Solution comprising about 1 to about 25 wt % of a dye that loses its colour during radical cure and about 75 to about 99 wt % of a solvent mixture, said solvent mixture comprising cyclopentanone and dimethylsulphoxide in a weight ratio of about 60:40 to about 95:5.

An object of the invention is to provide a dichroic substance capable of forming a light absorption anisotropic film having excellent light fastness, a composition, a light absorption anisotropic film formed of the composition, a laminate, and an image display device. A composition according to the embodiment of the invention is a composition containing a dichroic substance having an azo group, and the dichroic substance exhibits a highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of 5.60 eV or less and a CLogP value of 7.0 or greater.

A pigment composition contains: an azo pigment that is a reaction product between a coupler and a base; and a pigment derivative, and a content of o-anisidine derived from the coupler is less than or equal to 20 mg/kg in the entire pigment composition. A method for producing the pigment composition includes, after reaction between a coupler and a base to generate an azo pigment, or during the reaction between the coupler and the base, adding a remover for o-anisidine derived from the coupler.

A compound represented by formula:

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and a treated filler having the compound on at least a portion of its surface. R is hydrogen or alkyl. X is alkylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene, each optionally interrupted by at least one of an ether, thioether, amine, amide, ester, thioester, carbonate, thiocarbonate, carbamate, thiocarbamate, urea, or thiourea, with alkylene optionally interrupted by arylene. W is hydroxyl, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphonic acid group, carboxylic acid group, NHR.sup.1, epoxy, or Si(Y).sub.x(Z).sub.3-x. Y is alkyl, aryl, arylalkylenyl, or alkylarylenyl. Z is halide, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, polyalkyleneoxy, O covalently bonded to the surface of the filler, or O bonded to another silicon atom, and x is 0 or 1. A composition including the treated filler, a method of making the treated filler, and a method of determining the degree of cure of a curable polymeric resin are also disclosed.

A compound represented by formula (I): and a treated filler having the compound on at least a portion of its surface. R is hydrogen or alkyl. X is alkylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene, each optionally interrupted by at least one of an ether, thioether, amine, amide, ester, thioester, carbonate, thiocarbonate, carbamate, thiocarbamate, urea, or thiourea, with alkylene optionally interrupted by arylene. W is hydroxyl, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphonic acid group, carboxylic acid group, NHR.sup.1, epoxy, or Si(Y).sub.x(Z).sub.3-x. Y is alkyl, aryl, arylalkylenyl, or alkylarylenyl. Z is halide, hydroxyl, alkoxy aryloxy, acyloxy, polyalkyleneoxy, O covalently bonded to the surface of the filler, or O bonded to another silicon atom, and x is 0 or 1. A composition including the treated filler, a method of making the treated filler, and a method of determining the degree of cure of a curable polymeric resin are also disclosed. ##STR00001##

Provided are a dye compound, a composition comprising the dye compound, and a display device using the dye compound. The dye compound is represented by Formula 1.

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The present invention relates to azo dyes of formula ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1 denotes C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, cyano groups or halogen atoms and which may be interrupted one or more times by the radical O, S, NR.sub.4, COO or OOC; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkyl; either R.sub.2 is cyano and R.sub.3 is halogen or R.sub.2 is halogen and R.sub.3 is cyano; and Ar represents a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic radical, to the process for the preparation thereof, to mixtures containing said dyes and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing semi-synthetic and especially synthetic hydrophobic fiber materials, more especially textile materials.

A curable composition having a polythiol; at least one unsaturated compound comprising more than one carbon-carbon double bond, carbon-carbon triple bond, or a combination thereof; and a dye compound represented by formula (I). A crosslinked composition prepared from the curable composition, a method of making an at least partially crosslinked network, a method for indicating curing in a curable composition, and a method of stabilizing a curable composition comprising a polythiol and at least one unsaturated compound comprising more than one carbon-carbon double bond, carbon-carbon triple bond, or a combination thereof are also disclosed. Z is not reactive with the polythiol or unsaturated compound.

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This invention relates to electrophoretic fluids comprising a solvent, a dye, white particles, and colored particles selected from red, green, blue, magenta, cyan, yellow particles, and mixtures thereof, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.

The disclosure relates to a method for improving the alkali resistance and oxidation resistance of a benzothiazole disperse dye, and belongs to the field of disperse dyes. In the disclosure, 4 kinds of diazo components and 8 kinds of coupling components are used in designing and synthesizing 28 thiazole heterocyclic azo disperse dyes, and the alkali resistance and oxidation resistance of the disperse dyes are improved. Structure confirmation is performed on the synthetic disperse dyes, and the alkali resistance, oxidation resistance and other dyeing properties of the disperse dyes are tested. According to the method for improving the alkali resistance and oxidation resistance of the benzothiazole disperse dye provided in the disclosure, a relationship between a dye structure and the alkali resistance and oxidation resistance is determined, the disperse dyes with excellent alkali resistance and oxidation resistance are obtained, and the dyeing performance is stable under a dyeing condition of 10 g/L of sodium hydroxide or 5 g/L of hydrogen peroxide. This kind of dyes can be applied to a one bath for bleaching and dyeing of polyester and cotton and a one bath for deweighting and dyeing of polyester, dyeing and finishing in a short process are achieved, and great ecological and economic benefits are obtained.