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Transparent, electrically conductive laminated structure and process for production thereof
Assignee: Teijin Ltd
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Filing: 1978-03-23
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Granted: 1979-09-04
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Expires: 1998-03-23
Abstract
Abstract A transparent, electrically conductive laminated structure composed of (A) a transparent solid substrate, (B) a thin layer of an oxide of titanium being contacted with the said substrate (A), (c) a thin layer of an electrically conductive metal being contacted with the said layer (B), (d) a thin layer of an oxide of titanium being contacted with the said layer (C), and (E) optionally, a transparent top layer being contacted with the said layer (D) characterized in that (i) the said substrate (A) is a film-forming synthetic resin layer and (ii) the said layer (B) is a layer of an oxide of titanium derived from a layer of an organic titanium compound and contains organic residual moieties of the said organic titanium compound; And a process for the production of the same.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyoshi Chiba
- 👤 Kunio Itoh
- 👤 Yuji Mitani
- 👤 Utami Yonemura
- 👤 Shigenobu Sobajima
Bibliographic Details
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US
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2026-10-24 22:37
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60S; B60S1/00; B60S1/02; B60S1/023; B60S1/026; F; F24; F24S; F24S80/00; F24S80/50; F24S80/52; F24S80/56; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/38; H05K3/388; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B10/00; Y02B10/20; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/40; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/24975; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31507; Y10T428/3154; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31609; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31765; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31938
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A transparent, electrically conductive laminated structure comprising: (A) a transparent solid substrate, (B) a thin layer of an oxide of titanium in contact with the said substrate, (C) a thin layer of an electrically conductive metal in contact with the said layer (B), (d) a thin layer of an oxide of titanium in contact with the said layer (C), and (E) with or without a transparent top layer in contact with the said layer (D), wherein: (i) the said substrate (A) is a film-forming synthetic resin layer and (ii) the said layer (B) is a layer of an oxide of titanium derived from a layer of an organic titanium compound and contains organic residual moieties of the said organic titanium compound, the amount of said organic residual moieties being 0.1-30% by weight based on the weight of the said layer (B).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A transparent, electrically conductive laminated structure comprising: (A) a transparent solid substrate, (B) a thin layer of an oxide of titanium in contact with the said substrate, (C) a thin layer of an electrically conductive metal in contact with the said layer (B), (d) a thin layer of an oxide of titanium in contact with the said layer (C), and (E) with or without a transparent top layer in contact with the said layer (D), wherein: (i) the said substrate (A) is a film-forming synthetic resin layer and (ii) the said layer (B) is a layer of an oxide of titanium derived from a layer of an organic titanium compound and contains organic residual moieties of the said organic titanium compound, the amount of said organic residual moieties being 0.1-30% by weight based on the weight of the said layer (B).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which (iii) the said layer (D) is a layer of an oxide of titanium derived from a layer of an organic titanium compound and contains organic residual moieties of the said organic titanium compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
. A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which the layer having the said organic residual moiety is a layer of an oxide of titanium derived from a layer of alkyl titanate having C 1 -C 20 alkyl groups.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which the metal of the said layer (C) is at least one member of metals selected from the group consisting of Ag and Cu.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A laminated structure described in claim 4 in which the metal of the said layer (C) consists of Ag and Cu with the content of the said Cu being 1-30% by weight based on the total of Ag and Cu.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which the said substrate (A) is a polyester layer which is 80% or more in the visible light transparency and 6-250 μm in film thickness.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which the said layer (B) is 50-1000 A in film thickness.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which the said layer (C) is 50-600 A in film thickness.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A laminated structure described in claim 1 in which the said layer (D) is 50-1000 A in film thickness.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
186 words
A process for the production of a transparent, electrically conductive laminated structure described in claim 1 which comprises following steps (1)-(4): (1) Coating the surface of a transparent solid substrate of a film-forming resin with a solution of an organic titanium compound in solvent: (2) Drying the said coated layer obtained in the said step (1) in such a manner as to hydrolyze a part of the organic moieties of the organic titanium compounds the amount of residual moieties being 0.1 to 30% by weight based on the weight of the dried coated layer: (3) Forming a thin layer of an electrically conductive metal on the said dried layer of the oxide of titanium containing organic residual moieties formed in the said step (2): (4) Forming a layer of an oxide of titanium on the said thin layer of the electrically conductive metal formed in the said step (3), with or without (5) Forming a transparent top layer on the said layer obtained in the said step (4), and said film forming resin of step (1) being capable of withstanding the drying temperature of step (2).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process described in claim 10 in which the said step (4) is conducted by similar means to that of the said step (1) and step (2).
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