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Chemistry and Manufacturing Technology of Electronic Ink for Electrophoretic Displays (A Review)

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This review examines the state of art in research aimed at the development of electronic paper (electronic ink, e-ink), namely, the general principles to design a colloidal system with desired properties, having sedimentation and aggregate stability, consisting of a dispersed phase (reverse-micellar nanoreactors based on pigments) and a dispersion phase (nonpolar solvent/surfactant). More specifically, the subject matters of the review are: general methods and approaches used in the synthesis and modification of colloidal pigment particles; the electrophoretic properties of various dispersion systems comprising these particles (one-, two-, and three-color e-inks), which depend on the size of modified pigments, their zeta potentials, electrophoretic mobility, the presence of surfactants, dispersants, and emulsifiers; the chemical, physicochemical, and physicomechanical methods for microencapsulation of ink dispersions; and methods for manufacturing electrophoretic cells, including those used in micron-level cell design.

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The work was financed by the Government Assignment to the Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, in the field of fundamental research and by the Russian Scientific Foundation (project No. 19-13-00442) in part of analysis of synthetic methods to prepare iron oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles.

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  1. Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. G. Ivanova, T. V. Khamova, N. N. Gubanova, M. S. Masalovich, O. A. Zagrebelnyy, Yu. V. Khoroshavina, A. M. Nikolaev, A. S. Kovalenko, I. Yu. Kruchinina & O. A. Shilova

  2. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by Konstantinov, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300, Gatchina, Russia

    N. N. Gubanova

  3. Lebedev Scientific Research Institute for Synthetic Rubber, 198035, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yu. V. Khoroshavina

  4. St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, 197376, St. Petersburg, Russia

    I. Yu. Kruchinina & O. A. Shilova

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Ivanova, A.G., Khamova, T.V., Gubanova, N.N. et al. Chemistry and Manufacturing Technology of Electronic Ink for Electrophoretic Displays (A Review). Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 65, 1985–2005 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003602362013001X

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