method of immersing and dyeing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film in an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble dichroic dye is usually employed. The content of the dichroic dye in this aqueous solution is usually about 1 × 10 ⁻³ to 1 × 10 ⁻² parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. This aqueous solution may contain an inorganic salt such as sodium sulfate. The temperature of this aqueous solution is usually about 20 to 80 ° C., and the immersion time in this aqueous solution is usually about 30 to 300 seconds.

  The boric acid treatment after dyeing with a dichroic dye is performed by immersing the dyed polyvinyl alcohol resin film in an aqueous boric acid solution. The boric acid content in the boric acid aqueous solution is usually about 2 to 15 parts by weight, preferably about 5 to 12 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. When iodine is used as the dichroic dye, this aqueous boric acid solution preferably contains potassium iodide. The content of potassium iodide in the boric acid aqueous solution is usually about 2 to 20 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 15 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of water. The immersion time in the boric acid aqueous solution is usually about 100 to 1,200 seconds, preferably about 150 to 600 seconds, and more preferably about 200 to 400 seconds. The temperature of the boric acid aqueous solution is usually 50 ° C. or higher, preferably 50 to 85 ° C.

  The polyvinyl alcohol resin film after the boric acid treatment is usually washed with water. The water washing treatment is performed, for example, by immersing a boric acid-treated polyvinyl alcohol resin film in water. After washing with water, a drying process is performed to obtain a polarizer. The temperature of water in the water washing treatment is usually about 5 to 40 ° C., and the immersion time is usually about 2 to 120 seconds. The drying process performed thereafter is usually performed using a hot air dryer or a far infrared heater. The drying temperature is usually 40 to 100 ° C. The processing time in the drying process is usually about 120 to 600 seconds.

  Thus, a polarizer comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film on which iodine or dichroic dye as a dichroic dye is adsorbed and oriented is obtained.

<Protective film>
Next, a protective film is bonded to one side or both sides of the polarizer using the photocurable adhesive described above. Triacetyl cellulose film is widely employed conventionally as a protective film of the polarizer has a generally moisture permeability of approximately 400g / m ² / 24hr, the present invention is stuck on at least one surface of the polarizer As the protective film, a resin having a moisture permeability lower than that of triacetyl cellulose, and a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, or an amorphous polyolefin-based resin is employed.

  The type of polyester resin used for the protective film is not particularly limited, but polyethylene terephthalate is particularly preferable in terms of mechanical properties, solvent resistance, scratch resistance, cost, and the like. Polyethylene terephthalate means a resin in which 80 mol% or more of repeating units are composed of ethylene terephthalate, and may contain structural units derived from other copolymerization components. Other copolymer components include isophthalic acid, p-β-hydroxyethoxybenzoic acid, 4,4′-dicarboxydiphenyl, 4,4′-dicarboxybenzophenone, bis (4-carboxyphenyl) ethane, adipic acid, Dicarboxylic acid components such as sebacic acid, 5-sodium sulfoisophthalic acid, and 1,4-dicarboxycyclohexane; propylene glycol, butanediol, neopentyl glycol, diethylene glycol, cyclohexanediol, ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, polyethylene glycol And diol components such as polypropylene glycol and polytetramethylene glycol. These dicarboxylic acid components and diol components can also be used in combination of two or more as required. Further, a hydroxycarboxylic acid such as p-hydroxybenzoic acid can be used in combination with the dicarboxylic acid component and the diol component. As other copolymerization component, a small amount of a dicarboxylic acid component and / or a diol component having an amide bond, a urethane bond, an ether bond, a carbonate bond, or the like may be used.

  The polyester resin can be produced by directly reacting terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol (and other dicarboxylic acids and / or other diols if necessary), so-called direct polymerization method, dimethyl ester of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol ( Furthermore, an arbitrary method such as a so-called transesterification method in which a dimethyl ester of another dicarboxylic acid and / or another diol) is transesterified as necessary can be employed. Moreover, the polyester resin may contain a well-known additive as needed. Examples of the additive that can be contained include a lubricant, an antiblocking agent, a heat stabilizer, an antioxidant, an antistatic agent, a light resistance agent, and an impact resistance improving agent. However, since transparency is required as a protective film laminated on the polarizing film, it is preferable to keep the amount of these additives to a minimum.

  A protective film made of a stretched polyester resin can be produced by forming the raw material resin into a film and subjecting it to uniaxial stretching or biaxial stretching. By performing the stretching treatment, a film having high mechanical strength can be obtained. The method for producing the stretched polyester resin film is arbitrary and is not particularly limited. However, the non-oriented film obtained by melting the raw material resin and extruding it into a sheet is formed at a temperature above the glass transition temperature. And a method of performing heat setting after transverse stretching.

  When using a polyester resin as a protective film, in order to obtain good adhesion, it is preferable to carry out a corona treatment before applying an adhesive or to use a polyester resin film having a surface easy adhesion treatment layer. .

  The polycarbonate resin used for the protective film is a polyester formed from carbonic acid and glycol or bisphenol. Among these, an aromatic polycarbonate having a diphenylalkane in the molecular chain is preferably used because it is excellent in heat resistance, weather resistance and acid resistance. Such polycarbonates include 2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane (also known as bisphenol A), 2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) butane, 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) cyclohexane, Illustrative are polycarbonates derived from bisphenols, such as 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) isobutane or 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane.

  As a method for producing a polycarbonate resin film, any method such as a casting film forming method or a melt extrusion method may be used. As an example of a specific production method, a polycarbonate resin is dissolved in an appropriate organic solvent to form a polycarbonate resin solution, which is cast on a metal support to form a web, and the web is peeled off from the metal support. A method of obtaining a film by drying the peeled web with hot air after taking off can be mentioned.

  The acrylic resin used for the protective film is not particularly limited, but is generally a polymer having a methacrylic acid ester as a main monomer, and is preferably a copolymer in which a small amount of other comonomer components are copolymerized. . The methacrylic acid ester as the main component of the acrylic resin is usually an alkyl methacrylate, and methyl methacrylate is particularly preferably used. As the comonomer component, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethyl-hexyl acrylate and the like are generally used. Further, an aromatic vinyl compound such as styrene, a vinyl cyanide compound such as acrylonitrile, or the like may be used as a comonomer component.

  As a method for producing the acrylic resin, any method such as ordinary bulk polymerization, suspension polymerization, emulsion polymerization and the like can be adopted. Among these, bulk polymerization in which no water-soluble component is present in the polymerization system is particularly preferably employed. In order to obtain a suitable glass transition temperature or to obtain a viscosity exhibiting a formability to a suitable film, it is preferable to use a chain transfer agent during polymerization. What is necessary is just to determine the quantity of a chain transfer agent suitably according to the kind and composition of a monomer. Moreover, the acrylic resin may contain a well-known additive as needed. Known additives include, for example, lubricants, anti-blocking agents, heat stabilizers, antioxidants, antistatic agents, light resistance agents, impact resistance improvers, surfactants and the like. However, since transparency is required as a protective film laminated on the polarizing film, it is preferable to keep the amount of these additives to a minimum.

  As a method for producing the acrylic resin film, any method such as a melt casting method, a melt extrusion method such as a T-die method or an inflation method, or a calendar method may be used. Especially, the method of melt-extruding raw material resin, for example from a T die, and making a film by making at least one side of the film-form thing contact a roll or a belt is preferable at the point from which a surface property favorable film | membrane is obtained.

  The acrylic resin may contain acrylic rubber particles that are impact modifiers from the viewpoint of film-forming properties on the film and impact resistance of the film. The acrylic rubber particles here are particles having an elastic polymer mainly composed of an acrylate ester as an essential component, and those having a single layer structure consisting essentially of this elastic polymer, or this elastic polymer. Can be a multi-layer structure having a single layer. An example of such an elastic polymer is a cross-linked elastic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing an alkyl acrylate as a main component with another vinyl monomer and a cross-linkable monomer copolymerizable therewith. Examples of the alkyl acrylate that is the main component of the elastic polymer include those having an alkyl group of about 1 to 8 carbon atoms, such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. An acrylate having an alkyl group of several 4 or more is preferably used. Examples of the other vinyl monomer copolymerizable with the alkyl acrylate include compounds having one polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule, and more specifically, methacrylic acid such as methyl methacrylate. Examples thereof include aromatic vinyl compounds such as esters and styrene and vinylcyan compounds such as acrylonitrile. Examples of the crosslinkable monomer include crosslinkable compounds having at least two polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds in the molecule, and more specifically, ethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate and butanediol. Examples include (meth) acrylates of polyhydric alcohols such as di (meth) acrylate, alkenyl esters of (meth) acrylic acid such as allyl (meth) acrylate, and divinylbenzene.

  Furthermore, a laminate of a film made of an acrylic resin not containing rubber particles and a film made of an acrylic resin containing rubber particles can be used as a protective film.

  When an acrylic resin is used as a protective film, it is possible to obtain good adhesion without corona treatment when the composition of the present invention is used. For the purpose of, for example, corona treatment may be performed before applying the adhesive.

  The amorphous polyolefin resin used for the protective film is usually a polymer having a polymer unit derived from a polycyclic cyclic olefin such as norbornene, a derivative thereof, or dimethanooctahydronaphthalene. When a double bond remains as in the above, it is preferably a thermoplastic resin hydrogenated there. The amorphous polyolefin-based resin may be a copolymer of a cyclic olefin and a chain olefin, or a polar group may be introduced. Among them, a thermoplastic saturated norbornene resin is representative. Examples of commercially available amorphous polyolefin resins include “Arton” from JSR Corporation, “ZEONEX” and “ZEONOR” from Nippon Zeon Corporation, “APO” and “APO” from Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. Appel ”. When the amorphous polyolefin-based resin is formed into a film, a known method such as a solvent casting method or a melt extrusion method is appropriately used for forming the film.

  When an amorphous polyolefin-based resin is used as the protective film, it is preferable to perform a corona treatment before applying the adhesive in order to obtain good adhesion.

  In the polarizing plate used on the viewing side of the liquid crystal display device, an antiglare property can be imparted to the protective film disposed on the viewing side, that is, on the side opposite to the liquid crystal cell. In this case, it is common to provide an antiglare layer having surface irregularities on the surface on the viewing side of the protective film, that is, the surface opposite to the surface to be bonded to the polarizer. In general, the antiglare layer imparts irregularities to the active energy ray-curable resin by an embossing method, or imparts irregularities by blending and curing the active energy ray-curable resin with fine particles having a refractive index different from that. It is formed by the method. When the protective film is made of an acrylic resin, a light diffusing layer in which fine particles having a refractive index different from that in the acrylic resin as a binder are blended, and a transparent layer made of an acrylic resin in which such fine particles are not blended, It is also effective to form a protective film with the laminated film. In this case, a laminated film composed of two layers, the light diffusion layer and the transparent layer, is bonded to the polarizer on the light diffusion layer side, and both surfaces of the light diffusion layer are the transparent layers. The laminated film of the 3 layer structure pinched | interposed by can be employ | adopted as the form which bonds to a polarizer with the one transparent layer. Furthermore, even when an acrylic resin laminated film imparted with antiglare properties by including such a light diffusing layer is used as a protective film, the surface on the viewing side, that is, the surface to be bonded to the polarizer is It is also effective to further improve the antiglare performance by providing the antiglare layer as described above on the opposite surface.

  As described above, in particular, when an acrylic resin film is used as a protective film, the epoxy resin alone, which does not contain an aromatic ring as shown in the above Patent Document 6 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-245925), does not necessarily have sufficient adhesion. However, the composition of the present invention gives good adhesion even when such an acrylic resin film is used as a protective film. Therefore, the present invention is particularly useful when an acrylic resin film is used as a protective film.

  In the present invention, the protective film made of the transparent resin film selected from the polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin and amorphous polyolefin-based resin described above is provided on at least one surface of the polarizer. Bonded via an adhesive. When bonding a protective film only to one side of a polarizer, for example, it may take a form such as directly providing an adhesive layer for bonding to another member such as a liquid crystal cell on the other side of the polarizer. it can.

  On the other hand, when a protective film is bonded to both surfaces of the polarizer, the respective protective films may be the same type or different types. Specifically, for example, a form in which a polyester resin film is bonded as a protective film on both sides of a polarizer, a form in which a polycarbonate resin is bonded as a protective film on both sides of a polarizer, and an acrylic resin as a protective film on both sides of the polarizer Any one selected from polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin, and amorphous polyolefin resin on one side of the polarizer, a mode in which an amorphous polyolefin resin is bonded to both sides of the polarizer as a protective film The transparent resin film is bonded as a protective film, and the other surface of the polarizer is any one selected from a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin-based resin, and the one-side protective film A mode of pasting a transparent resin film different from that as a protective film can be employed. Furthermore, a transparent resin film selected from a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin resin is bonded to one side of the polarizer as a protective film, and the polyester resin is attached to the other side of the polarizer. It is also possible to adopt a form in which a transparent resin film different from any of polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin and amorphous polyolefin resin is bonded as a protective film. When bonding a protective film on both surfaces of a polarizer, two protective films may be bonded one step at a time, or both surfaces may be bonded in one step.

  When a protective film is pasted on both sides of a polarizer, and one of them is a resin film different from a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin resin, the other A preferred example of the resin is a cellulose resin. In addition, the protective film made of polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin and amorphous polyolefin-based resin bonded to one surface of the polarizer can be passed through the photocurable adhesive described above according to the present invention. Although it adhere | attaches, the protective film bonded by the other surface of a polarizer may be adhere | attached through another adhesive agent. For example, when a protective film made of a resin film having a relatively high moisture permeability such as a cellulose resin film is provided on one surface of the polarizer, a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive is attached to the bonding surface of the resin film having a high moisture permeability. Adhesives other than the epoxy type such as an agent may be used. However, since the photocurable adhesive according to the present invention gives a high adhesive force to the cellulose-based resin film exemplified here, it is advantageous to use the same adhesive on both sides of the polarizer because the operation becomes simple. It is.

  Cellulose-based resins that can be used as one protective film are cellulose partial or completely esterified products, and examples thereof include cellulose acetate, propionate, butyrate, and mixed esters thereof. Specific examples include triacetyl cellulose, diacetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate propionate, and cellulose acetate butyrate. Examples of commercially available films made of such cellulose ester resins include “Fujitac TD80”, “Fujitac TD80UF” and “Fujitac TD80UZ” manufactured by Fujifilm Co., Ltd., “Konica Minolta Opt Co., Ltd.” KC8UX2M "and" KC8UY ". A cellulose resin film provided with an optical compensation function can also be used. As such an optical compensation film, for example, a film in which a compound having a retardation adjusting function is contained in a cellulose resin, a film in which a compound having a retardation adjusting function is applied to the surface of the cellulose resin film, and a cellulose resin film are uniaxially Or the film obtained by extending | stretching biaxially is mentioned. Examples of commercially available cellulose-based optical compensation films include “Wide View Film WV BZ 438” and “Wide View Film WV EA” manufactured by Fuji Film Co., Ltd., “Konica Minolta Opto Co., Ltd.” KC4FR-1 "and" KC4HR-1 ".

  Polysulfone resin, cycloaliphatic polyimide are examples of other resins that are different from polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin, and amorphous polyolefin resin, and can be used as one protective film. Resin etc. are mentioned.

  Prior to bonding to the polarizer, the protective film may be subjected to easy adhesion treatment such as saponification treatment, corona treatment, primer treatment, and anchor coating treatment on the bonding surface. Moreover, you may have various process layers, such as a hard-coat layer, an antireflection layer, and a glare-proof layer, on the surface on the opposite side to the bonding surface to the polarizer of a protective film. The thickness of the protective film is usually in the range of about 5 to 200 μm, preferably 10 to 120 μm, and more preferably 10 to 85 μm.

[Production method of polarizing plate]
The polarizing plate of the present invention is provided on at least one of the bonding surfaces of the polarizer described above and a protective film made of a transparent resin film selected from a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin resin. , The adhesive application step of applying the photocurable adhesive described above, the bonding step of bonding the polarizer and the protective film through the resulting adhesive layer, and the polarization through this adhesive layer It can manufacture by the method of including the hardening process which hardens a photocurable adhesive agent in the state in which the child | child and the protective film were bonded.

<Adhesive application process>
In the adhesive application step, the above-described photocurable adhesive is applied to at least one of the bonding surfaces of the polarizer and the protective film. When the photocurable adhesive is directly applied to the surface of the polarizer or the protective film, the application method is not particularly limited. For example, various coating methods such as a doctor blade, a wire bar, a die coater, a comma coater, and a gravure coater can be used. Moreover, after casting the photocurable adhesive demonstrated previously between a polarizer and a protective film, the method of pressing with a roll etc. and spreading uniformly can also be utilized.
The atmospheric temperature in the adhesive application step is preferably 15 to 30 ° C, and particularly preferably 20 to 25 ° C. The relative humidity of the coating atmosphere is preferably 80% or less, more preferably 70% or less, still more preferably 30 to 70%, and particularly preferably 40 to 60%.

<Bonding process>
Thus, after apply | coating a photocurable adhesive agent, it uses for a bonding process. In this bonding step, for example, when a photocurable adhesive is applied to the surface of the polarizer in the previous application step, a protective film is superimposed thereon, and in the previous application step, the surface of the protective film is photocurable. When an adhesive is applied, a polarizer is superimposed thereon. In addition, when a photocurable adhesive is cast between the polarizer and the protective film, the polarizer and the protective film are superposed in that state. When a protective film is pasted on both sides of a polarizer, and the photocurable adhesive of the present invention is used on both sides, the protective film is superimposed on each side of the polarizer via a photocurable adhesive. Is done. Normally, both sides are protected in this state (when a protective film is placed on one side of the polarizer, the polarizer side and the protective film side, and when a protective film is placed on both sides of the polarizer, both sides are protected. The pressure is sandwiched between rolls from the membrane side). Here, metal, rubber, or the like can be used as the material of the roll. The rolls arranged on both sides may be the same material or different materials.

<Curing process>
As described above, the one in which the polarizer and the protective film are bonded through the uncured photocurable adhesive is then subjected to a curing step. In this curing step, the photocurable adhesive is irradiated with active energy rays to cure the adhesive layer containing the epoxy compound, (meth) acrylate, oxetane compound, and the like, thereby bonding the polarizer and the protective film. When a protective film is bonded to one side of the polarizer, the active energy ray may be irradiated from either the polarizer side or the protective film side. In addition, when a protective film is bonded to both sides of the polarizer, active energy rays are applied from either side of the protective film in a state where the protective film is bonded to both sides of the polarizer via a photocurable adhesive. It is advantageous to simultaneously cure the photocurable adhesive on both sides. However, when either one of the protective films contains an ultraviolet absorber (for example, when a cellulose-based resin film containing an ultraviolet absorber is used as one protective film), the active energy rays are ultraviolet rays. In this case, the ultraviolet ray is usually irradiated from the side of the protective film not containing the other ultraviolet absorbent.

  Visible rays, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, electron beams, and the like can be used as the active energy rays, but ultraviolet rays are generally preferably used because they are easy to handle and have a sufficient curing rate. The light source of the active energy ray is not particularly limited, but has a light emission distribution at a wavelength of 400 nm or less, for example, a low pressure mercury lamp, a medium pressure mercury lamp, a high pressure mercury lamp, an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp, a chemical lamp, a black light lamp, a microwave excitation mercury lamp, a metal halide lamp. An LED lamp or the like can be used.

The light irradiation intensity to the photocurable adhesive is determined for each target composition and is not particularly limited, but the irradiation intensity in the wavelength region effective for activating the polymerization initiator is UV. -B (middle wavelength range ultraviolet ray of 280 to 320 nm) is preferably 1 to 3,000 mW / cm ² . When the irradiation intensity is less than 1 mW / cm ² , the reaction time becomes too long, while when the irradiation intensity exceeds 3,000 mW / cm ² , the heat radiated from the lamp and the polymerization of the photo-curing adhesive The heat generation may cause yellowing of the photocurable adhesive and deterioration of the polarizer.

The light irradiation time to the photocurable adhesive is controlled for each composition to be cured and is not particularly limited, but the integrated light amount represented by the product of the irradiation intensity and the irradiation time is UV-B. It is preferably set to be 10 to 5,000 mJ / cm ² . When the integrated light quantity is less than 10 mJ / cm ² , active species derived from the polymerization initiator are not sufficiently generated, and the adhesive layer may be insufficiently cured, while the integrated light quantity is 5,000 mJ. If it exceeds / cm ² , the irradiation time becomes very long, which is disadvantageous for improving productivity.

  When curing the photocurable adhesive by irradiating with active energy rays, it should be cured under conditions that do not deteriorate the functions of the polarizing plate, such as the degree of polarization of the polarizer, the transmittance and hue, and the transparency of the protective film. Is preferred.

  In the polarizing plate thus obtained, the thickness of the adhesive layer is usually 50 μm or less, preferably 20 μm or less, more preferably 10 μm or less.

[Optical member]
When using a polarizing plate, it can also be set as the optical member which laminated | stacked the optical layer which shows optical functions other than a polarization function on the one side. For the optical layer laminated on the polarizing plate for the purpose of forming an optical member, for example, formation of a liquid crystal display device such as a reflective layer, a transflective reflective layer, a light diffusing layer, a retardation plate, a light collecting plate, a brightness enhancement film, etc. There are various types used in The reflective layer, transflective reflective layer, and light diffusing layer are used when forming an optical member comprising a reflective or transflective type, diffusive type, or a polarizing plate of both types.

  The reflective polarizing plate is used in a liquid crystal display device of a type that reflects and displays incident light from the viewing side. Since a light source such as a backlight can be omitted, the liquid crystal display device can be easily thinned. The transflective polarizing plate is used in a liquid crystal display device that displays as a reflection type in a bright place and displays using a light source such as a backlight in a dark place. An optical member as a reflective polarizing plate can form a reflective layer by attaching a foil or a vapor deposition film made of a metal such as aluminum to a protective film on a polarizer, for example. The optical member as a transflective polarizing plate can be formed by using the reflective layer as a half mirror, or by adhering a reflective plate exhibiting light transmittance by containing a pearl pigment or the like to the polarizing plate. On the other hand, an optical member as a diffusion type polarizing plate can be applied to various methods such as a method of performing a mat treatment on a protective film on a polarizing plate, a method of applying a resin containing fine particles, and a method of bonding a film containing fine particles Use to form a fine relief structure on the surface.

  Furthermore, the optical member as a polarizing plate for both reflection and diffusion can be formed by, for example, a method of providing a reflective layer reflecting the concavo-convex structure on the fine concavo-convex structure surface of the diffusive polarizing plate. The reflective layer having a fine concavo-convex structure has advantages such that incident light is diffused by irregular reflection, directivity and glare can be prevented, and unevenness in brightness and darkness can be suppressed. In addition, the resin layer or film containing fine particles has an advantage that incident light and its reflected light are diffused when passing through the fine particle-containing layer, and uneven brightness can be further suppressed. The reflective layer reflecting the surface fine concavo-convex structure can be formed by, for example, attaching a metal directly to the surface of the fine concavo-convex structure by a method such as vacuum deposition, ion plating, sputtering or other vapor deposition or plating. Examples of the fine particles to be blended to form the surface fine concavo-convex structure include, for example, inorganic fine particles composed of silica, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, zirconia, tin oxide, indium oxide or the like having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 30 μm, crosslinked or Organic fine particles made of an uncrosslinked polymer or the like can be used.

  On the other hand, the above-described retardation plate as an optical layer is used for the purpose of compensation of retardation by a liquid crystal cell. Examples thereof include a birefringent film made of a stretched film of various plastics, a film in which a discotic liquid crystal or a nematic liquid crystal is oriented and fixed, and a film substrate on which the above liquid crystal layer is formed. In this case, a cellulose-based film such as triacetyl cellulose is preferably used as the film substrate that supports the oriented liquid crystal layer.

  Examples of the plastic forming the birefringent film include polycarbonate, polyvinyl alcohol, polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, polyolefin such as polypropylene, polyarylate, polyamide, and amorphous polyolefin resin. The stretched film may be processed by an appropriate method such as uniaxial or biaxial. Moreover, the birefringent film which controlled the refractive index of the thickness direction of a film by applying a shrinkage force and / or extending | stretching force under adhesion | attachment with a heat-shrinkable film may be sufficient. Note that two or more retardation plates may be used in combination for the purpose of controlling optical characteristics such as broadening the bandwidth.

  The light collector is used for the purpose of optical path control and can be formed as a prism array sheet, a lens array sheet, or a dot-attached sheet.

  The brightness enhancement film is used for the purpose of improving the brightness in a liquid crystal display device or the like. For example, a plurality of thin film films having different refractive index anisotropies are laminated to make the reflectance anisotropy. Examples thereof include a reflection-type linearly polarized light separating sheet designed so as to occur, an oriented film of cholesteric liquid crystal polymer, and a circularly polarized light separating sheet in which the oriented liquid crystal layer is supported on a film substrate.

  The optical member is selected from the polarizing plate, the reflective layer or the semi-transmissive reflective layer, the light diffusion layer, the retardation plate, the light collector, the brightness enhancement film, etc. These optical layers can be combined to form a laminate of two layers or three or more layers. In that case, two or more optical layers such as a light diffusion layer, a phase difference plate, a light collecting plate, and a brightness enhancement film may be arranged. In addition, there is no limitation in particular in arrangement | positioning of each optical layer.

  The various optical layers that form the optical member are integrated with the polarizing plate using an adhesive, but the adhesive used for this purpose is not particularly limited as long as the adhesive layer is well formed. It is preferable to use a pressure-sensitive adhesive (also referred to as a pressure-sensitive adhesive) from the viewpoint of easy bonding work and prevention of optical distortion. As the pressure-sensitive adhesive, an acrylic polymer, a silicone polymer, polyester, polyurethane, polyether or the like as a base polymer can be used. Above all, like acrylic adhesives, it has excellent optical transparency, retains appropriate wettability and cohesion, has excellent adhesion to substrates, and has weather resistance and heat resistance. It is preferable to select and use one that does not cause peeling problems such as floating and peeling under the conditions of heating and humidification. In acrylic adhesives, alkyl esters of (meth) acrylic acid having an alkyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms such as methyl group, ethyl group and butyl group, (meth) acrylic acid, hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, etc. An acrylic copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more, which was polymerized with a functional group-containing acrylic monomer comprising a polymer having a glass transition temperature of preferably 25 ° C. or lower, more preferably 0 ° C. or lower. The coalescence is useful as a base polymer.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on the polarizing plate by, for example, dissolving or dispersing the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition in an organic solvent such as toluene or ethyl acetate to prepare a liquid having a solid content concentration of 10 to 40% by weight. By the method of forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by coating directly on the top, or by the method of forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by transferring it onto the polarizing plate by previously forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the separate film ,It can be carried out. Although the thickness of an adhesive layer is determined according to the adhesive force etc., the range of about 1-50 micrometers is suitable.

  In addition, the adhesive layer is blended with fillers made of glass fibers, glass beads, resin beads, metal powders and other inorganic powders, pigments, colorants, antioxidants, UV absorbers, etc., as necessary. May be. Examples of ultraviolet absorbers include salicylic acid ester compounds, benzophenone compounds, benzotriazole compounds, cyanoacrylate compounds, and nickel complex compounds.

[Liquid Crystal Display]
The above optical members can be arranged on one side or both sides of the liquid crystal cell to form a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal cell to be used is arbitrary. For example, a liquid crystal display device using various liquid crystal cells such as an active matrix drive type typified by a thin film transistor type and a simple matrix drive type typified by a super twisted nematic type. Can be formed. The optical members provided on both sides of the liquid crystal cell may be the same or different.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples and comparative examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples. In the examples, “%” representing the amount used or content is based on weight unless otherwise specified. Moreover,% of humidity represents the relative humidity at 23 ° C.

  In the examples and comparative examples, each component used for the preparation of the photocurable adhesive composition is as follows, and hereinafter, the compound name or each symbol (trade name itself or a part thereof) is displayed.

(A) Component: Epoxy compound CEL-2021: An alicyclic epoxy compound represented by the above formula (4), “Celoxide 2021P” manufactured by Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

(A) ′ component: epoxy compound other than component (A) jER-828: bisphenol A type epoxy resin, “jER-828” manufactured by Japan Epoxy Resin Co., Ltd.

Component (B): Poly (meth) acrylate compound HDDA: 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, “Light acrylate 1,6HX-A” manufactured by Kyoeisha Chemical Co., Ltd.
FM-400: Esterification reaction product of neopentyl glycol, hydroxypivalic acid and acrylic acid, “Kayarad FM-400” manufactured by Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
M-203: Tricyclodecane dimethylol diacrylate, “Aronix M-203” manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd. Diacrylate of a diol having 12 carbon atoms.
M-309: Trimethylolpropane triacrylate, “Aronix M-309” manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd.

(B) ′ component: (meth) acrylate compound M-240 other than component (B) : polyethylene glycol (average number of repetitions of about 4) diacrylate, “Aronix M-240” manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd. Diacrylate of a diol having an average carbon number of 8 having an ether structure.
HPA: 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate

Component (C): Photocationic polymerization initiator CPI-100P: Propylene carbonate solution containing 50% active ingredient mainly composed of triarylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate, “CPI-100P” manufactured by San Apro Co., Ltd. In the table, the number of parts of the active ingredient is described.

(D) Component: Oxetane compound OXT-101 represented by the formula (2) : 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyloxetane, “Aron oxetane OXT-101” manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd.

(E) Component: Oxetane compound OXT-221 represented by the above formula (3) : 3-ethyl-3-[(3-ethyloxetane-3-yl) methoxymethyl] oxetane, “Aron oxetane” manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd. OXT-221 ".

(F) Component: Photoradical polymerization initiator Irg184: 1-hydroxycyclohexyl-phenyl-ketone, “Irgacure 184” manufactured by BASF Corporation.

(G) Component: Leveling agent 8019Add: Silicone leveling agent “8019Additive” manufactured by Toray Dow Corning Co., Ltd.

Other components propylene carbonate (solvent brought in from CPI-100P)

[Preparation of Photocurable Adhesive Composition]
The components shown in Tables 1 to 4 were blended in their respective proportions and stirred and mixed according to a conventional method to prepare a photocurable adhesive composition. As described above, since “CPI-100P” used as the component (C) is a propylene carbonate solution containing 50% of the active ingredient, the component (C) and propylene carbonate are shown separately in the table. That is, the blending amount of “CPI-100P” in the table means the proportion of the active ingredient, and the blending amount of “CPI-100P” itself is the amount shown in the column of (C) component and the column of propylene carbonate. This is the combined amount.
The viscosity at 25 ° C. of the obtained composition was measured with an E-type viscometer manufactured by Toki Sangyo Co., Ltd.

[Preparation of polarizing plate]
Here, the following two types of films were used as protective films.
Stretched norbornene-based resin film: thickness 70 μm, trade name “ZEONOR film”, manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd. The film was subjected to corona discharge treatment and then subjected to bonding with a polarizer.
Acrylic resin film: thickness 80 μm, trade name “Technoloy S001”, manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. This film was also subjected to corona discharge treatment and then subjected to bonding with a polarizer.

The composition prepared above was applied to the corona discharge treated surface of the stretched norbornene-based resin film and the corona discharge treated surface of the acrylic resin film to a thickness of 3 μm with a bar coater. Next, between these two films, a polarizer in which iodine was adsorbed and oriented in polyvinyl alcohol was sandwiched, and the three films were simultaneously bonded with a roller. In this way, the polarizer with the protective film bonded on both sides is subjected to an ultraviolet irradiation device with a belt conveyor (the lamp uses a high-pressure mercury lamp manufactured by iGraphics Co., Ltd.), and the integrated light quantity is 250 mJ / cm from the surface of the stretched norbornene resin film. ² (UV-B) was irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the adhesive composition.
This experiment was carried out in two ways: at 23 ° C. and 45% humidity, and at 23 ° C. and 65% humidity.

[Evaluation test]
About the polarizing plate after ultraviolet irradiation, the adhesive force expression rate, the last adhesive force, and durability were evaluated with the following method, and the result was put together in Table 1-Table 4.

<Adhesive force expression rate>
Three minutes after the ultraviolet irradiation, the acrylic resin film and the polarizer were peeled off by hand, and the stronger the adhesive force at that time, the better the adhesive force expression rate was evaluated. The adhesive strength was determined according to the following four levels from the appearance and force when peeled by hand.
A: Material destruction of acrylic resin film.
○: Strong adhesive strength without material destruction if peeled off slowly.
Δ: Not strong enough to break the material, but not weak enough to peel off with a little force.
X: Very weak enough to peel off with a little force.

<Final adhesive force / cutter insertion test>
One day after the ultraviolet irradiation, the blade of the cutter knife was inserted obliquely from above the acrylic resin film, and the following four levels were determined from the state and force at that time.
A: The blade did not enter or was strong even when it entered, and the acrylic resin film was torn.
○: The blade entered but was resistant, and the acrylic resin film was sliced at the interface.
Δ: Although the blade enters, it is not so weak that the blade advances with a slight force at the interface.
X: The blade enters and is weak enough that the blade advances with a slight force at the interface.

<durability>
An experiment was conducted under the conditions of 23 ° C. and humidity 45%, and the cycle of placing the plate at −35 ° C. for 60 minutes and then placing it at + 70 ° C. for 60 minutes was repeated 300 times for a polarizing plate that had been irradiated for 1 day or longer after UV irradiation. A thermal shock cycle test was conducted. At this time, the case where the appearance defect was not recognized was evaluated as ◯, the case where the appearance was slightly recognized was evaluated as △, and the case where it was recognized was evaluated as ×.

<Comprehensive evaluation>
The above evaluations were combined and evaluated according to the following six levels.
A: No x and Δ, and final adhesion is at least one of the conditions.
A: There is no x, and the final adhesion is ◎ under one condition, but there is one Δ.
○ B: There is no x and Δ, but the final adhesive strength is not で も regardless of the condition.
ΔA: There is no x, but the final adhesive strength is not ◎, and Δ is 2 or more.
ΔB: Adhesive force development rate, final adhesive force, and durability are all ◯ or more under the condition of 45% humidity, but there is x when the humidity is 65%.
X: Under the condition of humidity 45%, there is x in any of the adhesive force expression rate, final adhesive force, and durability.

The overall evaluation of the adhesive compositions of the present invention shown in Tables 1 and 2 was ΔB or more.
On the other hand, the overall evaluation of the compositions of Comparative Examples shown in Tables 3 and 4 was x.
That is, the adhesive composition of the present invention was suitable for manufacturing a polarizing plate.

First, examples of Table 1 and Table 2 will be described.
The composition of Examples 3 to 5 containing 1 to 18% by weight of the component (E) had an adhesive development rate of ◎ at any humidity, and the final adhesive strength at either humidity was ◎. It was. That is, the compositions of Examples 3 to 5 were superior to the compositions of Example 1 and Example 2 that did not contain the component (E). The result of Example 5 was the same as that of Example 5 in which the component (B) of Example 5 was changed to FM-400, which is a diacrylate of a diol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms.

The composition of Example 7 in which a part of HDDA in the composition of Example 5 was replaced with HPA was very good at a humidity of 45%, although the result at 65% humidity was less than that of Example 5. .
In addition, the composition of Example 5 is composed of the composition of Example 6 in which the component (A) is 29% by weight and the component (B) is 45% by weight, or the diol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms in the component (B). Compared to the compositions of Example 9 and Example 10 which are not (meth) acrylates, the adhesive force development rate and the final adhesive force were superior.
As for the composition of Example 11 and Example 12, all had a 45% humidity and the result of adhesive force was favorable. However, these compositions exceed the preferred upper limit of the component (D), and the composition of Example 11 is insufficient in the adhesive force expression rate at the humidity of 65%, and the composition of Example 12 The product was insufficient in the adhesive force expression rate and final adhesive force.

Next, comparative examples of Tables 3 and 4 will be described.
The composition of Comparative Example 1 in which the component (A) was changed to the component (A) ′ had a good final adhesive force but a poor adhesive force development rate.

  The composition of Comparative Example 2 not containing a predetermined amount of the component (A) and the component (B), the composition of Comparative Example 3 and Comparative Example 4 not containing the component (B), and the component (D) exceeding the upper limit of the present invention. In all the compositions of Comparative Example 7 that were included, the evaluation items for adhesive strength were all poor. In the case of the composition of Comparative Example 7, the durability was further inferior. The compositions of Comparative Example 5 and Comparative Example 6 that did not contain the component (D) had poor adhesive force development rates at 45% humidity.

  In the compositions of Comparative Examples 8 and 9 in which the component (B) is replaced with the component (B) ′, the adhesive force expression rate at a humidity of 45% is insufficient, and further the adhesive force expression rate at a humidity of 65%. However, the durability was also poor.

  The photocurable adhesive composition of the present invention has a low viscosity and can be easily applied to a thin film, is excellent in the adhesive force-expressing speed and final adhesive force between a polarizer and a protective film after light irradiation, and is durable for the obtained polarizing plate. Since it is excellent also in the property, it can be used conveniently for manufacture of a polarizing plate.

Claims (12)

It consists of a transparent resin film selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and an amorphous polyolefin-based resin, on a polarizer composed of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye. An adhesive composition for adhering a protective film,
(A) an epoxy compound having at least two alicyclic epoxy groups represented by the following formula (1) in the molecule;

(B) a poly (meth) acrylate of a polyol having 2 to 15 carbon atoms (excluding a polyether polyol having an alkylene oxide unit repeating number of 3 or more),
(C) a photocationic polymerization initiator and (D) an oxetane compound represented by the following formula (2),

The content ratio of the components (A) to (D) is in the composition,
(A) component: 20-80 weight%
(B) component: 10 to 55% by weight
Component (C): 0.5 to 10% by weight
Component (D): 1 to 25% by weight
A photocurable adhesive composition characterized by the above. The photocurable adhesive composition according to claim 1, wherein the component (A) is an epoxy compound represented by the following formula (4).

  The component (B) is a di (meth) acrylate of a diol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms (excluding a polyether diol having 3 or more repeating alkylene oxide units). A photocurable adhesive composition.   The content ratio of (A) component and (B) component is 35 to 75 weight% and 10 to 35 weight% in a composition, respectively, The photocurable adhesive agent in any one of Claims 1-3 Composition. Furthermore, the photocurable adhesive composition in any one of Claims 1-4 which contains the oxetane compound shown to following formula (3) as a (E) component in the content rate of 1-18 weight% in a composition. object.

  Furthermore, the photocurable adhesive composition in any one of Claims 1-5 which contains (F) radical photopolymerization initiator in the ratio of 10 weight% or less in a composition.   Furthermore, the photocurable adhesive composition in any one of Claims 1-6 which contains 0.01-0.5weight% of (G) leveling agents in a composition.   Selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin and an amorphous polyolefin resin via an adhesive on a polarizer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye. It is a polarizing plate by which the protective film which consists of a transparent resin film is bonded, Comprising: The said adhesive agent is formed from the photocurable adhesive composition in any one of Claims 1-7. A polarizing plate characterized by that. Selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin and an amorphous polyolefin resin via an adhesive on a polarizer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin film that is uniaxially stretched and adsorbed and oriented with a dichroic dye. A method for producing a polarizing plate by laminating a protective film made of a transparent resin film,
The adhesive application | coating process which apply | coats the photocurable adhesive composition in any one of Claims 1-7 to at least one among the bonding surfaces of the said polarizer and the said protective film,
A bonding step of bonding the polarizer and the protective film through the resulting adhesive layer;
The manufacturing method of the polarizing plate characterized by including the hardening process which hardens the said photocurable adhesive composition in the state in which the polarizer and the protective film were bonded through the said adhesive bond layer.   An optical member, wherein another optical layer is laminated on the polarizing plate according to claim 8.   The optical member according to claim 10, wherein the other optical layer includes a retardation plate.   12. A liquid crystal display device, wherein the optical member according to claim 10 or 11 is disposed on one side or both sides of a liquid crystal cell.