| US 7,465,765 B2 | ||
| Latex particulates with epoxide functional groups | ||
| Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Los Altos, Calif. (US); and Zhang-Lin Zhou, Mountain View, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/952,262. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0074185 A1, Apr. 06, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. C08J 73/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 524—800 [524/514; 524/700; 524/911; 521/65; 521/69; 521/70] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A method of generating a liquid suspension including epoxide group-functionalized latex particulates, comprising steps
of:
a) forming an emulsion including a continuous hydrophilic phase and a discontinuous hydrophobic phase, said discontinuous
hydrophobic phase including a plurality of monomers, said monomers comprising:
i) epoxide group-forming monomers, and
ii) support-forming monomers;
b) copolymerizing the monomers to form precursor latex particulates dispersed within the hydrophilic phase; and
c) reacting the precursor latex particulates with a base to form epoxide group-functionalized latex particulates.
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