Abstract: A thermally conductive material, a donor element including the material, a method of printing using the donor element, and a print assembly including the donor element are described, wherein the thermally conductive material includes at least two immiscible or incompatible organic polymers, or a block or graft copolymer, wherein the constituent homopolymer repeat units that form the copolymer are prepared from chemical species that would form mutually immiscible or incompatible polymers, and thermally conductive particles having a short axis of less than or equal to 0.2 microns.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2005
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2007
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Linda M. Franklin