Investigation of UV-C LED as a Source to Cure UV Hot-Melt Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
By Zachary Gatland, product development scientist, Mactac North America
Ultraviolet-cured hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesives (UV-HMPSAs) are acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives that can be delivered and coated as...
Viscous Lithography Manufacturing: High-Viscosity Resins for High-Performance Parts
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology
Supernova, based in Austin, Texas, is redefining additive manufacturing with its Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM) process. By combining its...
Regulatory News – 2026 Quarter 1
Note: Thank you to Jennifer Heathcote, RadTech’s Board of Directors’ Secretary, for collaborating on this issue’s column.
Metal Coatings Rulemaking and Win for Test Method
The...
UV LED Measurement, Part 2: How Good is Good Enough?
Editor’s note: Part 1 of this column appeared in the Q3 2025 issue of UV+EB Technology and stressed the importance of using a measurement...
EB and UV for Coil Coating, Part 2
Editor’s Note: Part 1, which appeared in Quarter 3 UV+EB Technology, discussed how EB and UV were practical and sustainable solutions for the coil...
UV Binders For LiB, Part 4: Properties of UV-Curable Urethane Acrylate Copolymers Used in...
In this edition of Professor’s Corner, we will focus on properties of one-plot synthesis of UV urethane acrylate copolymers from simple building blocks and...
Automakers Employ UV for Coating and Glazing Advances
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology
At RadTech 2025, RadTech presented its 2025 Automotive Innovation Awards to Ford Motor Company and Toyota Industries Corporation for...
YP Highlight #17: Alexander Osterbaan
Alexander Osterbaan completed his Ph.D. under Professor Christopher Bowman at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he focused on expanding the processing window of...
RIP Additive Manufacturing Hype
The hype cycle for additive manufacturing (AM) finally has run its course. For more than a decade, the industry was propelled forward by bold...
Emerging Applications of 1,2-dithiolanes in Diverse (Photo)polymerizations
Review by Benjamin R. Nelson and Bruce E. Kirkpatrick, University of Colorado Boulder,
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Editor’s Note: This new section is designed to feature...
