When the photosensor consisting of photopolymerizable monomer, sensitizer (or photopolymerization initiator) and resin binder on the electric conductive base was exposed to actinic light, a remarkable difference in corona charge acceptance between the unexposed area and the exposed one was found.
The charge acceptance depends widely on the exposed energy. The charge acceptance of the photosensor exposed definitly is able to be increased by several factors such as the number of photopolymerizable functional group in the unit molecule, the molecular structure of photopolymerizable monomer, the thickness of photosensitive layer and the photopolymerizable monomer concentration in the resin binder.
The sensitizer concentration in the photopolymerizable monomer shows the optimum value for the charging process.
When the photoredox sensitizer is carried out in place of energy transfer one, the sensitivity of the sensor at a reduced pressure becomes higher than that at atmospheric pressure.
It is concluded from the present investigation that the photosensor will provide useful electrostatic duplication masters which have a good image stability, long shelf life and durability.
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