Imaging member containing switchable polymers and method for use
US6146812A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/145
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An imaging member is prepared by applying to a support a heat-sensitive imaging layer which comprises at least one heat-sensitive polymer capable of undergoing transformation from a hydrophilic to hydrophobic state or hydrophobic to hydrophilic state, wherein the transformation occurs such that the activation energy Ea and the Arrhenius pre-exponential factor A associated with the transformation simultaneously fulfill the relationships: ln (A).gtoreq.0.4 Ea+8.84 and ln (A).ltoreq.1.69 Ea-14.37. The imaging member is useful in processless thermal lithographic printing.
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