Photochemistry, History and Commercial Applications of Hexaarylbiimidazoles

The objective of this book is to acquaint the reader with a novel class of photochemical oxidants and polymerization initiators that have become widely accepted in industry. As most of the work with these materials is reported in the patent literature, an effort has been made to study this area of scientific activity, as well as present a thorough review of the journal publications. Photochemistry, History and Commercial Applications of HABIs also presents new technologies such as waveguides, holography along with some more traditional applications (i.e. filters, litho plates, and photoresists).

* A complete review of technology associated with hexaarylbiimidazoles
* Includes CDs with spreadsheets describing the patents and journal references
* Includes DVDs containing interviews with inventors of the technology

1 Introduction

2 Industrial photochemistry from the 1960s onward

3 The Du Pont company from 1960 to 2000

4 The beginning of HABI chemistry at Du Pont

5 The HABI literature

6 A survey of HABI publications

7 The chemistry of HABIs

8 The development of DYLUX® instant access photosensitive products

9 HABIs as photopolymerization initiators

10 HABIs in color-proofing systems

11 Electrophotographic master proofing (EMP)

12 HABis in Du Pont photopolymer films for the electronics industry

13 HABI photoinitiators in photopolymer films developed for holographic applications

14 HABI enhanced attributes provide unique photopolymer waveguide technology for optical interconnections and functional photonic components

15 More applications for photopolymers

16 Phototackification

17 HABIs in silver-based photographic systems

18 Gravell's contribution to the recording of watermarks

19 The role of patents in the development of HABI technology

20 Photopolymers - an enabler of industrial innovation

21 Cescon Patent US 3,784,557

22 Could we have done better?