Synthesis of dis-azo black dyes for electrowetting displays

This study was to design and synthesize a series of dis-azo dyes derived from p-n-alkyl aniline by introducing different alkyl group resulted in having high solubility in linear alkanes solvents, even absorption intensity of visible wavelengths. Results indicated that elementary properties of black oil ink were (1) non-polar; (2) low viscosity (<3.0 cps); (3) specified surface tension (<30 mN/m); (4) intensity of visible absorption uniformly covering 400–800 nm; (5) FoM equal to 100–1000; (6) hue close to standard black (L = 0, a = 0, b = 0). We can conclude that dis-azo black dyes fulfills elementary conditions of colored oil ink for electrowetting display.