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US 9,248,686 · App. 14/030,355 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

High resolution, solvent resistant, thin elastomeric printing plates

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Patent No.
US 9,248,686
App. No.
14/030,355
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a printing element having at least one polymer layer which has photoimageable constituents and a chemically functionalized polymer to make the polymer layer either more hydrophobic or hydrophilic. In one embodiment, the printing element comprises two adjacent polymer layers on a substrate in which the photoimaged layer comprises a polymer chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups to provide differential wetting with hydrophilic inks.

Claims (14)

1. An article comprising:

a) a substrate;

b) a bi-layer having a first layer and a second layer of semi-interpenetrating polymer network layers disposed on the substrate, wherein the first network layer comprises a hydrophobic fluorinated crosslinked polymer and a hydrophobic fluorinated elastomeric polymer; and the second network layer comprises a crosslinked polymer and a elastomeric polymer.

2. The article of claim 1 wherein the hydrophobic fluorinated elastomeric polymer in the first network layer is a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene containing hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups and the elastomeric polymer in the second network layer is a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene.

3. The article of claim 1 wherein the hydrophobic fluorinated elastomeric polymer in the first network layer is a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene containing hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups and the elastomeric polymer in the second network layer is a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups.

4. The article of claim 1 wherein the first network layer is adjacent to the substrate.

5. The article of claim 1 wherein the second network layer is adjacent to the substrate.

6. The article of claim 1 wherein the first network layer and the second network layer have an elastic modulus in the range of 10 to 100 MPa.

7. The article of claim 1 wherein the first network layer and the second network layer have an elastic modulus in the range of 20 to 40 MPa.

8. The article of claim 1 wherein the article is a printing element.

9. The article of claim 8 wherein the article is a printing element comprising a pattern of relief features in one of the first network layer or the second network layer wherein the pattern of relief features selectively wets with ink.

10. The article of claim 1 wherein the article is a printing element wherein the first network layer comprises a pattern of relief features and the second network layer forms a floor.

11. The article of claim 1 wherein the article is a printing element wherein the second network layer comprises a pattern of relief features and the first network layer forms a floor.

12. The article of claim 1 wherein the second network layer is hydrophilic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2019
From: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
To: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
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