Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Horst Koch

Thomas Telser

Karl-Rudolf Kurtz

Dieter Littmann

Walter Ziegler

Helmut Bach

Guenther Schulz

Wolfgang Huemmer

Gerhard Hoffmann

Manfred Zuerger

Heinz-Ulrich Werther

Martin Meister

Klaus-Peter Jaeckel

Reinhold Schwalm

Hans Schupp

Peter Richter

Wolfgang F Mueller

Reiner Hofmann

Beinhard Schneider

Modified polymers in acid form or in the form of their salts consist of

Modified emulsion polymers, in particular for photopolymerizable

Novel copolymers of ethylene with .omega.-alkyl-, -cycloalkyl- or -aryl-poly-(alkylene oxide)-.alpha.-yl (meth)acrylates and, if required, .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, carboxamides or carboxylic anhydrides and, if desired, further monomers which are copolymerizable with ethylene, selected from the classes consisting of the vinyl esters, vinyl ethers and/or (meth)acrylates.

Copolymers of ethylene with polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylates

A new liquid cleaner composition is provided for the mild and gentle removal of polymeric materials from sufaces without leaving any residues. The said new cleaner composition is an emulsion of the water-in-oil type comprising an aqueous phase finely dispersed in a continuous phase selected from the group consisting of nonflammable, fire-retardant, high-boiling, and fire-retardant and high-boiling organic phases, the volume ratio of the finely dispersed aqueous phase to the continuous organic phase being in the range of from 90:10 to 10:90. The new liquid cleaner composition can contain alcohols, surface-active agents and further useful additives. The new liquid cleaner composition is most preferably used in the process for preparing photopolymerized flexographic relief printing plates as the developer for washing out the non-irradiated and thus non-photopolymerized areas of the imagewise irradiated relief-forming recording layers of the said flexographic relief printing plates.

Liquid cleaner composition for removing polymeric materials from a

A novel optically transparent polymer alloy comprises

Optically transparent polymer alloy and its use in molding materials,

A relief printing plate whose photopolymerized relief layer has a non-tacky surface is produced by (1) imagewise exposure of a photopolymerizable relief-forming recording layer which contains one or more polymeric binders containing acid groups, (2) washing out (development) of the unexposed and therefore non-photopolymerized parts of the imagewise exposed relief-forming recording layer with a developer and (3) aftertreatment of the resulting photopolymerized relief layer with a basic aftertreatment solution.

Production of photopolymerized relief printing plates having a non-tacky

A flexographic printing plate which is resistant to ozone cracking and where the flexible recording layer has an anisotropy factor AF of &lt;1.5 is produced from a photosensitive mixture consisting of A) one or more elastomeric binders,

Preparation of recording layers and their use for the production of

A photosensitive recording material contains a mixture of carboxyl-containing polymers having ethylenically unsaturated side groups, one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomeric compounds, a photoinitiator and a .beta.-aminoalcohol. It is suitable for the production of printing plates.

Photosensitive recording material comprising carboxyl-containing

In a photosensitive recording material suitable for producing plates or resist patterns, the photopolymerizable recording layer contains as polymeric binder a film-forming copolymer which has a multiphase morphology, one phase having a glass transistion temperature below room temperature and a further phase having a glass transition temperature above room temperature and this copolymer having been obtained by free radical copolymerization of one or more macromers with one or more further olefinically unsaturated copolymerizable organic compounds.

Photosensitive recording material of enhanced flexibility

The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing a photopolymerized flexographic relief printing plate or a photoresist from a photosensitive element comprising a photopolymerizable layer consisting essentially of

Preparation of relief printing plates

A novel light-sensitive recording element for preparing relief plates or relief printing plates comprises a dimensionally stable base and at least one photopolymerizable recording layer (A) consisting essentially of at least one polymer as binder, at least one photopolymerization initiator, at least one photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated compound (monomer) which is compatible with the polymeric binder, and/or photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated radicals which are linked internally and/or terminally to the polymeric binder, and at least one additive, the said additive or at least one of the said additives being selected from the group consisting of the lecithins of the general formulae I and II ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be identical to or different from each other, are each C.sub.11 -C.sub.18 -alkyl or C.sub.11 -C.sub.18 -alkenyl, with the proviso that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is C.sub.11 -C.sub.18 alkenyl, the photopolymerizable recording layer (A) preferably containing from 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the recording layer (A), of the lecithins of the general structures I and II.

Light-sensitive recording element and process of forming a relief image

A novel, improved continuous process for the production of a photosensitive recording element is described, whose photopolymerizable recording layer (A) consists of two or more individual strata (a.sub.n) lying one on top of the other and firmly bonded to one another. The individual strata (a.sub.n) may be of the same or roughly the same composition or of different compositions. In the novel, improved continuous process, the mixtures (a.sub.n) used for the production of the individual strate (a.sub.n) are prepared separately from one another and melted and, as separate molten material streams (a.sub.n), are combined even before entering the nip of a calender, without the said streams mixing as a result of turbulence. During, before or directly after they have been combined, the molten material streams (a.sub.n) are formed into molten sheet-like structures (a.sub.n) lying one on top of the other, without the said streams mixing as a result of turbulence. Thereafter, the molten sheet-like structures (a.sub.n) lying one on top of the other are introduced into the calender nip, one or both of the two outer molten sheet-like structures (a.sub.n) in contact with the calender rollers forming a rotating melt bead or rotating bank. In the calender nip itself, the said sheet-like structures (a.sub.n) are then calendered with production of the photopolymerizable recording layer (A) consisting of individual strata (a.sub.n) lying one on top of the other and firmly bonded to one another.

Continuous production of a photosensitive recording element

In a process for preparing a photopolymer printing plate, relief plate or photoresist from a photosensitive recording element containing

Multilayer, sheet-like, photosensitive recording material

A light-sensitive recording element useful for preparing photopolymer flexographic relief printing plates, comprising at least one photopolymerizable recording layer having a thickness of from 0.1 to 7 mm and made up of:

Sheetlike light-sensitive recording

In a photosensitive recording material comprising

A flexographic printing plate which is resistant to ozone cracking and where the flexible recording layer has an anisotropy factor AF of &lt;1.5 is produced from a photosensitive mixture consisting of

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