Silicone-based adhesive protective film and optical member comprising the same

Abstract

A silicone-based adhesive protective film and an optical member including the same are provided. A silicone-based adhesive protective film is formed of a composition including a silicone resin, a crosslinking agent, and a curing catalyst, and the silicone-based adhesive protective film has a peel strength of about 3 gf/inch or less with respect to a glass plate at 25° C., and a modulus of about 0.5 MPa to about 7 MPa at 25° C.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A silicone-based adhesive protective film formed of a composition comprising a silicone resin, a crosslinking agent, and a curing catalyst, the composition comprising a (meth)acrylic adhesive resin and a silicone (meth)acrylate adhesive resin,
 the silicone-based adhesive protective film having a peel strength of about 3 gf/inch or less with respect to a glass plate at 25° C., and a modulus of about 0.5 MPa to about 7 MPa at 25° C.   
     
     
         2 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 1 , wherein the silicone-based adhesive protective film has a rate of change in peel strength of about 40% or less, as calculated according to the following Equation 2:
   Rate of change in peel strength={|PS 7 −PS 0 |/PS 0 }×100,
   where PS 0  denotes an initial peel strength (unit: gf/inch) of the silicone-based adhesive protective film with respect to a glass plate, and   PS 7  denotes a peel strength (unit: gf/inch) of the silicone-based adhesive protective film with respect to the glass plate as measured after leaving a laminate of the silicone-based adhesive protective film and the glass plate at 50° C. and 45% RH for 7 days.   
     
     
         3 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 2 , wherein PS 7  in Equation 2 is less than or equal to about 3.5 gf/inch. 
     
     
         4 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 1 , wherein the silicone-based adhesive protective film has a dissolution rate of about 3.5% or less, as calculated according to the following Equation 5:
   Dissolution rate={|WB−WA|/WA}×100,
   where WA denotes an initial weight (unit: g) of the silicone-based adhesive protective film, and   WB denotes a dissolved weight (unit: g) of the silicone-based adhesive protective film as measured through a process in which the silicone-based adhesive protective film is placed in a vial, followed by adding methyl isobutyl ketone and stirring at 25° C. for 2 hours to prepare a gelled silicone-based adhesive protective film, and contents of the vial are filtered through a membrane filter, followed by drying solid matter retained on the membrane filter at 130° C. for 30 minutes and measuring the weight of the dried solid matter.   
     
     
         5 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 1 , wherein the silicone resin comprises a mixture of a first silicone resin and a second silicone resin,
 the first silicone resin and the second silicone resin being present in a ratio in parts by weight of about 30:70 to about 70:30 relative to 100 parts by weight of the mixture.   
     
     
         6 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 5 , wherein the first silicone resin is represented by the following Formula 1:
   (R 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p (R 2 SiO) m (RR 1 SiO) n (R 1 R 2 SiO 1/2 ) p ,   where R is a hydroxyl group, a C 1  to C 10  alkyl group, or a C 2  to C 10  alkenyl group,   R 1  is a C 2  to C 10  alkenyl group,   p is from 1 to 4,   m is from 100 to 10,000,   n is 0 or is greater than m, and   m+n is from 100 to 10,000.   
     
     
         7 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 6 , wherein the first silicone resin is ((Me) 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p ((Me) 2 SiO) m (Vi(Me) 2 SiO 1/2 ) p , where Me is a methyl group, Vi is a vinyl group, and m and p are as defined in Formula 1. 
     
     
         8 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 5 , wherein the second silicone resin is represented by the following Formula 2:
   (R 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p (R 2 SiO) m (RR 1 SiO) n (R 1 R 2 SiO 1/2 ) p ,   where R is a hydroxyl group, a C 1  to C 10  alkyl group, or a C 2  to C 10  alkenyl group,   R 1  is a C 2  to C 10  alkenyl group,   p is from 0 to 4,   m is from 1,000 to 10,000, and   n is from 10 to 500.   
     
     
         9 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 8 , wherein the second silicone resin comprises at least one selected from the group of ((Me) 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4 ((Me) 2 SiO) m (HeMeSiO) n  and (Vi(Me) 2 SiO 1/2 ) 4 ((Me) 2 SiO) m (HeMeSiO) n , where Me is a methyl group, He is a hexenyl group, and m and n are as defined in Formula 2. 
     
     
         10 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 1 , wherein the composition for silicone-based adhesive protective films further comprises an anchoring agent. 
     
     
         11 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 1 , wherein the composition for silicone-based adhesive protective films is free from a silicone resin composed of R 3 R 4   2 SiO 1/2 , where R 3  is a C 1  to C 10  alkyl group, a C 2  to C 10  alkenyl group, a C 6  to C 10  aryl group, or a C 6  to C 10  hydroxyl group, and R 4  is a C 1  to C 10  alkyl group, and SiO 4/2  units. 
     
     
         12 . The silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 11 , wherein the silicone resin composed of R 3 R 4   2 SiO 1/2  and SiO 4/2  units comprises an MQ silicone resin comprising Me 3 SiO 1/2  and SiO 4/2  units. 
     
     
         13 . An optical member comprising:
 an optical film; and   a silicone-based adhesive protective film formed on a surface of the optical film, the silicone-based adhesive protective film being the silicone-based adhesive protective film according to  claim 1 .