An ink composition contains (component A) a high-molecular-weight polymerization initiator having a weight-average molecular weight of equal to or greater than 1,000, (component B) a polymerizable compound, and (component C) a colorant, in which the component A has an acylphosphine oxide structure, and the acylphosphine oxide structure is linked to a main chain or a core of the component A on the side of an acyl group thereof.

The present invention provides a process for the preparation of mono- and bisacylphosphanes based on formula (I): ##STR00001##
as well as for their corresponding oxides or sulfides. The present invention further relates to photoinitiators obtainable by said process.

The present invention relates to novel photoinitiators having hydroxyl groups and/or (meth)acrylate groups. The invention also relates to compositions comprising these photoinitiators as well as their use for photopolymerizing ethylenically unsaturated compounds.

An acyl phosphine oxide initiator wherein the acyl group is selected from the group consisting of a benzoyl group substituted by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,6-dimethyl benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,6-dimethoxy benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; a 2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group; and a 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzoyl group substituted in position 3 by an urea group or an oxalylamide group.

Fluorinated photoinitiators and polymerizable compositions including such fluorinated photoinitiators and at least one free-radically polymerizable monomer, oligomer, or mixture thereof. Multilayer films including a substrate and at least a first layer overlaying a surface of the substrate also are described, in which the at least first layer includes a (co)polymer obtained by polymerizing the foregoing polymerizable compositions. Processes for making a multilayer film using the polymerizable composition also are taught. Articles including the multilayer film also are disclosed, in which the article preferably is selected from a photovoltaic device, a display device, a solid-state lighting device, a sensor, a medical or biological diagnostic device, an electrochromic device, light control device, or a combination thereof.