Colorimetric properties of reversible thermochromic printing inks

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-277

  Kulčar, Rahela ^a   Friškovec, Mojca ^b   Hauptman, Nina ^c   Vesel, Alenka ^d   Gunde, Marta Klanjšek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CETIS Plc   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Colorimetry; Hysteresis; Microcapsules; Reversibility; Thermochromic printing inks; Thermochromism

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; COLOUR DIFFERENCES; COLOUR SPACES; DECOLOURISATION; DIFFERENT THERMAL HISTORY; HEATING TEMPERATURES; MICROCAPSULES; OXYGEN PLASMA ETCHING; PIGMENT PARTICLES; PRINTING INKS; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMO-CHROMIC; THERMOCHROMIC EFFECTS; THERMOCHROMIC INKS; THERMOCHROMISM;

COLORIMETERS; COLORIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYSTERESIS; INK; OXYGEN; PLASMA ETCHING; PLASMA STABILITY; POLYPROPYLENES; PRINTING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAT DYES;

COLOR;

COLOR CHANGE; COLORIMETRY; MICROCAPSULE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINTING INK; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHROMIC DYE;

EID: 77950860691     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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