Abstract: A method of producing an acrylic copolymer of the present disclosure is a method of producing an acrylic copolymer that contains a RAFT agent, a polymerization initiator, and a monomer including at least an acrylic monomer, in which a mass ratio of an amount of the polymerization initiator to be charged to an amount of the RAFT agent to be charged is preferably 3.0 or greater and 18.0 or less. A mass ratio of an amount of the monomer to be charged to the amount of the RAFT agent to be charged is 100 or greater and 1000 or less. A mass ratio of an amount of the monomer to be charged to the amount of the polymerization initiator to be charged is 50 or greater and 300 or less.

Abstract: A dispersion contains: a water-insoluble colorant; and acrylic resin particles, where: the acrylic resin particles contain, as a monomer unit, 20 mol % or more of an acrylic blocked isocyanate group based on a total amount of the acrylic resin particles; and the acrylic resin particles have a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less.

Abstract: An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; and a colorant, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and the sulfo groups have a high abundance ratio at a surface of each of the particles as compared to that at a center thereof.

Abstract: An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; and a colorant, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and the particles have an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less and are contained in the ink jet composition at a content rate of 15 percent by mass or more.

Abstract: An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; a colorant; and a high molecular weight dispersant having anionic groups, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and a rate X1 [percent on molar basis] of the sulfo groups to all constituent monomers of the polyester resin is lower than a rate X2 [percent on molar basis] of the anionic groups to all constituent monomers of the high molecular weight dispersant.

Abstract: An ink-jet ink composition contains water, a colorant, and resin particles made of a material containing polyester. The polyester has a sulfo group and contains a diol component and a dicarboxylic acid component. The diol component contains a diol component having a 1,3-propanediol skeleton.

Abstract: A method of producing a coloring material dispersion is a method of producing a coloring material dispersion that contains water and a coloring material, including a polymerization step of performing a polymerization reaction in a liquid phase that contains an organic solvent containing two or more hydroxyl and/or ether groups in a molecule, a hydrophobic monomer having an aromatic ring or a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structure, and a hydrophilic monomer containing a carboxylic acid group or a sulfonic acid group to synthesize a dispersion resin. The dispersion resin has a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000 or greater and less than 100,000. A content of a constituent unit A corresponding to the hydrophobic monomer in all constituent monomers contained in the dispersion resin is 50 mol % or greater.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, a dispersion resin that disperses the coloring material, and a compound having s sulfonate group and a polymerizable group. The dispersion resin has a constituent unit A containing a hydrophobic monomer and a constituent unit B containing a monomer having a sulfonate group. The weight-average molecular weight of the dispersion resin is 5,000 to 100,000, and the molecular weight of the compound is 300 or less.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, and a dispersing resin which disperses the coloring material, in which the dispersing resin has a predetermined constituent unit A, a predetermined constituent unit B, and a predetermined constituent unit C.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, and a dispersing resin which disperses the coloring material, in which the dispersing resin has a predetermined constituent unit A, a predetermined constituent unit B, and a predetermined constituent unit C.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, and a dispersion resin that disperses the coloring material. The dispersion resin has a constituent unit A containing a hydrophobic monomer, a constituent unit B containing a hydrophilic acrylic acid monomer, and a constituent unit C containing a hydrophilic vinyl monomer having a sulfonate group, and the weight-average molecular weight of the dispersion resin is 10,000 to 100,000. The content of the constituent unit A is 60 mol % or more relative to the total amount of the dispersion resin.

Abstract: A dispersion contains water, a color material, and a dispersing resin that disperses the color material, the dispersing resin having a structural unit A containing a hydrophobic monomer, a structural unit B containing a hydrophilic acrylic acid monomer, and a structural unit C containing a sulfonic acid group-containing acrylamide monomer, where the dispersing resin has a weight average molecular weight of from 5000 to 100000 and a content of the structural unit A is 60 mol % or more with respect to a total amount of the dispersing resin.

Abstract: A dispersion contains: a water-insoluble colorant; and acrylic resin particles, where: the acrylic resin particles contain, as a monomer unit, 20 mol % or more of an acrylic blocked isocyanate group based on a total amount of the acrylic resin particles; and the acrylic resin particles have a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles containing, as a binder resin, at least a polyester resin containing a monomer unit, which includes a linear or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon chain having 2 to 5 carbon atoms between ester bonds, in a range of from 5 mol % to 25 mol % with respect to all monomer units included in the polyester resin, and a colorant; and a carrier liquid including an insulating liquid.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner including a urethane-modified acrylic resin.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner including a urethane-modified acrylic resin.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner particle whose surface is treated by a polyamine, wherein an amount of sodium ion to be eluted in 1 g of the toner particles is 0.04 mg or less.

Abstract: A liquid developer contains a carrier liquid and a toner particle which contains a binder resin, wherein the toner particles have a content of aluminum measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis in a range of from 0.04% by weight to 0.1% by weight of total elements.

Abstract: A positively chargeable toner includes at least a binder resin, and toner particles of which surfaces are modified by a polyvinylamine compound.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid, and a toner particle which contains a resin having an unsaturated double bond, a compound represented by the formula (I) and a photopolymerization initiator and whose surface is treated by a polyamine, wherein m and n each independently represent an integer of 1 to 10,000; m+n represents an integer of 10 to 10,000; and R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a single bond or a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.