TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The benzimidazolone pigment comprises a diazo component group and a nucleophilic coupling component group that are linked together with at least one azo group, where at least one of the diazo component group and the nucleophilic coupling component group containing benzimidazolone moiety. The diazo component group is selected from group of formulae (Ia)-(Ig). The nucleophilic coupling component group is group of formula (If) and (Ii). The sterically bulky stabilizer is non-covalently associated with the benzimidazolone pigment predominantly by at least one of intra-molecular and inter-molecular hydrogen bonding, aromatic pi-stacking, and van der Waal's forces (preferably selected from 60 compounds as given in specification e.g. compound of formula (I) and (II)).R1-R8=H, halogens, (CH2)nCH3; OH; alkoxyl groups -OR'; CO2H; CO2CH3; CO2(CH2)n''CH3; CONH2; (CO)R''; (CH2)n'N(CH3)2; OCH3; OCH2CH2OH; NO2; SO3H;or group of formulae (i)-(iv);n=0-6;R'=H, (CH2)n'CH3, or C6H5;r=1-6;n'=1-6;n''=0-5;R''=H, C6H5, (CH2)mCH3;m=0-12;A=-(CH2)0-6; -(O-(CH2)0-6-O)-; -(O-CH2CHR)0-6)-; -(C=O)-; O; S; -(CH2)1-6-(C=O)-; or -(C=O)-(CH2)1-6-(C=O);R=H or CH3;R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13=H, Br, Cl, I, F, CH3, or OCH3;X=linking group, -NH-, -O-, or -S-;R'1, and R'2=alkyl (optionally substituted) or H;R'3=alkyl (optionally substituted), H, -NH-C(O)-CH2-C(O)-CH3, or group of the formulae (Ij), (Ik), or (In);DCn=diazo moiety;andX-R''3=compound (Ij) or (In).The Casterisk denotes a point of attachment to an amino group (-NH2) in the pigment precursor and a point of attachment to the azo group (-N=N-) in the pigment structure. The Casteriskasterisk denotes a point of attachment to the azo group. Provided that:(1) when X is -NH-, -O-, or -S-, then R3 is -NH-C(O)-CH2-C(O)-CH3, or group of the formulae (Ij), (Ik), or (Il); and(2) at least one of R'1, R'2, and R'3 is H.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The nanoscale pigment particles composition further comprises a surfactant selected from derivatives of rosin natural products; long-chain or branched hydrocarbon alcohols; alcohol ethoxylates; acrylic-based polymers; styrene-based copolymers; copolymers of alpha-olefins; copolymers of vinyl pyridine, vinyl imidazole, and vinyl pyrrolidinone; polyester copolymers; polyamide copolymers; and copolymers of acetals and acetates. The nanoscale pigment particles have an aspect ratio of 1:1-7:1. The nanoscale pigment particles have a shape selected from rods, platelets, needles, prisms, and spherical. EXAMPLE - Iso-stearic acid (6.83 g) was dissolved in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (THF) (50 ml) with stirring under inert atmosphere. Oxalyl chloride (9 ml) was then added dropwise followed by N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) (350 mu l). The reaction was stirred for 3 hours, before the solvent was removed from the mixture to afford white precipitates. The product was then suspended in fresh anhydrous THF (50 ml) under inert atmosphere, and is transferred dropwise in portions to a second flask containing 5-aminobenzimidazolone (3.58 g) dissolved in N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP) (40 ml), before adding triethylamine (5 ml). After stirring overnight, deionized water was then added to give 5-(6,8,8-trimethyl-2-oxo-3-(1,3,3-trimethyl-butyl)-nonyl)-1,3-dihydro-benzoimidazol-2-one (10.89 g). Anthranilic acid (1.80 g), deionized water (25 ml), and hydrochloric acid (6.5 ml) were mixed. The clear solution was cooled to below 0 degrees C, before ice cold aqueous 5.8M sodium nitrate (NaNO2) (2.5 ml) was added to form diazo solution. 5-Acetoacetylamino-benzimidazolone (3.07 g) coupling component is dissolved in 5M sodium hydroxide (18 ml) and deionized water (188 ml). 5-(6,8,8-Trimethyl-2-oxo-3-(1,3,3-trimethyl-butyl)-nonyl)-1,3-dihydro-benzoimidazol-2-one (0.49 g) was dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (12.5 ml) was then added slowly, dropwise, below the level of the alkaline aqueous coupling component solution. Concentrated glacial acetic acid (5.5 ml) was then added slowly below the surface of the liquid to give a fine suspension of white solid (S1). The cold diazo solution was added dropwise at room temperature to a vigorously stirred, weakly acidic suspension of the coupling component as fine suspension of white solid (S1), which produced yellow pigment slurry. After stirring overnight, the solid was collected by suction filtration. The wetcake was reslurried in fresh water and collected by suction filtration two times before freeze-drying, which gives orange-yellow powder (5.08 g).