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US 2020/0199392 A1Published application
Color Changing Ink Jet Ink With Tunable Transition Stimuli
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorCristina Resetco
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Abstract
A composition including a molecule comprising (1) a diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor; and (2) an alkyl additive; water; an optional co-solvent; an optional surfactant; an optional stabilizer; wherein the composition has the characteristic of color change after application of a stimulus. A process for preparing the composition. A process for preparing a product by printing the composition.
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A composition comprising:
- a molecule comprising (1) a diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor;
- and (2) an alkyl additive;
- water;
- an optional co-solvent;
- an optional surfactant;
- an optional stabilizer;
- wherein the ink composition is an aqueous ink composition having has the characteristic of color change after application of a stimulus.
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A process comprising:
- combining a (1) a diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor;
- and (2) an alkyl additive with water;
- an optional co-solvent;
- an optional surfactant;
- and an optional stabilizer;
- and optionally inducing polymerization to form a polymer;
- wherein the polymer results from the polymerization of the diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor;
- and wherein the alkyl additive is embedded in a polymer vesicle resulting from the polymerization of the diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor;
- or
- wherein the polymer results from the polymerization of the diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor and the alkyl additive;
- to provide a an aqueous ink composition having the characteristic of color change after application of a stimulus.
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A process comprising:
- providing a composition, wherein the composition comprises a molecule comprising (1) a diacetylene moiety or diacetylene precursor;
- and (2) an alkyl additive;
- water;
- an optional co-solvent;
- an optional surfactant;
- and an optional stabilizer;
- disposing the composition onto a substrate;
- optionally inducing polymerization of the composition, wherein inducing polymerization is done before or after disposing the composition onto the substrate;
- applying a stimulus to the composition on the substrate;
- wherein the composition is an aqueous ink composition having has the characteristic of color change after application of a stimulus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.