Ink jet ink composition and image forming method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10934445-B2
Application number	US-201916270555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2019
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

There are provided an ink jet ink composition including water; and particles including a chain polymer including Unit (1), Unit (2), and a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group, and an image forming method. Cy 1 and Cy 2 each independently represent a divalent organic group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms including a ring, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a —NR 1 — group, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, *1 in Unit (1) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Unit (1), and *2 in Unit (2) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Unit (2).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ink jet ink composition comprising:
water; and
particles including a chain polymer including Structural Unit (1), Structural Unit (2), and a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group,
wherein the particles include an ethylenic double bond, and
wherein, in a case where a millimolar number of the ethylenic double bond in 1 g of a solid content of the particles is defined as the C═C value of the particles, a C═C value of the particles is 0.30 mmol/g or greater,

in Structural Units (1) and (2), Cy 1 and Cy 2 each independently represent a divalent organic group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms including a cyclic structure, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a —NR 1 — group, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,
*1 in Structural Unit (1) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Structural Unit (1), and *2 in Structural Unit (2) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Structural Unit (2).

2. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein a total content of Structural Units (1) and (2) is 60 mass % or greater with respect to a total amount of the chain polymer.

3. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where a total millimolar number of the cyclic structure included in Structural Units (1) and (2) in 1 g of the chain polymer is defined as a ring value of the chain polymer, the ring value of the chain polymer is 3.00 mmol/g or greater.

4. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of Cy 1 or Cy 2 includes an aliphatic ring as the cyclic structure.

5. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of Cy 1 or Cy 2 includes two or more cyclic structures.

6. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of Cy 1 or Cy 2 includes Bisaryl Structure (A),
*—Ar 1 -L-Ar 2 —*  (A)

in Bisaryl Structure (A), Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently represent an arylene group, L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and two *'s each represent a bonding position.

7. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 6 ,
wherein at least one of Ar 1 or Ar 2 is an arylene group substituted with at least one halogen atom.

8. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 6 ,
wherein any one of Cy 1 or Cy 2 includes an aliphatic ring, and the other of Cy 1 or Cy 2 includes Bisaryl Structure (A).

9. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 8 ,
wherein, in the chain polymer, a molar ratio of the structural unit including Bisaryl Structure (A) to the structural unit including an aliphatic ring is 0.10 to 1.00.

10. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hydrophilic group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a salt of a carboxy group.

11. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 10 ,
wherein, in a case where a total millimolar number of the carboxy group and the salt of a carboxy group in 1 g of the chain polymer is defined as an acid value of the chain polymer, the acid value of the chain polymer is 0.30 mmol/g to 1.50 mmol/g.

12. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the chain polymer is 10,000 to 100,000.

13. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the polymerizable group of the particles is a photopolymerizable group, and
wherein the particles include a photopolymerizable compound as a compound having the photopolymerizable group.

14. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 13 ,
wherein at least one kind of the photopolymerizable compound includes one or more cyclic structures and two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule.

15. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 13 ,
wherein the chain polymer has a photopolymerizable group.

16. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein a solid content amount of the particles is 50 mass % or greater with respect to a solid content amount of the ink jet ink composition.

17. The ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein a content of the chain polymer is 20 mass % or greater with respect to a solid content amount of the particles.

18. An image forming method comprising:
applying the ink jet ink composition according to claim 1 to a plastic base material by an ink jet method; and
curing the ink jet ink composition applied to the plastic base material.

19. An ink jet ink composition comprising:
water; and
particles including a chain polymer including Structural Unit (1), Structural Unit (2), and a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group,
wherein the polymerizable group of the particles is a thermopolymerizable group,
wherein the thermopolymerizable group is at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxetanyl group, an aziridinyl group, an azetidinyl group, a ketone group, an aldehyde group, and a blocked isocyanate group, and
wherein the particles include a thermopolymerizable compound as a compound including the thermopolymerizable group,

in Structural Units (1) and (2), Cy1 and Cy2 each independently represent a divalent organic group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms including a cyclic structure, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a —NR1- group, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,
*1 in Structural Unit (1) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Structural Unit (1), and *2 in Structural Unit (2) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Structural Unit (2).

20. An ink jet ink composition comprising:
water; and
particles including a chain polymer including Structural Unit (1), Structural Unit (2), and a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group,
wherein a total content of Structural Units (1) and (2) is 60 mass % or greater with respect to a total amount of the chain polymer, and
wherein the hydrophilic group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a salt of a carboxy group,

in Structural Units (1) and (2), Cy1 and Cy2 each independently represent a divalent organic group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms including a cyclic structure, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a —NR1- group, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,
*1 in Structural Unit (1) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Structural Unit (1), and *2 in Structural Unit (2) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Structural Unit (2).

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Sato Noriaki
• Koyama Ichiro
• Suzuki Shota

Classifications

• C09D11/322 Primary

  Pigment inks · CPC title

• C08G18/3872

  the sulfur atom belonging to a sulfoxide or sulfone group · CPC title

• C08G18/3848

  containing two nitrogen atoms in the ring · CPC title

• B41M7/009

  using thermal means, e.g. infrared radiation, heat · CPC title

• C09D11/023

  Emulsion inks · CPC title