Nanostructured imaging transfer element
US5352651A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/249996
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A reusable nanostructured donor medium is provided comprising an image forming material containing polymeric film having a nanostructured surface region, at at least one major surface of the film, such that the nanostructured surface region is bifunctional. This bifunctionality being an efficient radiation to heat conversion element, as well as serving as a capillary pump to replenish the nanostructured surface region with an image forming material after an imaging event has occurred.
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