An object of the present invention is to provide a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device which can suppress reduction in later contrast even when the electrophoretic display device is allowed to stand under the high temperature and high humidity condition, favorably, under the high temp
An object of the present invention is to provide a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device which can suppress reduction in later contrast even when the electrophoretic display device is allowed to stand under the high temperature and high humidity condition, favorably, under the high temperature and high humidity condition for a long time (e.g. under 60째 C., 90% RH for 24 hours). As a means of achieving this object, a microcapsule according to the present invention for an electrophoretic display device comprises an electrophoretic fine particle and a solvent both of which are encapsulated in a shell, and is characterized in that an amount of an alkaline metal ion in the whole microcapsule is 150 ppm or smaller.
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What is claimed is: 1. A process for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, which comprises the following steps of: dispersing a core substance into an aqueous medium containing a water-soluble surfactant wherein the core substance is a liquid containing a hydrophobic s
What is claimed is: 1. A process for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, which comprises the following steps of: dispersing a core substance into an aqueous medium containing a water-soluble surfactant wherein the core substance is a liquid containing a hydrophobic solvent and an electrophoretic fine particle; and thereafter adding a water-soluble compound to the aqueous medium; thereby forming a shell on a surface of the core substance; wherein: a compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1): description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"R1--(CH2--CH2--O--)n--X--R 2 (1)description="In-line Formulae" end="tail" wherein R1 represents an aliphatic or aromatic hydrophobic group of a carbon number of 5 to 25, R2 represents a polymer group having a polyamine structure or a polycarboxylic acid structure of a weight average molecular weight of 300 to 100,000, n represents an integer of 3 to 85, and X represents a group which is derived from a group capable of reacting with at least one kind of group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an imino group and a carboxyl group, and is formed after the reaction, but it doesn't matter whether X is present or not, is used as the water-soluble surfactant, and a compound (B) having an epoxy group or an episulfide group is used as the water-soluble compound; and the shell is formed by reacting the compound (A) and the compound (B). 2. The process according to claim 1 for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, wherein the microcapsule contains an ionic substance, which further comprises the following step of: causing the obtained microcapsule to coexist with an ion-exchange resin in an aqueous medium so that the ionic substance is removed or desalted from the microcapsule. 3. The process according to claim 2 for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, wherein a strongly acidic cation-exchange resin and a strongly basic anion-exchange resin are jointly used as the ion-exchange resin. 4. The process according to claim 3 for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, wherein the microcapsule includes an addition product of a polyethylene glycol chain to a surface of the shell of the microcapsule. 5. The process according to claim 2 for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, wherein the microcapsule includes an addition product of a polyethylene glycol chain to a surface of the shell of the microcapsule. 6. The process according to claim 5 for manufacturing a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device, wherein the addition product of the polyethylene glycol chain is formed by stirring a compound and the microcapsule together in an aqueous medium wherein the compound has both a polyethylene glycol chain and an epoxy group. 7. The process of claim 2, wherein the coexistence of the microcapsule with the ion--exchange resin in the aqueous medium is carried out in a mode that the microcapsule is stirred in the presence of the ion--exchange resin in the aqueous medium. 8. The process of claim 1, wherein the microcapsule has an alkaline metal ion content of 150 ppm or smaller. 9. The process of claim 1, wherein the group represented by X is not present in the general formula (1) when the compound (A) is a product prepared from a compound represented by the following general formula (2) and a polyamine or polycarboxylic acid, wherein the general formula (2) is: description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"R1--(CH2--CH2--O--)n-1--X 1 (2)description="In-line Formulae" end="tail" wherein X1 represents a group represented by the following structural formula (a): so that the compound (A) is represented by the following general formula: description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"R1--(CH2--CH2--O--)n--R 2.description="In-line Formulae" end="tail" 10. The process of claim 1, wherein the group represented by X is at least one member selected from the group consisting of--CH2--CH2--S--,--NH--CO--,--CO--NH--CH2--CH2--,--CH(OH)--,--CO--,--NH--, and ═N--.
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