Challenges of UV curable ink-jet printing inks - A formulator's perspective

Pigment and Resin Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 280-286

  Hancock, Andrew ^a   Lin, Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inks; Radiation; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

LOW VISCOSITY; ULTRAVIOLET CURING TECHNOLOGY;

CURING; INK; PIGMENTS; PRINTING; RESINS; VISCOSITY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLORING AGENT; INK; OXYGEN;

ADHESION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERCEPTION; PRINTING; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISCOSITY;

CURING; INK JET PRINTING; PIGMENT; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 8844243230     PISSN: 03699420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03699420410560470     Document Type: Review

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