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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a printing element comprising at least one polymer layer on a substrate which has photoimageable constituents and a chemically functionalized polymer to make the polymer layer either more hydrophobic or hydrophilic.
• the printing element comprises two adjacent polymer layers on a substrate in which the photoimaged layer comprises a polymer chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups to provide differential wetting with hydrophilic inks.
• US Pat. No. 4,264,705 discloses a multilayered printing plate for flexographic printing prepared from unmodified elastomeric polymers.
• relief feature depths are very large precluding high resolution printing applications.
• the present invention is directed to an article comprising at least one layer an elastomeric polymer deposited on a substrate wherein the polymer is photoimageable and has been chemically modified to contain either hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups or hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups to provide differential wetting with hydrophilic inks.
• the present invention is a process comprising:
• the invention is further directed to a process comprising:
• the invention is further directed to a process comprising:
• a process comprising:
• iii monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• the step height (Ah) between the uppermost relief features and the floor of the plate typically ranges from about 100 - 500 microns. This dimension depends upon the desired size of the relief features and on other specifics unique to the printing plate.
• Ah the value of Ah must be reduced so as to be comparable to the plate's very small feature sizes.
• the Ah-to-feature size ratio falls near unity for most high resolution printing processes.
• the reduction in Ah tends to compromise the plate's mechanical durability and its elastomeric performance that is required for good conformal contact with the object to be printed.
• the properties of the two layers can each be optimized separately so that the bottom layer adjacent to the substrate controls the plate's elastic modulus for optimal printing performance while the thin upper layer (with Ah ⁇ desired feature size) maximizes the plate's printing resolution.
• Bi-layer plates that are fabricated in this manner can be designed for differential inking with hydrophilic inks that utilize water or aqueous alcohols as their vehicles.
• the printing plate comprises a flexible support or substrate layer and two additional crosslinkable elastomeric layers that have been chemically designed to have different surface energies relative to one another. Both of these additional layers would comprise elastomeric photopolymer compositions where one of the layers contains an elastomeric polymer that has been chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups or with hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups.
• both of the additional layers could be chemically modified such that one layer contains an elastomeric polymer fitted with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups while the adjacent layer contains an elastomeric polymer containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups to maximize the surface energy contrast between the two elastomeric layers.
• the more hydrophobic fluorinated elastomer can reside in either the lower layer or in the photo-imageable upper layer of the bi-layer printing plate. If the fluorine containing layer is at the top, then the bottom layer would selectively ink with hydrophilic inks (Gravure mode). On the other hand, if the fluorine modified layer is at the bottom, then the upper photo- imaged layer would selectively ink when hydrophilic inks are used
• Gravure or flexographic bi-layer printing plates that can be selectively inked with hydrophobic inks could also be fabricated in a similar manner.
• both layers of the bi-layer plate would also comprise crosslinked elastomeric photopolymer compositions and one of the layers would also contain elastomeric polymers chemically modified with hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups. If the upper layer contained the hydroxyl modified elastomer, then the bottom layer of the bi-layer plate would selectively ink when contacted by hydrophobic inks (Gravure mode).
• the hydrophilic layer is at the bottom, then the upper layer of the plate would selectively ink when hydrophobic inks are employed (flexographic mode). Again, good printing resolution is achieved because the relatively more hydrophilic portions of the bi-layer plate are not wetted by the hydrophobic ink while the other more hydrophobic areas of the plate are wetted by the ink.
• the target resolution for high resolution printing plates is typically in the range of 1 -15 microns. Reel-to-reel printing of electronic devices requires the patterning of individual lines and spaces at high resolutions.
• the source- drain level of a thin film transistor is especially demanding because the channel lengths required for good transistor performances are on the order of only a few microns.
• PDMS polydimethylsiloxane
• the bi-layer plates described here are fabricated from commercially available block copolymers like poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) or poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene) elastomers. These elastomers are mechanically robust materials that can be chemically modified with either hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side chains or hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups to alter their surface wetting behaviors. The olefinic double bonds present within the "soft" butadiene or isoprene segments serve as convenient sites for chemical modification.
• the chemically modified elastomers can be mixed or blended with smaller crosslinkable acrylate or methacrylate monomers to give polymerizable compositions that furnish robust, semi- interpenetrating networks (SIPNs) when crosslinked thermally or photo- chemically.
• SIPN layers that result are elastomeric in their mechanical behavior and form the two working layers in the bi-layer plate where at least one of the layers contains a chemically modified elastomer to modify its surface energy relative to the other layer.
• the two SIPN layers formed in this manner are chemically resistant to many solvents and dispersants that are used in standard ink formulations, including ethanol, aqueous alcohol mixtures, toluene and ortho-dichlorobenzene.
• the two SIPN layers contain many of these same chemical components, inter-layer adhesion between the two adjacent layers can be maintained.
• poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) or poly(styrene-isoprene- styrene) elastomers other chemically modifiable, elastomeric polymers and rubbers can also be used to form the two polymeric SIPN layers in the bi-layer plate, including various copolymers of butadiene with acrylonitrile and some neoprene rubbers.
• the flexible supporting substrate is selected to be relatively hydrophilic.
• the substrate may be Mylar (DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK).
• a single, relatively hydrophobic polymer layer is deposited onto the substrate.
• the polymer layer may be deposited by spin coating, bar coating, spraying, dipping or similar coating technologies known to one skilled in the art.
• the polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene- isoprene-styrene that has been chemically modified with fluoroalkyl side groups along with separate photoimaging constituents.
• Appropriate photoimaging constituents may include photoinitiators and/or
• the polymer layer also comprises a polymer of the monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• the substrate is relatively hydrophilic while the photo-imaged polymer layer is hydrophobic due, in part, to the presence of fluoroalkyl side groups chemically attached to the styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer backbone.
• a second embodiment of the present invention is an article which may be used as a printing element.
• the substrate is selected to be relatively hydrophobic.
• the substrate may be plasma treated polytetrafluoroethylene or another plasma treated fluoropolymer.
• a polymer layer is deposited on the substrate.
• the polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that has been chemically modified to contain hydrophilic side groups along with separate photoimaging constituents.
• Appropriate photoimaging constituents may include photoinitiators and/or photosensitizers among others.
• the polymer layer further comprises a polymer of non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers that may optionally contain hydrophilic substituents such as hydroxyl or carboxylic acid groups.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be
• TMPTA trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• TMPEOTA ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• the substrate is hydrophobic while the photo-imaged polymer layer is relatively hydrophilic due to the presence of hydroxyl side groups chemically attached to the styrene- butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer backbone.
• a third embodiment of the present invention is an article which may be used as a printing element.
• the substrate may be any material that can be coated.
• a first polymer layer is deposited on the substrate.
• the first polymer layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that has been chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups and a separate initiator.
• the initiator may be Irgacure® 907 (2-Methyl-1 -[4- (methylthio)phenyl]-2-(4-morpholinyl)-1 -propanone) (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the first polymer layer further comprises a polymer of the monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• a second polymer layer is deposited onto the first polymer layer.
• the second polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene, optionally containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups, along with separate photoimaging constituents.
• Appropriate photoimaging constituents may include photoinitiators and/or photosensitizers among others.
• the second layer further comprises a polymer of non-fluorinated acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking monomers, optionally containing hydrophilic substituents.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPEOTA) and/or 1 ,12-dodecanediol dimethacrylate
• TMPTA trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• TMPEOTA ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• the lower polymer layer is hydrophobic due to the presence of fluoroalkyl groups while the photo- imaged upper polymer layer is relatively hydrophilic.
• a fourth embodiment of the present invention is an article which may be used as a printing element.
• the substrate may be any material which may be coated.
• a first polymer layer is deposited on the substrate.
• the first polymer layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene, optionally containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups and a separate initiator.
• the initiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the first polymer layer also comprises a polymer of non-fluorinated acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking monomers.
• the non- fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPEOTA) and/or 1 ,12-dodecanediol dimethacrylate (Sartomer CD262).
• TMPTA trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• TMPEOTA ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• Sartomer CD262 1 ,12-dodecanediol dimethacrylate
• the second polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that has been chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups along with photoimaging constituents.
• Appropriate photoimaging constituents may include photoinitiators and/or photosensitizers among others.
• the second polymer layer further comprises a polymer of the monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• the lower polymer layer is relatively hydrophilic while the photo-imaged upper polymer layer is relatively hydrophobic due to the presence of fluoroalkyl groups.
• a fifth embodiment of the present invention is an article which may be used as a printing element.
• the substrate may be any material which may be coated.
• a first polymer layer is deposited on the substrate.
• the first polymer layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene and a separate initiator.
• the initiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the first polymer layer also comprises a polymer of non-fluorinated acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPEOTA) and/or 1 ,12-dodecanediol dimethacrylate
• TMPTA trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• TMPEOTA ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• the second polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that has been chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups along with photoimaging constituents.
• Appropriate photoimaging constituents may include photoinitiators and/or photosensitizers among others.
• the second polymer layer further comprises a polymer of the monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• the lower polymer layer is relatively hydrophilic while the photo-imaged upper polymer layer is relatively hydrophobic due to the presence of fluoroalkyl groups.
• a sixth embodiment of the present invention is an article which may be used as a printing element.
• the substrate may be any material which may be coated.
• a first polymer layer is deposited on the substrate.
• the first polymer layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene and a separate initiator.
• the initiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the first polymer layer also comprises a polymer of non-fluorinated acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPEOTA) and/or 1 ,12-dodecanediol dimethacrylate
• TMPTA trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• TMPEOTA ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• the second polymer layer comprises an elastomeric block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that has been chemically modified with hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups along with photoimaging constituents.
• Appropriate photoimaging constituents may include photoinitiators and/or photosensitizers among others.
• the second polymer layer also comprises a polymer of non-fluorinated acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking monomers. The non-fluorinated
• (meth)acrylate monomers may be trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPEOTA) and/or 1 ,12- dodecanediol dimethacrylate (Sartomer CD262).
• TMPTA trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• TMPEOTA ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate
• 1 ,12- dodecanediol dimethacrylate Marlethacrylate
• the lower polymer layer is relatively hydrophobic while the photo-imaged upper polymer layer is relatively hydrophilic due to the presence of hydroxyl side groups chemically attached to the styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer backbone.
• the present invention is also a process to make printing elements.
• a substrate is provided.
• the substrate may be
• Melinex® ST504 DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK.
• the next step in the process is depositing a layer on the substrate.
• the layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that contains hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups, a photo-initiator and fluorinated crosslinking monomers selected from the rou consisting of:
• the photoinitiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the next step in the process is irradiating an image into the layer and then developing the irradiated image by exposing the irradiated layer to a developing solution which dissolves the non-irradiated, non-crossl inked portions from the exposed image.
• a substrate is provided.
• the substrate may be plasma treated polytetrafluoroethylene or another plasma treated fluoropolymer.
• the next step in the process is depositing a layer on the substrate.
• the layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene- styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene chemically modified with hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups, a photo-initiator and non-fluorinated crosslinking acrylate or methacrylate monomers.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be TMPTA, TMPEOTA and/or Sartomer CD262.
• the photoinitiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the next step in the process is irradiating an image into the layer and then developing the irradiated image by exposing the irradiated layer to a developing solution which dissolves the non-irradiated, non- crosslinked portions from the exposed image.
• a substrate is provided.
• the substrate may be Melinex® ST504 (DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK).
• the next step in the process is depositing a first layer on the substrate.
• the first layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that contains hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side chains, an initiator and fluorinated monomers selected from the group consisting of: and
• the initiator may be di(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate, Perkadox® 16 (Akzo Nobel) or Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the next step in the process is crosslinking the first layer.
• the crosslinking step may be thermal or, if the initiator is a photoinitiator, the crosslinking step may be by flood irradiation.
• a second layer is deposited onto the first polymer layer.
• the second layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the second layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene- butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene, optionally containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups, a photoinitiator and non-fluorinated crosslinking acrylate or methacrylate monomers.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be TMPTA, TMPEOTA and/or Sartomer CD262.
• the photoinitiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty
• the subsequent step in the process is irradiating an image into the second layer.
• the next step is developing the irradiated image by exposing the second polymer layer to a developing solution which dissolves the non-irradiated, non-crosslinked portions from the exposed image.
• a substrate is provided.
• the substrate may be Melinex® ST504 (DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK).
• the next step in the process is depositing a first layer on the substrate.
• the first layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene, optionally containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups, an initiator and non-fluorinated crosslinking acrylate or
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be TMPTA, TMPEOTA and/or Sartomer CD262.
• the initiator may be di(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate, Perkadox® 16 (Akzo Nobel) or Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the next step in the process is crosslinking the first layer.
• the crosslinking step may be thermal or, if the initiator is a photoinitiator, the crosslinking step may be by flood irradiation.
• a second layer is deposited onto the first polymer layer.
• the second layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the second layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that contains hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side chains, a photo-initiator and fluorinated monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• the photoinitiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the subsequent step in the process is irradiating an image into the second layer forming an imaged crosslinked polymer pattern.
• the next step is developing the irradiated image by exposing the second polymer layer to a developing solution which dissolves the non-irradiated, non-crossl inked portions from the exposed image.
• a substrate is provided.
• the substrate may be Melinex® ST504 (DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK).
• the next step in the process is depositing a first layer on the substrate.
• the first layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene, an initiator and non-fluorinated crosslinking acrylate or methacrylate monomers.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be TMPTA, TMPEOTA and/or Sartomer CD262.
• the initiator may be di(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate, Perkadox® 16 (Akzo Nobel) or Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the next step in the process is crosslinking the first layer.
• the crosslinking step may be thermal or, if the initiator is a photoinitiator, the crosslinking step may be by flood irradiation.
• a second layer is deposited onto the first polymer layer.
• the second layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the second layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene that contains hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side chains, a photo-initiator and fluorinated monomers selected from the group consisting of:
• the photoinitiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the subsequent step in the process is irradiating an image into the second layer; where the irradiation takes place on the second layer an imaged crosslinked polymer pattern is formed and where areas of the second layer is not irradiated a non- crossl inked polymer pattern is formed.
• the next step is developing the second polymer layer with a developing solution which dissolves the non- irradiated, non-crosslinked portions of the image.
• a substrate is provided.
• the substrate may be Melinex® ST504 (DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK).
• the next step in the process is depositing a first layer on the substrate.
• the first layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the first layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene, an initiator and non-fluorinated crosslinking acrylate or methacrylate monomers.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be TMPTA, TMPEOTA and/or Sartomer CD262.
• the initiator may be di(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate, Perkadox® 16 (Akzo Nobel) or Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the next step in the process is crosslinking the first layer.
• the crosslinking step may be thermal or, if the initiator is a photoinitiator, the crosslinking step may be by flood irradiation.
• a second layer is deposited onto the first polymer layer.
• the second layer may be deposited by any known coating technique.
• the second layer comprises a block copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene or styrene-isoprene-styrene containing hydrophilic hydroxyl side groups, a photoinitiator and non-fluorinated crosslinking acrylate or methacrylate monomers.
• the non-fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers may be
• the photoinitiator may be Irgacure® 907 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland).
• the subsequent step in the process is irradiating an image into the second layer.
• the next step is developing the irradiated image by exposing the second polymer layer to a developing solution which dissolves the non- irradiated, non-crosslinked portions from the exposed image. Examples
• SBS-OH 10 %-hvdroxylated styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer
• reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 24 hours under argon and then cooled to 0 degrees C with an ice bath.
• the reaction mixture was next treated with 6N sodium hydroxide solution (7.3 mL) followed by the slow addition of a 30% aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide (15 mL) and then heated to reflux for an additional 24 hours.
• the resulting mixture was concentrated in vacuo, giving a crude polymeric solid that was redissolved into tetrahydrofuran (100 mL).
• the polymeric product was re-isolated by pouring the tetrahydrofuran solution into water (500 mL).
• SBS-F 10 %-fluoroalkylated styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer
• the reaction mixture was poured into water (500 ml_), immediately giving a white precipitate.
• the crude product was redissolved into tetrahydrofuran (200 ml_ )and then reprecipitated into water. Two additional tetrahydrofuran - water dissolution-precipitation steps were used to obtain the desired product in purified form.
• the fluoroalkylated copolymer was then dried in vacuo at 40 degrees C for 48 hours to give a white, elastomeric solid.
• the product was stored in the dark under an argon atmosphere. Analysis of the product by FTIR revealed the absence of a broad peak centered near 3329 cm "1 consistent with the esterification of the reactive hydroxyl groups within the copolymer's backbone. An additional signal near 1780 cm "1 (ester carbonyl stretch) was also observed.
• SBS styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer
• SBS-OH hydroxylated
• SBS-F fluoroalkylated product
• composition A and composition B containing two different chemically modified SBS copolymers were mixed overnight at room temperature and then filtered through 1 .5 urn GMF filters.
• Composition A A:
• Composition B is a composition of Composition B:
• Melinex base at 1000 RPM for 60 seconds.
• the coated substrate was flood-exposed with an OAI 345 nm i-liner for 10 minutes under a nitrogen atmosphere to crosslink the film.
• a second layer having composition B was spin-coated onto the
• the fluorinated dimethacrylate used to prepare the bottom layer with composition A was synthesized as follows: A solution of
• methacrylic anhydride (57.1 g, 370 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (150 mL) was treated with sodium acetate (0.20 g) and 4-methoxyphenol (100 ppm). The resulting mixture was heated to reflux under a dried-air atmosphere for 48 hours and then cooled to room temperature. The tetrahydrofuran solvent was carefully removed under reduced pressure. The concentrated reaction mixture that remained was next diluted with ethyl ether (200 mL) and the resulting solution was rapidly stirred with 2% aqueous sodium carbonate (200 mL) for several hours to hydrolyze excess methacrylic anhydride reagent. The organic phase was separated and then
• the following example illustrates the ability to selectively ink only the desired areas of a bi-layer plate operating in a gravure mode (bottom layer is wetted by hydrophilic ink while the top layer is not wetted).
• Bilayer printing plates were fabricated on the acrylic side of a clean sheet of ST504 Melinex base (DuPont Teijin Films, Bristol, UK). The base was cleaned with a methanol rinse, followed by sequential Dl water and isopropyl alcohol rinses. After a final rinse with Dl water, the base was thoroughly dried using a high pressure nitrogen gun. The two separate formulations (composition A and composition B) containing different SBS copolymers were mixed overnight at room temperature and then filtered through 1 .5 urn GMF filters.
• Composition A A:
• Composition B is a composition of Composition B:
• a bottom layer with composition A was bar-coated onto the Melinex base.
• the coating thickness was near 10 microns.
• the coated substrate was thermally crosslinked under vacuum with a slight nitrogen purge.
• a second layer having composition B was then spin-coated onto the crosslinked bottom layer at 1000 RPM for 60 seconds.
• the newly coated layer was dried in a nitrogen atmosphere for 2 minutes and then exposed through a clear-field photomask to an i-liner at 345 nm for 65 seconds.
• the upper layer was developed in methylisobutyl ketone for 2 minutes during which time unexposed regions of the film were dissolved away.
• the patterned upper layer was thoroughly dried by using a high pressure nitrogen gun.
• the resulting bilayer plates were wetted with a Ag nanoink DGP40 (Advanced NanoProducts, Seoul, Korea) diluted 1 :5 with ethanol.
• the ink was spin-coated onto the plate at 1000 RPM.
• the inked plates were then observed in an optical microscope and areas that inked and did not ink were determined.
• the results showed differential wetting by the hydrophilic silver ink formulation, with the ink residing exclusively in the recessed features of the plate. No ink was observed on the more hydrophobic, upper fluoroalkylated SBS layer of the bilayer plate.

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