Process of optically printing highly conductive character utilizing a medium containing a halogenated hydrocarbon photoactivator and a tetrathiafulvalene or a related compound thereof

Claim 1

A method of producing a highly conductive image comprising the steps of: (1) depositing an organic π-electron donor compound in a halocarbon on a substrate, said organic donor compond has the empirical formula C 6 H 4 X 4 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 and the structural formula ##STR7## where X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se and Te and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is hydrogen, a halogen or an organic substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, CO 2 Me, phenyl groups, and fused cyclics and substituted fused cyclics selected from the group consisting of cyclopentene, cyclohexene, benzene, furan, thiophene, dihydrofuran and dihydrothiophene (2) exposing said layer of organic π-electron donor compound in said halocarbon to actinic radiation in a predetermined pattern, and (3) evaporating excess halocarbon solvent, thereby obtaining a highly conductive image.

Claim 2

A method of producing a highly conductive image comprising the steps of: (1) depositing an organic π-electron donor compound in a halocarbon on a substrate, said organic donor compond has the empirical formula C 6 H 4 X 4 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 and the structural formula ##STR7## where X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se and Te and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is hydrogen, a halogen or an organic substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, CO 2 Me, phenyl groups, and fused cyclics and substituted fused cyclics selected from the group consisting of cyclopentene, cyclohexene, benzene, furan, thiophene, dihydrofuran and dihydrothiophene (2) exposing said layer of organic π-electron donor compound in said halocarbon to actinic radiation in a predetermined pattern, and (3) evaporating excess halocarbon solvent, thereby obtaining a highly conductive image.