Abstract: Disclosed is an actinic ray curable ink-jet ink composition containing a photopolymerizable compound, a sulfonium salt (compound A) as a photoinitiator, which does not release benzene on actinic ray exposure, and a compound (compound B) as a sensitizing agent selected from the group consisting of (i) a polycyclic aromatic compound having a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyloxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, (ii) a carbazole derivative, and (iii) a thioxanthone derivative.

Abstract: Stable and substantially filled cationic dental compositions are described which include: (1) at least one cationically reactive compound (A); (2) at least one dental filler (B); (3) optionally, at least one dispersant (C) composed of at least one organic polymer or copolymer; (4) at least one cationic photoinitiator (D); and (5) optionally, at least one photosensitizer (E). The dental filler (B) is treated with at least one organosilicon coupling agent (F), and at least one compound (G). The organosilicon coupling agent (F) has at least one reactive function (rfA) directly linked to a silicon atom forming after activation of a chemical bond with the dental filler, and at least one reactive function (rfB) not directly linked to a silicon atom, forming after activation, a chemical bond with a reactive function (rfC) of the compound (G).

Abstract: Radiation curable coatings for use as a Primary Coating for optical fibers, optical fibers coated with said coatings and processes to coat the optical fiber are described and claimed. The radiation curable coating is a radiation curable Primary Coating composition comprising: an oligomer; a first diluent monomer; a second diluent monomer, a photoinitiator; an antioxidant; and an adhesion promoter; wherein said oligomer is the reaction product of: a hydroxyethyl acrylate; an aromatic isocyanate; an aliphatic isocyanate; a polyol; a catalyst; and an inhibitor, and wherein said oligomer has a number average molecular weight of from at least about 4000 g/mol to less than or equal to about 15,000 g/mol; wherein a cured film of said radiation curable primary coating composition has a peak tan delta Tg of from about ?25° C. to about ?45° C. and a modulus of from about 0.50 MPa to about 1.2 MPa.

Abstract: Molded optical articles and methods of making them are disclosed herein. Optical articles comprise a photopolymerizable composition disposed on a major surface of a substrate. The photopolymerizable composition comprises: a silicon-containing resin comprising silicon-bonded hydrogen and aliphatic unsaturation, and a platinum catalyst providing from about 0.5 to about 30 parts per million of platinum. The major surface imparts a positive or negative lens to the photopolymerizable composition. Optical articles also include those that have been photopolymerized using actinic radiation having a wavelength of 700 nm or less.

Abstract: A photoreactive composition comprises (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction; and (b) a photoinitiator system comprising photochemically-effective amounts of (1) at least one type of semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dot that has at least one electronic excited state that is accessible by absorption of two or more photons, and (2) a composition, different from said reactive species, that is capable of interacting with the excited state of the semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dot to form at least one reaction-initiating species.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising as principal components, a polymerizable component, an ambient temperature radical polymerization catalyst system and a photoinitiator. The adhesive may optionally comprise an adhesion promoter, a toughener, an epoxy, and a filler material. Further, a two-part reactive adhesive comprising, a first part comprising, (i) at least one free radical-polymerizable monomer, (ii) at least one reducing agent, and (iii) a photoinitiator, and a second part comprising an oxidizing agent that is reactive at ambient temperature with the reducing agent to produce free radicals that are capable of initiating and propagating free radical polymerization.

Abstract: Disclosed are thixotropic compositions that are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. In addition, the disclosed compositions are suitable for applying to glass substrates, polycarbonate substrates, non-metal substrates, and fiber substrates, such as, but not limited to, paper product and natural fiber fabrics. Methods are disclosed for applying the compositions to glass substrates, polycarbonate substrates, non-metal substrates, and fiber substrates, or at least a portion of the glass substrates, polycarbonate substrates, non-metal substrates, and fiber substrates, and curing the applied composition to obtain partially or fully cured compositions. Furthermore, articles of manufacture incorporating fully cured compositions are disclosed; such articles of manufacture are resistant to water, including retention of structural integrity, print and brightness upon prolonged exposure to water and/or air.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds which can generate amine by irradiation with light and are excellent both in photodecomposability and in reactivity and compatibility with amine-curable compounds, and photo-setting compositions containing the compounds. The compounds are carbamoyloxyimino compounds represented by the structural formula (I); and the compositions each comprise one or more of the carbamoyloxyimino compounds and an amine-curable compound. In the formula (I), R1 is an n-valent organic group; R2 and R3 are each hydrogen or an aromatic or aliphatic group; and n is an integer of 1 or above.

Abstract: A method for producing polymers with controlled molecular weight and desired end functionalities and the resulting polymers. The method comprises a) forming a microemulsion comprising monomer, water, and an effective amount of an effective surfactant, b) adding to the microemulsion an amount of a water-soluble photo-initiator system wherein the initiator system produces one type of monomer-soluble radical active centers and wherein the radical active centers contain desired end group functionalities for a polymer or oligomer, and c) illuminating the microemulsion to photoinitiate polymerization of the monomer wherein the illuminating is according to a temporal and spatial illumination scheme, and wherein the amount of the initiator system and the temporal illumination scheme are chosen to produce a desired molecular weight of the polymer or oligomer. The microemulsion can further comprise an effective amount of an effective co-surfactant. The method can be used to produce polymers and copolymers.

Abstract: A resin-based casting compound which cures by a chemical reaction is described; it is suitable in particular for insulation of electric components and it contains an epoxy resin component (A), a silicone-containing component (B), a filler (C), by the choice of which the thermal conductivity of the casting compound is adjustable, and a thermal initiator (D). The casting compound has a thermal conductivity of ?2 W/mK.

Abstract: A process for fabricating of an article by exposing a photoreactive composition to light under multiphoton absorption conditions. The light passes through an optical system having a final optical element having a numeric aperture in a range of from 0.65 to 1.25, inclusive.

Abstract: A method of multiphoton photosensitizing a photoreactive composition comprises irradiating the composition with light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is exposed to the light. The composition comprises: (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing such reaction; and (b) at least one multi-component, multiphoton photoinitiator system.

Abstract: A method of multiphoton photosensitizing comprises (a) providing a multiphoton-activatable, photoreactive composition comprising (1) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction, and (2) a photoinitiator system comprising photochemically-effective amounts of (i) at least one type of semiconductor nanoparticle that has at least one electronic excited state that is accessible by absorption of two or more photons, and (ii) a composition that is capable of interacting with the excited state of the semiconductor nanoparticle to form at least one reaction-initiating species; and (b) irradiating the multiphoton-activatable, photoreactive composition with light sufficient to cause absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is exposed to the light.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to curable acrylate coating compositions and coated articles resulting therefrom. The curable acrylate coating composition comprises at least two polyfunctional acrylate derivatives, at least one photoinitiator and at least one nanoscale filler.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable mar resistant composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce an mar resistant layer. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the active layer after curing.

Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia, Ib and Ic, (Ic), in which R, R1 and R2 are e.g. phenyl, naphthyl, anthracyl, phenanthryl or a heterocyclic radical, are suitable as photoinitiators which accumulate at the surface of coatings.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable paint composition and method for applying and making such a composition to a substrate. Suitable substrates include glass, metals, and various plastics such as polycarbonates. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the coating or are released to ambient after curing.

Abstract: A method of multiphoton photosensitizing a photoreactive composition comprises irradiating the composition with light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is exposed to the light. The composition comprises: (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing such reaction; and (b) at least one multi-component, multiphoton photoinitiator system.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a photocurable composition that is combinable with a thermally curable clearcoat composition to form a dual curable composition that is useful for forming clearcoats with improved sag resistance. The photocurable composition of the invention includes at least one photocurable oligomer; a first photoinitiator that absorbs light in a first spectral region such that curing of the photocurable composition preferentially occurs near the surface of the of the coating; and a second photoinitiator that absorbs light in a second spectral region such that curing of the photocurable composition occurs throughout the coating. The present invention also provides a method of coating a substrate with a dual curable composition.

Abstract: A pultrusion apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic article having a non-linear shape includes a mold configured to receive a partially cured fiber-reinforced plastic article and to form the partially-cured fiber-reinforced plastic article into a spirally wound shape. A drive mechanism is coupled to the mold and configured to rotate the mold such that the fiber-reinforced plastic article is taken up on the mold. An energy source is operatively associated with the mold and positioned so that the partially cured fiber-reinforced plastic article is cured in a spirally wound shape as the article is taken up on the longitudinally extending mold. The pultrusion apparatus allows for continuously shaping a non-linear fiber-reinforced plastic article, obviating the need for any of the work to be done by hand, which may be labor intensive, not as highly reproducible, and potentially contaminating.

Abstract: A multiphoton-activatable, photoreactive composition comprises: (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction; (b) a photochemically-effective amount of a multiphoton photosensitizer comprising at least one multiphoton up-converting inorganic phosphor; and (c) a photochemically-effective amount of a one-photon photoinitiator system that is capable of being photosensitized by the multiphoton photosensitizer.

Abstract: A photoreactive composition comprises (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction; and (b) a photoinitiator system comprising photochemically-effective amounts of (1) at least one type of semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dot that has at least one electronic excited state that is accessible by absorption of two or more photons, and (2) a composition, different from said reactive species, that is capable of interacting with the excited state of the semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dot to form at least one reaction-initiating species.

Abstract: Photoinitiated reactions especially in photopolymer technology, as well as photoinitiated colour forming reactions are achievable by applying a reactive substrate selected from a polymerisable and/or crosslinkable composition and a colour changing substance to a support, activating a latent photoinitiator applied with the reactive substance and subsequently exposing the reactive substrate with the resulting photoinitiator therein to photoreaction conditions wherein actinic radiation causes the substrate to undergo polymerisation and/or crosslinking or colour change respectively, the substrate being locally modified in its constitution as a result of its exposure to actinic radiation at least one stage of the method, so that the resulting polymerised and/or crosslinked composition or colour changed substance corresponds in its distribution on the support to the locations of the modification of the substrate.

Abstract: Dental bonding compositions and methods for promoting adhesion of an amalgam-based restorative material to a dental substrate. The inventive compositions include one or more polymerizable resins that are able to adhere to a dental substrate when at least partially polymerized, one or more polymerization photoinitiators in an amount so as to result in partial polymerization of the resin when the compositions are irradiated with radiant energy, and one or more chemical initiators (e.g., benzoyl peroxide) that cause further polymerization of the resin when the composition is contacted with an amalgam restorative. A bonding composition applied to a dental substrate and irradiated with radiant energy is more polymerized in a region adjacent to the dental substrate, while a less polymerized inhibition layer forms in the region of the surface. Packing an uncured amalgam into the dental preparation mechanically disrupts the inhibition layer so as to form peaks, troughs and other irregularities.

Abstract: Compositions that can be photopolymerized by a cationic initiator at an accelerated rate include at least one epoxy monomer, at least one cationic photoinitiator, and a photosensitizer/accelerator.

Abstract: Photopolymerizable compositions comprise a cationically polymerizable resin and a photoinitiator system comprising: (i) an iodonium salt; (ii) a visible light sensitizer; and (iii) an electron donor compound having an oxidation potential less than that of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene when measured versus a saturated calomel electrode, wherein the photoinitiator system has a photoinduced potential of less than that of 3-dimethylaminobenzoic acid in a standard solution of 2.9×10−5 moles/g diphenyl iodonium hexafluoroantimonate and 1.5×10−5 moles/g camphorquinone in 2-butanone. The compositions polymerize on exposure to light in the visible spectrum and are useful in a variety of applications, including dental adhesives and dental composites.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation-curable composition which includes a cyanoacrylate component or a cyanoacrylate-containing formulation, a metallocene component, a hydrogen abstraction photoinitiator, and hydrogen donor component to enhance the activity of the hydrogen abstraction photoinitiator.

Abstract: A multiphoton-activatable, photoreactive composition comprises: (a) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction; (b) a photochemically-effective amount of a multiphoton photosensitizer comprising at least one multiphoton up-converting inorganic phosphor; and (c) a photochemically-effective amount of a one-photon photoinitiator system that is capable of being photosensitized by the multiphoton photosensitizer.

Abstract: Photo-cureable coating formulations which comprise a durable and/or red-shifted hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole ultraviolet light absorber (UVA) are effectively photocured employing a combination of &agr;-hydroxy ketone and bisacylphosphine oxide photoinitiators. The combination of the photoinitiators bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide and 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenylketone is especially effective for this purpose.

Abstract: Disclosed are thermally-stable, red, anthraquinone colorants which contain one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, photopolymerizable radicals and which may be copolymerized with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers to produce colored compositions such as colored acrylic polymers, colored polystyrenes, and similar colored polymeric materials derived from other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. The compounds possess good stability to ultraviolet light, good solubility in vinyl monomers, good color strength and thermal stability. Also disclosed are acrylic polymeric materials, i.e., polymers derived from acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid esters and/or other copolymerizable vinyl compounds, having copolymerized therein one or more of the colorant compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: An epoxy-amine composition includes an epoxy resin, an amine curative and a latent catalyst. The latent catalyst does not cause the instant acceleration of the reaction between epoxides and amines. In the presence of radiation, the latent catalyst generates an active catalyst that accelerates/initiates the cure process of the epoxy-amine composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an IR-sensitive composition, which includes: a polymeric binder; and a free radical polymerizable system consisting of: at least one component selected from unsaturated free radical polymerizable monomers, oligomers which are free radical polymerizable and polymers containing C═C bonds in the backbone and/or in the side chain groups; and an initiator system, which includes: (a) at least one compound capable of absorbing IR radiation; (b) at least one compound capable of producing radicals; and (c) at least one carboxylic co-initiator, provided that the total acid number of the polymeric binder is 70 mg KOH/g or less. The present invention further provides a printing plate precursor, a process for preparing the printing plate and a method of producing an image.

Abstract: A substantially 100% solids sealer composition for use with wood and, in particular, weathered wood surfaces and other porous surfaces is prepared from a mixture of UV curable acrylates and a photoinitiator blend. The composition may further include fillers, fungicides, insect repellents, animal repellents, UV light absorbers, pigments, dyes, and the like. The photoinitiator blend is used at relatively low levels to controll the degree of polymerization.

Abstract: A composition for coating an optical waveguide, more specifically, an optical fiber, and optical fibers coated therewith. The coating composition is a radiation curable composition including an aliphatic epoxide, a urethane acrylate oligomer, a reactive diluent, and cationic and free-radical photoinitiators. The cationic photoinitiator acts upon the aliphatic epoxide while the free-radial photoinitiator acts upon the urethane acrylate oligomer. The resulting cured coating forms an interpenetrated polymer network. The properties of coatings in accordance with the invention including the glass transition temperature thereof, can be tailored to achieve advantageous coatings suitable for use as primary coatings and secondary coatings for an optical fiber.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition sensitive to near infrared radiation, comprises: (i) a photopolymerizable monomer or oligomer, or a mixture thereof, capable of forming a polymer having predetermined optical properties; (ii) a photoinitiator sensitive to near infrared radiation, the photoinitiator comprising a dye sensitizer and an initiator, wherein the dye sensitizer is a cyanine dye having a perchlorate anion and the initiator is an electron donor; and (iii) a filler having optical properties selected to contrast with the optical properties of the polymer. The composition of the invention is particularly useful for producing holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (H-PDLC) materials and reversible dye doped polymer (RDDP) materials having improved switching characteristics.

Abstract: This invention relates to a curable coating composition which comprises: (A) a compound represented by the formula wherein in formula (A-I) each R independently is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, and n is a number that is about 4 or higher; and (B) a reactive vinyl or unsaturated monomer or oligomer, provided said reactive vinyl or unsaturated monomer or oligomer is not the same as (A). In one embodiment the inventive composition further comprises (C) a photoinitiator. In one embodiment, the inventive composition further comprises (D) a thermal initiator. In one embodiment, the inventive composition further comprises (E) a latent acid catalyst. The invention also relates to a method of coating a substrate utilizing the foregoing coating composition, as well as to a substrate coated in accordance with foregoing method.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable mar resistant composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce an mar resistant layer. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the active layer after curing.

Abstract: An electroconductive coating composition which function as a sealer/primer includes (a) a radiation curable, polymerizable compound, (b) a photoinitiator and (c) a conductive pigment. The conductive pigment may be a mixture of pigment including a blend of conductive pigments as well as conductive pigment. Conductivity enhancers may, also, be added. The polymerizable compound is, preferably, a U curable acrylate functional compound which may be monofunctional or polyfunctional. The composition is particularly useful for sealing and priming SMC panels.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable paint composition and method for applying and making such a composition to a substrate. Suitable substrates include glass, metals, and various plastics such as polycarbonates. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the coating or are released to ambient after curing.

Abstract: A single component liquid heat-curable adhesive formulation that is stable at room temperature. The formulation includes from about 5 to about 70 wt % of at least one acrylate monomer, from about 5 to about 94 wt % of an acrylate oligomer, and from about 0.1 to about 10 wt % of a thermal initiator selected from the group consisting of diacyl peroxides, benzoyl peroxides and peroxy esters. A photo initiator may be included thereby rendering the stable liquid formulation to be both heat-curable and UV-curable.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a nanofiltration membrane. At least one face (30) of a porous membrane (3) is put in the presence of a grafting composition comprising at least one monomer grafted by radical polymerisation and at least one crosslinking agent, that is however free from photoinitiator, and of light radiation capable of forming free radicals during a predetermined period adapted so as to obtain nanofiltration properties. The invention also extends to the nanofiltration membrane obtained in this way of which the properties may be precisely predetermined and which resist ageing.

Abstract: A UV/visible light reactive coating material to provide a permanent, hard, durable protective coating to stone, ceramic, glass, metal and hard plastics. The coating material comprises a novel blend of photoinitiators, UV curable resin blends, blends of specific acrylate and methacrylated monomers, a wetting agent, UV absorbers and stabilizers, a rheology modifier, adhesive agents, air-release agents and self leveling agents plus miscellaneous additives to impart specific properties required.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel photoinitiator system comprising one or more acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators and one or more lightfast red, blue or violet organic pigments. Low yellow color formation results upon curing ethylenically unsaturated compounds with the new photoinitiator system. Particular applications include clear and white coatings, screen inks, gel coats, powder coatings, composites, adhesives and lenses.

Abstract: Photoactivatable coating composition comprising (A) an activated unsaturated group-containing compound, (B) an activated CH group-containing compound such as an oligomeric or polymeric malonate compound and/or an acetoacetate group-containing compound, (C) a catalyst in the form of one or more Lewis or Brönstedt bases, with the conjugated acids of the latter having a pKa of at least 10, such as 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, and (D) a photoinitiator, wherein the photoinitiator is a photolatent base.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of surface-active photoinitiators of formula I the units being arranged randomly or in blocks, and wherein n is a number from 1 to 1000; m is a number from 0 to 100; p is a number from 0 to 10 000; x is the number 1, or, when n is 1, x may also be the number 2; A1 and A2 are, for example, C1-C18alkyl; or A1 and A2 together are a single bond; R1, R2 and R3 are, for example, each independently of the others C1-C18alkyl, phenyl or C5-C8cycloalkyl; R4 is, for example, unsubstituted or substituted C1-C18alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or C5-C8cycloalkyl; IN, when x is 1, is a radical of formula or IN, when x is 2, is a radical of formula R13 and R14 are, for example, each independently of the other C1-C12alkyl; Y is, for example, —(CH2)a—O—; X is OR15 or N(R16)(R17); R15 is, for example, hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; R16 and R17 are, for example, hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl; X1 has, for example, one of the mea

Abstract: A curable composite material composition comprising (A) a polymerizable unsaturated compound, (B) a fiber reinforcing material and/or fiber, and (C) a polymerization initiator comprising an organic boron compound represented by the general formula (1)  wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl, aryl, allyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, silyl or heterocyclic group, a halogen atom, or a substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted allyl, substituted aralkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl or substituted silyl group, and Z+ represents a cation, and an acidic compound, as well as a curing process for the curable composite material composition which includes irradiating and/or heating the curable composite material composition.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-absorbing polymer is formed from a reaction mixture including a diisocyanate, at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol, a diamine and mixtures thereof, and a polyfunctional UV-absorbing monomer.

Abstract: An ultraviolet curable coating composition for cationic electrodeposition applicable to metal plated materials which composition comprises 100 weight parts of acrylic resin containing 10 to 70% by weight poly-functional acrylate per se having 3 or more acryloyl groups and 90 to 30% by weight of a resin of molecular weight 2,000-30,000 having a cationic electrodeposition property, and 0.1-10 weight parts of 2 or more species of photopolymerization initiators which absorb ultraviolet radiation in a wavelength range of 300-400 nm, as effective ingredients. The coating composition can readily be deposited electrically on metal materials including plated products and plastic materials provided with electrical conductivity and cured by irradiation of ultraviolet radiation within a short period of time to give a dry coating film which is appreciable in adhesiveness to the plated materials and good in appearance.

Abstract: Single-solution adhesive resin formulations are made of predominantly dimethacrylates or diacrylates containing predominantly) two carboxyl groups and a functionalized methacrylate or acrylate diluent monomer. A novel light-activated initiator can be used for photopolymerization of such adhesives.

Abstract: A photoinitiator mixture comprising a) at least one acyl- or diacylphosphine oxide of the formula I and b) at least one benzophenone derivative of the formula