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US 10,329,440 B2Granted
Aqueous resin based inkjet inks
AssigneeAgfa NV
InventorsJohan Loccufier, Luc Decoster
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Abstract
An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or infrared light; and the capsules have an average particle size smaller than 4 μm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
Claims16
An inkjet ink comprising:
- an aqueous medium;
- and
- capsules including a polymeric shell surrounding a core;
- wherein
- the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium by a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell;
- the core includes one or more chemical reactants that form a reaction product upon application of heat and/or infrared light;
- and
- the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 μm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
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