Abstract:
Described is the use of a plasticizing-permeation enhancing additive in negative-working, on-press developable lithographic printing plates. Briefly, a plasticizer, which is dispersible or soluble in press fountain and ink solutions and soluble in acrylic monomers and oligomers, are incorporated into a plate's photoresist at concentrations sufficient to enhance said resist's permeability to or diffusion by press solutions. Such additives make the photoresist more permeable to fountain solution prior to crosslinking, while being easily extracted with ink and fountain solution after crosslinking. In certain embodiments, a surfactant is added to facilitate the dispersion of hydrophobic remnants of removed resist material in the fountain solution, and thereby reduce scumming. Lithium salts may also be incorporated into the photoresist to disrupt hydrogen bonding of, for example, urethane acrylate polymers which tend to associate by hydrogen bonding.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate for use on a printing press, with minimal or no additional processing after exposure to actinic radiation, comprises a printing plate substrate, a polymeric resist layer capable of imagewise photodegradation or photohardening, and a plurality of microencapsulated developers capable of blanket-wise promoting the washing out of either exposed or unexposed areas of the polymeric resist. The microencapsulated developers may be integrated into the polymeric resist layer, or may form a separate layer deposited atop the polymeric resist layer, or may be coated onto a separate sheet support capable of being brought into face-to-face contact with conventional printing plates.
Abstract:
A process for forming microcapsules having discrete capsule walls comprising the steps of:forming an emulsion of an oily core material phase in a continuous aqueous phase, said oily core material phase including isocyanatoacrylate or cyanoacrylate prewall reactants which react with said aqueous phase to form a pre-wall material around said oily core material phase; andenwrapping particles of said oily core material phase in an amine-formaldehyde condensation product produced by in situ condensation of an amine and formaldehyde, and the microcapsules produced thereby are disclosed.
Abstract:
A photoresist composition, and a process for using the same are; the composition comprises a polyphenolic resin and a sensitizer effective, when exposed to actinic radiation, to provide alkali solubility to said composition, wherein said resin is represented by the formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkaryl group or an aryl group; R' is a silyl group; and n and n'+m are greater than 3. The composition exhibits high thermal and plasmal resistance and good dissolution characteristics.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method for preparing microcapsules which comprises:preparing an aqueous dispersion or emulsion of a hydrophobic oily core material containing a polyvalent isocyanate, a polyvalent isothiocyanate, or an adduct thereof, having an anionic moiety; andforming capsule walls around the droplets of said oily core material.
Abstract:
Method for polymerizing a monomer suspended in water which comprises:Preparing a polymerization mixture of a water immiscible, liquid, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a polyisocyanate and an oil soluble free radical initiator, dispersing said mixture in a solution of water and a surfactant, and effecting polymerization of said monomer.
Abstract:
A process for producing microcapsules comprising the steps of: adding a hydroxy or amine functionalized acrylic resin or copolymer to an aqueous emulsion including a dispersed internal phase composition;simultaneously or subsequently adding a formaldehyde condensate prepolymer to said emulsion; andforming interpenetrating polymer network microcapsule walls around said internal phase, said interpenetrating polymer network microcapsule walls comprising the condensation reaction product of said functionalized acrylic resin or copolymer and said formaldehyde condensate prepolymer is disclosed.
Abstract:
A recording sheet which comprises a substrate having a layer of a metal on the surface thereof and a layer of microcapsules, said microcapsules being bonded to one another by means of a crosslinking agent which has reactively interacted with reactive moieties on the surface of said microcapsules, to improve the adhesion of said microcapsule layer to said metal layer.
Abstract:
A developer composition comprising first and second developer materials, said first developer material being a finely divided thermoplastic phenolic resin and said second developer material being a finely divided thermoplastic vinylic or acrylic resin containing pendant developer moieties, said first and second developer materials being sufficiently compatible that upon heating they coalesce to form a non-tackey, and scratch resistant film.
Abstract:
A carrier belt for fabricating a device or component such as an anisotropic conductive film. The carrier belt includes a substrate having a sacrificial image enhancing layer. Microcavities are formed in the carrier by laser ablation through the image enhancing layer. After the image enhancement layer is removed, a plurality of conductive particles are distributed into an array of microcavities formed by laser ablation on a surface of a carrier belt and transferred to an adhesive layer. The image enhancing layer enables one to form microcavities with a fine pitch and spacing and partitions having a high aspect ratio.