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Granted Patent B2
US 10,308,768 · App. 15/534,392 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Poly- or prepolymer composition, or embossing lacquer comprising such a composition and use thereof

Inventors: Dieter Nees (Thannhausen, AT); Markus Leitgeb (Fehring, AT); Barbara Stadlober (Graz, AT); Stephan Ruttloff (Weiz, AT); Andre Lintschnig (Graz, AT); Valentin Satzinger (Graz, AT)
Assignee: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
C08G75/045G03F7/0002G03F7/0046G03F7/027G03F7/029G03F7/0275G03F7/031G03F7/0757
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Patent No.
US 10,308,768
App. No.
15/534,392
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

With a prepolymer composition containing at least one mono or oligomer component with at least one polymerizable C—C double bond as well as at least one multifunctional monomer component, the multifunctional monomer component a multifunctional monomer component is contained with at least two thiol groups selected from the group: 3-Mercaptopropionates, 3-Mercaptoacetates, thioglycolates, and alkylthiols, wherein the mono or oligomer component with at least one polymerizable double bond is selected from the group acrylates, methyl acrylates, vinyl ethers, allyl ethers, propenyl ethers, alkenes, dienes, unsaturated esters, allyl triazines, allyl isocyanates, and N-vinyl amides, and wherein at least one surface-active anti-adhesive additive selected from the group alkyl (meth)acrylates, polysiloxane (meth)acrylates, perfluoroalkyl (meth)acrylates, perfluoropolyether (meth)acrylates, alkyl vinyl ethers, polysiloxane vinyl ethers, perfluoroalkyl vinyl ethers, and perfluoropolyether vinyl ethers, as well as a photoinitiator are contained, as well as the use thereof.

Claims (17)

1. A prepolymer composition containing at least one monomer or oligomer component having at least one polymerizable C—C double bond as well as at least one multifunctional monomer component, wherein the multifunctional monomer component contains at least two thiol groups selected from the group consisting of: 3-Mercaptopropionates, 3-mercaptoacetates, thioglycolates, and alkyl thiols, wherein the monomer or oligomer component having at least one polymerizable double bond is selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methyl acrylates, vinyl ethers, allyl ethers, propenyl ethers, alkenes, dienes, unsaturated ester, allyl triazines, allyl isocyanates, and N-vinyl amides, and wherein at least one surface-active anti-adhesive additive selected from the group consisting of alkyl-(meth)acrylates, poly-siloxane (meth)acrylates, perfluoroalkyl (meth)acrylates, perfluoropolyether (meth)acrylates, alkyl vinyl ethers, polysiloxane vinyl ethers, perfluoroalkyl vinyl ethers, and perfluoropolyether vinyl ethers, as well as one photoinitiator are included, wherein the multifunctional monomer component having at least two thiol groups is contained in a quantity of 5 wt % to 30 wt %, the two monomer or oligomer components having at least one polymerizable double bond are contained in a total quantity of 10 wt % to 50 wt %, and the surface-active anti-adhesive additive is contained in a quantity of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt %.

2. The prepolymer composition according to claim 1 , wherein a urethane acrylate oligomer with a molecular weight between approximately 300 g/mol and 2500 g/mol is used as a monomer or oligomer component having at least one polymerizable double bond.

3. The prepolymer composition according to claim 2 , wherein the monomer or oligomer components having at least one polymerizable double bond are selected from the group consisting of bifunctional urethane acrylate oligomers with a molecular weight between 300 g/mol and 1200 g/mol, trifunctional urethane acrylate oligomers with a molecular weight between 450 g/mol and 1750 g/mol, and tetrafunctional urethane acrylate oligomers with a molecular weight between approximately 500 g/mol and 2500 g/mol.

4. The prepolymer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the photoinitiator is selected from the group consisting of thioxanthones, ketosulfones, (alkyl-)benzyl phenyl phosphine oxides, 1-Hydroxy alkyl phenyl ketones or 2,2-Dimethoxy-1,2-diphenyl-ethane-1-on.

5. The prepolymer composition according to claim 4 , wherein the photo-initiator is contained in a quantity of 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %.

6. The prepolymer composition according to claim 1 , wherein at least one monomer component having at least one polymerizable double bond is a reactive thinner.

7. The prepolymer composition according to claim 6 , wherein the reactive thinner is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic (meth)acrylates or polyether (meth)acrylates.

8. The prepolymer composition according to claim 7 , wherein at least one multifunctional aliphatic or polyether(meth)acrylate is contained as a reactive thinner.

9. The prepolymer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a viscosity of 0.01 Pas to 1 Pas.

10. The prepolymer composition according to claim 1 , wherein an additive containing silicone or fluoride selected from the group consisting of monomer or polyfunctional polydimethylsiloxane (meth)acrylates, perfluoro-n-alkyl (meth) acrylates or perfluoropolyether (meth) acrylates in a quantity of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % is a surface-active anti-adhesive additive.

11. The prepolymer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is used as an embossing lacquer, and wherein the hardened prepolymer composition has a modulus of elasticity between 50 MPa and 5 GPa.

12. The prepolymer composition according to claim 11 , wherein the embossing lacquer has a surface energy of 10 mJ/m 2 to 60 mJ/m 2 .

13. The prepolymer composition according to claim 11 for manufacturing self-moldable embossing stamps for UV imprinting largely identical types of polymers.

14. The prepolymer composition according to claim 11 , wherein the composition is used for continual structuring and in situ UV hardening in a roll-to-roll imprint process.

15. The prepolymer composition according to claim 5 , wherein the photoinitiator is contained in a quantity of 0.5wt % to 5 wt %.

16. The prepolymer composition according to claim 7 , wherein the reactive thinner is HDDA or TMP(EO)xTA.

17. The prepolymer composition according to claim 8 , wherein the multifunctional aliphatic or polyether(meth)acrylate is TMP(EO) 9 TA, TMP(EO)6TA, TMP(EO) 3 TA or TMPTA.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2018
From: NEES, DIETER; LEITGEB, MARKUS; STADLOBER, BARBARA; RUTTLOFF, STEPHAN; LINTSCHNIG, ANDRE; SATZINGER, VALENTIN
To: JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT
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Priority Claims (1)
AT A 888/2014 · Dec 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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