IP Library Granted Patent US 9,958,753
Granted Patent B2
US 9,958,753 · App. 15/425,524 · Granted May 1, 2018

Electrophoresis dispersion liquid

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Patent No.
US 9,958,753
App. No.
15/425,524
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to the aspect of the invention contains at least one type of electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and, in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, the content of the electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less. Furthermore, the electrophoretic particles have base particles and a polymer (particle surface treatment agent) linked with the base particles and, in the electrophoretic particles, the content of the polymer is 5 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.

Claims (66)

1. An electrophoresis dispersion liquid comprising:

at least one type of electrophoretic particles; and

a dispersion medium,

wherein,

in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, a content of the electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less,

the electrophoretic particles have base particles and a particle surface treatment agent linking with at least one of the base particles,

the particle surface treatment agent has a dispersion portion derived from a silicone macromonomer represented by General Formula (I) below

where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 3 represents a structure which includes one type out of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and an ether group of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, and n represents an integer of 0 or more, and

a content of the particle surface treatment agent in the electrophoretic particles is 5 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.

2. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average particle diameter of the base particles is 50 nm or more to 400 nm or less.

3. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 , wherein

the base particles have a hydroxyl group on a surface,

the particle surface treatment agent further has a bonding portion derived from a monomer having a functional group, and

in the bonding portion, there is a siloxane-based compound formed of a block copolymer linked with the base particles by reacting the functional group and the hydroxyl group.

4. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 3 ,

wherein a weight average molecular weight of the dispersion portion is 15,000 or more to 150,000 or less.

5. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in the dispersion portion, a number of units derived from the silicone macromonomer is one.

6. An electrophoresis dispersion liquid comprising:

first electrophoretic particles;

second electrophoretic particles with a smaller particle diameter than the first electrophoretic particles; and

a dispersion medium,

wherein,

in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, a total content of the first electrophoretic particles and the second electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less,

the first electrophoretic particles have first base particles and a first particle surface treatment agent linked with the first base particles,

a content of the first particle surface treatment agent in the first electrophoretic particles is 5 weight % or more to less than 10 weight %,

the second electrophoretic particles have second base particles and a second particle surface treatment agent linked with the second base particles, and

a content of the second particle surface treatment agent in the second electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.

7. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 6 , wherein

an average particle diameter of the first base particles is 200 nm or more to 400 nm or less, and

an average particle diameter of the second base particles is 50 nm or more to less than 200 nm.

8. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first electrophoretic particles are charged positively and the second electrophoretic particles are charged negatively.

9. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first electrophoretic particles are white particles and the second electrophoretic particles are colored particles.

10. The electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 6 ,

wherein, in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, when content of the first electrophoretic particles is set as A “weight %” and content of the second electrophoretic particles is set as B “weight %”, a ratio A/B of the content A and the content B satisfies a relationship of 10 or more to 20 or less.

11. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 1 .

12. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 2 .

13. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 3 .

14. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 4 .

15. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 5 .

16. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 6 .

17. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 7 .

18. An electrophoresis sheet comprising:

a substrate; and

a structural body which is provided on the substrate and which stores the electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to claim 8 .

19. An electrophoresis device comprising:

the electrophoresis sheet according to claim 11 .

20. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrophoresis device according to claim 19 .

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 6, 2017
From: NAKAHARA, HIROKI; SHITAGAMI, KOZO; KOMATSU, HARUNOBU; HIRAIWA, TAKASHI; NAKAZAWA, MASAHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041184/0560 →