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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Mikhail Laksin, Boonton, NJ (US);
Wolfgang Decker, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Siddharth Fernandes, Richmond Hill, CA;
Mikhail Laksin, Boonton, NJ (US);
Wolfgang Decker, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Siddharth Fernandes, Richmond Hill, CA;
IdeOn LLC, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Metallized Surface Technologies, LLC, Beaver Fall, PA (US);
Abstract
A process for producing polymeric films by applying a liquid composition onto a surface of a substrate under vacuum conditions in a vacuum chamber. The composition has a first component which is polymerizable or crosslinkable in the presence of a sufficient amount of an acid; and a cationic photoinitiator which generates an acid upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, electron beam radiation or both to cause polymerizing or crosslinking of the first component. A gas which emits ultraviolet radiation upon exposure to electron beam radiation is introduced into the vacuum chamber. The composition and the gas are exposed to electron beam radiation to cause the cationic photoinitiator to generate an amount of an acid to cause polymerizing or crosslinking of the first component. The composition is exposed to both electron beam radiation and gas-generated ultraviolet radiation and cured.