Claims
- 1. In a photopolymerizable transfer material comprising a flexible base, and a thermoplastic photopolymerizable copying layer, said layer comprising
- (a) a thermoplastic polymeric binder,
- (b) a photopolymerizable acrylic or methacrylic ester which boils at a temperature of at least 100.degree. C. and which contains at least one terminal, ethylenically unsaturated group, and
- (c) a photoinitiator activatable by actinic radiation, weight, based on the weight of the non-volatile components of the layer, of an adhesion-imparting substance effective to improve adhesion to copper or copper-alloys evenly distributed in the photopolymerizable copying layer and/or havng said adhesion-imparting substance in a separate, homogeneous, coherent layer on top of said copying layer on the opposite side of said flexible base, said adhesion-imparting substance having the formula ##STR4## in which n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3,
- R.sub.1 is H or OH,
- R.sub.2 is H or COOR.sub.3, and R.sub.3 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 25 carbon atoms.
- 2. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 including a peelable protective coating on the side of the copying layer away from the base.
- 3. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the copying layer contains a polymeric binder which is soluble or swellable in aqueous-alkaline solutions.
- 4. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the copying layer is in the form of a dry, pre-fabricated layer.
- 5. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 2-mercapto-acetic acid-1-ethyl-hexyl-ester.
- 6. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 2-mercapto-acetic acid-n-octylester.
- 7. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 2-mercapto-acetic acid-isooctylester.
- 8. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 2-mercapto-acetic acid-decylester.
- 9. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 2-mercapto-acetic acid-octadecylester.
- 10. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 3-mercapto-propionic acid-methylester.
- 11. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 3-mercapto-propionic acid-dodecylester.
- 12. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 3-mercapto-propionic acid-octadecylester.
- 13. A photopolymerizable transfer material according to claim 1 in which the adhesion-imparting substance is 3-mercapto-propane-diol-(1,2).
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 802,410, filed June 1, 1977, now abandoned, in turn, a continuation of Ser. No. 621,578, filed Oct. 10, 1975, now abandoned.
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