E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Gerald Donald Andrews

Jeffrey Scott Meth

Lynda Kaye Johnson

Gary Delmar Jaycox

Graciela Beatriz Blanchet

Feng Gao

Richard Kevin Bailey

Gregory Charles Weed

Marc Bruce Goldfinger

Kenneth George Sharp

Reid John Chesterfield

Rinaldo Soria Schiffino

Jonathan V Caspar

John W Catron, Jr

Elizabeth Forrester McCord

Geoffrey Nunes

Irina Malajovich

Charles Nehemiah McEwen

William J Marshall

Mark Andrew Harmer

Paul J Shannon

Graciela Beatriz Blanchet-Fincher

Hong Meng

Harry Richard Zwicker

Howard David Glicksman

Karyn B Visscher

Stephen Mazur

Roupen Leon Keusseyan

Frank S Principe

Richard Albert Coveleskie

Thomas C Felder

Alan Lee Shobert

William H Sharkey

Robert Mar Yohannan

Jonathan V Casper

The invention is related to thermal imageable dielectric layers and thermal transfer donors and receivers comprising dielectric layers. The thermal transfer donors are useful in making electronic devices by thermal transfer of dielectric layers having excellent resistivity, good transfer properties and good adhesion to a variety of receivers.

Thermally imageable dielectric layers, thermal transfer donors and receivers

The invention discloses processes for thermal transfer patterning of a nanoparticle layer and a corresponding proximate portion of a carrier layer, and optionally additional transfer layers, together onto a thermal imaging receiver. The invention is useful for dry fabrication of electronic devices. Additional embodiments of the invention include multilayer thermal imaging donors comprising in layered sequence: a base film, a carrier layer and a nanoparticle layer. The carrier layer can be a dielectric or conducting layer. When the carrier layer is a dielectric layer, the base film includes a light attenuating agent in the form of a dye or pigment.

Donor elements and processes for thermal transfer of nanoparticle layers

The invention relates to thin film transistors comprising novel dielectric layers and novel electrodes comprising metal compositions that can be provided by a dry thermal transfer process.

Thin film transistor comprising novel conductor and dielectric compositions

Provided are processes for enhancing the resolution of a thermally transferred pattern on an imaged thermal transfer receiver, wherein the imaged thermal transfer receiver comprises a surface having an exposed portion and a non-exposed portion of one or more thermally transferred layer(s), comprising: (a) contacting said surface with an adhesive layer for a contact period to provide a laminate; (b) separating said adhesive layer from the laminate to provide a treated thermal transfer receiver having a surface substantially free of said non-exposed portion of one or more thermally transferred layer(s). The processes are useful in the fabrication of electronic devices including thin film transistors, circuits, electromagnetic interference shields, touchpad sensors and other electronic devices.

Process for enhancing the resolution of a thermally transferred pattern

A planarizing element is described for use in a thermal imaging process. The planarizing element includes a support; a planarizing layer comprising a crosslinkable binder having a weight average molecular weight of about 20,000 to about 110,000.

Planarizing element for thermal printing of color filter

A donor element is described for use in a thermal imaging process. The donor element includes a support; a heating layer, and a colorant containing thermally imageable layer comprising a crosslinkable binder having a number average molecular weight of about 1,500 to about 70,000. A process for making a color filter using a thermal imaging process, and a liquid crystal display using this color filter are also described.

Low molecular weight acrylic copolymer latexes for donor elements in the thermal printing of color filters

A process for making a radiation filter element comprises the steps of: exposing part of an assemblage to infrared radiation, the assemblage comprising a donor comprising (1) a support capable of transmitting infrared light, and (2) a transferable layer comprising a transferable material and an infrared-absorbing dye, the transferable layer of the donor being in contact with a receiver to provide an exposed assemblage comprising an exposed part of the transferable layer and an unexposed part of the transferable layer; separating the receiver and the support of the exposed assemblage to obtain an imaged receiver and a spent donor, wherein the imaged receiver comprises the receiver, a transferred portion of the transferable material and a transferred portion of the infrared-absorbing dye, said transferred portion of the IR dye having a color and the spent donor comprises the support and a retained portion of the transferable layer; and heating the transferred portion of the transferable material and the transferred portion of the infrared-absorbing dye at a temperature ranging from about 100 degrees Celsius to about 350 degrees Celsius for a period of time sufficient to thermally decolorize 50% to 100% of the transferred portion of the infrared-absorbing dye, the heating being in the absence of a thermal bleaching agent to provide a radiation filter element suitable for use in a liquid crystal display. Preferably color filter elements of this invention are used in liquid crystal display devices.

Radiation filter element and manufacturing processes therefore

This invention relates to laserable assemblages for use in laser-induced thermal transfer imaging which result in improvements in resolution and toughness in the transferred image when two binders differing in glass transition temperature are incorporated into the transfer layer.

High resolution laserable assemblages for laser-induced thermal image transfer

A process for adjusting the energy of an imaging laser for imaging of a thermally imageable element and thermally imageable elements suitable for this purpose are described, which is useful for color filters and liquid crystal display devices. The process comprises the steps of: (a) providing an imaging unit having a non-imaging laser and an imaging laser, the non-imaging laser having a light detector which is in communication with the imaging laser; (b) contacting a receiver element with the thermally imageable element in the imaging unit, wherein the thermally imageable element comprises a light attenuated layer having a front surface and a back surface; (c) actuating the non-imaging laser to expose the thermally imageable element and the receiver element to an amount of light energy sufficient for the light detector to detect the amount of light reflected from the light attenuated layer of the thermally imageable element; and (d) actuating the imaging laser to focus the imaging laser in order to expose the thermally imageable element to an amount of light energy sufficient for imaging the thermally imageable element. The light attenuation is achieved by use of a light attenuating agent or by physically roughening a base element of the thermally imageable element.

Color filter

Aqueous blends of colloidally dispersed polymers

Anionic polymerization initiator which is a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl alkali metal or an alkali metal 2,6-dimethyl-2,6-dialkyl-4-piperidinoxide.

Light-stable anionically polymerized polymers

Light stable polymers by anionic polymerization

Alkyl methacrylate polymers which have one or more hydroxyhydrocarbyl end groups and a process for making them employing an anionic initiator followed by hydrolysis. The polyfunctional polymers are useful in automobile powder finishes and the monofunctional polymers are useful in polymer blends.

.omega.-, and .alpha.,.omega.-Hydroxyhydrocarbyl-(alkyl methacrylate)

Compound of the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(CH.sub.3)CO.sub.2 R wherein R is an alkadienyl or cycloalkadienyl group which contains the 1,3- or 1,4-diene carbon skeleton, homopolymers and copolymers of the compound, and curable finishes containing the homopolymer and/or copolymer.

Dienyl methacrylates

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