Method and composition providing desirable characteristics between a mold and a polymerizable composition

• Main Author: XU FRANK Y.,FLETCHER EDWARD B.,TRUSKETT VAN N.,MILLER MICHAEL N
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; APPARATUS FOR THE MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACESFOR STEREOTYPE PRINTING; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; INKS; LINING MACHINES; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING,INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM; PRINTING; PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES; PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SHAPING ELASTIC OR DEFORMABLE MATERIAL TO FORM PRINTINGSURFACES; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

The present invention provides compositions that feature improved preferential adhesion and release characteristics with respect to a substrate and a mold having imprinting material disposed therebetween. To that end, the compositions facilitate bifurcation of the imprinting into a surfactant-component-rich sub-portion and a surfactant-component-depleted sub-portion located between said surfactant-component-rich sub-portion and said substrate. This surfactant-component-rich sub-portion attenuates the adhesion forces between the mold and the imprinting material, once solidified.