Continuous coating of discrete areas of a flexible web

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1644-1657

  Bower, C L ^a   Simister, E A ^a   Bonnist, E ^a   Paul, K ^a   Pightling, N ^a   Blake, T D ^a  

^a Kodak European Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Dewetting; Patterned coating; Surface energy contrast; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; WETTING;

DEWETTING; FLEXOGRAPHY; PATTERNED COATING; SURFACE-ENERGY CONTRAST;

PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

CONTACT ANGLE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; WETTING;

EID: 34547224590     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11215     Document Type: Article

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