Battelle Memorial Institute

Elizabeth Drotleff

Vincent Daniel McGinniss

Steven Risser

Herman P Benecke

Bhima Rao Vijayendran

Jeffrey T Cafmeyer

Joel D Elhard

J David Robbins

Joan T Muellerleile

Kevin Bruce

Joan Muellerleile

The present invention provides both polymer systems and electrooptic (EO) chromophores that form the components of optical devices such as optical switches and other devices useful in an optical waveguide.

Functional materials for use in optical systems

Broadly the invention provides for a deinkable toner composition, an image made with the deinkable toner, and a method for making the toner including a coloring agent; a thermoplastic polymer; and a protein. In another embodiment the toner includes a coloring agent and a thermoplastic polymer where the protein has been incorporated into the polymer itself. In typical embodiments the protein is derived from soybeans but may be from other plant or animal sources. Typically the toner has a positive triboelectric charge of between about 10 to about 40 microCoulomb/g, or a negative triboelectric charge of between about 10 to about 40 microCoulomb/g.

Readily deinkable toners

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Worthington, OH, United States of America

Elizabeth Drotleff