Pigment dispersibility was studied for resins with various numbers of carboxyl groups at the chain end. The resins were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone.
G type resin had a carboxyl group at one end of each molecule.
S type resin was a mixture of molecules with 0, 1 or 2 carboxyl groups at the end of molecules.
P type resin was a tetra-functional resins terminated with carboxyl groups.
L type resin was without carboxyl groups.
Dispersed pastes of Cu-phthalocyanine blue using
G type resin revealed a higher degree of dispersion and a lower structural viscosity than pastes using
S type resin. TiO
2 dispersed pastes were prepared using mixtures of
G type resin and
L type resin at various mixing ratios. As the amount of
G type resin increased, the degree of dispersion was enhanced and the yield value decreased.
L type resin showed almost no effect on the yield values of TiO dispersed pastes. TiO
2 dispersed pastes using
P type resin showed a lower degree of dispersion and a higher structural viscosity than those using
G type resin.
The resin molecules with no carboxyl groups did not affect the dispersibility or the structural viscosity of pigment dispersed pastes. The resin molecule with more than two carboxyl groups built up a structure among pigment particles and caused aggregation.
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