Abstract: Disclosed herein are purified surfactant formulations including purified short-chain fluorosurfactant and iodide additive and a two-part coating kit having the same and a silver nanowire formulation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an oil-based inkjet ink containing a colorant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains at least 15% by mass but not more than 100% by mass, relative to the total mass of the non-aqueous solvent, of an organosilicon compound having 2 to 6 silicon atoms in one molecule, having an organic group in which a carbon atom is bonded directly to a silicon atom and in which the total number of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms is at least 4, and having a total number of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms, contained within all of the organic groups in which the total number of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms is at least 4, that is from 4 to 20 within one molecule.

Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a solvent containing at least one cyclic ester compound; and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment.

Abstract: An ink-jet printing ink of an electron transport layer and its preparing method are provided. The method of the disclosure adopts an ionic conjugated polyelectrolyte as a solute and alcohol compounds as a solvent. By adjusting the proportion of each component, viscosity and surface tension to obtain an ink-jet printing ink of the electron transport layer. The ink-jet printing ink meets the manufacturing requirements and is able to be produced by ink-jet printing process. Simultaneously, it avoids a mutually soluble phenomenon occurred between the electron transport layer and the adjacent structural layers during the preparation of the OLED, which is favorable for the production of a full-solution OLED device. According to the above method, the disclosure satisfies the manufacturing requirements of the ink-jet printing and realizes the ink-jet printing type of the electron transport layer, and is favorable for the production of a full-solution OLED device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to preparation and use of nanocellulose fibrils or crystals such as disintegrated bacterial nanocellulose, tunicate-derived nanocellulose, or plant-derived nanocellulose, together with carbon nanotubes, as a biocompatible and conductive ink for 3D printing of electrically conductive patterns. Biocompatible conductive bioinks described in this invention were printed in the form of connected lines onto wet or dried nanocellulose films, bacterial cellulose membrane, or tunicate decellularized tissue. The devices were biocompatible and showed excellent mechanical properties and good electrical conductivity through printed lines (3.8·10?1 S cm?1). Such scaffolds were used to culture neural cells. Neural cells attached selectively on the printed pattern and formed connective networks.

Abstract: An ink jet textile printing ink contains at least one water-soluble dye selected from the group consisting of acid dyes, reactive dyes, and direct dyes, a nonionic surfactant with a content in the range of 0.05% by mass to 3.0% by mass relative to the total mass of the ink, and an anionic surfactant with a content in the range of 1 ppm by mass to 100 ppm by mass relative to the total mass of the ink.

Abstract: A wax-based coloring crayon for a porous surface and for a non-porous surface includes at least one wax, an ethoxylated fatty alcohol, stearin, a filler, at least one pigment, and optionally an additive.

Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition which offers excellent fine print reproducibility, solid fill property, and anti-mottling property on printed matters, even when it is printed, at high speed, on materials whose printing surface is constituted by a polyvinyl chloride polymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, or other vinyl polymer, etc., and which also offers excellent rub resistance, solvent resistance, discharge stability, and resolubility of dried coating film, and has a high flash point. To achieve the object, a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition is provided which contains an acrylic resin, a ketone resin, a pigment, and a pigment dispersant, as well as propylene carbonate and diethylene glycol alkyl ether as an organic solvent.

Abstract: Aqueous ink compositions and methods for fabricating a resistive material for a printed circuit are provided. The aqueous ink composition may include an aqueous solvent, one or more carbon nanoparticles, and one or more cellulose nanocrystals. The one or more carbon nanoparticles may include carbon nanotubes, such as multi-walled nanotubes, and the one or more cellulose nanocrystals may include cellulose nanocrystals functionalized with carboxylate groups.

Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a self-dispersible black pigment; a resin-dispersed chromatic pigment including a resin-dispersed magenta pigment and a resin-dispersed cyan pigment; and water. A ratio (Col/Bk) of a solid content mass (Col) of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment to a solid content mass (Bk) of the self-dispersible black pigment is in a range of 0.24 to 0.73 and a mean particle diameter of the self-dispersible black pigment is greater than a mean particle diameter of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment.

Abstract: An aqueous solution includes a compound represented by the Formula (1) which is as defined herein; a preservative; and a betaine compound represented by the Formula (W-2) which is as defined herein, in which a content of the compound represented by the Formula (1) is 5 to 25 mass % with respect to a total mass of the aqueous solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to an offset printing ink containing platelet-shaped aluminum pigments with an average thickness h50 ranging from 15 to 80 nm, binders, and solvents. The invention is characterized in that the platelet-shaped aluminum pigments are produced using a PVD method and are at least partly coated with a leafing additive, and the offset printing ink has a viscosity of 4 to 15 Pa s, measured on a sample which is temperature-controlled at 25° C. by means of a rotation viscometer with a cone/plate geometry under a shear stress of 185.9 Pa. The invention further relates to a method for producing a high-gloss printed metal image on a substrate, having the following steps: a) optionally applying a primer onto the substrate; b) applying an offset printing ink according to the invention onto the primer layer or onto the substrate, thereby forming a high-gloss printed layer B, and c) optionally applying additional color layers C onto the layer B.

Abstract: Methods and composition sets for forming etch-resist masks on a metallic surface are provided. The method may include applying a composition comprising a first reactive component onto a metallic surface to form a primer layer; and image-wise printing by a nonimpact printing process on the primer layer another composition comprising a second reactive component to produce an etch-resist mask, wherein when droplets of the second composition contact the primer layer, the reactive components undergo a chemical reaction so as to immobilize the droplets. The set may include a first liquid composition comprising a fixating reactive component and a second liquid composition comprising an etch-resist reactive component, wherein the fixating reactive component and the fixating reactive component are capable undergoing a chemical reaction to form a bi-component material that is insoluble in water and in an acidic etch solution.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions for electroless plating baths and their use, and more particularly to different solutions or concentrates each usable to both make up an original bath and to replenishment of the original bath.

Abstract: The present application discloses biopolymer-based ink formulations that are useful for inkjet printing and other applications. Related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions for electroless plating baths and their use, and more particularly to different solutions each usable to both make up an original bath and to replenishment of the original bath.

Abstract: There is provided an ink set used by being attached to a recording medium together with a reaction liquid which reacts with and aggregates components of an ink composition, the ink set including a first ink composition which includes a coloring material, a fixing resin, and a resin-dissolving solvent, and a second ink composition which includes a coloring material, a fixing resin, and a resin-dissolving solvent and which is the same color ink as the first ink composition.

Abstract: A method of forming transparent electrodes using printable conductive ink containing conductive materials dispersed in a viscous liquid which upon printing and thermal treatment will vaporise fully leaving behind the conductive material only. The viscous liquid acts as a medium by which conductive material dispersions are made processable for use in various printing techniques, allowing conductive patterns to be printed onto substrates (e.g. plastics, glass, metals, ceramics).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method using a water-based ink containing a rutile-type titanium oxide and a polymer dispersant, in which the polymer dispersant contains a constitutional unit derived from an anionic group-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and the like in an amount of not less than 72% by mass; Mw of the polymer dispersant is from 3,000 to 50,000; and a content of the polymer dispersant in the water-based ink is from 1 to 7% by mass on the basis of the titanium oxide, said method including the step 1 of redispersing the water-based ink by a dispersing means and the step 2 of printing characters or images on a printing medium using the redispersed water-based ink.