Abstract:
A liquid radiation curable composition for inkjet printing includes a photoinitiating system consisting of one or more diffusion hindered photoinitiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric or polymeric initiators, and polymerizable initiators, and one or more polymerizable co-initiators, wherein at least one of the polymerizable co-initiators is a polymerizable aromatic tertiary amine. Inkjet inks, an inkjet printing process, and packaging materials may include the liquid radiation curable composition.
Abstract:
A polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiators includes an optionally substituted benzophenone group or an optionally substituted thioxanthone group exhibiting improved compatibility with and solubility in radiation curable compositions. Radiation curable compositions and inkjet inks can contain these polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiators, exhibiting low extractable amounts of the photoinitiators and their residues after curing.
Abstract:
A polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiator according to Formula (I): . Radiation curable compositions and inkjet inks containing the polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiator of Formula (I) exhibit improved compatibility with and solubility in radiation curable compositions and inkjet inks, and exhibit low extractable amounts of the photoinitiator and its residues after curing.
Abstract:
A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials includes no initiator or otherwise one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric initiators, polymeric initiators, and polymerizable initiators; wherein the polymerizable composition of the liquid consists essentially of: a) 25-100 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 different from the group G1; b) 0-55 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0-55 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates. If the weight percentage of compounds B>24 wt %, then the weight percentage of compounds C>1 wt %; and wherein all weight percentages of A, B and C are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition. At least one polymerizable compound B or C is present in the polymerizable composition if the free radical curable liquid contains no initiator. The polymerizable compound A has a copolymerization ratio of 0.002
Abstract:
A novel polymeric initiator is disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer.The polymeric initiators are useful in radiation curable compositions such as varnishes, lacquers and printing inks and are especially useful in radiation curable inkjet inks.
Abstract:
A radiation curable composition comprising a curable compound, a photo-initiator and a co-initiator characterized in that said co-initiator is represented by Formula (I), wherein MA is the residue of a mono- or oligofunctional Michael acceptor; L is a divalent linking group positioning the two tertiary amines in a 1-3 to 1-10 position, with the proviso that both amines are aliphatic; R1, R2 and R3 independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkenyl group, an optionally substituted alkynyl group or an optionally substituted (hetero) alkaryl group; any two of R1, R2 and R3 may represent the necessary atoms to form a ring; any two of R1, R2 and R3 may represent the necessary atoms to form a ring with any of the atoms of the linking group L; n is an integer ranging from 1 to 6.
Abstract:
A curable pigment inkjet ink set includes mprg a cyan inkjet ink, a yellow inkjet ink, and a magenta inkjet ink, wherein the yellow inkjet ink having ABS(Y)500-530 60 includes one or more yellow pigments; the cyan inkjet ink includes one or more β-copper phthalocyanine pigments; and the magenta inkjet ink contains a mixed crystal including a first quinacridone and a second quinacridone in a ratio of the first quinacridone over the second quinacridone such that ABS(M)500-530>20 and ABS(M)500-600>60, ABS(Y)500-530 represents the absorbance of the yellow inkjet ink between 500 and 530 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the yellow ink; ABS(M)500-530 represents the absorbance of the magenta inkjet ink between 500 and 530 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the magenta ink; ABS(Y)400-500 represents the absorbance of the yellow inkjet ink between 400 and 500 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the yellow ink; and ABS(M)500-600 represents the absorbance of the magenta inkjet ink between 500 and 600 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the magenta ink, wherein ABS(X)WL1-WL2 represents the peak area between the wavelengths WL1 and WL2 calculated by summation of the normalized absorbance values in the range WL1 to WL2 which are obtained by multiplying the absorbance values at each wavelength in the range from 380 to 850 nm by the reciprocal value of the maximum absorbance Amax in the range of 380 to 850 nm using a spectrophotometer with an interval of 1 nm on the ink X diluted in ethyl acetate to a pigment concentration of 40 ppm.
Abstract:
A radiation curable composition comprising a curable compound, a photo-initiator and a co-initiator, wherein said co-initiator has a structure according to Formula I A-L-B Formula I wherein A represents a structural moiety comprising an aromatic tertiary amine; B represents a structural moiety comprising at least one aliphatic tertiary amine; L represents a divalent linking group positioning the nitrogen atom of the aromatic amine of the structural moiety A and the nitrogen of at least one aliphatic amine of the structural moiety B in a 1-3 to 1-23 position; with the proviso that at least one aromatic and at least one aliphatic amine each have at least one alfa-hydrogen.
Abstract:
A radiation curable ink composition comprising at least one initiator and at least one polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) represented by the following empirical formula [R(SiO1.5)]n wherein n=4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and larger and each R is independently hydrogen, an inorganic group, an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an aryl group, an arylene group, or non-heterocyclic group-containing organo-functional derivatives of alkyl, alkylene, aryl or arylene groups; and a process for obtaining a colourless, monochrome or multicolour ink jet image comprising the steps of jetting one or more streams of ink droplets having the above-mentioned composition onto an ink-jet ink receiver material, and subjecting the obtained image to radiation curing.
Abstract:
Radiation curable compositions with a polymeric co-initiator are disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one co-initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. Industrial applications include varnishes, lacquers and printing inks. The polymeric co-initiator is especially useful in radiation curable inkjet ink.