Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink including a polymerizable compound and a colorant, the polymerizable compound including an N-vinyl compound, a monofunctional polymerizable compound capable of forming a homopolymer having a Tg of ?30° C. to 30° C., and a compound selected from the group consisting of a difunctional (meth)acrylate and a polymerizable silicone-based surfactant, wherein the total content of a monofunctional polymerizable compound capable of forming a homopolymer having a Tg of less than ?30° C. and a monofunctional polymerizable compound capable of forming a homopolymer having a Tg of more than 30° C. excluding the N-vinyl compound is 10% by mass or less of the total amount of the polymerizable compound, and the total content of the compound selected from the group consisting of the difunctional (meth)acrylate and the polymerizable silicone-based surfactant is 0.1% to 2% by mass of the total amount of the polymerizable compound, and applications of the active energy ray-curable ink.

Abstract: An ink set for inkjet recording includes a base ink which contains at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional polymerizable compound and a difunctional polymerizable compound and an image recording ink which contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a chiral compound. An image recording method uses the ink set.

Abstract: Provided are an ink jet ink for electron beam curing, an ink set, and an image recording method. The ink jet ink contains a polymerization initiator (A) and a polymerizable compound (B). The polymerization initiator (A) includes a hydrogen abstraction type polymerization initiator having a molecular weight of 500 or more, and the content of the polymerization initiator (A) is more than 0 mass % and 2 mass % or less relative to the total amount of the ink jet ink for electron beam curing.

Abstract: Provided are an ink set and a printed article, the ink set comprising an ink jet ink A which contains a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and perylene black and in which a proportion of a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer in the contained polymerizable compound is 60% by mass or more, and an ink jet ink B which contains a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and an infrared absorbing dye and in which a proportion of a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer in the contained polymerizable compound is 60% by mass or more.

Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray curable-type ink comprising: scale-like metal particles; and polymerizable compounds, wherein the scale-like metal particles contain indium and have an average equivalent circle diameter of 50 nm to 1,000 nm and an average aspect ratio, which is a ratio of the average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, of 5 to 100.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming method including a step of imagewisely applying, onto a base material by an inkjet method, at least two inks containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a polymerization initiator and having reflection wavelengths different from each other, such that the total application amount of the inks provides an image area ratio of 50% or more in an image forming region.

Abstract: Provided are an ink composition for ink jet printing, and an image forming method and a recorded material using the ink composition for ink jet printing. The ink composition for ink jet printing includes: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1; resin particles; a water-soluble organic solvent; and water. In Formula 1, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a non-metal atomic group which forms an aliphatic ring or a heterocycle, M+ represents a proton or a monovalent alkali metal cation or organic cation, L1 represents a methine chain consisting of 5 or 7 methine groups, and a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a specific substituent.

Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing method of a dispersion including a step A of preparing a mixture containing an edible pigment, an edible dispersant, and water, a step B of applying a hydrostatic pressure equal to or higher than 30 MPa to the mixture, and a step C of performing a dispersion treatment on the mixture to which the hydrostatic pressure is applied; a pigment dispersion for ink jet recording and a manufacturing method thereof; and an ink composition for an ink jet and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including a step of preparing at least two ink compositions including a first ink composition that contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, a polymerization initiator, and an organic solvent and a second ink composition that contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, a polymerization initiator, and an organic solvent, a step of applying the first ink composition onto a substrate by an inkjet recording method, a step of forming a first ink film by irradiating the first ink composition applied onto the substrate with an active energy ray, a step of applying the second ink composition onto the first ink film by an inkjet recording method, and a step of forming a second ink film by irradiating the second ink composition applied onto the first ink film with an active energy ray, in which the first ink film has a hexadecane-contacting angle of 45° or less.

Abstract: Provided are an active energy ray curable-type ink composition including an inorganic pigment, a glass frit, a dispersant, a radically polymerizable monomer, and a radical polymerization initiator, wherein the radically polymerizable monomer comprises a monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer at 60% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the radically polymerizable monomer, and the active energy ray curable-type ink composition is used to produce an inorganic sintered product.

Abstract: An ink set for inkjet recording includes a base ink which contains at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional polymerizable compound and a difunctional polymerizable compound and an image recording ink which contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a chiral compound. An image recording method uses the ink set.

Abstract: Provided are: a photocurable ink composition including particles of a squarylium coloring agent represented by Formula (1) a radically polymerizable monomer, a radical polymerization initiator, and a coloring agent sensitizer, in which a volume average particle diameter of the particles of the squarylium coloring agent is 10 nm to 400 nm (in Formula (1), ring A and ring B: an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring; XA, XB, GA, and GB: monovalent substituent; kA=integer of 0 to nA; kB=integer of 0 to nB; nA: an integer that is a maximum number of GA the ring A can have as its substituent; and nB: an integer that is a maximum number of GB the ring B can have as its substituent); and an image recording method.

Abstract: An ink set including a color ink containing particles including a polymerizable compound, a colorant, and water and an overcoat solution containing particles including a polymerizable compound and water, and an image formation method.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition used for image formation by an ink jet method. The ink composition includes plate-like metal particles that include a metal element having a standard oxidation-reduction potential nobler than ?1.65 V, that have an average equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or more and less than 500 nm, and that have an average aspect ratio, which is the ratio of the average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, of 3 or more. Also provided are an ink set, an image forming method, and a printed matter.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording method including recording an infrared absorbing image by applying a first ink, which contains an infrared absorber and a first curable compound, onto an impermeable substrate by an ink jet method, semi-curing the infrared absorbing image by irradiating the infrared absorbing image with active energy rays, recording a non-infrared absorbing image by applying a second ink, which has a content of the infrared absorber of lower than 0.1% by mass and contains a second curable compound, to a surface of the substrate with the infrared absorbing image by the ink jet method, and curing the semi-cured infrared absorbing image and the non-infrared absorbing image by irradiating these images with active energy rays.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming method including a step of imagewisely applying, onto a base material by an inkjet method, at least two inks containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a polymerization initiator and having reflection wavelengths different from each other, such that the total application amount of the inks provides an image area ratio of 50% or more in an image forming region.

Abstract: Provided are an ink composition for ink jet printing, and an image forming method and a recorded material using the ink composition for ink jet printing. The ink composition for ink jet printing includes: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1; resin particles; a water-soluble organic solvent; and water. In Formula 1, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a non-metal atomic group which forms an aliphatic ring or a heterocycle, M+ represents a proton or a monovalent alkali metal cation or organic cation, L1 represents a methine chain consisting of 5 or 7 methine groups, and a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a specific substituent.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes, in order, a jetting step of jetting an ink including an organic solvent, an oligomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group, and a pigment, and not including a polymerization initiator or including a polymerization initiator at a content of more than 0% by mass and 0.1% by mass or less onto a base material using an ink jet head, a drying step of drying the ink by removing at least a part of the organic solvent in the jetted ink, and a curing step of curing the dried ink with an electron beam.

Abstract: An inkjet ink for textile printing includes: water; an aqueous organic solvent; and colored resin particles, in which the colored resin particles contain a urethane resin and a dye, the dye containing at least one dye selected from the group consisting of an oil-soluble dye, a disperse dye, and a vat dye, and the urethane resin has an acid value of 5 to 90 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: Provided are an ink jet ink composition including tabular metal nanoparticles having an average aspect ratio of 3 or greater, which is a ratio of an average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, a silicon compound, and water; a recorded material; and an image recording method.