US4438189A
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Radiation-polymerizable mixture and photopolymerizable copying material prepared therefrom
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1982-08-12
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Granted: 1984-03-20
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Expires: 2002-08-12
Abstract
Abstract A radiation-polymerizable mixture is described comprising (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by means of free radical initiated chain addition polymerization, (b) a polymeric binder, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator which can be activated by radiation, and (d) a compound which is thermally crosslinkable with the polymeric binder (b), with the polymerization product of compound (a) and/or with itself and which, if its crosslinking groups are epoxy groups, has at least three epoxy groups. A photopolymerizable copying material is also disclosed having a flexible transparent temporary support and a transferable thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer comprising the foregoing radiation-polymerizable mixture. The photopolymerizable layer, after photocrosslinking, can be additionally cured by thermal crosslinking and is therefore suitable for the manufacture of solder resists and high performance printing plates.
Inventors
- 👤 Ulrich Geissler
- 👤 Walter Herwig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 04:48
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; B; B23; B23K; B23K35/00; B23K35/22; B23K35/224; G03F7/027; G03F7/032; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/1053; Y10S430/1055; Y10S430/106; Y10S430/114
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture consisting essentially of (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by free radical initiated chain addition polymerization (b) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water and at least swellable in aqueous alkaline solutions, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator, and (d) a compound which is thermally crosslinkable with a material selected from the group consisting of the polymeric binder (b), the polymerization product of compound (a), and itself, and which, if the crosslinking groups of said compound (d) are epoxy groups, has at least three epoxy groups.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture consisting essentially of (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by free radical initiated chain addition polymerization (b) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water and at least swellable in aqueous alkaline solutions, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator, and (d) a compound which is thermally crosslinkable with a material selected from the group consisting of the polymeric binder (b), the polymerization product of compound (a), and itself, and which, if the crosslinking groups of said compound (d) are epoxy groups, has at least three epoxy groups.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said crosslinkable compound (d) comprises from 0.5 to 30 percent by weight of the non-volatile constituents of the mixture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 2, wherein said crosslinkable compound (d) comprises from 1 to 8 percent by weight of the non-volatile constituents of the mixture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said crosslinkable compound contains crosslinking groups selected from the group consisting of epoxy groups and groups corresponding to the formula --CH.sub.2 --O--R in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl, acyl or hydroxyalkyl group and the groups --CH 2 OR are bonded to a nitrogen atom of an open-chain or cyclic carboxamide or to an aromatic carbon atom of a compound capable of condensing with formaldehyde.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 4, wherein said crosslinkable compound is an N-methylol compound selected from the group consisting of N,N'-dimethylolurea, N,N'-dimethyloloxamide, N,N'-dimethylolmalonamide, N,N'-dimethylolsuccinamide, N,N'-dimethylolsebacamide, N,N',N"-trimethylolcitramide, 1,3-dimethylolimidazolidine-2-one, 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidine-2-one, 1,3-dimethylolperhydropyrimidine-2-one, trimethylolmelamine, tetramethylolmelamine, hexamethylolmelamine, 1,3-dimethylol-5-methylperhydro-1,3,5-triazine-2-one, 1,3-dimethylol-5-allylperhydro-1,3,5-triazine-2-one, 1,3-dimethylol-5-butylperhydro-1,3,5-triazine-2-one, 1,2-bis-[1,3-dimethylolperhydro-1,3,5-triazine-2-one-5-yl]ethane, tetramethylolhydrazine dicarboxamide, N,N'-dimethylolterephthalamide, N,N'-dimethylolbenzene-1,3-disulfonamide and tetramethylolglycoluril.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 4, wherein said crosslinkable compound is a C-methylol compound selected from the group consisting of 2,4,6-trimethylolphenol, 2,6-dimethylol-4-methylanisole, 2,6-dimethylol-4-methylphenol, 1,3-dimethylol-4,6-diisopropylbenzene, 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylolphenyl)propane, and 3,3'-dimethylol-4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 4, wherein said crosslinkable compound is selected from the group consisting of 4,4'-bis-methoxymethyldiphenyl ether, tris-methoxymethyldiphenyl ether, tetrakis-methoxymethyl hydrazinedicarboxamide, tetrakis-methoxymethylglycoluril, tetrakis-hydroxyethoxymethylglycoluril, bis-acetoxymethyldiphenyl ether, and hexamethoxymethylmelamine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said crosslinkable compound contains at least two crosslinking groups.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said crosslinkable compound is an epoxy compound which is insoluble in coating solvents used for said mixture.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein the unsaturated groups of said polymerizable compound are selected from the class consisting of acrylate groups and methacrylate groups.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 10, wherein said polymerizable compound is an ester of an acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid with a polyhydric alcohol containing from 2 to about 4 hydroxyl groups.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
50 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 11, wherein said polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butane-1,4-diol, butane-1,3-diol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycols or polypropylene glycols having molecular weights from about 200 to 1000, neopentylglycol, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol and ethoxylated bisphenol A derivatives.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 10, wherein said polymerizable compound is a urethane group-containing reaction product of two moles of a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or hydroxyalkyl methacrylate with one mole of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
145 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 10, wherein said polymerizable compound comprises an admixture comprising from 2 to 20 percent by weight of a urethane group-containing prepolymer corresponding to the formula: ##STR6## wherein Q represents a bivalent mononuclear or binuclear aromatic radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl groups and which can contain a lower alkylene group as a connecting member, X represents one of the groups --O--Ph--X'--Ph--O-- and --OOC--(CH 2 ) y --COO--, wherein Ph is an optionally substituted phenylene group, X' represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms and y represents a number from 2 to 12, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Ak is an alkylene radical having 2-4 carbon atoms, m is a number from 4 to 50, n is a number from 1 to 6 and o is a number from 4 to 20.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said polymeric binder is soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
44 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 15, wherein said polymeric binder is a water-insoluble saturated polymer containing an effective alkali-solubility-imparting number of functional groups selected from the class consisting of phosphonic acid groups, sulfonic acid groups, sulfonamide groups, carboxylic anhydride groups and carboxyl groups.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
55 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said polymerizable compound comprises from 20 to 50 percent, said polymeric binder comprises from 40 to 80 percent, said polymerization initiator comprises from 0.01 to 10 percent and said crosslinkable compound comprises from 0.5 to 30 percent of the weight of the non-volatile constituents of the mixture.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
55 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 17, wherein said polymerizable compound comprises from 25 to 45 percent, said polymeric binder comprises from 50 to 70 percent, said polymerization initiator comprises from 0.05 to 2 percent and said crosslinkable compound comprises from 1 to 8 percent of the weight of the non-volatile constituents of the mixture.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1 further comprising at least one dyestuff for making said mixture more visible.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
47 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 19, wherein said mixture comprises at least one dyestuff which changes its color on irradiation and is destroyed at temperatures above 200° C. and at least one dyestuff which is stable under conditions of irradiation and at temperatures above 200° C.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
116 words
A photopolymerizable copying material comprising a flexible, transparent, temporary support and a transferably thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer consisting essentially of (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by free radical initiated chain addition polymerization, (b) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water and at least swellable in aqueous alkaline solutions, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator, and (d) a compound which is thermally crosslinkable with a material selected from the group consisting of the polymeric binder (b), the polymerization product of the compound (a), and itself and which, if the crosslinking groups of said compound (d) are epoxy groups, has at least three epoxy groups.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
116 words
A photopolymerizable copying material comprising a flexible, transparent, temporary support and a transferably thermoplastic photopolymerizable layer consisting essentially of (a) a compound which has at least two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups and which can form a crosslinked polymer by free radical initiated chain addition polymerization, (b) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water and at least swellable in aqueous alkaline solutions, (c) a radiation-activatable polymerization initiator, and (d) a compound which is thermally crosslinkable with a material selected from the group consisting of the polymeric binder (b), the polymerization product of the compound (a), and itself and which, if the crosslinking groups of said compound (d) are epoxy groups, has at least three epoxy groups.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
A copying material according to claim 21, wherein said photopolymerizable layer has a thickness in the range from 10 to 150 μm.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
32 words
A copying material according to claim 21 further comprising a covering material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene films and polypropylene films disposed over the free surface of said photopolymerizable layer.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
21 words
A radiation-polymerizable mixture according to claim 1, wherein said polymeric binder is a mixed polymer comprising methacrylic acid and alkyl methacrylates.
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