Tailored Ink For Piston-Driven Electrostatic Liquid Drop Modulator
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ink composition including water, a solvent, a solvent-soluble dye, and a surfactant, where the ink exhibits a stable liquid microemulsion phase at a first temperature and a second temperature higher than the first temperature and has a conductivity of at most about 200 .mu.S/cm and a dielectric constant of at least about 60, and methods of making such ink compositions. The present invention also relates to a method of making an ink composition for use in a microelectromechanical system-based fluid ejector. The method involves providing a solution or dispersion including a dye or a pigment and adding to the solution or dispersion an additive which includes a material that enhances dielectric permittivity and/or reduces conductivity under conditions effective to produce an ink composition having a conductivity of at most about 200 .mu.S/cm and a dielectric constant of at least about 60.
- Inventors:
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- Mississauga, CA
- Toronto, CA
- Penfield, NY
- Benalillo, NM
- Albuquerque, NM
- Morgan Hill, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 879909
- Patent Number(s):
- 6881250
- Application Number:
- 10/345426
- Assignee:
- Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Wong, Raymond W, Breton, Marcel P, Bedford, Christine E, Carreira, Leonard M, Gooray, Arthur M, Roller, George J, Zavadil, Kevin, Galambos, Paul, and Crowley, Joseph. Tailored Ink For Piston-Driven Electrostatic Liquid Drop Modulator. United States: N. p., 2005.
Web.
Wong, Raymond W, Breton, Marcel P, Bedford, Christine E, Carreira, Leonard M, Gooray, Arthur M, Roller, George J, Zavadil, Kevin, Galambos, Paul, & Crowley, Joseph. Tailored Ink For Piston-Driven Electrostatic Liquid Drop Modulator. United States.
Wong, Raymond W, Breton, Marcel P, Bedford, Christine E, Carreira, Leonard M, Gooray, Arthur M, Roller, George J, Zavadil, Kevin, Galambos, Paul, and Crowley, Joseph. Tue .
"Tailored Ink For Piston-Driven Electrostatic Liquid Drop Modulator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/879909.
@article{osti_879909,
title = {Tailored Ink For Piston-Driven Electrostatic Liquid Drop Modulator},
author = {Wong, Raymond W and Breton, Marcel P and Bedford, Christine E and Carreira, Leonard M and Gooray, Arthur M and Roller, George J and Zavadil, Kevin and Galambos, Paul and Crowley, Joseph},
abstractNote = {The present invention relates to an ink composition including water, a solvent, a solvent-soluble dye, and a surfactant, where the ink exhibits a stable liquid microemulsion phase at a first temperature and a second temperature higher than the first temperature and has a conductivity of at most about 200 .mu.S/cm and a dielectric constant of at least about 60, and methods of making such ink compositions. The present invention also relates to a method of making an ink composition for use in a microelectromechanical system-based fluid ejector. The method involves providing a solution or dispersion including a dye or a pigment and adding to the solution or dispersion an additive which includes a material that enhances dielectric permittivity and/or reduces conductivity under conditions effective to produce an ink composition having a conductivity of at most about 200 .mu.S/cm and a dielectric constant of at least about 60.},
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