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Process for the production of images
Assignee: Novartis Corp
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Filing: 1985-09-25
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Granted: 1986-12-30
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Expires: 2005-09-25
Abstract
Abstract A process for the production of an image on a substrate comprises (i) inserting the substrate as an electrode into a liquid composition comprising (A) a cationically polymerizable material, (B) a polymerizing agent for (A) which is activated by an electric current, and (C) a photosensitive material, (ii) passing an electric current through the liquid composition between the substrate and another electrode, such that a photosensitive layer of essentially solid, polymerized material is deposited on the surface of the substrate, (iii) removing the substrate from the liquid composition, (iv) exposing the photosensitive layer to actinic radiation in a predetermined pattern so as to effect a difference in solubility between exposed parts and unexposed parts of the layer, and (v) removing more soluble parts of the layer by treatment with a solvent, leaving less soluble parts of the layer on the substrate. Typically, (A) is an epoxide resin, (B) is potassium hexafluorophosphate and (C) is a photocurable acrylate or a quinone diazide.
Inventors
- 👤 Christopher P. Banks
- 👤 Edward Irving
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 22:10
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/16; G03F7/164; G03F7/004; G03F7/027; G03F7/028; G03F7/029
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A process for the production of an image on a substrate which comprises (i) inserting the substrate as an electrode into a liquid composition comprising (A) a cationically polymerizable material, (B) a polymerizing agent for (A) which is activated by an electric current, and (C) a photosensitive material, (ii) passing an electric current through the liquid composition between the substrate and another electrode, such that a photosensitive layer of essentially solid, polymerized material is deposited on the surface of the substrate, (iii) removing the substrate from the liquid composition, (iv) exposing the photosensitive layer to actinic radiation in a predetermined pattern so as to effect a difference in solubility between exposed parts and unexposed parts of the layer, and (v) removing more soluble parts of the layer by treatment with a solvent, leaving less soluble parts of the layer on the substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A process for the production of an image on a substrate which comprises (i) inserting the substrate as an electrode into a liquid composition comprising (A) a cationically polymerizable material, (B) a polymerizing agent for (A) which is activated by an electric current, and (C) a photosensitive material, (ii) passing an electric current through the liquid composition between the substrate and another electrode, such that a photosensitive layer of essentially solid, polymerized material is deposited on the surface of the substrate, (iii) removing the substrate from the liquid composition, (iv) exposing the photosensitive layer to actinic radiation in a predetermined pattern so as to effect a difference in solubility between exposed parts and unexposed parts of the layer, and (v) removing more soluble parts of the layer by treatment with a solvent, leaving less soluble parts of the layer on the substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the liquid composition comprises (1) a mixture of one or more substances (A) which are exclusively cationically polymerizable with one or more substances (C) which are exclusively photosensitive, or (2) one or more dual functional substances which are both cationically polymerizable and photosensitive, present as both (A) and (C), or (3) a mixture of one or more said dual functional substances with one or more exclusively photosensitive substances or one or more exclusively cationically polymerizable substances, or (4) a mixture of (1) and (2).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1, in which (A) is a 1,2-epoxide, a phenoplast, an aminoplast or a cyclic vinyl ether.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 3, in which (A) is a cycloaliphatic epoxide resin, a monoglycidyl ether, a polyglycidyl ether, or an advanced polyglycidyl ether, or a polyhydric alcohol or phenol, a cyclic vinyl ether containing a dihydropyran residue, or a phenol-formaldehyde resol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1, in which (B) is a salt, or a complex of a Lewis acid with an organic material, which liberates a polymerizing species on electrolysis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
A process according to claim 5, in which (B) is a salt of formula ##STR7## where A y+ denotes a cation which is a metal, a metal complex, an organometallic, a heterocycle, ammonium, a sulfonium, an iodonium, a sulfoxonium, an iodosyl, a substituted ammonium, or a phosphonium ion, Z x- denotes an anion of a protic acid, and a, b, x, and y each denote 1, 2, or 3, such that (ay) is the same as (bx).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process according to claim 6, in which the anion Z x- is derived from an organic carboxylic acid, an organic sulfonic acid Y--SO 3 H, where Y denotes an aliphatic, aromatic or aliphatic-substituted aromatic group, or an inorganic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
61 words
A process according to claim 7, in which the anion Z x- is pentafluorohydroxoantimonate or an anion of formula MQ.sub.d.sup.- where M represents an atom of a metal or metalloid, selected from boron, phosphorus, antimony and arsenic, Q represents a halogen atom, and d is an integer of from 4 to 6 and is one more than the valency of M.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 5, in which (B) is a complex of boron trifluoride with an amine or with a phosphine substituted by three aliphatic or aromatic groups.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 1, in which (C) is a photocurable material in which cure is effected by direct activation of a photosensitive group through irradiation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
A process according to claim 10, in which the photosensitive group is an azido, coumarin, stilbene, maleimido, pyridinone, chalcone or anthracene group, or an acrylic ester group substituted in the 3-position by a group having ethylenic unsaturation or aromaticity in conjugation with an acrylic double bond.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1, in which (C) is a photocurable material in which irradiation activates a suitable initiator molecule which then activates photopolymerizable groups.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
98 words
A process according to claim 12, in which (C) is an epoxide resin, a phenolic resin, a urea-formaldehyde resin, a cyclic ether, cyclic ester, cyclic sulfide, cyclic amine or organosilicon cyclic in combination with a radiation-sensitive aromatic 'onium or iodosyl salt, a full or partial ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid with an aliphatic monohydric alcohol, a glycol or higher functional polyol, or with a compound containing one or more epoxide groups, or an ester formed by reaction of an epoxide with an adduct of a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or methacrylate with a saturated or unsaturated polycarboxylic acid anhydride.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process according to claim 2, in which the liquid composition comprises, as a dual functional material, an epoxy group- or methylol group-containing acrylate, methacrylate, chalcone or cinnamate, or a vinyl group-containing chalcone.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process according to claim 1, in which (C) is a photosolubilisable material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process according to claim 15, in which (C) is a quinone diazide, an o-nitrophenyl acetal or a polyester or end-capped derivative thereof, or a resin having a chain containing a benzoin group.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the liquid composition also contains a hydrophilic polymer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
61 words
A process according to claim 1, in which step (ii) is effected by mixing (A), (B) and (C) in an aqueous, organic or aqueous organic solvent in an electrolytic bath, inserting the substrate as anode and a similar or different conductive material as cathode, and passing a current until a suitable thickness of polymerized material has been deposited on the anode.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the voltage used in step (ii) is from 5 V to 100 V.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
10 words
An image produced by a process according to claim 1.
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