Non-aqueous inks and coatings containing modified carbon products

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The claimed invention is: 1.
A non-aqueous coating composition comprising a non-aqueous solvent and a modified carbon product comprising carbon having attached a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group.
2.
The composition of claim 1 wherein the aromatic ring of the aromatic group is an aryl group.
3.
The composition of claim 1 wherein the aromatic ring of the aromatic group is a heteroaryl group.
4.
The composition of claim 1 wherein the aromatic group is a group of the formula A.
sub.
y Ar--, in which Ar is an aromatic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, anthracenyl, phenanthrenyl, biphenyl, pyridinyl and triazinyl; A is hydrogen, a functional group selected from the group consisting of R, OR, COR, COOR, OCOR, halogen, CN, NR.
sub.
2, SO.
sub.
2 NR.
sub.
2, SO.
sub.
2 NR(COR), NR(COR), CONR.
sub.
2, NO.
sub.
2, and N.
dbd.
NR'; or A is a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical, unsubstituted or substituted with one or more of said functional groups; R is independently hydrogen, a C.
sub.
1 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a C.
sub.
3 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, (C.
sub.
2 -C.
sub.
4 alkyleneoxy).
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x R" or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl; R' is hydrogen, a C.
sub.
1 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl; R" is hydrogen, a C.
sub.
1 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a C.
sub.
3 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, a C.
sub.
1 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkanoyl or a substituted or unsubstituted aroyl; x is from 1-40; and y is an integer from 1 to 5 when Ar is phenyl, 1 to 7 when Ar is naphthyl, 1 to 9 when Ar is anthracenyl, phenanthrenyl, or biphenyl, or 1 to 4 when Ar is pyridinyl, or 1 to 2 when Ar is triazinyl.
5.
The composition of claim 1 wherein the aromatic group has a) an aromatic group and b) at least one group of the formula SO.
sub.
2 NR.
sub.
2 or SO.
sub.
2 NR(COR) wherein R is independently hydrogen, a C.
sub.
1 -C.
sub.
20 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a C