Abstract:
A method for preparing a composition containing between 0.08 and 3.0% by weight of polymer or copolymer of a 3,4-dialkoxythiophene in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge, a polyanion and at least one non-aqueous solvent from a dispersion of the polymer or copolymer of (3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and the polyanion in water which is prepared in the substantial absence of oxygen, comprising in the following order the steps of: i) mixing at least one of the non-aqueous solvents with the aqueous dispersion of the polymer or copolymer of (3,4-dialkoxythiophene) and the polyanion; and ii) evaporating water from the mixture prepared in step i) until the content of water therein is reduced by at least 65% by weight; a printing ink, printing paste or coating composition, capable of yielding layers with enhanced conductivity at a given transparency, prepared according to the above-described method; a coating process with the coating composition thereby producing a layer with enhanced conductivity at a given transparency; and a printing process with the printing ink or paste thereby producing a layer with enhanced conductivity at a given transparency.
Abstract:
A layer configuration on a support, the layer configuration comprising a layer containing a polymer containing optionally substituted 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene structural units, in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge, and a compound selected from the group consisting of polyphosphoric acids, polyphosphoric acid salts, thia-alkanedicarboxylic acids, cyclohexadiene compounds and polyhydroxy-compounds selected from the group consisting of tetronic acid derivatives; ortho-dihydroxybenzene compounds with at least one sulpho group, compounds according to formula (I): HO—CH2—CH(OH)—(CH2)m—S—CH2—C(R1)(R2)—CH2—S—(CH2)n—CH(OH)—CH2—OH (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently H, —OH or alkyl, and n and m are independently 1, 2 or 3; compounds according to formula (II): HO—(CH2)p—S—CH2—S—(CH2)q—OH (II) wherein p and q are independently 2, 3 or 4; compounds hydrolyzable to tetronic acid derivatives; compounds hydrolyzable to compounds according to formula (I); and sulpho-substituted 2-thia-alkyl-benzimidazole compounds.
Abstract:
A compound represented by formula (I): wherein X is a carbonyl or sulfonyl group; R2 is an alkyl, alkaryl or aryl group; and R1 is an amino group or an N-alkyl-amino group if Y is a halogen atom, an alkyl group or a hydroxy group; and R1 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group or a hydroxy group if Y is an amino group or an N-alkyl-amino group; and a thermographic recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element, the thermosensitive element comprising at least one substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, at least one organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, at least one binder and at least one compound represented by formula (I).
Abstract:
A non-dye containing flexographic ink containing a polymer or copolymer of a 3,4-dialkoxythiophene in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge, a polyanion and a latex binder in a solvent or aqueous medium, characterized in that the polymer or copolymer of a 3,4-dialkoxythiophene is present in a concentration of at least 0.1% by weight in the ink and that the ink is capable of producing a colorimetrically additive transparent print; a method of preparing the flexographic ink; and a flexographic printing process therewith.
Abstract:
An aqueous dispersion of a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion; a preparation process therefor; its use for coating; a printing ink containing the aqueous dispersion; an electro-conductive layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion derived from an aqueous dispersion thereof; and an antistatic layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxy-thiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion derived from an aqueous dispersion thereof.
Abstract:
A redispersible or soluble product, optionally having a solids content higher than 10% by weight, obtainable by freeze drying an aqueous dispersion of a latex comprising a polyanion and a polymer or copolymer of a substituted or unsubstituted thiophene; a printing ink comprising the above product; a coating dispersion or solution comprising the above product; and a method for making an antistatic or electroconductive layer comprising the steps of redispersing or diluting the above product by adding water or an organic solvent so as to obtain a dispersion or solution, optionally adding other ingredients to the coating solution or dispersion and applying the dispersion or solution to an object.
Abstract:
According to the present invention there is provided a heat-sensitive imaging element for making lithographic printing plates. The heat-sensitive imaging element comprises an image-forming layer comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles having a specific particle size and polydispersity for obtaining printing plates with an improved sensitivity, excellent developability, high throughput and less scumming.
Abstract:
A method for producing a polymeric conductive layer on an object comprising the steps of: providing an aqueous composition containing a polythiophene, a polyanion compound and an aprotic compound with a dielectric constant, &egr;, ≧15, applying said composition to said object forming a layer and drying said layer to form a conductive polymeric layer on said object, characterised in that during said production said object and said layer are kept at a temperature below 100° C. and said conductive polymeric layer has a resistivity of at most 2 k&OHgr;/square.
Abstract:
A substantially light-insensitive black and white thermographic material including a support and a thermosensitive element, containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the binder is a water-dispersible film-forming polymer with covalently bonded moieties with one or more acid groups or anhydrides thereof and the thermographic material is thermally developable under substantially water-free conditions; and a process for producing the substantially light-insensitive black and white thermographic material comprising the steps of: producing an aqueous dispersion of the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt; producing one or more aqueous coating compositions containing together the aqueous dispersion of the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, the reducing agent and the binder; and applying the one or more aqueous coating compositions to the support thereby forming after drying the thermosensitive element.
Abstract:
A process for producing polymers of .alpha., .omega.-unsaturated conjugated compounds, which includes reacting a compound of the formula (I),B--A--C (I)whereinB denotes a sp.sup.3 -hybridized carbon atom carrying at least one hydrogen atom,A denotes a conjugated-.pi.-system or a --CH.dbd.CH--group, andC denotes a carbon atom carrying at least one leaving group,with a base in a solvent. On reaction of the base with the compound of the formula (I) a polymer is formed as a by-product essentially soluble in the solvent and a solid is formed as a by-product which is essentially insoluble in the solvent. According to the process, chemically and thermally stable, high molecular weight polymers of high purity and high regularity are obtained in good yield. If the products of the process carry groups that undergo elimination, forming double bonds, high quality electroluminescent materials can be prepared.