Patent ID: 7598018

Claim:
A photosensitive composition consisting essentially of: (a) a fluorophore compound of Formula II: wherein X is an electron donating moiety selected from the group: —NH 2 , —NH(aryl), 2-benzoxazolyl substituted with 0-4 R 2 ; and 2- or 4-pyridyl substituted with 0-4 R 2 , and N-carbazolyl substituted with 0-4 R 2 ; Z is an electron accepting moiety selected from at least one of CN, —N═C═S, NO 2 , —NH(C═S)—O(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —NH(C═S)—NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —NH(C═S)—N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , —P(═O)(OH) 2 , —P(═O(OH)(O—C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —P(═O)(O—C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , —N-succinimidyl; U and V, at each occurrence, are independently —CH═CH—, —CH═CH-phenylene-, or -phenylene-CH═CH—; R 1 is independently amino, hydroxy, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, SH, SCH 3 , —NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , —NH(aryl), —N(aryl) 2 , —NHCO(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —N═C═S, —NH(C═S)—O(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —NH(C═S)—NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), or —NH(C═S)—N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 ; R 2 is independently amino, hydroxy, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, SH, SCH 3 , —NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , —NH(aryl), N(aryl) 2 , —NHCO(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —N═C═S, —NH(C═S)—O(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —NH(C═S)—NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —NH(C═S)—N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , —CO 2 H, or —CO 2 (C 1 -C 6 alkyl); and R 3 and R 4 , at each occurrence, are independently C 1 -C 16 alkyl, C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —(CH 2 ) 1-9 CO 2 H, —(CH 2 ) 1-9 CO 2 (C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —(CH 2 CH 2 O) 1-6 H, or —(CH 2 CH 2 O) 1-6 (C 1 -C 6 alkyl); R 8 and R 8a are independently H, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl; provided that when Z is H, CN, NO 2 , C 1 -C 8 alkyl, then V is —CH═CH-phenylene-, or -phenylene-CH═CH—; provided that when X is other than —N(phenyl) 2 , R 3 and R 4 are ethyl, and V is —CH═CH-phenylene-, Z is other than NO 2 or —P(═O)(OCH 2 CH 3 ) 2 ; provided that when X is other than —N(phenyl) 2 , R 3 and R 4 are ethyl, hexyl, octyl, or decyl, and V is other than a bond, Z is other than —N(phenyl) 2 or 2-benzothiazolyl; (b) a photoacid generator; and (c) a polymer binder selected from at least one of polystyrene and derivatives thereof, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polycarbonates, polyurethanes, polysiloxanes, nylons and polyesters.