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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2010.16.2.103

A Study on the Performance Variations of Liquid-crystal Aqueous Cleaning Agents with their Formulating Components and Mixing Ratios  

Jeong, Jae-Yong (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Lee, Min-Jae (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Bae, Jae-Heum (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
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Clean Technology / v.16, no.2, 2010 , pp. 103-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
It has been reported that the LCD panel market in the FPD industry is become growing and its panel size and production capacity are increasing, and its manufacturing technique is improved every year. FPD manufacturing process requires high cleanliness in its overall process. Especially, FPD cleaning process which accounts for 30~40% of total manufacturing process is very important in its technological and productivity aspects. It is difficult to remove residual liquid-crystal in the fine gap after liquid-crystal injection process in the cell. In this study, aqueous cleaning agents with excellent cleaning, rinsing, and penetrating abilities, but minimum ion content for LCD panel were formulated through mixing glycol ether-type and glycol dimethyl ether-type solvents and nonionic surfactants which are widely used as raw materials for alternative cleaning agents because of environmental regulation at home and abroad. And the formulated cleaning agents were applied to clean FPD liquid crystal after its injection in the cell. Physical properties, cleaning efficiencies, and rinsabilities of the formulated cleaning agents with different combination ratios of solvents, surfactants and additives were measured. As experimental results, the formulated cleaning agents showed higher wetting indices and cloud point than the traditional commercial cleaning agent. And it was found that cleaning efficiencies of the formulated cleaning agents were influenced by the structure of main solvents in them and the types of liquid crystal as soil for cleaning. The best cleaning agents among the formulated cleaning agents showed similar cleaning efficiencies and better rinsabilities compared to the conventional cleaning agent.
Keywords
FPD; LCD; Liquid-crystal; Aqueous cleaning agents;
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