Abstract
Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA), which mainly are made of acrylic polymers, have been used to fix optical films to liquid crystal display (LCD) cells to prevent contraction or expansion of the optical film under high temperature and high humidity conditions, while residual stress on the polarizing film is generated and light-leakage results from it in the peripheral area of an LCD panel. In this work, we prepared two different kinds of PSAs and tested light leakage with respect to Tg, verifying that Tg would have an effect on light leakage. We calculated their Tg values using the Fox equation and investigated them by DSC. Rheological properties of the PSAs were also acquired by a rotational rheometer which confirm the relation between Tg and dynamic moduli (G′ and G″). It was found that the higher the Tg, the less is an amount of light leaked.
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