Ink jettable toner compositions and processes for making and using

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide polymerization processes and polymers and stabilized particles therefrom that overcome many of the problems and disadvantages of the aforementioned prior art.
In another object of the present invention is provided polymerization processes for the preparation of diblock and multiblock reactive emulsifiers or reactive stabilizer compounds.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide polymerization processes for the production of diblock and multiblock resins and thermally labile, free radical reactive, emulsifiers having narrow molecular weight polydispersity properties and with high monomer to polymer conversion.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide pigment stabilization processes which embody the direct reaction of the aforementioned thermally labile reactive emulsifier or stabilizer compounds with pigment particles, such as carbon black, to provide surface modified and dispersion stabilized pigment particles.
In another object of the present invention is provided, in embodiments, a polymerization process for the preparation of stabilized thermoplastic resins and toner resin particles comprising forming a mixture comprised of at least one free radical reactive monomer, a colorant, a stabilizer compound containing a thermally labile and covalently bound stable free radical reactive group, an optional emulsifier, and an optional polymeric resin wherein the optional resin is soluble or dispersible within the monomer, and a liquid vehicle; and heating the mixture to effect polymerization of the monomer, wherein there results stabilized core resin particles containing the colorant and wherein the stabilized core particles are stabilized by the covalently appended stable free radical and stable free radical reactive stabilizer compound fragments.
In embodiments of forming the aforementioned reactive stabilizer compound, it is important that the free radical initiator and stable free radical agent be added as separate components and wherein a reaction therebetween is avoided