Particle dispersion for display, display medium, and display device

• US 9,152,005 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2013
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: E Ink Corporation (E Ink Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Morikawa, Takashi, Hiji, Naoki, Yamamoto, Yasuo, Nakayama, Daisuke, Seki, Mieko, Moriyama, Hiroaki, Mizutani, Ryota, Abe, Masaaki, Tokunaga, Nami, Manabe, Chikara, Cao, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Martinez, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS, BRANDI N
• Application Number:
  US13/871,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20140104675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 359/237, 359/242, 359245-247, 359290-292, 359/295, 359/296, 359/298
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/167 by electrophoresis
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2001/1678 characterised by the composition or particle type

Abstract

A particle dispersion for display includes color particles for display that move in response to an electric field and include first color particles and second color particles; and a dispersion medium that disperses the color particles for display, in which the second color particles have a larger particle diameter than a particle diameter of the first color particles and the same charging characteristic as a charging characteristic of the first color particles, and in the color particles for display, a ratio (Cs/Cl) of a charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display to a charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is less than or equal to 5.

Claims

1. A particle dispersion for display comprising:

color particles for display that move in response to an electric field and include first color particles and second color particles; and

a dispersion medium that disperses the color particles for display,

wherein the second color particles have a larger particle diameter than a particle diameter of the first color particles,

wherein in the color particles for display, a ratio (Cs/C1) of a charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display to a charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is less than or equal to 5, and

wherein the first color particles and the second color particles are positively charged, or the first color particles and the second color particles are negatively charged.

2. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1,

wherein the ratio (Cs/Cl) of the charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display to the charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is less than or equal to 2.

3. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1,

wherein the charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display is from 0.5 nC/cm² to 5 nC/cm².

4. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 2,

wherein the charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display is from 0.5 nC/cm² to 5 nC/cm².

5. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1,

wherein the charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is from 0.5 nC/cm² to 3 nC/cm².

6. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 2,

wherein the charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is from 0.5 nC/cm² to 3 nC/cm².

7. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 3,

wherein the charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is from 0.5 nC/cm² to 3 nC/cm².

8. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 4,

wherein the charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is from 0.5 nC/cm² to 3 nC/cm².

9. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1,

wherein a volume average particle diameter of the first color particles is from 0.3 μ

m to 0.9 μ

m.

10. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1,

wherein a volume average particle diameter of the second color particles is from 5 μ

m to 20 μ

m.

11. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1,

wherein a concentration of the first color particles and the second color particles in the particle dispersion for display is from 0.01% by weight to 50% by weight.

12. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1, further comprising:

third color particles that are positively charged and the first color particles and the second color particles are positively charged, or the third color particles are negatively charged and the first color particles and the second color particles are negatively charged, or the third color particles are positively charged and the first color particles and the second color particles are negatively charged, or the third color particles are negatively charged and the first color particles and the second color particles are positively charged.

13. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 12,

wherein the third color particles and the first color particles and the second color particles are positively charged, or the third color particles and the first color particles and the second color particles are negatively charged and

a ratio of a charge amount of particles having a smaller volume average particle diameter per unit area of display to a charge amount of particles having a larger volume average particle diameter per unit area of display is less than or equal to 5 between a charge amount Ct of the third color particles per unit area of display and the charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display or the charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display.

14. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 12,

wherein a volume average particle diameter of the third color particles is from 0.05 μ

m to 20 μ

m.

15. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 1, further comprising:

white particles for display that do not move in response to an electric field or move at a slower response time to an electric field than a response time of color particles.

16. The particle dispersion for display according to claim 15,

wherein a concentration of the white particles for display in the particle dispersion for display is from 1% by volume to 50% by volume.

17. A display medium comprising:

a pair of substrates at least one of which is translucent or a pair of electrodes at least one of which is translucent; and

the particle dispersion for display according to claim 1 that is sealed between the pair of substrates or a region that is provided between the pair of electrodes and contains the particle dispersion for display according to claim 1.

18. A display device comprising:

the display medium according to claim 17; and

a voltage application unit that applies a voltage between the pair of substrates or the pair of electrodes of the display medium.