Abstract:
A new type of polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiators having an optionally substituted benzophenone group or an optionally substituted thioxanthone group is disclosed exhibiting improved compatibility with and solubility in radiation curable compositions. Radiation curable compositions and inkjet inks containing these polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiators, exhibiting low extractable amounts of the photoinitiators and their residues after curing, are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a curable pigment inkjet ink set having a cyan inkjet ink, a yellow inkjet ink and a magenta inkjet ink comprising the steps of: a) preparing a yellow inkjet ink consisting of one or more yellow pigments having ABS(Y) 500-530 400-500 > 60; b) preparing a cyan inkjet ink consisting of one or more β-copper phthalocyanine pigments; and c) preparing a magenta inkjet ink with a mixed crystal comprising a first quinacridone and a second quinacridone wherein the ratio of the first quinacridone over the second quinacridone is selected to have ABS(M) 500-530 > 20 and ABS(M) 500-600 > 60 with
ABS(Y) 500-530 representing the absorbance of the yellow inkjet ink between 500 and 530 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the yellow ink; ABS(M) 500-530 representing the absorbance of the magenta inkjet ink between 500 and 530 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the magenta ink; ABS(Y) 400-500 representing the absorbance of the yellow inkjet ink between 400 and 500 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the yellow ink; and ABS(M) 500-600 representing the absorbance of the magenta inkjet ink between 500 and 600 nm in a normalized absorption spectrum of the magenta ink. Also disclosed is a curable pigment inkjet ink set comprising yellow, cyan and magenta inkjet inks characterized in that the yellow inkjet ink comprises C.I. Pigment Yellow 150, the cyan inkjet ink comprising a β-copper phthalocyanine pigment and the magenta inkjet ink comprises a mixed crystal containing C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 202 with C.I. Pigment Violet 19 present in the mixed crystal in an amount between 75 and 95 % as measured by Probe-MS.
Abstract:
Radiation curable compositions containing at least one dialkylamino substituted aromatic co-initiator having at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsatured group and at least one polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiator are disclosed exhibiting improved compatibility with and solubility in radiation curable compositions. Radiation curable compositions and inkjet inks containing these polymerizable Norrish Type II photoinitiators exhibit low extractable amounts of the photoinitiators, co-initiators and their residues after curing.
Abstract:
A novel co-initiator is disclosed characterized in that said co-initiator has a structure according to Formula I
wherein B represents a structural moiety comprising at least two aliphatic tertiary amines; L represents a divalent linking group positioning the nitrogen atom of the aromatic amine and the nitrogen of at least one aliphatic amine of the structural moiety B in a 1-9 to 1-23 position; with the proviso that at least one aromatic and at least two aliphatic amine each have an alfa-hydrogen.
Abstract:
A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials comprising no initiator, wherein the polymerizable composition of said liquid consists essentially of: a) 25 - 100 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 selected from the group consisting of a vinlyether group, an allylether group and a allylester group; b) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates, with the proviso that if the weight percentage of compounds B > 24 wt%, then the weight percentage of compounds C > 1 wt%;
and wherein all weight percentages of A, B and C are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition; and with the proviso that at least one polymerizable compound B or C is present in the polymerizable composition.
Abstract:
A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials comprising no initiator or otherwise one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric initiators, polymeric initiators and polymerizable initiators; wherein the polymerizable composition of said liquid consists essentially of: a) 25 - 100 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 selected from the group consisting of a vinlyether group, an allylether group and a allylester group; b) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates, with the proviso that if the weight percentage of compounds B > 24 wt%, then the weight percentage of compounds C > 1 wt%;
and wherein all weight percentages of A, B and C are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition; and with the proviso that at least one polymerizable compound B or C is present in the polymerizable composition if the free radical curable liquid contains no initiator.