Vickers, Inc.

Dupont (uk) Limited

Du Pont-howson Limited

David E Murray

Allen P Gates

Andrew E Matthews

John R Wade

Michael John Pratt

William A King

Jeremy R Burch

Anthony J Chalk

Ian S Smith

Graham Charnock

A radiation sensitive material comprises particles including a water-insoluble heat-softenable core surrounded by a shell which is soluble or swellable in aqueous medium. The material also includes a radiation sensitive component which, on exposure to radiation, causes the solubility characteristics of the material to change. The material may be positive- or negative-working and may be coated onto a substrate from aqueous media to form a radiation sensitive plate which, after image-wise exposure, can be developed in aqueous media and then heated to cause the particles to coalesce and form a durable printing image.

Radiation-sensitive materials

Radiation-sensitive materials comprising a layer having core-shell

A radiation sensitive device is provided with a discontinuous covering layer to improve vacuum draw down. The covering layer is produced by forming a solution or dispersion of the layer-forming material in a liquid hydrocarbon. Drops of the solution or dispersion are then sprayed onto the radiation sensitive device to form the discontinuous covering layer.

Radiation sensitive devices

A photoconductive composition comprises a photoconductor and a sensitizer. The sensitizer has the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents alkyl; R1 represents H, alkyl or aryl; R2 represents the atoms required to complete a hetero or carboxyclic ring; A.sup.- represents an anion; and n represents the valency of the anion. The composition is sensitive to both laser light sources and tungsten light sources and is useful in electrophotographic reproduction.

Photoconductive compositions sensitive to both laser light and tungsten

A developer for processing image-wise exposed negative-working radiation sensitive plates based on organic solvent soluble diazo resins or certain photocrosslinkable resins or photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated compounds includes a surfactant and a salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid containing up to nine carbon atoms. The developer is substantially aqueous and has a reduced tendency to foam formation. It is useful in the photomechanical production of lithographic printing plates.

Processing of radiation sensitive plates

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