WO2014101358A1 - 具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉及制备方法 - Google Patents

具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉及制备方法 Download PDF

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WO2014101358A1
WO2014101358A1 PCT/CN2013/073597 CN2013073597W WO2014101358A1 WO 2014101358 A1 WO2014101358 A1 WO 2014101358A1 CN 2013073597 W CN2013073597 W CN 2013073597W WO 2014101358 A1 WO2014101358 A1 WO 2014101358A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of toner manufacturing, and in particular to a positively charged core-shell structure for electrostatic image development by a suspension polymerization process.
  • a suspension polymerization toner and a method of preparing the toner are known in the art.
  • Toner is a developer material used in laser printers or copies.
  • the operation process of the printer is roughly as follows: the surface of the uniformly charged photosensitive drum is exposed to form an electrostatic latent image; the toner electrostatically charged by the developing roller and the scraper is developed on the surface of the photosensitive drum to form an image; and attracted by the opposite charge of the paper surface, The image on the surface of the drum is transferred to the paper and then fixed by the heat roller and the pressure roller to obtain the desired print image.
  • the developing roller and the doctor blade charge the toner, and the surface of the toner is charged.
  • the charged toner can be developed on the surface of the drum to form a pattern to be printed.
  • a charge control agent is required.
  • CCA Charge Control Agent Disperse as uniformly as possible on the surface of the toner particles.
  • the toner is required to remain energized until it is transferred from the drum to the paper. If the charging characteristics and the charge retention ability of the toner are not good, it is difficult to easily perform development or transfer, and it is difficult to obtain an image having an ideal printing effect.
  • the toner needs to have other properties such as excellent transferability, low-temperature fixability, and storage stability.
  • the spheroidal toner has a high transfer efficiency and can be easily transferred from the photosensitive drum to the paper to reduce or prevent the toner from remaining on the photosensitive drum.
  • the toner is required to be fixed to the paper at a temperature as low as possible, and at the same time, the toner needs to have good preservability which does not melt-adhesive even when exposed to high temperature conditions during use or handling.
  • Core-shell structure toner is passed through a low glass transition temperature (low
  • the core of Tg) improves the fixability
  • the shell having a high glass transition temperature (high Tg) improves the blocking resistance, and by adopting such a layer structure, it is possible to satisfy the requirements of both low-temperature fixing and storage stability.
  • Patent Document CN101427186 published by the Chinese Patent Office provides a styrene based / Mechanically pulverized toner of acrylate and polyester binder resins, using styrene with good compatibility / Acrylate charge control agent, toner charge distribution uniformity and retention capacity have been greatly improved, but it is difficult to meet the needs of low temperature fixing. And the toner particles collide with each other at a line speed of 75 to 100 m/s. 5-20 minutes of spheroidization process, high energy consumption, high equipment requirements, it is difficult to get a spherical toner.
  • CCA suspension polymerization toners
  • Conventional suspension polymerization toners are CCA compared to conventional mechanical pulverized toners. It is uniformly dispersed in a monomer together with components such as wax and pigment, and is obtained by high-speed shear granulation and polymerization. CCA in toner particles The dispersion is more uniform, the sphericity of the particles is better, and thus the charge distribution uniformity and transfer efficiency are better. However, this method still has a considerable amount of charge control distributed in the central region of the toner particles.
  • Patent document published by the Chinese Patent Office CN101473274 Providing a polymer formed by polymerization of a shell monomer component, coating a charge control agent on a surface of a toner core particle prepared by a suspension polymerization method to form a core shell ink of a rigid thin shell layer densely distributed with a charge control agent powder.
  • This method needs to be used
  • the CCA particles are subjected to grinding and dispersion treatment, and the particle size distribution thereof is strictly controlled; and there may be a problem that the compatibility of CCA with the shell resin is not good and a large amount of CCA is released.
  • Patent document patent published by China Patent Office CN101727031 A reactive anionic surfactant containing at least one reactive functional group is added to an aqueous dispersant or added at an initial stage of suspension polymerization, and is grafted onto the surface of the toner particles by polymerization to obtain a surface charge density. Highly polymerized toner. Excessive use of the reactive anionic surfactant used in the process results in the formation of too fine particles in the suspension system which will cause background contamination of the printed image.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a positively charged core-shell structure having good charging characteristics and charge stability. Suspension polymerized toner.
  • a suspension polymerization toner which is obtained by mixing a composition constituting toner core particles with an aqueous dispersion, and then obtaining a suspension of a soft core particle of the toner by a temperature polymerization reaction, and then a monomer emulsion and a cation which constitute a rigid shell layer.
  • Monomer and The toner soft core particle suspension dispersion is uniformly mixed, and is formed in the soft core particle of the toner by aqueous polymerization reaction.
  • the weight ratio of the rigid shell layer to the soft core particles in the core-shell composite particles is 20:80-1:99, and the average thickness of the rigid shell layer is 0.05-0.2 ⁇ m, its coverage on the surface of soft core particles is more than 50%, and the average particle size of the core-shell composite particles prepared is 5-10 ⁇ m, and the average sphericity of the particles is 0.950-0.995.
  • the invention also provides a method for preparing a suspension polymerized toner having the above positively charged core-shell structure, comprising the steps of:
  • the present invention has a positively charged core-shell structure suspension polymerization toner by using a cationic monomer having at least one unsaturated double bond and a high Tg
  • the shell monomer is copolymerized. Since the cationic monomer and the toner shell resin monomer have good reactivity, the outer surface of the soft toner core particles may be coated to form a resin layer having a dense positive charge. Therefore, the toner particles finally formed have a good spherical shape, and have excellent chargeability and environmental stability, and can meet the demand for low-temperature fixing at the time of high-speed printing.
  • the suspension polymerization toner prepared by the above processing method has high transfer efficiency when used in a laser image forming apparatus, has no contamination on the surface of the photosensitive drum, has high image density, and has excellent imaging characteristics, low-temperature fixability and transferability, and has wide application prospects. .
  • Figure 1 is a process flow diagram of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a suspended polymerized toner particle having a positively charged core-shell structure .
  • the present invention provides a suspension-polymerized toner having a positive-charged core-shell structure, wherein a composition constituting toner core particles and an aqueous dispersion are mixed in a certain ratio to obtain a toner soft core suspension by temperature polymerization. Dispersions Then, a cationic monomer, a high Tg monomer emulsion constituting the rigid shell layer, and the soft core particle dispersion of the toner are mixed, and the soft core particles of the toner are formed by aqueous polymerization. The core-shell composite particles coated with a densely charged rigid shell layer are obtained, thereby obtaining a suspension-polymerized toner having a positive-charged core-shell structure.
  • a cationic monomer having at least one unsaturated double bond and a high Tg The monomer is copolymerized on the surface of the toner to form a high-density positively-charged rigid resin layer, and the obtained electro-suspension-polymerized toner has good charging characteristics, charge stability, and excellent low-temperature fixability and storage property.
  • the weight ratio of the rigid shell layer of the core-shell composite particles to the soft core particles of the toner is 20:80-1:99, preferably 15:80-2:99; the average thickness of the rigid shell layer is 0.05-0.2 ⁇ m, and the coverage of the rigid shell layer on the surface of the toner soft core particles is greater than 50%, preferably 80% .
  • the weight ratio of the rigid shell layer of the core-shell composite particles to the soft core particles of the toner is less than 1:99
  • the rigid shell layer is not sufficiently coated on the surface of the toner soft core particles, the toner particles are likely to stick together when the temperature is high, resulting in a decrease in the storage stability of the toner; and the weight ratio thereof is greater than 20:80.
  • the rigid shell of the toner is too thick and the softening temperature of the toner is too high, the fixing fastness of the toner is lowered, and the low-temperature fixing requirement cannot be satisfied.
  • the present invention provides a suspension polymerized toner having a positively charged core-shell structure, wherein the rigid shell resin is a copolymer formed by polymerization of a cationic monomer with a shell monomer having a high glass transition temperature, and has a high charge density, and
  • the toner soft core resin has good compatibility, so that it is easy to be coated on the surface of the soft core particles of the toner, and the core-shell composite particles are formed.
  • the average particle size can be 5-10 ⁇ m; the average particle sphericity can be 0.950-0.995 .
  • the suspension polymerized toner having a positively-charged core-shell structure is used in a developing roller and an image forming apparatus, and has high transfer efficiency, clear printed image, high image density, and no contamination of the printed image background, while satisfying the fixed temperature fixing requirement. There are no storage problems, and the image quality is better than existing equipment.
  • a method for preparing a positively charged core-shell suspension polymerization toner comprises the following steps:
  • the components constituting the soft core particles of the toner include a soft core resin, a colorant, and a release agent.
  • the monomer oil phase preparation process comprises the steps of: adding the above coloring agent and mold release agent to a monomer forming a soft core resin, uniformly grinding and dispersing by a sand mill, further adding a crosslinking agent, a molecular weight regulator and an initiator, and preparing Monomer oil phase.
  • the monomer constituting the toner soft core resin is mainly selected from the group consisting of soft core resin monomers, including one or more of the following materials: styrene, methyl styrene, -- An aromatic vinyl monomer such as methyl styrene; (meth)acrylic acid, methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, propyl (meth)acrylate, butyl (meth)acrylate, A An acrylic monomer such as cyclohexyl acrylate, glycidyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate or lauryl (meth)acrylate.
  • soft core resin monomers including one or more of the following materials: styrene, methyl styrene, -- An aromatic vinyl monomer such as methyl styrene; (meth)acrylic acid, methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, propyl (
  • Nuclear resin component in toner 40-90% has a decisive influence on the fixing characteristics of the toner. If the toner core resin glass transition temperature (Tg ) too low, the toner will adhere to the heating roller during printing, causing thermal offset problems; and when the toner core resin is vitrified (Tg) Too high, not fully melted during printing, and the toner has poor fixing fastness on paper. Therefore, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the toner core resin is preferably 40-60 °C.
  • the colorant is selected from at least one of black, yellow, cyan, and magenta pigments, wherein
  • the black pigment is mainly selected from pigment carbon black having a primary particle diameter of 20-40 nm, such as MA-100 (Mitsubishi Chemical Co., Ltd.), #44 (Mitsubishi Chemical Co., Ltd.), #52.
  • cyan pigments are mainly selected from copper phthalocyanine compounds and their derivatives, such as C.I. Pigment Blue 15 15:1, 15:2, 15:3, 15:4, etc.; magenta pigments are mainly selected from azo pigments, such as C.I. Pigment Red31, 48, 57, 58 63, 68, 114, 122, 146, 150, 163, 187 and 206; yellow pigments are mainly selected from azo pigments such as C.I.
  • the above pigment is used in an amount of usually 1 to 30% by weight, preferably 1 to 15% by weight based on the weight of the soft core resin monomer.
  • the release agent is mainly selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight polyolefin waxes and oil-based synthetic waxes.
  • One or more materials Polyolefin waxes including polyethylene wax (PE wax) and polypropylene wax (PP) Wax); oil-based synthetic waxes include pentaerythritol tetrastearate, pentaerythritol tetrabehenate, dipentaerythritol hexapalmitate, dipentaerythritol hexamyl myristate, dipentaerythritol laurate, etc., preferably having a hydroxyl value of less than 5 a wax-based synthetic wax of mgKOH/g and an acid value of less than 1 mgKOH/g, which has a melting point in the range of 50-100 ° C, preferably 60-80 ° C, and is generally used as a soft core resin monomer.
  • the crosslinking agent is mainly a monomer containing two or more unsaturated vinyl groups, including one or more of the following materials: divinylbenzene , Divinyl ether, divinyl sulfone, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate, two Methacrylic acid 1,6- Hexanediol ester, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate, and the like.
  • the cross-linking agent is used together with the soft core resin monomer to effectively improve the high temperature offset resistance of the toner.
  • the amount is 0.05-1% by weight based on the weight of the soft core resin monomer. If the amount is too high, the toner fixing fastness may be lowered.
  • the molecular weight modifier comprises one or more of the following materials: n-dodecyl mercaptan, t-dodecyl mercaptan, carbon tetrachloride, carbon tetrabromide, and the like.
  • the amount is generally the weight of the soft core resin monomer 0.01-5% by weight, preferably 0.1-1% by weight.
  • the molecular weight modifier chain transfer agent
  • the initiator is an oil-soluble initiator because the oily initiator is well dissolved in the soft core resin monomer, so that it can be uniformly distributed into each oil droplet particle, and the soft toner core particle obtained by the polymerization reaction can be obtained. There is almost no difference in the molecular weight size and distribution between the resins.
  • the oil-soluble initiator used in the suspension polymerization mainly includes an azo-based initiator and a peroxide-based initiator.
  • the azo initiator mainly includes azobisisoheptanenitrile, azobisisobutyronitrile, azobisisovaleronitrile, dimethyl azobisisobutyrate, and the like.
  • Peroxidic initiators mainly include benzoyl peroxide ( BPO), dilauroyl peroxide (LPO), tert-butyl peroxy-2-ethylhexanoate, tert-butyl peroxydiacetate, t-butyl peroxyisobutyrate, and the like.
  • Oily initiator For one or more of the above materials, the amount is usually from 0.01 to 20% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the weight of the soft core resin monomer.
  • the aqueous dispersion is prepared mainly by using a suspension dispersant selected from one or more materials selected from the group consisting of calcium phosphate, magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, polyvinyl alcohol, and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose.
  • a suspension dispersant selected from one or more materials selected from the group consisting of calcium phosphate, magnesium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, polyvinyl alcohol, and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose.
  • a dispersion stabilizer containing an inorganic magnesium hydroxide colloid which is hardly soluble in water is preferable, and a narrow particle size distribution of the polymer particles can be obtained, and the residual property after washing is small, and the image can be reproduced remarkably.
  • the preparation process of the magnesium hydroxide colloid is as follows: sodium hydroxide and magnesium chloride are 1:1 ⁇ 1:2 The molar ratio is set to sodium hydroxide solution and magnesium chloride solution separately with deionized water, and the volume ratio is preferably 1:1 ⁇ 1:10. Then, the magnesium chloride solution is slowly added to the sodium hydroxide solution, and subjected to high-speed shear emulsification using a high-speed emulsifier or a line-type emulsification pump or a combination of the two, high-speed shearing for 0.5-2 h, and the linear velocity at high-speed shearing is 25-45 m/s, ultrasonic aging for 1-5 h.
  • the prepared magnesium hydroxide has a concentration of 0.5 to 5% by weight, and the particle diameter D95 (95% cumulative value of the particle size distribution) is less than 0.8 ⁇ m. .
  • the suspension granulation stage is a crucial step in the process of preparing the toner by suspension polymerization, which directly affects the particle size and distribution of the toner.
  • a suspension granulation process of the present invention First, an oil phase and a low Tg monomer in an aqueous dispersion of 1: 2-1: 8 ratio of water was stirred blended, forming the primary particles of oil droplets, and then high-speed or high-shear emulsifier
  • the emulsified pump suspends and shears the oil-water mixture, and the oil droplet size distribution ranges from 3 to 20 ⁇ m, preferably from 5 to 15 ⁇ m, and the suspension granulation temperature is preferably from 20 to 60 °C.
  • the concentration of the dispersing agent in the above aqueous dispersion is preferably 0.5 to 5% by weight of the water, or the amount of the dispersing agent in the dispersion is low. 1-20% wt of monomer oil phase . If the concentration of the dispersant is too low or the amount of the dispersant is too small, the dispersion system is unstable, and the particles of the oil droplets are likely to be aggregated, resulting in a wide particle size distribution; the concentration of the dispersant is too high or the amount of the dispersant is too high, at high shear speed. It is easy to produce a large amount of fine latex particles, which may cause background pollution when printed.
  • Equipment for shear dispersion in the above preparation process includes batch Ultratalax T50 (by IKA) Made by the company), Clearmix CLM-0.8S (manufactured by M-Technique); continuous Process Pilot 2000 (by IKA) The company manufactures), etc., the suspension shear granulation uses a speed range of 6000-25000 rpm, and the high-speed shear line speed range is 15-40 m/s. The desired average particle size requirement can be achieved by adjusting the shear rate.
  • the dispersion droplets are suspended and dispersed, and after degassing by nitrogen gas, the temperature is raised to a predetermined reaction temperature, and after a certain period of polymerization (first polymerization reaction), a suspension dispersion of toner soft core particles is obtained.
  • the above temperature rising polymerization temperature is preferably 60-95 ° C, polymerization time 2-20 hours, preferably 4-15 hours.
  • the weight ratio of the shell layer to the core particles of the core-shell structure toner is preferably 20:80-1:99; the average thickness of the shell resin is preferably 0.05-0.2 ⁇ m; the coverage of the shell resin on the surface of the core particles is greater than 50%, preferably greater than 80%. In this ratio range, it is possible to have both the storage stability of the toner and the low-temperature fixability.
  • High Tg monomer forming a rigid shell layer in the polymerization process of the present invention One or more materials selected from the group consisting of styrene, methyl methacrylate, t-butyl methacrylate, and the like, which form a polymer having a glass transition temperature of more than 80 °C.
  • High Tg monomer content preferably accounts for the mass of toner soft core particles 1% ⁇ 15%wt.
  • the surfactant is preferably An anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of potassium laurate, sodium oleate, sodium stearate, octyl sulfate, lauryl sulfate; lauryl sulfate, dodecylbenzene sulfonate, lauryl sulfonate One or more materials; anionic surfactants accounted for
  • the high Tg shell monomer content is 0.1-5% by weight; the high Tg shell monomer emulsion preferably has an average particle diameter of 50-200 nm.
  • the amount of the emulsifier is too small, the particle size of the emulsion is too large, and it is relatively difficult to adsorb on the surface of the toner core particles; if the amount of the emulsifier is too large, a large amount of free latex particles are easily formed.
  • the cationic monomer is selected from the group consisting of dimethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate (diethylaminoethyl methacrylate), (meth) acryloyloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, and dimethyl diene propylene.
  • Ammonium chloride 4- More than one monomer having an amine or an ammonium salt in dimethylaminostyrene, accounting for 0.1-20% by weight of the high Tg shell monomer .
  • the amount of cationic monomer is too low, the surface charge density of the toner is low, and the toner charge is low, which is prone to background pollution and insufficient image density.
  • the cationic monomer has good solubility in water and can be directly added into the suspension of the soft core particles of the toner; at the same time, the cationic monomer has strong demulsification ability to the anionic emulsion, and can better inhibit the free latex. Particle generation, promote high The Tg shell monomer adsorbs to the surface of the toner soft core particles.
  • the initiator of the copolymerization of the shell monomer is preferably a water-soluble initiator. This is because the radical of the water-soluble initiator easily moves to the vicinity of the surface of the toner core particle adsorbed by the shell monomer, and it is easy to obtain the toner particle having a core-shell structure.
  • the water-soluble initiator used in the present invention is selected from potassium persulfate and ammonium persulfate. 2,2-bis(2-methyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)propionamide), 2,2-azobis(2-methyl-N-(1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)) -2-hydroxyethyl) One or more materials in propionamide).
  • the aqueous initiator is used in an amount of 0.5 to 40% by weight, preferably 1 to 30% by weight based on parts by mass of the high Tg shell monomer. .
  • a crosslinking agent may be further added to the rigid shell component of the present invention to increase the coating efficiency of the shell resin to the toner core particles and the hardness of the shell, including one or more materials selected from the group consisting of divinyl benzene, Divinyl ether, divinyl sulfone, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate, two Methacrylic acid 1,6- Hexanediol ester, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate, and the like.
  • the dosage is 0.05-5%wt of the high Tg shell monomer If the amount is too high, the toner fixing fastness may be lowered.
  • the polymerization temperature of the shell formation is preferably 60-95 ° C, and the polymerization time is 2-10 hours, preferably 3-8. Hours.
  • the magnesium hydroxide may be first reacted with an acid and then rinsed with deionized water.
  • a mineral acid such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or nitric acid may be used, preferably sulfuric acid.
  • the conductivity of the washing filtrate is ⁇ 10 ⁇ S/cm, soak the filtered product with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution with a pH between 4 and 6 10-30 Filter after mim.
  • It can be filtered by a centrifugal filtration method, a vacuum filtration method, a pressure filtration method, or the like.
  • the process is to dry the washed toner particles.
  • a vacuum freeze dryer, a vacuum dryer, a fluidized bed dryer, and the like are included.
  • the drying temperature is preferably lower than 50 °C.
  • This process adds an external additive to the dried toner particles.
  • the chargeability, fluidity, storage stability, and the like of the particles can be adjusted.
  • the external additive for toner includes one or more materials selected from inorganic particles such as silica, alumina, and titanium oxide, preferably hydrophobically modified silica and titania particles.
  • the amount is 0.1-5% by weight of the toner .
  • various known mixing devices such as a Henschel mixer can be used.
  • an aqueous solution of 100 parts of magnesium chloride dissolved in 100 parts of deionized water is slowly added to 200 parts of deionized water to dissolve.
  • the mixture was dispersed at high speed for 1 h, and then ultrasonically aged at room temperature for 4 h to obtain a suspension suspension of magnesium hydroxide, wherein the residual electrolyte magnesium chloride concentration was 1.0% wt of water.
  • the prepared monomer oil phase is added to the above magnesium hydroxide suspension dispersion containing a magnesium chloride electrolyte, and a high-speed disperser (Ultrasax) T50, manufactured by IKA) sheared at 3000 rpm for 5 min to form primary oil droplet particles with an average particle size of 100 ⁇ m, followed by a high-speed disperser (Ultrasax) T50, manufactured by IKA) sheared at 9000 rpm for 10 min. Then transferred to a nitrogen-protected reactor and heated to 90 ° C for 8 hours to obtain an average particle size of 8.0 ⁇ m toner soft core particle suspension dispersion.
  • the polymerization product was removed with a sulfuric acid solution, and then repeatedly washed with a large amount of deionized ions to a conductivity of ⁇ 10 ⁇ S/cm. With pH A filtered hydrochloric acid solution of 5 was used to soak the filtered product for 20 mim and then filtered.
  • silica RA200HS (12 nm, manufactured by Degussa) was added. Parts, silica TG-C190 (115 nm, manufactured by Cabot) 0.5 parts and titanium dioxide NKT-90 (21nm, manufactured by Degussa) 0.25
  • the suspension-polymerized toner of the present invention is obtained after the treatment. The evaluation results of the obtained toner characteristics are shown in Table 1.
  • the prepared monomer oil phase is added to the above magnesium hydroxide suspension dispersion containing a magnesium chloride electrolyte, and a high-speed disperser (Ultrasax) T50, manufactured by IKA) sheared at 3000 rpm for 5 min to form primary oil droplet particles with an average particle size of 100 ⁇ m, followed by a high-speed disperser (Ultrasax) T50, manufactured by IKA) sheared at 9000 rpm for 10 min. Then transferred to a nitrogen-protected reactor and heated to 90 ° C for 12 hours to obtain an average particle size of 8.2 ⁇ m of suspended toner.
  • a high-speed disperser Ultrasax
  • the polymerization product is removed with a sulfuric acid solution, and then repeatedly washed with a large amount of deionized to a filtrate conductivity ⁇ 10 ⁇ S / cm .
  • silica RA200HS (12 nm, manufactured by Degussa) was added. Parts and silica TG-C190 (115 nm, manufactured by Cabot Corporation) were treated in 0.5 parts to give a suspension-polymerized toner having an average particle diameter of 8.2 ⁇ m. The evaluation results of the obtained toner characteristics are shown in Table 1.
  • Comparative Example 2 The other operation is the same as for Comparative Example 2 except that CCAMP-5500 (0.4 ⁇ m, 0.5 parts of the toner was coated and then added with silica RA200HS (12 nm, manufactured by Degussa) and 1 part of silica. TG-C190 (115 nm, manufactured by Cabot) was used to obtain a comparative suspension polymerization toner having an average particle size of 8.0 ⁇ m. The evaluation results of the obtained toner characteristics are shown in Table 1.
  • the volume average particle diameter of the toner particles constituting the present invention is preferably 5 to 9 ⁇ m. .
  • the transfer efficiency can be improved, and image quality involving fine lines, spots, and the like can be improved.
  • the specific measurement method is as follows: Weigh about 0.1 g of toner particles, put into a beaker, and add sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate 0.01 g Deionized water 30 ml, dispersed in ultrasound in a 60W ultrasonic disperser for 3 min, using a Coulter Counter (Multisizer3, manufactured by Beckman, USA), in the pore size The volume average particle diameter (Dv) and the average particle diameter (Dn) of the toner particles were measured under the conditions of 100 ⁇ m and the number of measured particles: 50000, and the particle size distribution (Dv) / (calculated) was calculated. Dn).
  • the average sphericity of the toner particles constituting the present invention is preferably from 0.950 to 0.995 from the viewpoint of improving the transfer efficiency.
  • the specific measurement method is as follows: pre-added deionized water to the container, and added surfactant sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate 0.02 g. Then, add 0.02 g of toner particles and disperse and disperse for 3 min with a 60 W ultrasonic disperser. Adjust the concentration of the colorant resin particles at the time of measurement to 1000-10000 / ⁇ L, measurement was carried out using a flow type particle image analyzer (FPIA-2100, manufactured by Sysmex Corporation). The average sphericity was obtained from the measured values. The sphericity is calculated by the following formula (1) ) indicates that the average sphericity is taken as the average.
  • Spheroid the circumference of a circle equal to the projected area of the particle / the perimeter of the particle projection image
  • the fixing experiment was carried out using a modified one-component developing printer capable of changing the temperature of the fixing roller. Fixing experiments were performed as follows: every 5 °C The temperature of the fixing roller of the printer was changed, and the fixing rate of the toner at each temperature was measured. The fixing rate is calculated as a ratio of the image density before and after the tape peeling operation is performed on the printed black area. Fixing rate is 80% or more The lowest temperature of the fixing roller is taken as the fixing temperature of the toner. When the fixing temperature is low, it is suitable for use in higher speed printing.
  • Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Comparative example 1 Comparative example 2 Comparative example 3 Comparative example 4 Volume average particle size ( ⁇ m ) 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.6 8.0 Particle size distribution( D V /D P ) 1.22 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.24 1.27 1.26 Average sphericity 0.972 0.978 0.975 0.975 0.980 0.970 0.976 pH value 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.2 6.3 Charge capacity (+ ⁇ C/g) 23 ° C, 50 RH% 26.0 29.3 28.7 23.0 10.5 20.3 23.6 35 ° C, 80 RH% 24.3 26.8 25.6 21.2 8.9 17.6 19.4 Print density (black version) The initial concentration 1.55 1.60 1.52 1.45 0.8 1.36 1.38 5000 pages 1.47 1.50 1.48 1.35 0.5 1.0 0.9 Drum surface clean clean clean clean clean clean clean Severe pollution Slight pollution Severe pollution ghost no no no slight obvious obvious obvious Fixing temperature ( °C ) 140 140
  • Comparative example 1 It is a non-core-shell structure toner, which has poor storage properties under high temperature conditions, so the fluidity of the toner is lowered during long-time printing, resulting in a decrease in charge amount and transfer efficiency.
  • the CCA of the core-shell structure toner of Comparative Example 2 is mainly concentrated in the core particle portion, and the exposed CCA is coated by the shell resin. Rarely, the charge is very low, a large amount of toner remains on the surface of the drum, the image density is low, and the bottom ash is severe.
  • CCA of the surface of the core-shell structure toner of Comparative Example 3 and Comparative Example 4 It is not strong, it is prone to peeling off for a long time, the toner charging performance is lowered, the image density is low, and the durability is poor; and the peeled CCA particles easily form a white film on the photosensitive drum.
  • the CCA in Comparative Example 3 It is a quaternary ammonium salt type inorganic particle, and the compatibility with the toner shell resin is not ideal, so a large amount of free CCA particles remain in the toner suspension dispersion.
  • inventions 1 , 2 and 3 of the present invention have high electric charge and good environmental stability; the transfer efficiency is high, the surface of the photosensitive drum is free from contamination, and the image density is high; there is no storage problem while satisfying the fixed temperature fixing requirement.

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具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉,是将构成墨粉核粒子的组合物与水性分散液混合后通过升温聚合反应得到墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液,再经水性聚合反应形成在该软核粒子外包覆有密集正电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子。其制备方法是将构成墨粉软核树脂的单体油相与水性分散液混合,悬浮造粒后经升温聚合反应使单体油滴粒子转化为墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液;将高 Tg 壳单体加入阴离子表面活性剂中乳化后,与阳离子单体分别加入具有软性墨粉核粒子的悬浮分散液中混合后第二次聚合,再清洗、过滤。本发明由于阳离子单体与墨粉壳树脂单体具有很好的反应活性,可在软性墨粉核粒子外表面包覆具有密集正电荷的树脂层,形成的墨粉成像特性、低温定影性和转印性佳。

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具有正电荷的核壳结构的 悬浮聚合墨粉及制备方法 技术领域
本发明涉及墨粉制造领域,具体涉及通过悬浮聚合工艺制备用于静电荷图像显影的具有正电荷的核壳结构的 悬浮聚合墨粉 及制备该墨粉的方法。
背景技术
墨粉是一种用于激光打印机或复印件中的显影剂材料。打印机运行过程大致如下:均匀充电的感光鼓表面经曝光后形成一个静电潜像;受显影辊和刮刀摩擦充电的墨粉在感光鼓表面静电潜像显影形成影像;受到纸表面相反电荷的吸引,感光鼓表面的影像转印到纸上,然后受到加热辊和压力辊的定影,就得到我们所需的打印图像。
从上述打印过程可以看到,显影辊和刮刀对墨粉充电,墨粉表面获得了电荷。带电的墨粉能在感光鼓表面显影成要打印的图案,为了使墨粉具有较好的带电性,要求电荷控制剂 (CCA) 在墨粉颗粒表面尽可能的均匀分散。从感光鼓上转印到纸上前,要求墨粉持续的保持带电状态。如果墨粉的充电特性和电荷保持能力不好,就难以容易的进行显影或转印,从而难以得到打印效果理想的图像。
同样的,墨粉还需具有其他一些性能,例如优良的转印性、低温定影性和储存稳定性。球形度好的墨粉具有很高的转印效率,能够很容易的从感光鼓转印到纸上,减少或避免墨粉在感光鼓上的残留。为了减轻环境负荷,要求墨粉以尽可能低的温度向纸上定影,于此同时墨粉还需具有即使在使用或者搬运时暴露于高温条件下不会熔融粘连的良好保存性。核壳结构墨粉是通过低玻璃化转变温度(低 Tg )的核来改善定影性,高玻璃化转变温度(高 Tg )的壳来提高抗粘连性,通过采用这种层结构,能够满足兼顾低温定影和储存稳定性的要求。
传统机械碎墨粉是通过将树脂、 CCA 、颜料和蜡等通过熔融共混、粉碎并分级得到的。由于机械粉碎墨粉具有不规则的形状,刮板对各个墨粉粒子施加的压力各异,同时 CCA 倾向与形成与粘合剂树脂分离的相,且外露在墨粉表面的电 CCA 颗粒很容易剥落,所以机械粉碎墨粉带电不均匀,电荷分布很宽。
中国专利局公开的专利文献 CN101427186 提供了一种基于苯乙烯 / 丙烯酸酯和聚酯粘合剂树脂的机械粉碎墨粉,使用与之相容性好的苯乙烯 / 丙烯酸酯的电荷控制剂,墨粉电荷分布均匀性和保持能力有了很大提高,但是很难满足低温定影的需求。而且通过 75 至 100 m/s 的线速度使墨粉颗粒相互碰撞 5-20 分钟进行球形化的工艺,能耗较大,设备要求高,很难得到正球形的墨粉。
与传统机械粉碎墨粉相比,常规的悬浮聚合墨粉是将 CCA 和蜡、颜料等组份一起均匀的分散在单体中,通过高速剪切造粒后进行聚合得到的。墨粉粒子中的 CCA 分散更均匀,粒子的球形度更好,从而具有更好的电荷分布均匀性和转印效率。但是该方法仍然会有相当大量的电荷控制分布在墨粉粒子的中心区域内。由于墨粉的的带电是通过刮刀和位于墨粉表面的 CCA 之间的摩擦产生的,然而分布在墨粉粒子中心区的 CCA 没有参与墨粉的摩擦带电,导致 CCA 的使用效率低下。因而需要开发有效的方法提高墨粉表面的电荷密度。
中国专利局公开的专利文献 CN101473274 提供了一种通过壳单体组份聚合反应形成的聚合物将电荷控制剂包覆在悬浮聚合法制备的墨粉核粒子表面,形成一个电荷控剂密集分布的刚性薄壳层的核壳墨粉。该方法需要对所使用的 CCA 颗粒进行研磨分散处理,对其粒径分布进行严格控制;并且可能会存在 CCA 与壳树脂的相容性不好而产生大量 CCA 游离的问题。
中国专利局公开的专利文献专利 CN101727031 提供了一种将含有至少一个反应性官能团的反应性阴离子表面活性剂加入至水性分散剂中或在悬浮聚合反应初始阶段加入,通过聚合的方式接枝于墨粉粒子表面,得到了表面电荷密度高的聚合墨粉。该方法使用的反应性阴离子表面活性剂使用量过高会导致悬浮体系中产生过细的粒子,将对打印图像产生背景污染。
技术问题
本发明目的是克服上述现有技术缺陷,提供一种具有良好充电特性和电荷稳定性的正电荷的核壳结构的 悬浮聚合墨粉 。
本发明提供的具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的悬浮聚合墨粉,其是将构成墨粉核粒子的组合物与水性分散液混合后通过升温聚合反应 得到墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液 ,然后再将构成刚性壳层的单体乳液、阳离子单体与 墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液混合均匀, 通过水性聚合反应形成在该 墨粉软核粒子 外包覆有密集正电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子。上述核壳复合粒子中的刚性壳层与所述软性核粒子的重量比为 20:80-1:99 ,所述刚性壳层的平均厚度为 0.05-0.2 µm ,其在软性核粒子表面的覆盖率大于 50% ,由此制备的核壳复合粒子 平均粒径为 5-10 µm ,粒子平均球形度为 0.950-0.995 。
技术解决方案
本发明还提供了一种制备上述具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉方法,包括下述步骤:
( 1 )分别制备 构成墨粉软核粒子的 单体油相和用于分散该单体油相的水性分散液;
( 2 )单体油相与水性分散液以一定的油水比( 1:2-1:8 ) 共混后,通过 高速剪切 悬浮造粒后, 转移至反应器中,第一次升温聚合反应后(温度 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-20 小时),使单体油滴粒子完全转化为聚合物颗粒,得到墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散液;
( 3 )将 高 Tg 壳单体加至含有阴离子表面活性剂浓度为 0.01~0.5%wt 的水中,通过高速剪切或超声形成平均粒径为 50-200 nm 的高 Tg 壳单体乳液后,与阳离子单体分别 加入到上述墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散体系中混合均匀,加入水性引发剂进行第二次聚合反应(温度 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-10 小时),从而得到 具有密集电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子;
( 4 )将产物清洗至滤液电导率 ≤10 µS/cm 后,通过加入盐酸溶液调整 pH 值至 4.0-6.0 之间,并浸泡 10-40 min 后,进一步过滤、干燥后外添加二氧化硅处理,即得到具有 正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉 。
本发明具有正电荷的核壳结构悬浮聚合墨粉, 通过采用具有至少一个不饱和双键的阳离子单体与 高 Tg 壳单体 进行共聚反应,由于阳离子单体与墨粉壳树脂单体具有很好的反应活性,可在 软性墨粉核粒子 外表面包覆形成具有 密集正电荷 的树脂层, 因而其最终形成的墨粉粒子球形好,且 具有优异的带电性和环境稳定性 , 能够满足高速打印时低温定影的需求。
有益效果
通过上述加工方法制备的悬浮聚合墨粉,在激光成像设备中使用时转印效率高,感光鼓表面无污染,图像浓度高,具有优异的成像特性、低温定影性和转印性,应用前景广泛。
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图 1 为本发明工艺流程图;
图 2 为制备的具有正电荷的核壳结构的 悬浮聚合墨粉粒子结构示意图
本发明的最佳实施方式
为实现本发明 目的,以下结合附图及实施例,对本发明作进一步的详细说明。应当理解,此处所描述的具体实施例,仅仅用于解释本发明,并不用于限定本发明。
参见图 2 ,本发明提供了一种具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉,其是将构成墨粉核粒子的组合物与水性分散液按一定比例混合通过升温聚合反应 得到墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液 ,然后再将阳离子单体、构成刚性壳层的高 Tg 单体 乳液与该 墨粉软核粒子分散液混合, 通过水性聚合反应形成在该 墨粉软核粒子 外包覆有密集正电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子,从而得到具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉。这样,通过由具有至少一个不饱和双键的阳离子单体与高 Tg 单体在墨粉表面共聚反应,以形成高密度正电荷刚性树脂层的方法,获得的正电性悬浮聚合墨粉具有良好充电特性、电荷稳定性及优异的低温定影性和存储性。
具体地,所述核壳复合粒子的刚性壳层与所述墨粉软核粒子的重量比为 20:80-1:99 ,优选 15:80-2:99 ; 所述刚性壳层的平均厚度为 0.05-0.2 µm ,刚性壳层在墨粉软核粒子表面的覆盖率大于 50% ,优选 80% 。当核壳复合粒子的刚性壳层与所述墨粉软核粒子的重量比小于 1:99 时,刚性壳层不能在墨粉软核粒子表面充分包覆,温度较高时墨粉粒子间容易出现粘连,导致墨粉的存储稳定性降低;而其重量比大于 20:80 时,墨粉的刚性壳层过厚,墨粉的软化温度过高,导致墨粉的定影牢度降低,无法满足低温定影需求。
本发明提供的具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉,其刚性壳层树脂是由阳离子单体与具有高玻璃化温度的壳单体聚合反应形成的共聚物,具有高电荷密度,与墨粉软核树脂具有良好的相容性,从而易于包覆在墨粉软核粒子的表面,所形成的核壳复合粒子 平均粒径可为 5-10 µm ;粒子平均球形度可为 0.950-0.995 。采用具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉,在应用于显影辊及成像设备中,转印效率高,打印图像清晰,图像浓度高,打印图像背景无污染,在满足定温定影要求的同时不存在储存性问题,其成像品质较之于现有的设备更佳。
参见图 1 ,本发明提供的正电荷的核壳结构悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法包括以下步骤:
( 1 )分别制备构成墨粉软核粒子的单体油相和用于分散单体油相的水性分散液;
( 2 )单体油相与水性分散液以一定的油水比( 1:2-1:8 ) 共混后,通过 高速剪切 悬浮造粒后, 转移至反应器中,升温聚合反应(温度 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-20 小时),使单体油滴粒子完全转化为聚合物颗粒,得到墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散液;
( 3 )将 高 Tg 壳单体加至含有阴离子表面活性剂浓度为 0.01~0.5%wt 的水中,通过高速剪切或超声形成平均粒径为 50-200 nm 的高 Tg 壳单体乳液后,与阳离子单体分别 加入到上述墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散体系中混合均匀,加入水性引发剂进行第二次聚合反应(温度 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-10 小时),从而得到 具有密集电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子;
( 4 )将产物清洗至滤液电导率 ≤10 µS/cm 后,通过加入盐酸溶液调整 pH 值至 4.0-6.0 之间,并浸泡一段时间后,进一步过滤、干燥后外添加二氧化硅处理即为本发明的 正电荷的核壳结构悬浮聚合墨粉 。
下面对上述步骤中各工艺详细描述。
  1. 1. 单体油相制备工艺(构成墨粉核粒子组份):
构成墨粉软核粒子的组分包括软性核树脂、着色剂和脱模剂。
单体油相制备工艺是将上述着色剂、脱模剂加入至形成软性核树脂的单体中,通过砂磨机均匀研磨分散后,进一步加入交联剂、分子量调节剂和引发剂,制备单体油相。
本发明的单体油相制备工艺中,构成墨粉软性核树脂的单体主要选自软性核树脂单体,包括下述一种或一种以上材料:苯乙烯、甲基苯乙烯、 α- 甲基苯乙烯等芳香族乙烯单体;(甲基)丙烯酸、(甲基)丙烯酸甲酯、(甲基)丙烯酸乙酯、(甲基)丙烯酸丙酯、(甲基)丙烯酸丁酯、甲基丙烯酸环己酯、(甲基)丙烯酸缩水甘油酯、(甲基)丙烯酸羟乙酯、(甲基)丙烯酸月桂酯等丙烯酸类单体。墨粉中核树脂成分占 40-90% ,对墨粉的定影特性具有决定性影响。如果墨粉核树脂玻璃化温度( Tg )太低,在打印过程中墨粉会粘附在加热辊上,产生热偏移问题;而当墨粉核树脂玻璃化( Tg) 太高,在打印过程中不能充分的熔融,墨粉在纸上的定影牢度差。所以墨粉核树脂玻璃化温度( Tg )优选 40-60 ℃ 。
本发明的单体油相制备工艺中,所述 着色剂选自黑色、黄色、青色、品红色颜料中的至少一种材料,其中 黑色颜料主要选自一次粒径 20-40 nm 的色素炭黑,如 MA-100 (三菱化学株式会社)、 #44 (三菱化学株式会社)、 #52 (三菱化学株式会社)、 MA7 (三菱化学株式会社)、 REGAL 300R( 卡博特公司 ) 、 REGAL 330R( 卡博特公司 ) 、 REGAL 400R( 卡博特公司 ) 、 MOGUL L (卡博特公司);青色颜料主要选自铜酞菁化合物及其衍生物,如 C.I. Pigment Blue 15 、 15:1 、 15:2 、 15:3 、 15:4 等;品红颜料主要选自偶氮系颜料,如 C.I. Pigment Red31 、 48 、 57 、 58 、 63 、 68 、 114 、 122 、 146 、 150 、 163 、 187 和 206 等 ;黄色颜料主要选自偶氮系颜料,如 C.I. Pigment Yellow3 、 12 、 13 、 17 、 65 、 74 、 83 、 97 、 155 、 180 、 185 和 186 等。上述颜料 用量一般为 软性核树脂单体 重量的 1-30%wt ,优选 1-15% wt 。
本发明的单体油相制备工艺中,所述 脱模剂主要选自低分子量聚烯烃蜡及油脂类合成蜡 中一种或一种以上的材料: 聚烯烃蜡包括聚乙烯蜡( PE 蜡)和聚丙烯蜡( PP 蜡);油脂类合成蜡包括季戊四醇四硬脂酸酯、季戊四醇四山嵛酸酯、二季戊四醇六棕榈酸酯、二季戊四醇六肉豆蔻酸酯、二季戊四醇六月桂酸酯等, 优选羟值小于 5 mgKOH/g 、酸值小于 1 mgKOH/g 的蜡的油脂类合成蜡,其熔点范围为 50-100 ℃ ,优选 60-80 ℃ ,用量一般为 软性核树脂单体 重量的 1-40 %wt ,优选 2-20%wt 。
本发明的单体油相制备工艺中,所述交联剂主要是含有两个及两个以上的不饱和乙烯基团的单体,包括下述一种或一种以上材料:二乙烯基苯、 二乙烯基醚、二乙烯砜、乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯、二丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,6- 己二醇酯、三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯、三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯、季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯等。 交联剂与软性核树脂单体一起使用,能有效改善墨粉的抗高温偏移性能。 用量占软性核树脂单体重量的 0.05-1%wt ,用量过高可能使墨粉定影牢度下降。
本发明的单体油相制备工艺中,所述分子量调节剂包括下述一种或一种以上材料:正十二硫醇、叔十二硫醇、四氯化碳、四溴化碳等。 用量一般为软性核树脂单体重量的 0.01-5%wt ,优选 0.1-1%wt 。 所述分子量调节剂(链转移剂)能较好的改善墨粉的定影牢固性,但 用量过高可能使墨粉抗高温偏移性和储存性下降。
本发明的单体油相制备工艺中, 用来聚合 墨粉核树脂单体 的引发剂为油溶性引发剂,这是因为油性引发剂能够很好在软性核树脂单体中溶解,这样能够均匀分布到每个油滴粒子内,聚合反应得到的软性墨粉核粒子之间的树脂分子量大小和分布几乎没有差异。悬浮聚合使用的油溶性引发剂主要包括过偶氮类引发剂和过氧化类引发剂。偶氮类引发剂主要包括偶氮二异庚腈、偶氮二异丁腈、偶氮二异戊腈、偶氮二异丁酸二甲酯等。过氧化类引发剂主要包括过氧化苯甲酰( BPO )、过氧化二月桂酰( LPO )、过氧化 -2- 乙基己酸叔丁酯、过氧化二乙基乙酸叔丁酯、过氧化异丁酸叔丁酯等。油性引发剂 为上述一种或一种以上的材料, 用量一般为 软性核树脂单体 重量的 0.01-20%wt ,优选 0.1-10%wt 。
2 .水性分散液制备工艺 :
水性分散液的制备主要采用悬浮分散剂,所述悬浮分散剂选自磷酸钙、氢氧化镁、碳酸钙、聚乙烯醇中、羟丙基甲基纤维素的一种或一种以上材料。优选含有难溶于水的无机氢氧化镁胶体的分散稳定剂,能够获得较窄的聚合物粒子粒径分布,清洗后的残留性较小,可以鲜明的再现图像。
具体而言,氢氧化镁胶体制备工艺如下:氢氧化钠和氯化镁以 1:1~1:2 摩尔比用去离子水分别配置成氢氧化钠溶液和氯化镁溶液 , 体积比优选 1:1~1:10 ;然后将氯化镁溶液缓慢加入氢氧化钠溶液中,用高速乳化机或管线式乳化泵或二者的结合使用进行高速剪切乳化,高速剪切 0.5-2 h ,高速剪切时的线速度为 25-45 m/s ,超声陈化 1-5 h 。制备的氢氧化镁浓度 0.5~5%wt ,粒径 D95 (个数粒径分布的 95% 累积值)小于 0.8 μm 。
3 .悬浮造粒工艺:
悬浮造粒阶段是悬浮聚合法制备墨粉工艺中极为关键的一步,直接影响墨粉的粒径大小和分布。
本发明的 悬浮造粒工艺 中 首先将 低 Tg 单体油相 和水性分散液以 1:2-1:8 的油水比搅拌共混,形成初级油滴粒子,然后通过高速乳化剂或高剪切乳化泵对油水混合液悬浮剪切造粒,油滴粒径分布范围为 3-20 µm ,优选 5-15 µm ,悬浮造粒温度优选 20-60 ℃ 。
上述水性分散液中分散剂的浓度优选为水质量份的 0.5-5%wt ,或分散液中分散剂用量占低 Tg 单体油相 的 1-20%wt 。分散剂浓度过低或分散剂用量过少,分散体系不稳定,油滴粒子间容易出现聚并,导致粒径分布变宽;分散剂浓度过高或分散剂用量过多,在高速剪切时容易产生大量过细的乳胶粒子,打印时容易造成背景污染。
上述制备过程中,用于剪切分散的设备包括间歇式 Ultratalax T50 (由 IKA 公司制造)、 Clearmix CLM-0.8S (由 M-Technique 公司制造) ;连续式 Process Pilot 2000 (由 IKA 公司制造) 等,悬浮剪切造粒使用转速范围为 6000-25000 rpm , 高速剪切线速度范围为 15-40 m/s , 通过调控剪切转速可达到所需的平均粒径要求。
4 .聚合工艺 :
( 1 )墨粉软核粒子
将 悬浮造粒 后的油滴分散液转移至聚合反应器中,保持搅拌转速 50-1000 rpm ,优选 100-300 rpm ,使分散液滴悬浮分散,通入氮气除氧后,升温至预定反应温度,持续一定时间的聚合(第一次聚合反应)后,得到墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散液。上述升温聚合温度优选 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-20 小时,优选 4-15 小时。
( 2 )密集正电荷刚性壳层
将 高 Tg 壳单体加至含有表面活性剂浓度为 0.01~0.5%wt 的水中,通过高速剪切或超声形成平均粒径为 50-200 nm 的细乳液(高 Tg 单体乳液)后,与阳离子单体分别 加入到上述墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散体系中,加入水性引发剂继续进行第二次聚合反应,从而得到 具有正电荷的刚性壳层的核壳结构悬浮聚合墨粉。
核壳结构墨粉的壳层与核粒子的重量比优选 20:80-1:99 ;壳层树脂的平均厚度优选 0.05-0.2 µm ;壳层树脂在核粒子表面的覆盖率大于 50% ,优选大于 80% 。在该比例范围内,能够兼具墨粉的保存性和低温定影性。
本发明 聚合工艺 中,形成刚性壳层的高 Tg 单体 选自苯乙烯、甲基丙烯酸甲酯、甲基丙烯酸叔丁酯等形成玻璃化转变温度超过 80℃ 的聚合物的单体一种或一种以上材料。高 Tg 单体用量优选占墨粉软核粒子质量的 1%~15%wt 。
所述表面活性剂优选 阴离子表面活性剂,选自月桂酸钾、油酸钠、硬脂酸钠、硫酸辛酯、硫酸月桂酯;十二烷基硫酸盐、十二烷基苯磺酸盐、月桂基磺酸盐中一种或一种以上材料;阴离子表面活性剂用量占 高 Tg 壳单体 质量份 的 0.1-5%wt ;高 Tg 壳单体乳液平均粒径优选 50-200 nm 。 乳化剂用量过少,乳液粒径过大,吸附在墨粉核粒子表面相对困难;乳化剂用量过多,容易形成大量游离的乳胶粒子。
所述阳离子单体选自(甲基)丙烯酸二甲氨基乙酯(甲基)丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯、(甲基)丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵、二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵、 4- 二甲基氨基苯乙烯中具有胺或铵盐的一种以上单体,占高 Tg 壳单体 质量份 的 0.1-20%wt 。阳离子单体用量过低,墨粉表层电荷密度偏低,墨粉带电量低,容易出现背景污染和图像密度不够的问题。阳离子用量过高时,与高 Tg 壳单体 共聚形成的聚合物亲水过强,容易在水中游离,导致包覆在墨粉核粒子表面变得困难,同样会出现墨粉带电量低的问题。
阳离子单体在水中具有较好的溶解性,可以直接加入的墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散液中;同时阳离子单体对阴离子乳液具有较强的破乳能力,能够较好的抑制游离的乳胶粒子产生,促进高 Tg 壳单体向墨粉软核粒子表面吸附。
作为聚合上述阳离子单体和 高 Tg 壳单体的共聚合反应的引发剂优选水溶性引发剂。这是因为水溶性引发剂的自由基容易移动至壳单体吸附的墨粉核粒子表面附近,容易得到具有核壳结构的墨粉粒子。本发明中使用的水溶性引发剂选自过硫酸钾、过硫酸铵、 2,2- 双( 2- 甲基 -N- ( 2- 羟乙基)丙酰胺)、 2,2- 偶氮双( 2- 甲基 -N-(1,1- 双(羟甲基) -2- 羟乙基 ) 丙酰胺)中一种或一种以上材料。水性引发剂的用量占 高 Tg 壳单体 质量份 的 0.5-40%wt ,优选 1-30%wt 。。
本发明刚性壳层组分中可进一步加入交联剂,来提高壳层树脂对墨粉核粒子的包覆效率及壳的硬度,包括选自下述一种或一种以上材料:二乙烯基苯、 二乙烯基醚、二乙烯砜、乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯、二丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,6- 己二醇酯、三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯、三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯、季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯等。用量占 高 Tg 壳单体 质量份 的 0.05-5%wt ,用量过高可能使墨粉定影牢度下降。
第二次聚合反应时,成壳的聚合温度优选 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-10 小时,优选 3-8 小时。
5 .过滤 / 清洗工艺:
该工艺中,需使用大量的去离子水将分散剂去除。当使用无机 氢氧化镁胶体 作为分散稳定剂时,可先加酸将氢氧化镁反应后,再用去离子水清洗。可使用硫酸、盐酸及硝酸等无机酸,优选硫酸。将聚合得到的墨粉颗粒悬浮液的 pH 调到 6.5 以下,然后通过大量的去离子反复清洗、过滤。当清洗滤液的电导率 ≤10 µS/cm 时,用 pH 值在 4-6 之间的稀盐酸溶液对过滤产物进行浸泡 10-30 mim 后过滤。
可以通过离心过滤法、真空过滤法、加压过滤法等方式过滤。
6 .干燥工艺:
该工艺是对经过清洗处理的墨粉粒子进行干燥处理。作为用于墨粉干燥处理的干燥器,包括真空冷冻干燥器,减压干燥器,、流化床干燥器等。为了防止墨粉粒子粘连,干燥温度优选低于 50 ℃ 。
7 .外部添加剂工艺:
该工艺是在经过干燥处理后的墨粉粒子中添加外添加剂。
通过使外添加剂附着、埋没到墨粉粒子表面等,可以调整粒子的带电性、流动性、储存稳定性等。
墨粉用外添加剂包括选自二氧化硅、氧化铝、氧化钛等无机粒子中一种或一种以上材料,优选经过疏水改性的二氧化硅和二氧化钛粒子。用量为墨粉重量的 0.1-5%wt 。
作为用于添加外添加剂的装置,可使用亨舍尔混合机等各种公知的混合装置。
以下结合具体的实施例对本发明制备工艺做进一步详述。
下述实施例中, ' 份 ' 表示质量份。实施例和对比例所得的评估结果总结于表 1 。
实施例 1
将苯乙烯 81 份、丙烯酸正丁酯 19 份、二乙烯基苯 0.3 份、正十二硫醇 1.0 份、炭黑( NP60, 由德固赛公司制造) 8 份,酯蜡 (WE-5, 由日本油脂株式会社制造 )10 份 , 将上述组分在室温下用珠磨机分散制备单体油相。进一步加入油溶性引发剂过氧化 -2- 乙基乙酸叔丁酯 7 份,充分分散 30 min 。
另外,将 100 份去离子水溶解 13 份氯化镁的水溶液缓慢加入 200 份去离子水溶解 8.3 份氢氧化钠的水溶液中,高速剪切分散 1 h ,再在室温下超声陈化 4 h ,获得氢氧化镁悬浮分散液,其中剩余电解质氯化镁浓度为水的 1.0% wt 。
将制备的单体油相加入上述含有氯化镁电解质的氢氧化镁悬浮分散液,用高速分散机( Ultratalax T50 ,由 IKA 制造)以 3000 rpm 剪切 5 min 形成平均粒径为 100 µm 的初级油滴粒子后,接着用高速分散机( Ultratalax T50 ,由 IKA 制造)以 9000 rpm 剪切 10 min 。 然后转移至氮气保护的反应器中,升温至 90 ℃ 聚合反应 8 小时,得到平均粒径为 8.0 µm 的墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液。
将甲基丙烯酸甲酯 5 份、 二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯 0.2 份加入至溶解有 0.05 份十二烷基苯磺酸钠的 30 份去离子水中,通过高速分散机( Ultratalax T50 ,由 IKA 制造)以 10000 rpm 转速高速乳化 5 min ,加入至上述悬浮分散体系中分散 30 min 。
将甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(淄博万多福化工有限公司制造) 0.3 份 加入至上述 墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液中分散 10min 。 然后将过硫酸铵 1.0 份溶于 10 份去离子水中,然后加入上述悬浮分散体系中,在 90 ℃ 聚合反应 5 小时。
将聚合产物用硫酸溶液去除氢氧化镁,然后反复用大量的去离子清洗至电导率 ≤10 µS/cm 。 用 pH 值为 5 的稀盐酸溶液对过滤产物进行浸泡 20 mim 后过滤。
将滤饼产物 干燥后,添加二氧化硅 RA200HS ( 12 nm ,由德固赛公司制造 ) 1 份、二氧化硅 TG-C190 ( 115 nm ,由卡博特公司制造) 0.5 份和二氧化钛 NKT-90 ( 21nm , 由德固赛公司制造) 0.25 份处理后 得到本发明的悬浮聚合墨粉。 所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
实施例 2
除了将甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵 0.3 份、甲基丙烯酸甲酯 5 份、 二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯 0.2 份 变更为 4- 二甲基氨基苯乙烯 0.5 份、苯乙烯 4 份、二乙烯基苯 0.1 份外,与实施例 1 同样的操作,得到 平均粒径为 8.4 µm 的本发明悬浮聚合墨粉。 所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
实施例 3
除了将甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵 0.3 份、甲基丙烯酸甲酯 5 份、 二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯 0.2 份 变更为甲基丙烯酸二甲氨基乙酯(淄博万多福化工有限公司制造) 0.3 份、二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵(淄博万多福化工有限公司制造) 0.2 份、苯乙烯 5 份外,与实施例 1 同样的操作, 得到平均粒径为 8.4 µm 的本发明悬浮聚合墨粉。 所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
对比例 1
将苯乙烯 83 份、丙烯酸正丁酯 17 份、二乙烯基苯 0.5 份、正十二硫醇 1.0 份、正电性电荷控制剂( FCA-201-PS ,苯乙烯 - 丙烯酸共聚物,由日本腾仓化成株式会社制造) 2 份,炭黑( NP60, 由德固赛公司制造) 7 份,酯蜡 (WE-5, 由日本油脂株式会社制造 )10 份 , 将上述组分在室温下用珠磨机分散制备单体油相。进一步加入油溶性引发剂过氧化 -2- 乙基乙酸叔丁酯 7 份,充分分散 30 min 。
另外,将 100 份去离子水溶解 13 份氯化镁的水溶液缓慢加入 200 份去离子水溶解溶解 8.3 份氢氧化钠的水溶液中,高速剪切分散 1 h ,再在室温下超声陈化 4 h ,获得氢氧化镁悬浮分散液,其中剩余电解质氯化镁浓度为水的 1% wt 。
将制备的单体油相加入上述含有氯化镁电解质的氢氧化镁悬浮分散液,用高速分散机( Ultratalax T50 ,由 IKA 制造)以 3000 rpm 剪切 5 min 形成平均粒径为 100µm 的初级油滴粒子后,接着用高速分散机( Ultratalax T50 ,由 IKA 制造)以 9000 rpm 剪切 10 min 。 然后转移至氮气保护的反应器中,升温至 90 ℃ 聚合反应 12 小时,得到平均粒径为 8.2 µm 的悬浮墨粉。
将聚合产物用硫酸溶液去除氢氧化镁,然后反复用大量的去离子清洗至滤液电导率 ≤10 µS/cm 。
将滤饼产物 干燥后,添加二氧化硅 RA200HS ( 12 nm ,由德固赛公司制造) 1 份和二氧化硅 TG-C190 ( 115nm ,由卡博特公司制造) 0.5 份处理后得到平均粒径为 8.2 µm 对比悬浮聚合墨粉。 所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
对比例 2
其他操作与对比例 1 相同,只是在 90℃ 聚合反应 10 小时后, 将甲基丙烯酸甲酯 5 份加入 30 份去离子水中,通过高速分散机( Ultratalax T50 ,由 IKA 制造)以 10000 rpm 转速高速乳化 5 min ,加入至悬浮分散体系中分散 30 min ,然后将过硫酸铵 1 份溶于 10 份去离子水中,然后加入上述悬浮分散体系中,在 90 ℃ 聚合反应 5 小时,得到平均粒径为 8.2 µm 的对比悬浮墨粉。所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
对比例 3
将甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵 0.25 份、甲基丙烯酸甲酯 5 份 、 二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯 0.2 份变更为已研磨分散后至平均 0.2 µm 的正电性电荷控制剂 (TP-415, 保土谷化学工业株式会社 ) 0.5 份、甲基丙烯酸甲酯 5 份外,与实施例 1 同样的操作, 得到平均粒径为 8.6 µm 的对比悬浮墨粉。所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
对比例 4
其他操作与对比例 2 相同,只是先添加 CCAMP-5500 ( 0.4 µm, 由综研化学株式会社制造) 0.5 份对墨粉进行包覆处理后,再添加二氧化硅 RA200HS ( 12 nm ,由德固赛公司制造) 1 份和二氧化硅 TG-C190 ( 115 nm ,由卡博特公司制造)处理后 得到 平均粒径为 8.0 µm 对比悬浮聚合墨粉。 所得墨粉特性评价结果示于表 1 中。
墨粉评价方式
( 1 )墨粉粒子粒径分布
作为构成本发明的墨粉粒子的体积平均粒径优选 5-9 μm 。当体积平均粒径在上述范围时,可提高转印效率,并提高涉及细线、斑点等图像质量。
具体测定方式如下:称量测定墨粉粒子约 0.1 g ,放入烧杯中,加入十二烷基苯磺酸钠 0.01 g ,去离子水 30 ml ,在 60W 超声波分散器中超声中分散 3 min ,使用库尔特颗粒计数器( Multisizer3 ,由美国贝克曼公司制造),在孔径 100 µm 、测定粒子个数: 50000 个的条件下,测定墨粉粒子的体积平均粒径( Dv )和颗粒平均粒径( Dn ),算出粒径分布( Dv ) / ( Dn )。
( 2 )墨粉粒子平均球形度
从提高转印效率的观点出发,构成本发明的墨粉粒子的平均球形度优选为 0.950-0.995 。
具体测定方式如下:向容器中预先加入去离子水,加入表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠 0.02 g ,然后加入墨粉粒子 0.02 g ,用 60 W 超声波分散器超声分散分散 3 min 。将测定时的着色剂树脂粒子浓度调整为 1000-10000 个 /µL, 使用流动式粒子图像分析装置( FPIA-2100 ,由 Sysmex 公司制造 )进行测定。由测定值求得平均球形度。球形度以下述计算式( 1 )表示,平均球形度取其平均值。
计算式( 1 ):
球形度 = 与粒子的投影面积相等的圆的周长 / 粒子投影图像的的周长
( 3 ) pH 值
将墨粉 5 g 分散在去 100g 离子水( pH=6.8 )中,进行加热并保持煮沸状态 10 分钟,挥发的水分用另外预先煮沸约 10 分钟的去离子水补充,冷却至室温( 25 ℃ ),使用梅特勒 pH 计测定萃取液的 pH 值。
( 4 )带电量
在以 600 dpi 高速非磁性单组分显影方式的打印机的显影装置中加入墨粉,分别在温度 23 ℃ 、湿度 50% 的( N/N )环境中和温度为 35 ℃ 、湿度 80% 的( H/H )环境中放置 24 小时,通过法拉第笼对墨粉带电量测定。
( 5 )耐久性
在以 600 dpi 高速非磁性单组分显影方式的打印机的显影装置中加入墨粉,在温度 23 ℃ 、湿度 50% 的( N/N )环境中以 5% 浓度进行连续印刷 5000 页,其中每 500 页进行全黑印刷,通过黑度计测定全黑图像浓度。
( 6 )定影温度
使用按能够改变定影辊温度的改造的单组份显影式打印机,进行定影实验。定影实验如下进行:每 5 ℃ 改变打印机定影辊的温度,测定各温度下的墨粉的定影率。定影率是对打印全黑区域使用胶带剥离操作前后的图像浓度的比率算出。将定影率大于等于 80% 的定影辊的最低温度作为墨粉的定影温度。该定影温度较低时,适用于更高速的印刷中使用。
( 7 )储存性
将约 20 g 墨粉加入至密闭容器中,在 50 ℃ 的环境下放置 2 周后取出,尽量不破坏结构,小心的转移至筛孔为 500 µm 的振动筛上,将振幅设定为 1.0 mm ,振动 30 秒后,测定残留在该筛子上的墨粉重量,将此作为结块的墨粉重量。算出相对于最初加入容器的墨粉重量,结块墨粉所占的比重。 1 个样测定 3 次,将其平均值作为存储性的指标,墨粉的储存性以数值小者为优。
表 1
实施例 1 实施例 2 实施例 3 比较例 1 比较例 2 比较例 3 比较例 4
体积平均粒径( µm ) 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.6 8.0
粒径分布( D V /D P 1.22 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.24 1.27 1.26
平均球形度 0.972 0.978 0.975 0.975 0.980 0.970 0.976
pH 值 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.2 6.3
带电量( +µC/g ) 23℃ ,50RH% 26.0 29.3 28.7 23.0 10.5 20.3 23.6
35℃ ,80RH% 24.3 26.8 25.6 21.2 8.9 17.6 19.4
打印浓度
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初始浓度 1.55 1.60 1.52 1.45 0.8 1.36 1.38
5000 页 1.47 1.50 1.48 1.35 0.5 1.0 0.9
感光鼓表面 干净 干净 干净 干净 严重污染 轻微污染 严重污染
鬼影 轻微 明显 明显 明显
定影温度( ℃ ) 140 140 138 125 135 137 135
储存性( % ) 2 2 3 15 3 3 3
由表 1 所述的静电荷显影用墨粉的评价结果可知:
对比例 1 是非核壳结构墨粉,高温条件下储存性差,所以长时间打印时墨粉流动性下降,导致带电量和转印效率降低。
对比例 2 的核壳结构墨粉的 CCA 主要集中在核粒子部分,壳树脂将其包覆后,外露的 CCA 很少,导致带电量很低,大量墨粉在感光鼓表面残留,图像浓度低,底灰严重。
对比例 3 和对比例 4 的核壳结构墨粉表面镶嵌或吸附的 CCA 并不牢固,长时间摩擦容易发生剥落,墨粉带电性能降低,图像浓度低,耐久性差;且剥落的 CCA 颗粒容易在感光鼓上形成白色膜。同时对比例 3 中的 CCA 为季铵盐类无机颗粒,与墨粉壳树脂相容性不太理想,所以墨粉悬浮分散液中残留大量游离 CCA 粒子。
与此相对的,本发明的实施例 1 、 2 和 3 的核壳结构墨粉带电量高及环境稳定性好;转印效率高,感光鼓表面无污染,图像浓度高;在满足定温定影要求的同时不存在储存性问题。
以上所述实施例仅表达了本发明优选的实施方式,其描述较为具体和详细,但并不能因此而理解为对本发明专利范围的限制。应当指出的是,对于本领域的普通技术人员来说,在不脱离本发明构思的前提下,还可以做出若干变形和改进,这些都属于本发明的保护范围。因此,本发明专利的保护范围应以所附权利要求为准。
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  1. 一种具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的悬浮聚合墨粉,其特征在于,其是将构成墨粉核粒子的组合物与水性分散液混合后通过升温聚合反应 得到墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液 ,然后再将构成刚性壳层的单体乳液、阳离子单体与 墨粉软核粒子悬浮分散液混合均匀, 通过水性聚合反应形成在该 墨粉软核粒子 外包覆有密集正电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子。
  2. 根据权利要求 1 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的悬浮聚合墨粉,其特征在于,所述核壳复合粒子的刚性壳层与所述软核粒子的重量比为 20:80-1:99 ;所述刚性壳层的平均厚度为 0.05-0.2 µm ;所述刚性壳层在软核粒子表面的覆盖率大于 50% 。
  3. 根据权利要求 1 或 2 所述的具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉,其特征在于,所述核壳复合粒子平均粒径为 5-10 µm ;粒子平均球形度为 0.950-0.995 。
  4. 一种如权利要求 1-3 任一项所述的具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于包括下述步骤:
    ( 1 )分别制备 构成墨粉软核粒子的 单体油相和用于分散该单体油相的水性分散液;
    ( 2 )单体油相与水性分散液以一定的油水比共混后,通过 高速剪切 悬浮造粒后, 转移至反应器中,第一次升温聚合反应后使单体油滴粒子完全转化为聚合物颗粒,得到墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散液;
    ( 3 )将 高 Tg 壳单体加至含有阴离子表面活性剂浓度为 0.01~0.5%wt 的水中,通过高速剪切或超声形成平均粒径为 50-200 nm 的高 Tg 壳单体乳液后,与阳离子单体分别 加入到上述墨粉软核粒子的悬浮分散体系中混合均匀,加入水性引发剂进行第二次聚合反应,从而得到 具有密集电荷的刚性壳层的核壳复合粒子;
    ( 4 )将产物清洗至滤液电导率 ≤10 µS/cm 后,通过加入盐酸溶液调整 pH 值至 4.0-6.0 之间,并浸泡 10-40 min 后,进一步过滤、干燥后外添加二氧化硅处理,即得到具有正电荷的核壳结构悬浮聚合墨粉。
  5. 根据权利要求 4 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于, 所述步骤( 1 )中 ,制备 墨粉软核粒子 的单体油相是将着色剂、脱模剂加入至 软性核树脂单体 中,通过砂磨机均匀研磨分散后,进一步加入交联剂、分子量调节剂和引发剂形成。
  6. 根据权利要求 5 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于, 所述步骤( 1 )中, 所述 软性核树脂单体 主要选自芳香族乙烯类单体或 / 和丙烯酸类单体中的一种或一种以上材料,其中 所述芳香族乙烯单体为苯乙烯、甲基苯乙烯或 α- 甲基苯乙烯,所述丙烯酸类单体为(甲基)丙烯酸、(甲基)丙烯酸甲酯、(甲基)丙烯酸乙酯、(甲基)丙烯酸丙酯、(甲基)丙烯酸丁酯、甲基丙烯酸环己酯、(甲基)丙烯酸缩水甘油酯、(甲基)丙烯酸羟乙酯或(甲基)丙烯酸月桂酯。
  7. 根据权利要求 5 所述的具有正电荷的核壳结构的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于,所述着色剂选自黑色、黄色、青色、品红色颜料中的至少一种材料,其中所述黑色颜料选自一次粒径 20-40 nm 的色素炭黑,所述青色颜料选自铜酞菁化合物及其衍生物,所述品红颜料选自偶氮系颜料,所述黄色颜料选自偶氮系颜料;上述颜料用量为所述软性核树脂单体重量的 1-20%wt 。
  8. 根据权利要求 5 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于,所述脱模剂 选自羟值小于 5 mgKOH/g 、酸值小于 1 mgKOH/g 的蜡的油脂类合成蜡及低分子量聚乙烯蜡、聚丙烯蜡中的一种或一种以上混合物;蜡熔点范围 50-100 ℃ ,蜡用量为软性核树脂单体重量的 1-40% wt 。
  9. 根据权利要求 5 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于,所述交联剂含有两个及两个以上的不饱和乙烯基团的单体,包括下述一种或一种以上材料:二乙烯基苯、 二乙烯基醚、二乙烯砜、乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯、二丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,6- 己二醇酯、三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯、三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯或季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯;用量为 软性核树脂单体 重量的 0.05-1%wt 。
  10. 根据权利要求 5 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于,所述分子量调节剂选自下述一种或一种以上材料:正十二硫醇、叔十二硫醇、四氯化碳或四溴化碳,用量为软性核树脂单体重量的 0.01-5%wt 。
  11. 根据权利要求 5 所述的 具有正电荷的核壳结构的悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于,用于 制备 墨粉软核粒子 的单体油相 的 所述引发剂选自油溶性引发剂,用量占 软性核树脂单体 重量的 0.5-10%wt 。
  12. 根据权利要求 4 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于, 所述步骤( 3 )中, 所述阳离子单体选自(甲基)丙烯酸二甲氨基乙酯、(甲基)丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯、(甲基)丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵、二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵、 4- 二甲基氨基苯乙烯中具有胺或铵盐的一种或一种以上单体,用量占高 Tg 壳单体质量份的 0.1-10%wt 。
  13. 根据权利要求 4 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于, 所述步骤( 3 )中,构成刚性壳层的所述 高 Tg 壳单体 选自苯乙烯或甲基丙烯酸酯中形成玻璃化转变温度超过 80 ℃ 的聚合物的单体一种或一种以上材料,用量占墨粉软核粒子质量的 1 ~15%wt 。
  14. 根据权利要求 4 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于, 所述步骤( 3 )中, 所述表面活性剂为 阴离子表面活性剂,选自月桂酸钾、油酸钠、硬脂酸钠、硫酸辛酯、硫酸月桂酯或十二烷基硫酸盐、十二烷基苯磺酸盐、月桂基磺酸盐中一种或一种以上材料;所述阴离子表面活性剂用量占 高 Tg 壳单体 的 0.1~5%wt 。
  15. 根据权利要求 4 所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于, 所述步骤( 3 )中 用于 聚合反应的所述水溶性聚合引发剂选自过硫酸钾、过硫酸铵、 2,2- 双( 2- 甲基 -N- ( 2- 羟乙基)丙酰胺)、 2,2- 偶氮双( 2- 甲基 -N-(1,1- 双(羟甲基) -2- 羟乙基 ) 丙酰胺)中一种或一种以上材料;所述水性引发剂的用量占高 Tg 壳单体 总量的 0.5-40%wt ;成壳的聚合温度为 60-95 ℃ ,聚合时间 2-10 小时。
  16. 根据权利要求 4-15 任一项所述的 具有 正电荷的核壳结构 的 悬浮聚合墨粉制备方法,其特征在于,所述步骤 3 )之刚性壳层制备过程中还进一步加入交联剂,所述交联剂包括下述一种或一种以上材料:二乙烯基苯、 二乙烯基醚、二乙烯砜、乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯、二丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸三乙二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,4- 丁二醇酯、二甲基丙烯酸 1,6- 己二醇酯、三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯、三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯或季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯,用量占 高 Tg 壳单体 重量的 0.05-5%wt 。
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