Basf Se Corporation

Igm Group B.v.

Laurent Michau

Margherita Fontana

Thomas Giesenberg

Pascal Hayoz

Urs Lehmann

Philippe Bugnon

Gabriele Baisch

Tunja Jung

Reinhold Öhrlein

Andreas Mühlebach

Stephan Burkhardt

Bernd Lamatsch

Didier Bauer

Martin Müller

François Rime

Disclosed is a composition comprising a charged particle of volume 5 nmto 50 million nmpreferably having an inorganic core of SiO, AIO, and/or TiO, or a core essentially consisting of an organic pigment and/or pigment derivative, and a counter ion which is separable from the particle and is not covalently linked to the particle, said counter ion comprising a silicon atom which is directly bound to a carbon atom. Preferably, said charged particle comprises a dye attached to said inorganic core and said counter ion comprises a (poly)siloxane moiety linked via suitable bridge members to a quaternary, positively charged, nitrogen or phosphorus atom, or to a moiety carrying an anionic functional group. Said composition may be used e.g. in the form of a homogenous dispersion in an electrophoretic display.

Charged particles

The present invention discloses functionalized nanoparticles comprising on the surface a covalently bound radical of the formula (I) wherein the nanoparticles are SiO, AlOor mixed SiOand AlOnanoparticles, and wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim. These functionalized nanoparticles are for example useful as stabilizers and/or compatibilizers in organic materials, or as photoinitiators in pre-polymeric or pre-crosslinking formulations, or as reinforcer of coatings and improver of scratch resistance in coating compositions for surfaces. 

Functionalized nanoparticles

The present invention discloses the use of functionalized particles as electrophoretic displaying particles, wherein the functionalized particles are SiO, AlOor mixed SiOand AlOparticles comprising, covalently bound to an oxygen atom on the surface, a radical of formula (1), wherein Rand Rare independently of each other hydrogen, particle surface-O&#x2014;, or a substituent, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, B is the direct bond or a bridge member, and D is the residue of an organic chromophore. 

Coloured particles for electrophoretic displays

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Laurent Michau