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Photosensitive composition, photosensitive material, and image forming method
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1989-01-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-01-27
Abstract
Abstract A photosensitive material comprises a photosensitive composition comprising a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element. An imagewise unexposed area on the material is polymerized by imagewise exposure, heating and whole areal exposure. The photosensitive and heat-developable element comprises at least a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt and a reducing agent. The photopolymerizable element comprises at least a polymerizable polymer precursor and a photopolymerization initiator. An image forming method comprises the steps; subjecting a photosensitive material in the same layer to imagewise exposure and heating to form an image; and subjecting the resultant photosensitive material to whole areal exposure to polymerize and imagewise unexposed or exposed area thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Tetsuro Fukui
- 👤 Masato Katayama
- 👤 Kozo Arahara
- 👤 Hiroshi Fukumoto
- 👤 Yoshio Takasu
- 👤 Kenji Kagami
- 👤 Akihiro Mouri
- 👤 Isaka Kazuo
- 👤 Kyo Miura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 15:05
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/027; G03F7/028; G03F7/0285
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 37
Claim 1
Independent Claim
37 words
A photosensitive material, comprising a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element which are contained in the same layer, an imagewise unexposed area on said material being polymerizable by imagewise exposure, heating, and whole areal exposure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
37 words
A photosensitive material, comprising a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element which are contained in the same layer, an imagewise unexposed area on said material being polymerizable by imagewise exposure, heating, and whole areal exposure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive and heat-developable element comprises at least a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, and a reducing agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 2, wherein said silver halide is present in an amount of from 0.001 mol to 2 mols per mol of the organic silver salt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 3, wherein said silver halide is present in an amount of from 0.05 mol to 0.4 mol per mol of the organic silver salt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The photosensitive material according to any of claims 2 to 4, wherein said reducing agent is contained in an amount of from 0.2 mol to 3 mols per mol of the organic silver salt.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The photosensitive material according to any of claims 2 to 4, wherein said reducing agent is contained in an amount of from 0.4 mol to 1.3 mols per mol of the organic silver salt.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
170 words
The photosensitive composition of any of claims 2 to 6, wherein the reducing agent is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by the following Formula (I), (II) or (III): wherein R¹, R², R³, R⁵ and R⁶ each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, an alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group; R⁴ represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, or a carboxylic acid ester group; A represents an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; R represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; n represents 0 or 1; and Z is a divalent linking group and represents an alkylidene group, an aralkylidene group, or a sulfur atom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
174 words
8 A photosensitive composition, as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reducing agent is at least one compound represented by the following Formula (IV) wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, or an acyl group; r₁, r₂, r₃, r₄, r₅, r₆, r₇ and r₈ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, an amido group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfonyl group, or a sulfoxyl group, which may be the same or different from each other, and in which r₁ to r₈, or R, may serve as a divalent linking group to give a dimer or r₁ and r₂, r₂ and r₃, r₃ and r₄, r₅ and r₆, r₆ and r₇, and r₇ and r₈ may be combined to form a condensed ring.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The photosensitive composition according to claim 8, wherein said compound represented by Formula (IV) is present in an amount of from 0.1% by weight to 30% by weight based on the polymerizable element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The photosensitive material according to any preceding claim, wherein said photopolymerizable element comprises at least a polymerizable polymer precursor and a photopolymerization initiator.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 10, wherein said photopolymerization initiator is present in an amount of from 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight based on the polymerizable polymer precursor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 10, wherein said photopolymerization initiator is present in an amount of from 0.5% by weight to 30% by weight based on the polymerizable polymer precursor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 10, 11 or 12, wherein said photopolymerization initiator is present in an amount of from 0.01 mol to 10 mols per mol of the reducing agent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 10, 11 or 12, wherein said photopolymerization initiator is present in an amount of from 0.1 mol to 3 mols per mol of the reducing agent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive material contains a binder resin.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The photosensitive material according to any preceding claim, wherein said layer is applied so as to have a dried film thickness of 0.1 µm to 2 µm.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The photosensitive material according to any preceding claim, wherein said layer is applied so as to have a dried film thickness of 1 µm to 0.1 µm.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A photosensitive material, comprising the photosensitive composition according to any of claims 1 to 17 formed in the shape of a film.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
52 words
An image forming method, comprising the steps of; subjecting a photosensitive material containing a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element in the same layer to imagewise exposure and heating to form an image; and subjecting the resulting photosensitive material to whole areal exposure to polymerize an imagewise unexposed area thereof.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
52 words
An image forming method, comprising the steps of; subjecting a photosensitive material containing a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element in the same layer to imagewise exposure and heating to form an image; and subjecting the resulting photosensitive material to whole areal exposure to polymerize an imagewise unexposed area thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
The image forming method according to Claim 19, wherein said heating is carried out simultaneously with the imagewise exposure or thereafter.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image forming method according to Claim 19, or 20, further comprising the step of separating said imagewise exposed area and imagewise unexposed area, after said formation of the polymer image.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image forming method according to Claim 19, 20 or 21, comprising the step of applying a color developer to said imagewise exposed area, after said formation of the polymer image.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
58 words
An image forming method, comprising the steps of; subjecting a photosensitive material containing a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element, or a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a polymerizable polymer precursor, to imagewise exposure and first heating; and thereafter subjecting the resultant photosensitive material to whole areal exposure and second heating to form a polymer image.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
58 words
An image forming method, comprising the steps of; subjecting a photosensitive material containing a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a photopolymerizable element, or a photosensitive and heat-developable element and a polymerizable polymer precursor, to imagewise exposure and first heating; and thereafter subjecting the resultant photosensitive material to whole areal exposure and second heating to form a polymer image.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, wherein said second heating is carried out simultaneously with the whole areal exposure or thereafter.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
34 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, wherein the temperature of the photosensitive material heated in the second heating is lower than the temperature of the photosensitive material heated in the first heating.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, wherein said second heating is carried out at a temperature lower than that in the first heating.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, wherein said second heating is carried out at a temperature of from 40°C to 150°C.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, wherein said first heating is carried out simultaneously with the imagewise exposure or thereafter.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
16 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, wherein said second heating is whole areal heating.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
28 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, comprising the step of separating said imagewise exposed area and imagewise unexposed area, after said formation of the polymer image.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image forming method according to Claim 23, further comprising the step of applying a color developer to said imagewise exposed area, after said formation of the polymer image.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image forming method of any of claims 19 to 30, wherein the photosensitive material is as defined in any of claims 1 to 18.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
41 words
A photosensitive material comprising means for forming a latent image in response to light incident on the material and means for forming a second latent image from the first latent image on application to the material of energy other than light.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
41 words
A photosensitive material comprising means for forming a latent image in response to light incident on the material and means for forming a second latent image from the first latent image on application to the material of energy other than light.
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