Colloid and Polymer Science

, Volume 282, Issue 2, pp 119–126 | Cite as

Preparation of colored latex containing oil-soluble dyes with high dye content by mini-emulsion polymerization

  • Mayuko Takasu
  • Toshifumi Shiroya
  • Kimiya Takeshita
  • Munehiro Sakamoto
  • Haruma Kawaguchi
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Abstract.

Polymer particles containing oil-soluble dyes (colored latex particles) were prepared by mini-emulsion polymerization. Copper phthalocyanine dyes and styryl dyes were used as oil-soluble dyes. Highly hydrophobic dyes played the role of hydrophobe by themselves and enabled the full incorporation of dyes in the latex without additional hydrophobes. Two phthalocyanine dyes having similar color were blended in a mini-emulsion polymerization so that the resulting colored latex showed enough strong color depth as a colorant. Colored latexes with high dye content (more than 30 wt% for phthalocyanine dye system and 40 wt% for styryl one) and with particle size less than 100 nm were obtained.

Keywords

Mini-emulsion polymerization Hydrophobe Dye polymer composite Colored latex Oil-soluble dye 
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Acknowledgements.

The authors thank Dr. J. Ooizumi (Mitsubishi Chemical Co.) for the SAXS measurement and his helpful comments. This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for the 21st century COE program (KEIO LCC) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mayuko Takasu
    • 1
    • 2
  • Toshifumi Shiroya
    • 2
  • Kimiya Takeshita
    • 2
  • Munehiro Sakamoto
    • 2
  • Haruma Kawaguchi
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and TechnologyKeio UniversityYokohamaJapan
  2. 2.Mitsubishi Chemical Co.YokohamaJapan

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