Abstract: A pretreatment liquid that can be used together with an aqueous inkjet ink comprising a pigment and water, wherein the pretreatment liquid comprises a coagulant (A), a surfactant (B), a resin (C) and water, the coagulant (A) comprises a metal salt that includes at least a polyvalent metal salt, the surfactant (B) comprises a polyoxyalkylene alkylamine represented by the following general formula (1).

Abstract: By use of an ultraviolet curable inkjet ink comprising a colorant, a polymerizable monomer having a specific structure, ethoxyphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide, and at least one type selected from the group consisting of an acylphosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator different than the ethoxyphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide, a benzophenone photopolymerization initiator, and an indane photopolymerization initiator, wherein the ratio of the content of the polymerizable monomer having the specific structure and the content of the ethoxyphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide is 2:1 to 8.5:1 by mass ratio, the content of a monofunctional monomer in the ultraviolet curable inkjet ink is 25% by mass or less, a printed matter having curability and coating film flexibility can be obtained regardless of the amount applied to a recording medium, and the discharge stability is also excellent.

Abstract: An ink set including an inkjet ink, and a treatment liquid used in combination with the inkjet ink, wherein the inkjet ink includes a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the treatment liquid includes a coagulant, an organic solvent and water, the coagulant includes calcium nitrate in an amount of 21.5 to 41.7% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, an amount of organic solvent having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 240° C. or higher in the treatment liquid is not more than 8% by mass, a pH of the treatment liquid is within a range from 3.5 to 10.5, and a viscosity of the treatment liquid at 25° C. is within a range from 5.5 to 18.5 mPa·s.

Abstract: A pretreatment liquid that is used together with an aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment and water, wherein the pretreatment liquid contains resin microparticles (A), a surfactant (B), a coagulant (C) and water, the surfactant (B) contains a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether (b-1), and the coagulant (C) contains a polyvalent metal salt and/or a cationic polymer compound and has a water absorptivity at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 80% of 75% by mass or less.

Abstract: By the use of an ultraviolet curable inkjet ink set for a line head printer comprising a lower layer ink containing a polymerizable monomer having a specific structure, and, a specific photopolymerization initiator, and an upper layer ink containing a polymerizable monomer having a specific structure and a specific photopolymerization initiator, wherein among the lower layer ink and the upper layer ink, one of the inks is a white ink and the other ink is a black ink, a good printed matter having excellent adhesion between a recording medium and the ink layer, and, between different ink layers can be obtained without generating curing wrinkles and curling over time even during high speed printing.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes, a dispersant and a solvent, and is characterized in satisfying (1) to (3) below: (1) the average outer diameter of the carbon nanotubes ranging from more than 3 nm to 25 nm; (2) the BET surface area of the carbon nanotubes ranging from 150 m2/g to 800 m2/g; and (3) the fiber length of the carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid ranging from 0.8 ?m to 3.5 ?m.

Abstract: An aqueous white conductive primer coating composition, includes: a binder component (A); and a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid (B); and a coating film formed by the aqueous white conductive primer coating composition has an L* value of whiteness based on a CIE color-matching function of 80 or more and a surface resistivity of 108 ?/? or less.

Abstract: An ink set for single-pass printing including at least a cyan ink, a magenta ink, a yellow ink, and a gray ink, wherein the magenta ink satisfies a specific condition regarding spectral reflectance, and the gray ink has a spectral reflectance at a wavelength of 500 nm of 20 to 70% and satisfies the specific condition regarding spectral reflectance.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion containing a conductive material containing carbon fibers, a dispersant, and an amide-based organic solvent, in which the dispersant contains a copolymer A containing a nitrile group-containing structural unit and satisfies following conditions. (I) A pH of the conductive material dispersion is 9.0 or greater. (II) A phase angle of the conductive material dispersion at a frequency of 1 Hz obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 19° or greater, and a complex elastic modulus of the conductive material dispersion obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is less than 20 Pa.

Abstract: The invention provides a magenta ink for inkjet which yields distinct images having high gloss and no density irregularities or voids upon inkjet printing onto low-absorption substrates, exhibits excellent discharge stability after long standby periods, and can provide excellent drying properties even during high-speed printing; and also provides an ink set that can suppress mixed color bleeding and achieve superior color reproducibility.

Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains an alkyl diol (A) of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, the weighted average boiling point of the water-soluble organic solvent at one atmosphere is from 175 to 240° C., the surfactant contains an acetylenediol-based surfactant, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, calcium nitrate is included as the coagulant in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the pH of the treatment liquid is from 2 to 11.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to an aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment (A), a polymer compound (B), a water-soluble organic solvent (C) and a surfactant (D), wherein the water-soluble organic solvent (C) includes ethylene glycol and/or 1,3-propanediol (c1), and a water-soluble organic solvent (c2) having a specific static surface tension, the acid value of the polymer compound (B), the amount of water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 240° C. or higher, and the weight average boiling point at 1 atmosphere for the water-soluble organic solvent (C) are all prescribed values, and the blend amounts of the various components satisfy specific relationships.

Abstract: A coloring composition which contains an isoindoline compound represented by formula (1) (wherein A represents a group that is expressed by formula (2), formula (3) or formula (4)) and a dispersion medium.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a dispersant which enables the production of a dispersed material having excellent dispersibility and storage stability even when the dispersant is used in a small amount; a dispersed material having excellent dispersibility and storage stability; an electrode film having excellent adhesiveness and electrical conductivity; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent rate properties and cycle properties. The problem can be solved by a dispersant which is a polymer containing 40 to 100% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived unit and having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 400,000.

Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment, a binder resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, wherein the binder resin contains, as structural units, an aqueous resin containing a structure derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an acid group and a structure derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a hydroxyl group, the resin has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 45,000, and a glass transition temperature of 35 to 110° C., the water-soluble organic solvent contains a first water-soluble organic solvent having an SP value of 8.5 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2, and does not contain a second water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 235° C. or higher, and the surfactant contains an acetylene-based surfactant.

Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid used in combination with the inkjet ink, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains a glycol ether-based organic solvent having a specific structure, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, the coagulant contains calcium nitrate in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the amount of compounds contained in the treatment liquid that have three or more hydroxyl groups is not more than 15% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion containing a conductive material containing carbon fibers, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium, in which the dispersant contains a copolymer A containing a nitrile group-containing structural unit and an aliphatic hydrocarbon structural unit, and a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of the copolymer A is 40 to 70, and the conductive material dispersion has a phase angle of 19° or greater at a frequency of 1 Hz.

Abstract: Provided is a pretreatment liquid for aqueous pigment inkjet printing which excels in adhesion to non-permeable substrates such as film substrates and which can provide printed material having good printed image quality with little mixed color bleeding and color unevenness. Also provided is an ink set including the pretreatment liquid and an aqueous pigment inkjet ink. The pretreatment liquid for aqueous pigment inkjet ink printing comprises polyolefin resin particles (A), a flocculant (B), and water. The softening temperature of the polyolefin resin particles (A) is from 50 to 100° C., and the flocculant (B) contains at least one type of substance selected from metal salts and cationic polymer compounds.

Abstract: Provided are: a dispersant which has good dispersibility and reduces electronic resistance; and a battery having excellent characteristics, which uses this dispersant and is decreased in the ionic resistance and the reaction resistance. A dispersant contains a triazine derivative represented by general formula (1), and an amine or an inorganic base (in general formula (1), R1 is as defined in the description).

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based inkjet ink containing at least water, a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and a binder resin, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent contains at least a water-soluble organic solvent having a surface tension of 30 to 50 mN/m and a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 180 to 230° C., in an amount of 15 to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the water-based inkjet ink, and the acid value of the binder resin is at least 5 mgKOH/g but less than 60 mgKOH/g.