Electrophoretic particle, method of manufacturing electrophoretic particle, electrophoresis dispersion liquid, electrophoresis sheet, electrophoresis device, and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10001692-B2
Application number	US-201615080454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

An electrophoretic particle includes a base particle (particle) that includes a first functional group, and a first compound and a second compound bonded to the base particle. The first compound is a polymer that includes a dispersion portion derived from a first monomer that contributes to dispersibility and a bonding portion derived from a second monomer including a second functional group having reactivity to the first functional group, and is connected to the base particle at the bonding portion. The second compound has a lower molecular weight than the first compound, includes a non-polar group and the second functional group, and is connected to the base particle at the second functional group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrophoretic particle, comprising:
a particle including a first functional group in a surface thereof; and
a first compound and a second compound bonded to the particle,
wherein
the first compound is a block copolymer that includes a dispersion portion derived from a first monomer including a site that contributes to dispersibility in a dispersion medium, and a bonding portion derived from a second monomer including a second functional group having reactivity with the first functional group, and is connected to the particle by the reacting the first functional group and the second functional group in the bonding portion, and
the second compound has a lower molecular weight than the first compound, includes a non-polar group and the second functional group, and is connected to the particle by reacting the second functional group reacting with the first functional group.

2. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second compound is a silane coupling agent that includes the non-polar group and the second functional group.

3. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second compound is a block copolymer that includes a non-polar portion derived from a third monomer including the non-polar group, and the bonding portion derived from the second monomer including the second functional group.

4. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the non-polar group is a hydrocarbon group.

5. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the molecular weight of the second compound is 100 or more to 1,000 or less.

6. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the first compound, the bonding portion is formed by 1 or more to 10 or less units derived from the second monomer.

7. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the first compound, the first monomer is a silicone macromonomer represented by the following general formula (I),

[in the formula, R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 3 is a structure including one type from an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms and an ether group of ethylene oxide or a propylene oxide, and n is an integer of 0 or more].

8. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the weight average molecular weight of the dispersion portion is 10,000 or more to 100,000 or less.

9. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the weight average molecular weight of the dispersion portion is A and the molecular weight of the second compound is B, A/B is 10 or more to 1,000 or less.

10. A method of manufacturing the electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
connecting the first compound to the particle at the bonding portion by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle, and the second functional group included in the first compound; and
connecting the second compound to the particle by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle and the second functional group included in the second compound.

11. A method of manufacturing the electrophoretic particle according to claim 2 , the method comprising:
connecting the first compound to the particle at the bonding portion by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle, and the second functional group included in the first compound; and
connecting the second compound to the particle by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle and the second functional group included in the second compound.

12. A method of manufacturing the electrophoretic particle according to claim 3 , the method comprising:
connecting the first compound to the particle at the bonding portion by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle, and the second functional group included in the first compound; and
connecting the second compound to the particle by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle and the second functional group included in the second compound.

13. A method of manufacturing the electrophoretic particle according to claim 4 , the method comprising:
connecting the first compound to the particle at the bonding portion by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle, and the second functional group included in the first compound; and
connecting the second compound to the particle by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle and the second functional group included in the second compound.

14. A method of manufacturing the electrophoretic particle according to claim 5 , the method comprising:
connecting the first compound to the particle at the bonding portion by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle, and the second functional group included in the first compound; and
connecting the second compound to the particle by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle and the second functional group included in the second compound.

15. A method of manufacturing the electrophoretic particle according to claim 6 , the method comprising:
connecting the first compound to the particle at the bonding portion by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle, and the second functional group included in the first compound; and
connecting the second compound to the particle by reacting the first functional group included in the surface of the particle and the second functional group included in the second compound.

16. An electrophoresis dispersion liquid, comprising:
the electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ; and
a dispersion medium.

17. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 16 ,
wherein the dispersion medium is silicone oil.

18. An electrophoresis sheet, comprising:
a substrate; and
a structure that is provided on the substrate, and that accommodates the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 16 .

19. An electrophoresis device, comprising:
the electrophoresis sheet according to claim 18 .

20. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the electrophoresis device according to claim 19 .

21. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second compound is bonded to the surface of the particle at a position on the surface different from a position where the first compound is bonded to the particle.

22. The electrophoretic particle according to claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of instances of the first compound and a plurality of instances of the second compound are bonded to the particle; and
the plurality of instance of the second compound are bonded to the surface of the particle at locations on the surface that are interposed between locations on the surface of the particle where the plurality of instance of the first compound are bonded to the particle.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Inoue Keiichi
• Yokokawa Shinobu
• Nakamura Kiyoshi
• Ushiyama Tomoyuki

Classifications

• G02F2001/1678

  characterised by the composition or particle type · CPC title

• G02F1/167 Primary

  by electrophoresis · CPC title

• C09D183/10

  Block or graft copolymers containing polysiloxane sequences (obtained by polymerising a compound having a carbon-to-carbon double bond on to a polysiloxane C09D151/08, C09D153/00) · CPC title

• C08G77/442

  containing vinyl polymer sequences · CPC title