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Metal and electronically conductive polymer transfer
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 2005-09-15
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Granted: 2008-08-12
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Expires: 2025-09-15
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a donor laminate comprising in order, a substrate, an electronically conductive polymer layer in contact with said substrate, and a metal layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Debasis Majumdar
- 👤 Glen C. Irvin, Jr.
- 👤 Joseph K. Madathil
- 👤 Lee W. Tutt
- 👤 Gary S. Freedman
- 👤 Robert J. Kress
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:33
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G11/00; H01G11/22; H01G11/30; H01G11/48; H01G11/54; H01G11/56; H10; H10K; H10K71/00; H10K71/10; H10K71/18; H10K71/60; H10K71/611; H10K71/621; H10K85/00; H10K85/10; H10K85/111; H10K85/113; H10K85/1135; H10P; H10P72/00; H10P72/70; H10P72/74; H10P72/743; H10P72/7432; H10P72/744; H10P72/7442; H10P72/7444; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
47 words
A donor laminate comprising in order, a substrate, an electronically conductive polymer layer in contact with said substrate, and a metal layer, wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has a peel force of less than 100 grams per inch for separation from said substrate at room temperature.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
A donor laminate comprising in order, a substrate, an electronically conductive polymer layer in contact with said substrate, and a metal layer, wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has a peel force of less than 100 grams per inch for separation from said substrate at room temperature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said substrate is transparent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said substrate comprises a surface that is a release material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer comprises an electronically conductive polymer in a cationic form and a polyanion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The donor laminate of claim 4 wherein said electronically conductive polymer in a cationic form comprises polythiophene.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The donor laminate of claim 4 wherein said electronically conductive polymer in a cationic form comprises polyethylenedioxythiophene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The donor laminate of claim 4 wherein said polyanion comprises polystyrene sulfonate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer consists of at least one member selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted pyrrole-containing, substituted or unsubstituted thiophene-containing polymers and substituted or unsubstituted aniline-containing polymers.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer further comprises a binder.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said metal layer comprises a silver layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The donor laminate of claim 10 wherein said silver has a thickness of between 5 nanometers and 50 micrometers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said metal layer consists of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, aluminum and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said metal layer has a sheet resistance of between 0.001 and 25 ohm/square.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer in contact with said substrate, and said metal layer are in a pattern.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said metal layer is in a pattern.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer is in a pattern.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
11 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said substrate comprises triacetylcellulose.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said substrate comprises a flexible polymer sheet.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has a thickness of between 5 nanometer and 1 micrometer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
28 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has a peel force of less than 50 grams per inch for separation from said substrate.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
25 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said laminate further comprises an adhesive layer on the side of the metal layer opposite to the substrate.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
67 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has an FOM less than or equal to 100 wherein FOM is defined as the slope of the plot of 1n (1/T) versus (1/Rs) and wherein T=visual light transmission Rs=sheet resistance in ohms per square FOM=figure of merit and wherein the Rs has a value of less than or equal to 1000 ohms per square.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
16 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer further comprises epoxy silane.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
19 words
The donor laminate of claim 1 wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer is coated utilizing a conductivity enhancing agent.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
80 words
A method of forming a conductive element comprising providing a donor laminate comprising in order, a substrate, an electronically conductive polymer layer in contact with said substrate, and a metal layer, wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has a peel force of less than 100 grams per inch for separation from said substrate at room temperature, bringing a receiver sheet into contact with said donor laminate, and transferring said metal layer and electronically conductive polymer layer to said receiver sheet.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
80 words
A method of forming a conductive element comprising providing a donor laminate comprising in order, a substrate, an electronically conductive polymer layer in contact with said substrate, and a metal layer, wherein said electronically conductive polymer layer has a peel force of less than 100 grams per inch for separation from said substrate at room temperature, bringing a receiver sheet into contact with said donor laminate, and transferring said metal layer and electronically conductive polymer layer to said receiver sheet.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said transferring is carried out by heat.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said transferring is carried out by pressure.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 27 wherein said pressure is applied by a patterned roller.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
15 words
The method of Cairn 27 wherein said pressure is applied by acoustic or mechanical force.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
15 words
The method of Cairn 27 wherein said pressure is applied by acoustic or mechanical force.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said transferring is carried out utilizing a radiation source.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said transferring is carried out by thermal resistive head.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said receiver sheet comprises a flexible polymer sheet.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said receiver comprises glass.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 25 wherein said transferring is in a pattern.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 25 wherein the surface of said substrate in contact with said electronically conductive polymer layer comprises a release material.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 25 wherein transferring utilizes an adhesive between said metal layer and said receiver element.
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