A method of forming a polishing pad that has a polishing region and a window region, wherein both regions are made of an interpenetrating polymer network formed from a free-radically polymerized material and a cationically polymerized material.

The present invention is directed to a UV-curable composition capable of producing a 3D-printed support sub-structure for photopolymer jetting, and to a 3D-printing processes using said support material composition, and to a 3D-printed articles obtainable with said 3D-printing processes. The composition comprises a N-acryloyl glycinamide type monomer, anoptional hydrophilic co-monomer, a hydrophilic dispersion medium or water, a photoinitiator, and an optional functional additive or combination thereof, at specific contents.

An active energy ray-curable inkjet printing ink composition satisfies (A) to (E) below, where the total content of (D) and (E) accounts for 30.0 to 60.0% by mass: (A) an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule is contained by 1.0 to 20.0% by mass; (B) alkoxy group-containing (meth)acrylate monomers are contained by 2.0 to 20.0% by mass; (C) a (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group with 10 to 20 carbon atoms is contained by 2.0 to 25.0% by mass; (D) at least one type selected from the group that consists of 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, propoxylated(2)neopentyl glycol diacrylate, and hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol diacrylate is contained by 5.0 to 25.0% by mass; and (E) a plant oil-derived 1,10-decanediol diacrylate is contained by 10.0 to 40.0% by mass.

An active energy ray-curable inkjet printing ink composition satisfies (A) to (E) below, where the total content of (D) and (E) accounts for 30.0 to 60.0% by mass: (A) an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule is contained by 1.0 to 20.0% by mass; (B) alkoxy group-containing (meth)acrylate monomers are contained by 2.0 to 20.0% by mass; (C) a (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group with 10 to 20 carbon atoms is contained by 2.0 to 25.0% by mass; (D) at least one type selected from the group that consists of 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, propoxylated(2)neopentyl glycol diacrylate, and hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol diacrylate is contained by 5.0 to 25.0% by mass; and (E) a plant oil-derived 1,10-decanediol diacrylate is contained by 10.0 to 40.0% by mass.

An ink jet ink including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and particles including a polymer P and a polymerizable monomer M, wherein, when a mass content of the water-soluble organic solvent is defined as Ws and a mass content of the polymerizable monomer M is defined as Wm, a Ws/Wm ratio is 1.1 or more, and ΔHSP(s−m), which is an HSP distance between the water-soluble organic solvent and the polymerizable monomer M, is 15.0 MPa.sup.1/2 to 25.0 MPa.sup.1/2, and an ink jet recording method.

An ink jet ink including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and particles including a polymer P and a polymerizable monomer M, wherein, when a mass content of the water-soluble organic solvent is defined as Ws and a mass content of the polymerizable monomer M is defined as Wm, a Ws/Wm ratio is 1.1 or more, and ΔHSP(s−m), which is an HSP distance between the water-soluble organic solvent and the polymerizable monomer M, is 15.0 MPa.sup.1/2 to 25.0 MPa.sup.1/2, and an ink jet recording method.

Provided is an ink jet printing method including: a first step of ejecting an ink containing a water-soluble polymerizable component A and water from a printing head of an ink jet system to apply the ink to a medium M, to thereby form a first image; and a second step of applying an active energy ray to the first image to form a second image. The polymerizable component A is dissolved in the first image, and a moisture concentration “x” (mass %) in the first image and a moisture concentration “y” (mass %) in the second image placed under an environment at a humidity of 95% satisfy a relationship of 0<(y/x)≤0.80.

An image recording method includes applying a conductive ink onto a base material by using an ink jet recording method and performing ultraviolet irradiation on the conductive ink applied onto the base material to form a conductive layer, in which a content of a liquid component of the conductive ink at a time when the ultraviolet irradiation begins is 5% by mass or more with respect to a content of the liquid component of the conductive ink at a time when the conductive ink is applied onto the base material.

An image recording method includes applying a conductive ink onto a base material by using an ink jet recording method and performing ultraviolet irradiation on the conductive ink applied onto the base material to form a conductive layer, in which a content of a liquid component of the conductive ink at a time when the ultraviolet irradiation begins is 5% by mass or more with respect to a content of the liquid component of the conductive ink at a time when the conductive ink is applied onto the base material.

A photocurable composition can comprise a polymerizable material, at least one non-reactive polymer, and a photoinitiator, wherein the non-reactive polymer can have a carbon content of at least 80% based on the total weight of the non-reactive polymer; a molecular weight of the at least one non-reactive polymer can be at least 750 g/mol and not greater than 20,000 g/mol; an amount of the non-reactive polymer may be at least 10 wt % and not greater than 30 wt %; and a viscosity of the photocurable composition may be not greater than 110 mPa.Math.s. The photocurable composition may have a low linear shrinkage after curing, a high carbon content and high etch resistance and being suitable for AIP or NIL processing.