| abstract |
The present invention provides a recording mediumnincluding a recording layer on a substrate, wherein thenrecording layer includes a polymer that has a thioethernbond, has a sulfur equivalent of no less than 1.2 meq/g,nand has an inorganic/organic ratio (I/O value) representednin an organic-inorganic conceptional diagram of no lessnthan 0.5. According to the invention, the recording mediumnmay be an ink jet recording medium, in which the recordingnlayer is an ink receiving layer. |