Chemistry of The Ink jet Inks This page intentionally left blank Chemistry of The Ink jet Inks Editor Shlomo Magdassi The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel World Scientific NEW JERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONG KONG • TA I P E I • CHENNAI Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. THE CHEMISTRY OF INKJET INKS Copyright © 2010 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN-13 978-981-281-821-8 ISBN-10 981-281-821-9 Typeset by Stallion Press Email:
[email protected] Printed in Singapore. Shelley - The Chemistry of Inkjet Inks.pmd 1 10/7/2009, 4:53 PM June 25, 2009 15:32 9in x 6in B-741 b741-fm Contents vii Preface Part I: Basic Concepts 1 1. Inkjet Printing Technologies Alan Hudd 3 2. Ink Requirements and Formulations Guidelines Shlomo Magdassi 19 3. Equilibrium Wetting Fundamentals Abraham Marmur 43 4. The Behaviour of a Droplet on the Substrate Patrick J. Smith 55 5. Tailoring Substrates for Inkjet Printing Moshe Frenkel 73 Part II: Formulation and Materials for Inkjet Inks 99 6. Pigments for