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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Heidi M. Munnelly, Windsor, CO (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ting Tao, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Shashikant Saraiya, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kouji Hayashi, Tatebayashi, JP;
Jianbing Huang, Trumbull, CT (US);
Heidi M. Munnelly, Windsor, CO (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ting Tao, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Shashikant Saraiya, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kouji Hayashi, Tatebayashi, JP;
Jianbing Huang, Trumbull, CT (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an imageable element including a lithographic substrate and an imageable layer disposed on the substrate. The imageable layer includes a radically polymerizable component, an initiator system capable of generating radicals sufficient to initiate a polymerization reaction upon exposure to imaging radiation, and a polymeric binder having a hydrophobic backbone and including both constitutional units having a pendant cyano group attached directly to the hydrophobic backbone, and constitutional units having a pendant group including a hydrophilic poly(alkylene oxide) segment. The invention also provides a method for preparing a suitable polymeric binder. The method comprises contacting a combination of co-monomers in a solvent mixture consisting essentially of a (C–C) alkanol and water.