By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology The research team headed by Prof. Zachariah Page, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, earned a 2021 RadLaunch Award for “Multi-Color Visible Light Additive Manufacturing.” Page’s team is developing high-resolution stereolithographic 3D printing using different colors of low-energy … [Read more...] about UT Austin Team Charts New Visible Light Curing Territory
2021 Issue 3
The Problem of High Viscosity Oligomers – Part 2
In the last edition of “Professor’s Corner,”1 a novel method for reducing the viscosity of a common acrylate-functional epoxy-based oligomer was introduced. This method was developed over several years by undergraduate students at the University of Houston-Downtown and involved the use of deionized water (DI H2O) as a diluent. The DI H2O was found to be more effective at … [Read more...] about The Problem of High Viscosity Oligomers – Part 2
Radiation Safety for Electron Beams
Radiation is one of those words that, as it passes from the scientific to the general lexicon, loses all nuance. For those who can parse the electromagnetic spectrum, for example, it is no leap to recognize that while visible light and gamma rays are both types of radiation, the danger level between the two is significantly different. Yet, in great swaths of the general public, … [Read more...] about Radiation Safety for Electron Beams