Claims
- 1. An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, said ink jet recording element containing a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex,
- 2. The recording element of claim 1 wherein said complex is present in said image receiving layer.
- 3. The recording element of claim 1 wherein M is a Group IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB metal or a lanthanide group metal of the periodic chart.
- 4. The recording element of claim 1 wherein M is tin, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, silica, yttrium, cerium or lanthanum or mixtures thereof.
- 5. The recording element of claim 3 wherein Ap− is an organic anion R—COO−, R—O−, R—SO3−, R—OSO3− or R—O—PO3− where R is an alkyl or aryl group.
- 6. The recording element of claim 1 wherein Ap− is an inorganic anion I−, Cl−, Br−, F−, ClO4−, NO3−, CO52− or SO42−.
- 7. The recording element of claim 1 wherein said metal(oxy)hydroxide complex is in particulate form.
- 8. The recording element of claim 1 wherein said metal(oxy)hydroxide complex is prepared from an aqueous dispersion having a pH between about 3 and 10.
- 9. The recording element of claim 1 wherein M is Zr.
- 10. The recording element of claim 9 wherein said complex is amorphous.
- 11. The recording element of claim 1 wherein n is 4; a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1; 1<b<4; and 1≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.
- 12. The recording element of claim 1 wherein a is 0, n is 4, and b+pc is 4.
- 13. The recording element of claim 1 wherein a is 0, n is 3, and b+pc is 3.
- 14. The recording element of claim 9 wherein Ap− is Cl−, NO3−, CO32−, acetate or propionate.
- 15. The recording element of claim 1 wherein the particle size of said complex is less than about 1 μm.
- 16. The recording element of claim 1 wherein the particle size of said complex is less than about 0.1 μm.
- 17. The recording element of claim 1 wherein said support is opaque.
- 18. The recording element of claim 1 wherein said support is transparent.
- 19. The recording element of claim 1 which also includes a base layer located between said image-receiving layer and said support.
- 20. An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image receiving layer, said ink jet recording element containing a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex in particulate form,
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Reference is made to commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. Patent Applications:
[0002] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84679) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”;
[0003] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 84191) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”;
[0004] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84678) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”;
[0005] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 84386) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”;
[0006] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84676) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”;
[0007] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 84490) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”; and
[0008] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84675) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”.