Patent attributes
A barrier film is provided having extremely high barrier properties and a good transparency as part of a laminated material having use as a packaging container which may possess an image display medium, the high barrier properties and good transparency which are achieved with a barrier film comprised of a base material film and a barrier layer deposited on at least one side surface of the base material film, with the barrier layer comprising a water repellent layer and a dense layer, the water repellent layer being a silicon oxide carbide film having the atomic percent of Si:O:C in a range of 100:40 to 120:80 to 160, and the thickness in a range of 2 to 300 nm, and the dense layer being a silicon oxide carbide film having the atomic percent of Si:O:C in a range of 100:100 to 200:5 to 100, and the thickness in a range of 5 to 300 nm.
