Patent ID: 10508158

Abstract:
A water dispersion of gel particles, a method of producing the water dispersion, and an image forming method using the water dispersion. The gel particles have a three-dimensional crosslinked structure including a structural unit represented by Formula (1) and a urea bond, have a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group, include photopolymerization initiators and are dispersed in water. In Formula (1), R1 represents H or an alkyl group; X1 represents hydrogen, halogen, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, a cyano group, a lactam group, a —C(═O)X2R2 group, an —OC(═O)R3 group, or an aryl group; X2 represents oxygen or an —N(RX2)— group; RX2 and R2 represent a hydrocarbon group that may contain a hetero atom or H; R2 and RX2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, and R3 represents a hydrocarbon group that may contain a hetero atom.