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Applying principles of polymer miscibility for thermal imaging
Author(s) -
Schild Howard G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.1995.030160307
Subject(s) - miscibility , polymer , materials science , diffusion , thermal , thermal diffusivity , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , transfer printing , polymer science , chemical physics , thermodynamics , composite material , chemistry , physics , engineering
Knowledge of polymer‐polymer interactions is employed to design an improved media for dye diffusion thermal transfer (D2T2). Selecting the donor and receiver sheet binder polymers to be an immiscible pair results in acceptable images free from the “sticking” during printing that is observed if these two polymers are miscible. This approach has the potential to improve upon the dye density and surface characteristics of current commercial systems.