Abstract: A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a photoreactor composition to radiation, in which the photoreactor composition comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Also described are methods of polymerizing unsaturated monomers and curing an unsaturated oligomer/monomer mixture.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method and composition comprising a novel pre-dye molecule that is colorless and stable to ordinary light. The pre-dye molecule is capable of forming a color when exposed to certain wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. A second embodiment of the present invention is a method of converting a conventional leuco dye to a colored composition by exposing the leuco dye admixed with a radiation transorber to certain wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: The present invention comprises colorant stabilizers and a colorant composition which includes a colorant and a colorant stabilizer. The colorant stabilizer imparts light-stability to the colorant so that the colorant does not fade when exposed to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight or artificial light.

Abstract: A melt-extrudable composition which includes a thermoplastic polyolefin and a siloxane quatemary ammonium salt additive. The additive can be either of two general classes: (1) a trisiloxane having a pendent quatemary ammonium group and a molecular weight of from about 600 to about 1,700; and (2) an ABA-type siloxane having a polydispersity of up to about 3.0 and a weight-average molecular weight of from about 800 to about 2,000, in which a central siloxane moiety is terminated at each end by a quatemary ammonium salt group. The anion in general can be any anion which does not adversely affect the thermal stability of the salt. The siloxane quatemary ammonium salt possesses antimicrobial properties. Upon melt extruding the thermoplastic composition to form fibers and nonwoven webs, or other shaped artides, the surfaces of such shaped artides exhibit antimicrobial properties.

Abstract: A light-stable colored composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation, to be mutable. The radiation transorber also imparts light-stability to the colorant so that the colorant does not fade when exposed to sunlight or artificial light.

Abstract: A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a photoreactor composition to radiation, in which the photoreactor composition comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Also described are methods of polymerizing unsaturated monomers and curing an unsaturated oligomer/monomer mixture.

Abstract: A melt-extrudable thermoplastic polypropylene composition having a melt flow rate in a range of from about 18 to about 30 g/10 minutes at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg, a polydispersity less than 4, and a Z-average molecular weight greater than 300,000 as determined by differential refractometry. The composition may include a first thermoplastic polypropylene having a melt flow rate lower than 18 g/10 minutes at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg and a second thermoplastic polypropylene having a melt flow rate higher than 18 g/10 minutes at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg. The weight ratio of the first polypropylene to the second polypropylene is in a range of from about 90:10 to about 10:90. The composition may include from about 0.1 to about 1 percent by weight, based on the weight of the first and second thermoplastic polypropylenes, of a defined alkyl-substituted polysiloxane.

Abstract: A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a photoreactor composition to radiation, in which the photoreactor composition comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Also described are methods of polymerizing unsaturated monomers and curing an unsaturated oligomer/monomer mixture.

Abstract: A data processing form for use with photo-sensing apparatus that detect the presence of indicia at indicia-receiving locations on the form. The form is composed of a sheet of carrier material and plurality of indicia-receiving locations. The indicia-receiving locations are defined by a mutable colored composition including a mutable colorant and an ultraviolet radiation transorber such that the indicia-receiving locations are adapted to become substantially undetectable by photo-sensing apparatus upon irradiating the colored composition with ultraviolet radiation at a dosage level sufficient to irreversibly mutate the colorant. The colored composition may be irradiated with radiation in the ultraviolet region of the ultraviolet spectrum.

Abstract: A method of mutating a colorant in a composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber by irradiating the composition. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation, to be mutable. The radiation transorber also imparts light-stability to the colorant so that the colorant does not fade when exposed to sunlight or artificial light.

Abstract: An adhesive composition, a laminated structure, and a method of laminating a structure. The adhesive composition comprises an admixture of unsaturated polymerizable material and a photoreactor, the photoreactor comprising a wavelength-specific sensitizer covalently bonded to a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Suitable wavelength-specific sensitizers have a molar extinction coefficient greater than about 5000 liters per mole per cm at an absorption maximum and resulting photoreactors have a quantum yield of greater than about 0.5 at an absorption maximum. Suitable photoreactors include 2-?p-(2-methyllactoyl)phenoxy!ethyl-1,3-dioxo-2-isoindolineacetate, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-4'-?2-?p-(3-oxobutyl)phenoxy!ethoxy!propiophenone, 4-?p-?(4-benzoylcyclohexyl)oxy!phenyl!-2-butanone, and 1,3-dioxo-2-isoindolineacetic acid diester with 2-hydroxy-4'-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylpropiophenone.

Abstract: A light-stable colored composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation, to be mutable. The radiation transorber also imparts light-stability to the colorant so that the colorant does not fade when exposed to sunlight or artificial light.

Abstract: Proteins are applied to a polymeric article by contacting the polymeric article with a protein and exposing the contacted polymeric article to a frequency with a sufficient power dissipation for a sufficient period of time. A frequency range for applying proteins to a polymeric article is between about 5 kHz to about 40 kHz with a minimum power dissipated of about 1 watt. As a result, polymeric articles so treated exhibit improved water wettability, proteins may be applied to the polymeric articles very rapidly and more uniformly than by other methods, and polymeric articles having selected zones of wettability may be produced.

Abstract: A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a polymolecular photoreactor to radiation, in which the polymolecular photoreactor comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. The sensitizer absorbs energy and transfers the absorbed energy to the photoinitiator which, in turn, generates reactive species. The wavelength-specific sensitizer is adapted to have an absorption wavelength band generally corresponding to an emission peak of the radiation. The radiation to which the polymolecular photoreactor is exposed generally will have a wavelength of from about 4 to about 1,000 nanometers. Thus, the radiation may be ultraviolet radiation, including near ultraviolet and far or vacuum ultraviolet radiation: visible radiation: and near infrared radiation. Desirably, the radiation will have a wavelength of from about 100 to about 900 nanometers.

Abstract: A polymer coated fiber, a polymer-coated web, and a method of coating a fiber or a web. The fiber or web is coated with a composition comprising an admixture of unsaturated polymerizable material and a photoreactor, and the composition on the fiber or web is irradiated with an amount of radiation sufficient to cure the composition and form a coating on the fiber or web. The photoreactor comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer covalently bonded to a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Suitable wavelength-specific sensitizers have a molar extinction coefficient greater than about 5000 liters per mole per cm at an absorption maximum and resulting photoreactors have a quantum yield of greater than about 0.5 at an absorption maximum.

Abstract: A composition for increasing the resistance to removal by an aqueous liquid of surfactants from a polymeric fabric including fibers having a plurality of fiber-fiber interstices at junctions of two or more fibers. The composition includes water, a first surfactant, and a second surfactant which is structurally dissimilar to and less soluble in water than the first surfactant. One of the first and second surfactants has a solubility in water at 20.degree. C. no greater than about 5 percent by weight, based on the weight of the water. In certain embodiments, the first and second surfactants are adapted to preferentially locate in the fiber-fiber interstices and resist removal therefrom by aqueous liquid. The preferential location of the surfactants in the fiber-fiber interstices of the fabric is accomplished by working the fabric after application of the composition to the fabric.

Abstract: A solid colored composition which includes a colorant and an ultraviolet radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the ultraviolet radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to ultraviolet radiation, to be mutable. The ultraviolet radiation transorber is adapted to absorb ultraviolet radiation and interact with the colorant to effect the irreversible mutation of the colorant. By way of example, the solid colored composition can be a toner adapted to be utilized in an electrophotographic process. The toner includes the colorant and ultraviolet radiation transorber as just described, and a carrier. The carrier can be a polymer, and the toner may contain a charge carrier. The ultraviolet radiation in general will have wavelengths of from about 100 to about 375 nanometers. Especially useful incoherent, pulsed ultraviolet radiation is produced by a dielectric barrier discharge excimer lamp.

Abstract: An improved ink suitable for ink jet printing comprising, a mixture of a colorant, an arylketoalkene stabilizing compound or a photoreactor, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the colorant is light-stable. When the photoreactor is combined with a wavelength-selective sensitizer to form a radiation transorber, the colorant is mutable upon exposure of the radiation transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation. The colored composition may also contain a molecular includant having a chemical structure which defines at least one cavity wherein each of the colorant and photoreactor or radiation transorber is associated with the molecular includant. The invention also includes ink jet print cartridges containing the improved ink, ink jet printers containing the improved ink and methods of printing using the improved ink.

Abstract: A melt-extrudable thermoplastic polypropylene composition having a melt flow rate in a range of from about 18 to about 30 g/10 minutes at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg, a polydispersity less than 4, and a Z-average molecular weight greater than 300,000 as determined by differential refractometry. The composition may include a first thermoplastic polypropylene having a melt flow rate lower than 18 g/10 minutes at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg and a second thermoplastic polypropylene having a melt flow rate higher than 18 g/10 minutes at a temperature of 190.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg. The weight ratio of the first polypropylene to the second polypropylene is in a range of from about 90:10 to about 10:90. The composition may include from about 0.1 to about 1 percent by weight, based on the weight of the first and second thermoplastic polypropylenes, of a defined alkyl-substituted polysiloxane.

Abstract: A melt-extrudable thermoplastic composition is proved which includes a thermoplastic polymer and an improved additive system. In one embodiment, a melt-extrudable thermoplastic composition is provided which includes a thermoplastic polyolefin and an improved additive system made up of a first component and a second component, in which (A) the first component is a defined alkyl-substituted polysiloxane having a number-average molecular weight of from about 3,000 to about 36,000 and which is present in an amount of from about 0.01 to about 3 percent by weight, based on the amount of thermoplastic polyolefin; and (B) the second component is a hydrophobic fumed silica, in which the weight ratio of the first component to the second component is in the range of from about 10 to about 70. In a desired embodiment, the particles of second component are in the range of from about 0,001 to about 1 micrometer.