Counting Radicals: Methods to Measure Radiation Yields of Monomers in EB Polymerization
By Nicole L. K. Thiher and Julie L. P. Jessop, University of Iowa, and Sage M. Schissel, PCT Ebeam and Integration, LLC
Introduction
For photopolymerization, many...
UV LED Lessons Learned from Others
One of my favorite quotes on learning is from the television show Frasier. Kelsey Grammer, as the title character, best summed it up: “It...
Virginia Tech Team Develops Model to 3D-Print Piezoelectric Materials
A team from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Engineering has developed methods to 3D-print piezoelectric materials that can be custom-designed...
The Science of UV/EB Polymerization
The first edition of this column included a brief “Introduction to Polymer Science.”1 Polymeric materials were defined as those containing molecules of very large...
Association News
2020 RadTech Conference Abstract Deadlines Near
Abstract deadlines are approaching for the 2020 RadTech UV+EB Technology Conference and the 2020 IUVA Americas Conference, scheduled for...
“Do you have time to answer a few questions…”
Seventy-one years ago, the headline (Dewey Defeats Truman) in the Chicago Daily Tribune incorrectly identified the winner of the 1948 presidential election. Was this...
UV Source and Chemistry Options for Metal Can Coating
By Mike J. Idacavage, PhD, Technical Marketing Adviser, and John Arnold, PhD, Director of Research and Development, Miltec UV
Introduction
Many commercial sheet-fed litho printing presses...
Neural interface device research leads to new material for display technology
By Nancy Cates, contributing editor, UV+EB Technology
Ares Materials, based in Plano, Texas, was born in 2014 out of an idea conceived by three graduate...
Structure and Property Relationships for Polymers
The second edition of “Professor’s Corner” included a discussion about the fundamental physical property differences between low molecular mass materials and polymers1. These included...
UV Enhances Print Project
By Lara Copeland, contributing editor, UV+EB Technology
Performing print finishing services, Feiereisen, Inc., is a family-owned business with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In business...
