METHOD FOR MAKING A MICROREPLICATED ARTICLE USING A SUBSTRATE COMPRISING A SYNDIOTACTIC VINYL AROMATIC POLYMER

• Main Authors: JOSEPH, WILLIAM D, BARRERA, DENISE A, HARELSTAD, ROBERTA E, SVENTEK, BRUCE A, PAVELKA, LEE A, OJEDA, JAIME R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.08.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DYES; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; WORKING-UP

A release liner is provided which has a release surface comprising a syndiotactic polymer. The release liners of the present invention offer release to a wide variety of materials without the application of release agents, have relatively high heat distortion temperatures, and are unaffecte d by radiation sources used to cure most polymeric compositions. The release liners of the present invention can be microreplicated with a pattern which can be transferred to coatings and other impressionable materials to impart physical or optical properties. Thus, a method of producing a patterned article is also provided, as is a method of producing a solid object from a curable composition.