JPWO2016189519A5

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Publication number: JPWO2016189519A5
Application number: JP2018513939A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2022-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 2036-05-27

Claims

(a) a printing substrate having an image receiving surface;
(b) a receiving layer covering the image receiving surface and having a particle receiving surface provided on the image receiving surface, the receiving layer having a thickness of 1000 nm or more;
(c) a plurality of particles adhering to said particle receiving surface to form a monolayer on said particle receiving surface;
A print structure comprising:
The plurality of particles are flake-shaped particles made of metal, platelet-shaped particles made of metal, flake-shaped particles having a metal-like appearance due to the metal coating, and platelet-shaped particles having a metal-like appearance due to the metal coating. is at least one selected from the group consisting of
The number average aspect ratio (ASPavg) of the plurality of particles is
ASPavg=Lavg/Havg
wherein Lavg is the number average maximum length dimension of said plurality of particles and Havg is the number average maximum thickness of said plurality of particles;
The plurality of particles have the following structural properties:
(A) the number average maximum length dimension (Lavg) is 0.04 μm or more and 800 μm or less;
(B) the number average maximum thickness (Havg) is 5 nm or more and 1200 nm or less;
(C) the number average aspect ratio (ASPavg) is 2/1 or more and 100/1 or less;
and
The single layer has an optical surface coverage of 20% or more and 100% or less,
A printing structure, wherein the outer surface of said particles is hydrophobic.

2. The printing structure of claim 1, wherein said single layer is free or substantially free of binder.

3. The printed structure of claim 1 or 2, wherein the single layer contains no more than 20% binder by weight or volume.

4. A printed structure according to any preceding claim, wherein the thickness of the receiving layer is between 1.2 [mu]m and 800 [mu]m.

The printed structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the number average maximum length dimension (Lavg) is 0.04 µm or more and 600 µm or less.

The printed structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the number average maximum thickness (Havg) is 5 nm or more and 1000 nm or less.

7. A printing structure according to any preceding claim, wherein the particles are non-hydrophobic and a hydrophobic layer at least partially covers each of the particles.

8. The printed structure of claim 7, wherein the hydrophobic layer is an inorganic hydrophobic layer.

8. The printed structure of claim 7, wherein the hydrophobic layer is an organic hydrophobic layer.

10. The printing structure of claim 9, wherein the organic hydrophobic layer comprises at least one of the group consisting of fatty acids, oils, and oleaginous substances.

11. The printed structure of claim 10, wherein the fatty acid, the oil, and the oleaginous substance have backbones with 6 to 50 carbon atoms.

12. The printing structure of any one of claims 7-11, wherein the hydrophobic layer has a thickness of 15 nm or less.

13. The printing structure of any one of claims 1-12, wherein the particles have an organic content of 15% or less by weight.