阅读说明：本技术 具有电磁波透射特性的光亮性颜料和包含该颜料的组合物以及涂装体 (Bright pigment having electromagnetic wave transmission characteristics, and composition and coated body containing same ) 是由 中村浩一郎 于 2017-04-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种能够兼顾电磁波透射性、和反射率高且色调为非彩色的外观的光亮性颜料。基于本发明的光亮性颜料具备片状玻璃(1)、以及在片状玻璃(1)上依次形成的氧化钛层(2)和银层(3),用nm单位表示光学厚度时,片状玻璃(1)的光学厚度与氧化钛层(2)的光学厚度的乘积为61000以上且66000以下,银层(3)的物理厚度为35nm以上且55nm以下。(The present invention provides a glitter pigment which can achieve both electromagnetic wave transmittance and high reflectance and has an achromatic color appearance. The bright pigment comprises a sheet glass (1), and a titanium oxide layer (2) and a silver layer (3) which are formed on the sheet glass (1) in this order, wherein when the optical thickness is expressed in nm units, the product of the optical thickness of the sheet glass (1) and the optical thickness of the titanium oxide layer (2) is 61000 to 66000 inclusive, and the physical thickness of the silver layer (3) is 35nm to 55nm inclusive.)

1. A bright pigment comprising a plate-like glass, and a titanium oxide layer and a silver layer formed on the plate-like glass in this order,

the product of the optical thickness of the sheet glass and the optical thickness of the titanium oxide layer is 61000 or more and 66000 or less when the optical thickness is expressed in nm units,

the physical thickness of the silver layer is more than 35nm and less than 55 nm.

2. The luster pigment according to claim 1, wherein the product is 61300 or more and 65700 or less.

3. The glitter pigment of claim 1 or 2, wherein the flake glass has a physical thickness of 300nm or more and 500nm or less.

4. The glitter pigment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the titanium oxide layer has a physical thickness of 35nm or more and 80nm or less.

5. A pigment-containing composition comprising the bright pigment according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. A pigment-containing coated body comprising a substrate and a coating film formed on the substrate, wherein the coating film contains the bright pigment according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a bright pigment, and more particularly to a bright pigment having a laminated film formed thereon and using a sheet-like glass as a substrate, and more particularly to a bright pigment having electromagnetic wave transmission characteristics and suitable for providing reflected light of a high-brightness achromatic (neutral) color tone. The present invention also relates to a bright pigment-containing composition and a coated body having a coating film containing a bright pigment.

Background

Luster pigments are added to various articles and impart particulate light reflection to the articles. Paint used for coating vehicles such as automobiles is also an example. As a bright pigment in a vehicle coating film, flake aluminum (aluminum sheet) is often used. Aluminum sheets are thin and have high reflectance, and therefore, from these points of view, they are suitable for vehicle coating.

With the increasing development and popularization of the highway traffic system (ITS), vehicles equipped with a receiving/transmitting device such as a millimeter wave radar that receives/transmits electromagnetic waves are increasing. This tendency is predicted to further accelerate with the gradual development of the automatic driving technique. The receiving/transmitting device is generally disposed inside a bumper or other non-metallic member in order not to hinder the reception/transmission of electromagnetic waves. However, a paint using an aluminum sheet as a bright pigment inhibits transmission of electromagnetic waves. From such a situation, a coating material which does not impair the electromagnetic wave transmittance even when applied to the surface of a non-metallic member is desired.

Patent document 1 proposes to increase the aluminum sheet spacing in a vehicle coating film to ensure electromagnetic wave transmittance. However, this proposal basically presupposes that the high reflectance achieved by the glitter pigment is sacrificed to some extent.

It has also been proposed to use a bright pigment having a thin metal film formed on the surface of a flaky inorganic substrate, instead of the aluminum flakes. The flaky inorganic matrix is specifically flaky glass, mica and the like. For example, patent document 2 discloses a bright pigment in which a silver alloy film is formed on the surface of a flaky inorganic substrate. The silver alloy film contains silver and at least 1 noble metal selected from gold, palladium and platinum. This technique was developed to solve the problem of yellowing of color when only silver is used for covering. However, the bright pigment has room for improvement in that silver and a noble metal which is more expensive than silver are both required, and is not suitable for providing an achromatic color tone in which unnecessary coloring is sufficiently excluded.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a glitter pigment having electromagnetic wave transmittance and high reflectance and having an achromatic appearance.

Means for solving the problems

The present invention provides a bright pigment, which comprises a sheet-like glass, and a titanium oxide layer and a silver layer formed on the sheet-like glass in this order,

the product of the optical thickness of the sheet glass and the optical thickness of the titanium oxide layer is 61000 to 66000 inclusive when the optical thickness is expressed in nm units,

the physical thickness of the silver layer is 35nm to 55 nm.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, a glitter pigment having electromagnetic wave transmittance and high reflectance and having an achromatic color tone appearance can be provided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a constitution of one embodiment of the glitter pigment according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the sheet glass.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an example of an apparatus for producing a sheet-like glass.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another example of an apparatus for producing a sheet-like glass.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below, but the following description does not intend to limit the present invention to specific embodiments.

In the present specification, "achromatic color" means: at L^*a^*b^*In the color system, a^*And b^*The absolute values of (a) are all 30 or less, preferably 28 or less, more preferably 25 or less, and particularly preferably 20 or less.

[ layer constitution of Bright pigment ]

In one embodiment shown in fig. 1, a lustrous pigment 10 includes a sheet glass 1, and a titanium oxide layer 2 and a silver layer 3 formed on the sheet glass 1 in this order. More specifically, the titanium oxide layer 2 and the silver layer 3 are formed on the first main surface 1a and the second main surface 1b, which are opposite to each other, of the sheet glass 1, and further formed on the side surface 1 s. In other words, the laminated film including the titanium oxide layer 2 and the silver layer 3 covers the entire sheet glass 1. The first main surface 1a and the second main surface 1b are a pair of main surfaces substantially parallel to each other with an interval corresponding to the thickness t of the sheet glass 1.

A typical shape of the sheet glass 1 is shown in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 2, the flake glass 1 is, for example, a flake.

The lustrous pigment 10 has silver layer 3/titanium oxide layer 2/flake glass 1/titanium oxide layer 2/silver layer 3 as an optical interference system in a direction along the thickness t of the flake glass 1. In a conventional general glitter pigment, only a coating film other than a substrate such as flake glass is regarded as an object of thickness adjustment. On the other hand, the lustrous pigment 10 controls the optical characteristics by adjusting the thickness of each layer of the optical interference system composed of 5 layers including the flake glass 1 as a base.

The sheet glass 1, the titanium oxide layer 2, and the silver layer 3 will be described below.

(sheet glass)

Flake glass is a fine plate-like glass substrate also called scaly glass or the like. The glass composition constituting the sheet glass is not particularly limited, and a glass composition containing silica as a main component and other metal oxide components such as alumina, calcium oxide, and sodium oxide is generally used. Here, the term "main component" is used as a term indicating a component having the highest content on a mass basis. Examples of the glass composition that can be used include soda-lime glass, a glass, C glass, E glass, borosilicate glass, and aluminosilicate glass. Since these glass compositions are the same in main component (silica), the refractive indices of these glass compositions are approximately in the range of 1.50 to 1.60, although slightly different. The glass composition is preferably soda lime glass, C glass, E glass, or borosilicate glass, and the refractive index thereof is in the range of 1.52 to 1.58.

The preferable average particle size of the sheet glass is 1 to 1000 μm, further 3 to 500 μm, particularly 5 to 200 μm. The average particle diameter of the sheet glass is determined from the particle diameter (D50) at which the volume accumulation from the smaller particle diameter side corresponds to 50% in the particle size distribution of the light scattering equivalent diameter measured by the laser diffraction method.

In order to obtain reflected light with high brightness and achromatic color tone, the optical thickness of the sheet glass is preferably set so that the product of the optical thickness and the optical thickness of the titanium oxide layer reaches 61000 to 66000, further 61100 to 65800, particularly 61300 to 65700, and in some cases 61500 to 65500. Here, the product of the optical thicknesses is expressed in the form of a numerical product expressed in nm units. On the premise that the product of the optical thicknesses falls within the above range, the optical thickness of the sheet glass is preferably 400 to 850nm, more preferably 420 to 830nm, particularly preferably 430 to 820nm, and may be 450 to 810 nm.

When dispersed in a thin coating film, the physical thickness of the sheet glass is preferably 500nm or less, more preferably 470nm or less, particularly preferably 450nm or less, and may be 420nm or less. In consideration of a reduction in yield during production due to breakage, the physical thickness of the sheet glass is preferably 300nm or more, particularly preferably 350nm or more, and may be 370nm or more.

Manufacturing techniques have been established for shaping sheet glass to a desired thickness. As a technique for producing such a sheet glass, an inflation method and a rotation method can be cited.

Fig. 3 shows an example of an apparatus for producing sheet glass by the inflation method. The manufacturing apparatus includes a refractory kiln vessel 12, an inflation nozzle 15, and a squeeze roll 17. The glass material 11 melted in the refractory vessel 12 (melting vessel) is expanded into a balloon shape by the gas fed from the inflation nozzle 15, and a hollow glass film 16 is formed. The sheet glass 1 can be obtained by crushing the hollow glass film 16 with the squeeze roll 17. The thickness of the sheet glass 1 can be controlled by adjusting the drawing speed of the hollow glass film 16, the flow rate of the gas fed from the inflation nozzle 15, and the like.

Fig. 4 shows an example of an apparatus for manufacturing sheet glass by the spin method. The apparatus comprises a rotating cup 22, a pair of annular plates 23, and an annular cyclone collector 24. The molten glass material 11 flows into the rotating cup 22, radially flows out from the upper edge portion of the rotating cup 22 due to centrifugal force, passes through the annular plates 23, is sucked by the air flow, and is introduced into the annular vortex type catcher 24. While passing through the annular plate 23, the glass is cooled and solidified in the form of a thin film, and further broken into fine pieces, thereby obtaining a sheet-like glass 1. The thickness of the sheet glass 1 can be controlled by adjusting the interval of the annular plates 23, the speed of the air flow, and the like.

[ titanium oxide layer ]

A technique for forming a titanium oxide layer on a sheet-like substrate such as a sheet glass so as to have a desired film thickness and crystal morphology has been established and is well known. The titanium oxide layer is formed so that the product of the optical film thickness and the optical film thickness of the sheet glass falls within the above range. On the premise that the optical thickness of the titanium oxide layer is preferably 60nm to 165nm, more preferably 70nm to 160nm, particularly preferably 75nm to 150nm, and may be 78nm to 145 nm. The physical thickness of the titanium oxide layer is preferably 30nm to 82nm, more preferably 35nm to 80nm, particularly preferably 37nm to 75nm, and may be 39nm to 72 nm.

The titanium oxide layer is preferably made of rutile type titanium oxide. Anatase is also known as a crystal form of titanium oxide. However, anatase titanium oxide has high activity as a photocatalyst, and may decompose surrounding organic substances. The titanium oxide layer constituting the optical interference unit is preferably a rutile type having a relatively stable crystal form and a high refractive index.

The rutile titanium oxide layer can be formed by heating anatase titanium oxide to a high temperature of about 800 ℃ or higher to convert the titanium oxide into rutile. Further, the rutile titanium oxide layer can be formed without heating at high temperature by attaching a tin compound to the surface on which the titanium oxide layer is to be formed and precipitating titanium oxide. The details of the latter method are disclosed in patent document 2, Japanese patent laid-open No. 2001-31421, and the like.

[ silver layer ]

The technology of forming a silver layer on a sheet-like substrate such as sheet glass in such a manner as to achieve a desired film thickness has been established and is well known per se. As a technique for forming a silver layer, a sputtering method, a CVD method, and the like are also known, but from the viewpoint of easy film formation for covering the entire substrate with a uniform thickness, an electroless plating method is suitable for film formation on a sheet glass. Silver nitrate is often used as a raw material for electroless plating.

High electromagnetic wave transmittance cannot be obtained by an excessively thick silver layer. The physical thickness of the silver layer is suitably 55nm or less, preferably 50nm or less, more preferably 47nm or less, and may be 45nm or less. The thickness of the aluminum sheet is usually about 0.3 μm. Even with a silver layer having a physical thickness of 60nm, the electromagnetic wave shielding property is only about half that of an aluminum sheet having a physical thickness of 0.2 μm. The electromagnetic wave shielding property of a silver layer having a physical thickness of 55nm is sufficiently lower than half that of an aluminum sheet having a usual degree of thickness.

On the other hand, if the silver layer is too thin, it is difficult to obtain good optical characteristics. Therefore, the physical thickness of the silver layer is suitably 35nm or more, preferably 36nm or more, more preferably 37nm or more, and may be 38nm or more.

[ pigment-containing composition and pigment-containing coated body ]

The bright pigment according to the present invention exhibits a vivid white color when incorporated into various compositions. The present invention provides, from a further aspect, pigment-containing compositions comprising the bright pigments according to the invention. Examples of the pigment-containing composition include at least 1 selected from the group consisting of a coating material, an ink, a cosmetic, and a resin composition. As the resin composition, a resin composition containing a bright pigment and a resin that is PMMA and/or polycarbonate can be exemplified. The resin composition may be an artificial marble molding.

In addition, the present invention provides, from another aspect, a pigment-containing coated body comprising a substrate and a coating film formed on the substrate, the coating film containing the glitter pigment according to the present invention. The pigment-containing coated body may be a coating paper. The substrate in this case is paper, but the substrate is not limited to paper, and may be metal, resin, ceramic, or other substrates. The coating film may be composed of the pigment-containing composition according to the present invention, or may be formed by applying the pigment-containing composition according to the present invention to a substrate.

[ optical simulation ]

The relationship between the thickness of the glass and the layer in the pigment having the titanium oxide layer and the silver layer formed in this order on the sheet glass and constituting the optical interference system together with the sheet glass, and the transmission and reflection characteristics of light was calculated. Optical characteristics including transmission and reflection characteristics are well known and can be calculated from the refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k) and thickness of the material constituting the laminated structure (sheet-like substrate and layer) at each wavelength based on the linear propagation of light and the law of reflection and refraction (Snell). It is known that the reflection characteristics calculated by the geometric optics theory are highly consistent with those of the actual product.

The model of construction used in this calculation is ambient (outside environment)/Ag/TiO₂Flake glass/TiO₂Ag/ambient (external environment). Soda-lime glass is assumed as the sheet glass, and the titanium oxide layer is rutile type. The external environment was air (refractive index of 1.0). The assumed light source is a D65 light source, the assumed light incident angle is 5 degrees, and the assumed measurement position of the reflected light is in the direction of the reflection angle of 5 degrees. The results of the calculation on the reflection characteristics are shown in the following table. T and R are each Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) R3106: visible light transmittance and visible light reflectance (%) specified in 1998, L^*、a^*And b^*Is based on L^*a^*b^*Color system.

Here, the reason why the reflection characteristic and the transmission characteristic are evaluated together is that: it is considered that a part of light transmitted through the glitter pigment is reflected by the base and becomes a part of reflected light. If the degree of coloration of the transmitted light is high (i.e., if a)^*And/or b^*Large absolute value of (b), a sufficiently achromatic color tone of the reflected light cannot be obtained.

[ Table 1]

[ Table 2]

[ Table 3]

As shown in tables 1 to 3, the product of the optical thickness (A) of the sheet glass and the optical thickness (B) of the titanium oxide layer was set to 6.1X 10⁴～6.6×10⁴In the range of (1) and the physical thickness of the silver layer is set to be in the range of 35nm to 55nm, both the reflected light and the transmitted light exhibit achromatic color tone, and the reflectance R reaches 90% or more.