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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Yogendrasinh Chauhan, Gujarat, IN;
Adil Dhalla, Maharashtra, IN;
Sriramakrishna Maruvada, Evansville, IN (US);
Shantaram Naik, Karnataka, IN;
Vandita Pai-paranjape, Evansville, IN (US);
Kiran Puthamane, Maharashtra, IN;
Meerakani Sait, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Philippe Schottland, Evansville, IN (US);
Ganapati Shankarling, Karnataka, IN;
Yogendrasinh Chauhan, Gujarat, IN;
Adil Dhalla, Maharashtra, IN;
Sriramakrishna Maruvada, Evansville, IN (US);
Shantaram Naik, Karnataka, IN;
Vandita Pai-Paranjape, Evansville, IN (US);
Kiran Puthamane, Maharashtra, IN;
Meerakani Sait, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Philippe Schottland, Evansville, IN (US);
Ganapati Shankarling, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are compositions comprising at least one [benzo[4,5]imidazo(heterocycle)] compound, said [benzo[4,5]imidazo(heterocycle)] compound selected from the group consisting of structures I and II, wherein Rand Rare independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, electron withdrawing group, organic group, divalent 1,2-cycloalkylidene group, or combinations thereof; 'q' is independently an integer from 1–4, L is a linking group, and 'r' is independently 0 or 1; said at least one [benzo[4,5]imidazo(heterocycle)] compound being present at a concentration sufficient to cause said composition to exhibit upon exposure to an excitation radiation having a wavelength of from about 330 nanometers to about 390 nanometers, a maximum fluorescence emission wavelength of greater than or equal to about 470 nanometers; and a Stokes shift of greater than or equal to about 80 nanometers; wherein the wavelengths are measured in bisphenol A polycarbonate matrix.