1. A method of forming and developing a pattern on a surface with an ink system comprising (i) a free radical polymerizable monomer, oligomer or polymer, (ii) an organoborane amine complex, (iii) an amine reactive compound, and (iv) oxygen, in which the components (i)-(iv) are distributed between an ink and a developing medium, such that components (ii) and (iii) are not combined in the presence of component (iv), and wherein the ink is formed on the surface in a pattern which is developed by exposure of the ink to the developing medium.
2. A method according to claim 1 in which the pattern is formed and developed at a temperature below 100\xb0 C. including room temperature and below room temperature.
3. A method according to claim 1 in which the pattern is developed in ambient air.
4. A method according to claim 1 in which the pattern is formed on the surface by pipetting, manual writing, rubber stamping, elastomeric stamping, pad printing, screen printing, stencil printing, or ink jet printing.
5. A method according to claim 1 in which the surface is a glass surface, a metal surface, a quartz surface, a ceramic surface, a silicon surface, an organic surface, a rigid polymeric surface, a flexible elastomeric surface, a liquid, ice, dry ice, or a composite thereof.
6. A method according to claim 1 in which the organoborane amine complex (ii), the (iii) an amine reactive compound, or both the organoborane amine complex (ii) and the (iii) an amine reactive compound, are attached to solid particles of ground silica, precipitated silica, calcium carbonate, carbon black, carbon nanoparticles, silicon nanoparticles, barium sulfate, titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide, boron nitride, silver, gold, platinum, palladium, nickel, aluminum, copper, or steel.
7. A method according to claim 1 in which the developing medium is a liquid.
8. A method according to claim 1 in which the developing medium is a gas.
9. A method according to claim 1 in which the developing medium is a solid.
10. A method according to claim 1 in which the organoborane-amine complex (ii) is a complex formed between an organoborane and an amine compound, wherein the organoborane is a boron compound containing organic groups of the formula BR\u20333 where R\u2033 is a linear, branched, aliphatic, or aromatic hydrocarbon group containing 1-20 carbon atoms, or an organosilicon-functional boron compound; and the amine compound is an organic amine compound, or an amine-functional organosilicon compound selected from the group consisting of an aminosilane, an amine-functional organosiloxane, an amine-functional organopolysiloxane, or an amine-functional organopolysilsesquioxane.
11. A method according to claim 1 in which (iii) the amine reactive compound is selected from the group consisting of mineral acids, Lewis acids, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid derivatives, carboxylic acid metal salts, isocyanates, aldehydes, epoxides, acid chlorides, and sulphonyl chlorides.
12. A method according to claim 1 in which (iii) the amine reactive compound is selected from the group consisting of organosilicon, organosiloxane, and organopolysiloxane compounds bearing amine reactive groups, and component (iii) is present as a neat liquid, solvated liquid, solid, or vapor.
13. A method according to claim 1 in which the ink system contains one or more optional components selected from the group consisting of dyes; pigments; surfactants; water; wetting agents; organic solvents; aqueous solvents; ionic liquids; supercritical fluids; diluents; plasticizers; polymers; oligomers; rheology modifiers; adhesion promoters; crosslinking agents; combinations of polymers, crosslinking agents, and catalysts; polymers for extending, softening, reinforcing, toughening, modifying viscosity, and reducing volatility; extending fillers; reinforcing fillers; conductive fillers; spacers; dopants; quantum dots; UV stabilizers; aziridine stabilizers; void reducing agents; hydroquinones; hindered amines; free radical initiators; acid acceptors; antioxidants; heat stabilizers; flame retardants; silylating agents; foam stabilizers; fluxing agents; and desiccants.
14. A surface containing a pattern formed by the method according to claim 1.
15. A method according to claim 1, wherein the ink comprises:
(ii) an organoborane amine complex or (iii) an amine reactive compound; and the developing medium comprises:
(iii) an amine reactive compound or (ii) an organoborane amine complex;
and wherein (i) a free radical polymerizable monomer, oligomer or polymer and (iv) oxygen, are present in the ink or in the developing medium, or in both the ink and the developing medium; and the pattern is developed on the surface by combining a respective ink with its respective developing medium.
16. A method according to claim 1 wherein the ink comprises (i) a free radical polymerizable monomer, oligomer or polymer, (ii) an organoborane amine complex, and (iii) an amine reactive compound in the absence of oxygen, and the developing medium comprises (iv) oxygen.
17. A method according to claim 16 whereby the ink is formed in a pattern on a surface in the absence of oxygen, and the developing medium is ambient air.
18. A method according to claim 1 wherein the ink comprises (i) a free radical polymerizable monomer, oligomer or polymer, and separate phases containing (ii) an organoborane amine complex and (iii) an amine reactive compound, the developing medium comprises (iv) oxygen, and wherein the pattern is developed by allowing components (ii) and (iii) to combine in the developing medium (iv).
19. A method according to claim 18 wherein (ii) an organoborane amine complex, (iii) an amine reactive compound, or both, are encapsulated or carried by a solid phase, and wherein the developing medium additionally comprises a component capable of breaking, softening, melting, swelling, or dissolving the capsule or solid phase, to permit components (ii) and (iii) to combine, or the pattern is subjected to shearing, irradiation, heating, cooling, pressurization, or depressurization, that causes components (ii) and (iii) to combine in the developing medium.
20. A method according to claim 18 wherein the ink comprises an emulsion in which (ii) an organoborane amine complex and (iii) an amine reactive compound are in separate phases of the emulsion, and wherein the developing medium additionally comprises a component capable of disrupting the emulsion to permit components (ii) and (iii) to combine, or the pattern is subjected to shearing, irradiation, heating, cooling, pressurization, or depressurization, that disrupts the emulsion and causes components (ii) and (iii) to combine in the developing medium.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing data, comprising:
a read unit which reads data with from an optical disc having a plurality of recording layers; and
a controller which reproduces the read data and controls the read unit to read the data according to a detected outer boundary of a data area of each recording layer and detected corresponding locations of a connecting area and a remaining area of each recording layer, the outer boundary being determined according to an amount of data recorded based upon which were determined the corresponding locations of the connecting area and the remaining area of each recording layer for each of the data areas.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller detects an exclusive area for a specified purpose and which was allocated in the remaining area of each recording layer when the size of the remaining area is larger than a specified size.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller detects data indicating that the exclusive area has been allocated on a specified area of the optical disc.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller uses the exclusive area from a beginning position of the exclusive area and determines an ending position of the exclusive area.
5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, when data is recorded on the exclusive areas allocated to two adjacent recording layers among the plurality of recording layers, the respective recording directions are opposite to each other.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each recording layer includes an unused area at a position corresponding to the location of an exclusive area allocated to an adjacent recording layer.
7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the remaining area of each recording layer includes a buffer area to compensate for an influence of eccentricity of the optical disc and a beam focused on another recording layer.
8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller the usage directions of the data area and the exclusive area allocated to each recording layer are opposite to each other.
9. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the exclusive area is a test area usable to determine optimum recording conditions.