Anti-glare glass substrate

Abstract

An anti-glare glass substrate used for liquid crystal display devices is disclosed, which comprises a glass substrate; and a coating covering one side of said substrate, the coating having, on its surface, projection bodies which have round bottom surfaces and have an average bottom surface area ranging from 80 to 400 μm2, the projection bodies being randomly arranged on said coating at a density of 5 or more projection bodies per an area equivalent to one pixel of the liquid crystal display device, and the coating having a surface roughness from 0.1 to 0.4 μm. The anti-glare glass substrate can be prepared by the steps of (1) preparing a coating liquid by blending a silica sol (A) consisting of an oligomer whose crosslinks are formed from [SiO4/2] as crosslinking units and whose number average molecular weight ranges from 300 to 1000 (polystyrene conversion) and a silica sol (B) consisting of an oligomer in which silicon oxides having bonds between aryl groups and silicon atoms are formed as crosslinking units and whose number average molecular weight ranges from 500 to 1000 (polystyrene conversion); and (2) applying the resulting coating liquid onto the surface of a glass substrate according to the spin coating technique.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will now be described in more specifically while referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a three-dimensionally depicted image of the shape obtained by plotting, on a two-dimensional plane, numerical data concerning the heights of projection bodies observed when determining them by scanning the surface of the anti-glare glass substrate prepared in Example 1 of the present invention and provided thereon with small hill-like projection bodies using a contact type surface-scanner.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a three-dimensionally depicted image of the pattern or structure of the surface obtained by plotting, on a two-dimensional plane, numerical data concerning the heights of projection bodies observed when determining them by scanning the surface of the anti-glare glass substrate prepared in Example 2 of the present invention and provided thereon with small hill-like projected bodies using a contact type surface-scanner.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a three-dimensionally depicted image of the pattern or structure of the surface obtained by plotting, on a two-dimensional plane, numerical data concerning the heights of projection bodies observed when determining them by scanning the surface of the anti-glare glass substrate prepared in Example 3 of the present invention and provided thereon with small hill-like projection bodies using a contact type surface-scanner.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a three-dimensionally drawn image of the pattern or structure of the surface obtained by plotting, on a two-dimensional plane, numerical data concerning the heights of projection bodies observed when determining them by scanning the surface of the anti-glare glass substrate prepared in Comparative Example 1 and provided thereon with small hill-like projection bodies using a contact type surface-scanner.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a three-dimensionally drawn image of the pattern or structure of the surface obtained by plotting, on a two-dimensional plane, numerical data concerning the heights of projections observed when determining them by scanning the surface of the anti-glare glass substrate prepared in Comparative Example 2 and provided thereon with small hill-like projected bodies using a contact type surface-scanner.

Claims

1. An anti-glare glass substrate used for liquid crystal display devices, which comprises: a glass substrate; anda coating covering one side of said substrate;said coating having, on its surface, projection bodies which have round bottom surfaces and have an average bottom surface area ranging from 80 to 400 μm2;said projection bodies being randomly arranged on said coating at a density of 5 or more projection bodies per an area equivalent to one pixel of the liquid crystal display device; andsaid coating having a surface roughness from 0.1 to 0.4 μm.

2. The anti-glare glass substrate of claim 1, wherein said average diameter of said bottom surfaces of the projection bodies is 25 to 500 times said surface roughness.

3. The anti-glare glass substrate of claim 1, wherein it is used as a cover glass for a liquid crystal display device.

4. The anti-glare glass substrate of claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal display device is one incorporated into a pen-input device.

5. A method for the preparation of an anti-glare glass substrate comprising the steps: (1) preparing a coating liquid by blending a silica sol (A) consisting of an oligomer whose crosslinking is formed from [SiO4/2] as crosslinking units and whose number average molecular weight ranges from 300 to 1000 as expressed in terms of that converted into the molecular weight of polystyrene and a silica sol (B) consisting of an oligomer in which silicon oxides having bonds between aryl groups and silicon atoms are formed as crosslinking units and whose number average molecular weight ranges from 500 to 1000 as expressed in terms of that converted into the molecular weight of polystyrene; and(2) applying said coating liquid onto the surface of a glass substrate using a spin coating, to prepare an anti-glare glass substrate.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said coating liquid further comprises silica sol (C) consisting of an oligomer in which silicon oxides having bonds between alkyl groups and silicon atoms are formed as crosslinking units and whose number average molecular weight ranges from 500 to 1000 as expressed in terms of that converted into the molecular weight of polystyrene.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said glass substrate is heated at a temperature ranging from 100 to 600° C., after step (2).