IP Library Granted Patent US 9,804,472
Granted Patent B2
US 9,804,472 · App. 15/049,387 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Electrophoresis dispersion liquid, electrophoresis sheet, electrophoresis device, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,804,472
App. No.
15/049,387
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrophoresis dispersion liquid includes first electrophoretic particle of a scattering system having an ionic group on a surface thereof; second electrophoretic particle of a coloring system having a polarization group on the surface thereof; and a dispersion medium. It is preferable that the ionic group is an acidic group, and further includes a ring structure that forms an acidic group and a salt. It is preferable that the polarization group is an organic group having a main skeleton, and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton.

Claims (55)

1. An electrophoresis dispersion liquid, comprising:

first electrophoretic particle of a scattering system having an ionic group on a surface thereof;

second electrophoretic particle of a coloring system having a polarization group on the surface thereof; and

a dispersion medium,

wherein

the ionic group is an acidic group, and further includes a ring structure that forms an acidic group and a salt,

the first electrophoretic particle includes a scattering system particle having a first functional group on the surface thereof and a first block copolymer bonded to the scattering system particle, and

the first block copolymer is formed by a first monomer having a site that contributes to dispersibility in the dispersion medium, a second monomer having the second functional group which has reactivity to the first functional group, and a third monomer having an acidic group and a ring structure being polymerized without the first monomer and the second monomer being copolymerized, and is connected to the scattering system particle by reacting the first functional group and the second functional group at the unit derived from the second monomer.

2. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dispersion portion at which the first monomer is polymerized, the bonding portion at which the second monomer is polymerized, and the ionic portion at which the third monomer is polymerized are connected in the first block copolymer.

3. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 2 ,

wherein the weight average molecular weight of the dispersion portion is 10,000 or more to 100,000 or less.

4. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 2 ,

wherein the bonding portion is formed by polymerizing two or more to ten or less of the second monomer.

5. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first monomer is a silicone macromonomer represented by the following general formula (I)

[in the formula. R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. R 2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms. R 3 is a structure including one type from an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms and an ether group of ethylene oxide or a propylene oxide, and n is an integer of 0 or more].

6. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 5 ,

wherein the molecular weight of the silicone macromonomer is 1,000 or more to 50,000 or less.

7. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polarization group is an organic group having a main skeleton, and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton.

8. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second electrophoretic particles include coloring system particle having a first functional group on the surface thereof, and a second block copolymer bonded to the coloring system particle; and

the second block copolymer is formed by a first monomer having a site that contributes to dispersibility in the dispersion medium, a second monomer having the second functional group which has reactivity to the first functional group, and a fourth monomer having an organic group being polymerized without the first monomer and the second monomer being copolymerized, and is connected to the coloring system particle by reacting the first functional group and the second functional group at the unit derived from the second monomer.

9. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 8 ,

wherein the dispersion portion at which the first monomer is polymerized, the bonding portion at which the second monomer is polymerized, and the polarization portion at which the fourth monomer is polymerized are connected in the second block copolymer.

10. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dispersion medium is silicone oil.

11. An electrophoresis sheet, comprising:

a substrate; and

a structure which is arranged above the substrate, and that accommodate the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 .

12. An electrophoresis sheet, comprising:

a substrate; and

a structure which is arranged above the substrate, and that accommodate the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 2 .

13. An electrophoresis device, comprising:

the electrophoresis sheet according to claim 11 .

14. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrophoresis device according to claim 13 .

15. An electrophoresis dispersion liquid, comprising:

first electrophoretic particle of a scattering system having an ionic group on a surface thereof;

second electrophoretic particle of a coloring system having a polarization group on the surface thereof; and

a dispersion medium,

wherein

the polarization group is an organic group having a main skeleton, and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton,

the second electrophoretic particles include a coloring system particle having a first functional group on the surface thereof, and a second block copolymer bonded to the coloring system particle, and

the second block copolymer is formed by a first monomer having a site that contributes to dispersibility in the dispersion medium, a second monomer having the second functional group which has reactivity to the first functional group, and a fourth monomer having an organic group being polymerized without the first monomer and the second monomer being copolymerized, and is connected to the coloring system particle by reacting the first functional group and the second functional group at the unit derived from the second monomer.

16. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 15 ,

wherein the dispersion portion at which the first monomer is polymerized, the bonding portion at which the second monomer is polymerized, and the polarization portion at which the fourth monomer is polymerized are connected in the second block copolymer.

17. An electrophoresis sheet, comprising:

a substrate; and

a structure which is arranged above the substrate, and that accommodate the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 15 .

18. An electrophoresis device, comprising:

the electrophoresis sheet according to claim 17 .

19. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrophoresis device according to claim 18 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2016
From: YOKOKAWA, SHINOBU; INOUE, KEIICHI; USHIYAMA, TOMOYUKI; NAKAZAWA, MASAHIKO; NAKAMURA, KIYOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037785/0662 →