摘要:
An amphiphilic block copolymer having an ionic functional group, wherein the ratio (N10/N5) of a rotational viscosity (N10) of a 10% by mass solution of the copolymer in purified water to a rotational viscosity (N5) of a 5% by mass solution of the copolymer in purified water is 2.5 or lower.
摘要:
There is provided a polymer compound including a repetitive unit structure represented by the following general formula (2): General formula (2): (where X′ represents a polyalkenyl group; A represents a linear or branched alkylene group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 15, which may be substituted; m represents an integer of 0 to 30; B represents a single bond or an alkylene group which may be substituted; D represents an aromatic ring structure which may be substituted; n represents an integer of 0 to 10; and R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, or an aromatic ring structure which may be substituted). The polymer compound is suitable for improving dispersibility of a coloring material or solid material in an ink composition or toner composition.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a stimuli-responsive composition that comprises a polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. One embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising a block polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. The present invention also relates to an ink composition containing the composition, an image-forming method and an image-forming apparatus using the composition, and a recording medium applying the composition. Further, the present invention relates to an ABC type block polymer compound wherein the polymer is an ABC type triblock polymer, and wherein at least one of the blocks in the triblock polymer changes in nature from solvophilic to solvophobic or from solvophobic to solvophilic in response to stimuli, and more preferably, the A component, then the B component, and finally the C component respond to the stimuli.
摘要:
A polymer compound is provided which is suitable to improve the dispersibility of coloring materials or solids in an ink or toner composition and which has a repeating unit represented by the general formula (2): (2) wherein X′ represents a polyalkenyl group; each A represents independently a linear or branched alkylene group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms which may be substituted; m represents an integer of 0 to 30; B represents a single bond or an alkylene group which may be substituted; each D represents independently an aromatic ring in which at least one hydrogen atom attached to the ring is displaced by a fluorine atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 10; and R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, or an aromatic ring which may be substituted.
摘要:
A decolorable ink usable in various printing processes and an image forming method utilizing such decolorable ink. The decolorable ink comprises a block polymer having a stimulus responsiveness, a colorant which decolors in response to a change in a property of the block polymer when a stimulus is applied to the block polymer, and a solvent. Also the image forming method conducts recording by applying ink onto a recording medium, utilizing the decolorable ink as the ink.
摘要:
A block copolymer including two or more segments, wherein at least one of the segments is a gradient copolymer including two or more monomer components.
摘要:
There is provided a polymer compound including a repetitive unit structure represented by the following general formula (2): General formula (2): (where X′ represents a polyalkenyl group; A represents a linear or branched alkylene group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 15, which may be substituted; m represents an integer of 0 to 30; B represents a single bond or an alkylene group which may be substituted; D represents an aromatic ring structure which may be substituted; n represents an integer of 0 to 10; and R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, or an aromatic ring structure which may be substituted). The polymer compound is suitable for improving dispersibility of a coloring material or solid material in an ink composition or toner composition.
摘要:
In an image forming method which imparts two or more kinds of liquid compositions onto a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium, the image forming method has the steps of: preparing a plurality of liquid compositions which include at least a first liquid composition containing a functional substance, an anionic amphiphilic polymer and a liquid medium and a second liquid composition containing a functional substance, a polyvalent cation, an anionic amphiphilic polymer and a liquid medium; at least one of the polymer in the first liquid composition and the polymer in the second liquid composition being a block polymer or a graft polymer, and imparting the first liquid composition and the second liquid composition onto the recording medium to bring the first liquid composition and the second liquid composition into contact with each other to cause at least one of these liquid compositions to thicken.
摘要:
The present invention provides an ink composition containing a pigment dispersed uniformly in a solvent and a block polymer having an ionic functional group, an image-forming method and an image-forming apparatus employing the ink composition.The composition comprises a pigment, a solvent and a polymer having an ionic functional group, an acid residue, or a base residue at the terminal. The polymer having an ionic functional group, an acid residue, or a base residue at the terminal is a block polymer of ABX type having A, B, and X segments, wherein A and B are respectively a block segment having a vinyl ether structure as the repeating unit, and X is a terminal segment having an ionic functional group, an acid residue, or an base residue.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a process for producing a three-dimensionally structured material, which comprises the steps of preparing a liquid composition comprising a block polymer and a liquid medium, and imparting a stimulus to the liquid composition to modify the block polymer, thereby forming the three-dimensionally structured material.