Oji Paper Co., Ltd.

Haruo Omura

Tomotsugu Takahashi

Satoshi Fukui

Kenji Muto

Yasuyuki Aoki

Rie Harunaga

Masatoshi Fujino

Akira Maeta

Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer formed on the support, the heat-sensitive recording layer containing dye precursor-containing composite particles and a developer, the dye precursor-containing composite particles being obtained by dissolving a solute containing a dye precursor in a solvent containing a polyvalent isocyanate compound-containing polymerization component, emulsifying and dispersing the obtained solution in an aqueous medium, and then performing a polymerization reaction of the polyvalent isocyanate compound-containing polymerization component in the presence of polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 200 to 1,500. Also disclosed is a method of producing such a heat-sensitive recording material.

Heat-sensitive recording material and process for production thereof

A thermosensitive recording material with a high resistance to fogging has a thermosensitive colored image-forming layer formed on a support and includes at least one colorless dye precursor, a color-developing agent and a binder, the dye precursor being contained in a plurality of fine solid composite particles prepared by dissolving a solute including the dye precursor in a solvent which includes a polymerization component including a polyvalent isocyanate compound; emulsifying the resultant solution in an aqueous medium; and subjecting the aqueous emulsion to a polymerization reaction to thereby form the fine solid composite particles in which the dye precursor is solid-dissolved in a solid thermoplastic resin matrix formed from a resultant polyurea or polyurethane polyurea resin.

Thermosensitive recording material with a high fog resistance

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Amagasaki, Japan

Haruo Omura