US4908155A
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Polymeric surfactant
Assignee: Agfa Gevaert NV
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Filing: 1987-11-13
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Granted: 1990-03-13
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Expires: 2007-11-13
Abstract
Abstract A surface-active block copolymer which comprises chemically linked polymeric blocks (A) and (B), block (A) of said copolymer consisting of at least one homo- or copolymerized non-polar alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and block (B) of said copolymer is derived by polymerizing an alpha-beta ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an epoxy group and transforming the epoxy group into an hydroxy-substituted ionic group, preferably an anionic group. These block copolymers are used as dispersing agents in aqueous dispersions, including polymeric latex dispersions, and as plasticizing agent in hydrophilic colloid layers, including colloid layers containing a dispersed light-sensitive silver halide emulsion or other auxiliary substances for photographic materials.
Inventors
- 👤 Luc E. Leemans
- 👤 Herman J. Uytterhoeven
- 👤 Philippe J. Teyssie
- 👤 Roger M. Fayt
- 👤 Nikolaas C. De Jaeger
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 15:54
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/30; G03C7/388; G03C7/3882; C; C08; C08F; C08F297/00; C08F297/02; C08F8/00; C08F8/44; C09; C09K; C09K23/00; C09K23/16; C09K23/34; C09K23/54; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C1/04; G03C1/053; G03C1/06; G03C1/38; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S516/00; Y10S516/01; Y10S516/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A block copolymer prepared by anionic polymerization comprising polymeric blocks (A)x and (B)y, wherein block (A)x is directly chemically linked at one end thereof to one end of block (B)y, the block (A)x of said copolymer consisting of recurring units A of at least one homo- or copolymerized non-polar alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and the block (B)y of said copolymer consists of recurring units B each containing a hydroxy-substituted ionic group, said recurring unit B being derived from an epoxy-substituted alpha-beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and x and y are integers and are sufficiently large that block (A)x and block (B)y constitute a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group, respectively, and the block copolymer as a whole exhibits surface-active properties in aqueous media, is miscible with hydrophilic colloids and aqueous media containing such colloids, and is resistant to diffusion from water-wet hydrophilic colloid layers containing the same, said ionic group of recurring units B corresponding to one of the following structural formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and (VIII): ##STR7## wherein: X + is a cation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A block copolymer prepared by anionic polymerization comprising polymeric blocks (A)x and (B)y, wherein block (A)x is directly chemically linked at one end thereof to one end of block (B)y, the block (A)x of said copolymer consisting of recurring units A of at least one homo- or copolymerized non-polar alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and the block (B)y of said copolymer consists of recurring units B each containing a hydroxy-substituted ionic group, said recurring unit B being derived from an epoxy-substituted alpha-beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and x and y are integers and are sufficiently large that block (A)x and block (B)y constitute a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group, respectively, and the block copolymer as a whole exhibits surface-active properties in aqueous media, is miscible with hydrophilic colloids and aqueous media containing such colloids, and is resistant to diffusion from water-wet hydrophilic colloid layers containing the same, said ionic group of recurring units B corresponding to one of the following structural formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and (VIII): ##STR7## wherein: X + is a cation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A surface-active block copolymer according to claim 1, wherein said epoxy-substituted monomer is glycidyl methacrylate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A surface-active block copolymer according to claim 1, wherein said non-polar monomer comprises a monomer containing more than one unsaturated bond.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A surface-active block copolymer according to claim 1, wherein said non-polar monomer is selected from the following classes: (a) ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid esters, (b) dienes, (c) ethylenically unsaturated carbonitriles, and (d) vinyl aromatic compounds.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
A surface-active block copolymer according to claim 1, wherein said non-polar monomer is selected from the following group: i. styrene ii. Alpha-methylstyrene iii. lauryl methacrylate iv. 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate v. methyl methacrylate vi. t. butyl acrylate vii. ethyl acrylate viii. butadiene ix. isoprene x. allyl methacrylate, and xi. acrylonitrile.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer comprising hydrophilic colloid and a block copolymer according to claim 1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein said block copolymer is prepared by anionic polymerization.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein said epoxy-substituted monomer is glycidyl methacrylate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein the non-polar monomer of said block (A) of said block copolymer comprises a monomer containing more than one unsaturated bond.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein said non-polar monomer of said block (A) of said block copolymer is at least one monomer selected from the following classes: (a) ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid esters, (b) dienes, (c) ethylenically unsaturated carbonitriles, and (d) vinyl aromatic compounds.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
60 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein said non-polar monomer of said block (A) of said block copolymer is at least one monomer selected from the following group: i. styrene ii. Alpha-methylstyrene iii. lauryl methacrylate iv. 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate v. methyl methacrylate vi. t. butyl acrylate vii. ethyl acrylate viii. butadiene ix. isopropene x. allyl methacrylate and xi. acrylonitrile.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein said hydrophilic colloid comprises gelatin.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, which further comprises a silver halide emulsion dispersed within said colloid.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer according to claim 6, wherein said layer is a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a subbing layer, an antistress layer, an antihalation layer or another photographic auxiliary layer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
A hydrophilic colloid layer as in claim 6, which further comprises polymeric latex particles.
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