Patent ID: 7374799

Claim:
A radiation sensitive composition comprising: (A) inorganic oxide particles comprising one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Gd, Tb, Dy, Yb, Lu, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Mo, W, Zn, B, Ge, Sn, Pb, Bi and Te; (B) a copolymer of: at least one unsaturated compound selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride; and at least two additional unsaturated compounds, which are different from the at least one unsaturated compound, wherein said copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 50,000 and a ratio of a number average molecular weight to the weight average molecular weight of 1.0 to 3.0, being in an amount of 100 to 500 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said inorganic oxide particles (A), and selected from the group consisting of: a copolymer of methacrylic acid, dicyclopentanyl methacrylate, and β-methylglycidyl methacrylate; a copolymer of styrene, methacrylic acid, N-phenylmaleimide, and β-methylglycidyl methacrylate; a copolymer of styrene, methacrylic acid, phenyl thiomethacrylate, and 2-hydroxybutyl methacrylate; and a copolymer of styrene, methacrylic acid, and a compound represented by the following formula (2): (C) a polyfunctional unsaturated compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups in the molecule, said polyfunctional unsaturated compound being in an amount of 5 to 500 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said copolymer (B); and (D) a radiation sensitive polymerization initiator, said radiation sensitive polymerization initiator being in an amount of 1 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said polyfunctional unsaturated compound (C).