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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
George W. Anstadt, Pittsford, NY (US);
Dilip K. Chatterjee, Rochester, NY (US);
Donn B. Carlton, Hamlin, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/100 ;
Abstract
An image producing material which when deposited on a receiver produces an image comprised of nanoparticles selected to have an average diameter of less than 500 nm and arranged so as to be effective in two states, in a first state it aggregates and will not flow through an ink jet printer nozzle and in a second state when subject to a force is flowable so as to be deposited on the receiver, such nanoparticles being bound to each other by Van der Waals forces in the first state and after deposition on the reciever.