2004 UV & EB Technical Conference Proceedings
Table of Contents
ADHESIVES
Basic Concepts of Energy Curable Liquid Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Sean Des Roches and Wendy Murphy
Cationic UV-Curable Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Charles W. Paul, Cynthia Meisner, and Pete Walter
Characterization and Optimization of UV/EB-Curable PSAs by Their Dynamic Mechanical Properties
Albert Lin, David Meloon, and Jeff Hamric
New Specialty Oligomers Developed to Increase Performance in UV Curable Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Deborah A. Smith
New Approaches for Radiation Curable Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Z. Jeffrey Wang, Morris A. Johnson, Kris Verschueren, and Victor Lu
CATIONIC CHEMISTRY
Advances in the Design of Photoinitiators Photosensitizers and Monomers for Cationic UV Curing
James V. Crivello, S. Kong, M. Jang, F. Jiang, and Z. Gomurashvili
Fatty Acid Derivatives in Radiation-Curable Coatings
Mats Johansson, J. Samuelsson, P.E. Sundell, and U. Bexell
Fundamental Characterization of Cationic Photopolymerizations of Epoxide Monomers
Vishal Sipani and Alec B. Scranton
High Performance Cationically Curable Oxetanes Formulations
Hiroshi Sasaki
New Developments in Cationic Curing Flexo Inks
Antoine Carroy
Novel Cationic Photoinitiator
Marco Visconti, Massimo Cattaneo, and Gabriele Norcini
Short-Chain Organosilicone Additives for Cationic UV Cure Coatings
Richard P. Eckberg
Tougher Cycloaliphatic Epoxy Resins for Cationic Cure
Wells Carter, Keith Lamb, and Mark Jupina
CHEMISTRY I
Effect of Polymer Composition on Performance Properties of Maleate-Vinyl Ether Donor-Acceptor UV-Curing Systems
Neena Ravindran, Ankit Vora, and Dean C. Webster
Effects of Thiol-Functional Monomers On the Relative Reactivity, Shelf-Life Stability, and Thermomechanical Properties of Acrylate-Functional Monomer Blends
Byron K. Christmas, Mai Vo, Ms. Jannie Dilber, Mai Lam, and Shakti Sharma
Hybrid Oligomers - Organic/Inorganic Acrylics
Gary W. Ceska
In situ Characterization of Conversion and Polymerization Shrinkage Simultaneously in Photo-Cured Hybrid Systems
Yan Lin and Jeffrey W. Stansbury
Novel Routes to Urethane Acrylates
Vincent W. Stone and Peter Burie
Photocure of Thick Polymer Systems: Characterize Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Photoinitiation Rate
Kaveri Jain, Nicole L. Stephenson, Mohamed El-Maazawi, and Alec B. Scranton
Photogenerated Amines As Novel Crosslinking Agents
Scott Bull
CHEMISTRY II
Photolatent Amines: New Opportunities in Radiation Curing
Kurt Dietliker, Tunja Jung, and Johannes Benkhoff
A Photochemical Method to Eliminate Oxygen Inhibition in Photocured Systems
Lijing Gou and Alec B. Scranton
Structural Influence of Model Ene Reactivity in Photoinduced Thiol - Ene Polymerization of
Multifunctional Alkenes
Sonny Jonsson
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Highly Functional Thiols
Tolecia S. Clark, Charles E. Hoyle and Sonny Jönsson
The Impact of Oxygen on Photopolymerization
Allison K. O'Brien and Christopher N. Bowman
Influence of Structure on Photocuring Rate of Ultrafast Monofunctional Diluents
Allan Guymon and Lee Tai Yeon
EQUIPMENT
LED Curing Versus Conventional UV Curing Systems: Property Comparisons of Acrylates and Epoxies
K. Dake, E. Montgomery, Y.C. Koo, and M. Hubert
New Large Area High Power and Efficient 172nm Lamp
Manfred Salvermoser and Daniel Murnick
Small Lightweight Electrodeless UV Lamps
Jeffery K. Okamitsu, Victor Mohyla, Kurt Schier, Miodrag Cekic, Brian Turner, Rong Bao, and Chuck Wood
Solid-State UV Curing Technology Comes of Age
Mark Owens
FORMULATION OF COATINGS I
Bismaleimide Oligomers for Wood Coatings
Chau Nguyen, Charles Brady, and Wenfeng Kuang
Development of Low Energy UV Refinish Formulations
Stephanie Strazisar, M. Dvorchak, C. Gambino, H. Bach, and L. Galeza
Hardness or Flexibility…What Works?
Marcus Hutchins
Hybrid Acrylic Urethane Clearcoats for 3-D Wood Metal and Plastic Substrates: Compliance, Appearance, Productivity and Durability
Daniel B. Pourreau, L. Joseph Junker, Shanti Patel, Wei Wang, and Larry Arndt
FORMULATION OF COATINGS II
Latest Investigations in Formulation and Processing of Pigmented UV Coatings
Klaus Menzel
New Developments in UV-Curable Urethane Acrylate Coatings
Igor V. Khudyakov, Todd W. Gantt, Michael B. Purvis, and Bob J. Overton
Novel Coatings from EB-Curing of Thiol-ene Complexes: Potential Industrial Applications of the Products
John L. Garnett, Gary R. Dennis, and Elvis F. Zilic
Performance by Design: Abrasion and Scratch Resistant UV/EB Curable Sealers and Topcoats
L. Scott, A. Natesh, S. Shah, and R. Narayan
Performance Optimization of UV-Powder Coatings by Combining Resin Systems
David A Hammerton, and Kris Buysens
UV-Curable Powder Coatings: Possibilities for a Bright White Future
Corey King, Andreas Wenning, and Emmanouil Spyrou
GRAPHIC ARTS SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS
Design of Experiment to Achieve Optimum Properties of UV Pigmented Inks
Thomas R. Mawby
High Performance Radiation-Curable Ink and Coating Resins for Thermoforming and In-Mold Decoration
Chris W. Miller and Larisa Kagansky
In-Line Processing of Multilayer Food Packaging Laminating Structures with EB Adhesives
Albert Lin, David Meloon, and Jeff Hamric
New Electron Beam Cured Liquid Inks for the Flexible Packaging Market
Volker Linzer, Mikhail Laksin, P. Adhikari, Terry Best, Jitu Modi and Subh Chatterjee
Novel Adhesives and Coatings for Food Packaging with Low Extractables
Earl G. Melby, Patricia Harman, Jenny Weaver, and Rick Williams
Radiation-Curable Inks and Coatings from Novel Multifunctional Acrylate Oligomers
Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, Michael Gould, Ayleen Zaranec and Lisa Hahn
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS
Acrylated Performance Products for Sandable Sealers
Greg Bryant, Oscar Valdes-Aguilera
"Stainless" BMC - A Polymer Alternative to Stainless Steel
Eileen Weber
UV Curable Products With Superior Outdoor Durability
William Schaeffer, Catherine Leroy, and Ming Fan
UV Induced Frontal Polymerization of (Meth)acrylates
Charles Nason and Charles Hoyle
INTERNATIONAL MARKET OVERVIEW
Radiation Curing in Europe
Heinz Hilmer Bankowsky
Status and Progress of RadTech in China
Hong Xiaoyin
MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS I
Acrylate Double Bond Conversion as a Function of Irradiance
Rong Bao and Sonny Jonsson
Characterization of Hybrid Resin Systems Based on Epoxy and Acrylate Functionalities
Ying Cai and Julie L. P. Jessop
Evaluating Pigment Dispersion Quality through Dynamic Oscillation Analysis
John Meadows
Fast Oscillation Rheological Data Analysis for Real Time UV Cure Profiling and Shrinkage Determination
Steven M. Colo, Sean W. Race
New Advances in the Investigation of Photoinitiator Reactivity
J.P. Fouassier and J. Lalevée and Xavier Allonas
Optical Pyrometry: A New Method for Monitoring Photopolymerizations
B. Falk, S.M Vallinas, and M.B. Zonca
MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS II
The Effects of UV Energy Density and Peak Irradiance on the Non-Crosslinked Components in UV-Polymerized Films
Teresa Martinez and Byron K. Christmas
Process Control of UV and EB Curing of Acrylates by In-line NIR Reflection Spectroscopy
Tom Scherzer, Reiner Mehnert and Hartmut Lucht
Rapid Measurement of Photopolymerization Kinetic Behavior Using a Thin-Film Calorimeter
Todd M. Roper and Charles Hoyle
Verifying UV Exposure in 3D Curing Systems
R. W. Stowe
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Enhanced Properties of UV Curable Films Containing Layered Silicates as the Nanomaterial
Fawn M. Uhl, Dean C. Webster, Prashanth Davuluri, Shing Chung Wong, Brian R. Hinderliter and Stuart G. Croll
Nanocrystalline Alumina in Transparent UV Coatings
Roger Cayton
Photoinitiator Solubility Effects on Polymer Nanostructure Development in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
Michael A. DePierro, Alexandra J. Olson, and C. Allan Guymon
Radiation-Curable Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposites
Z. Jeffrey Wang, Carol Black, and Jue Qiao
UV Curable Coatings Containing Functional POSS
Bo Pan
PHOTOINITIATORS I
Difunctional Photoinitiators
Marco Visconti and Massimo Cattaneo
Effect of Electron Donor Structure on the Polymerization Kinetics of Visible Three-Component Initiator System
Dongkwan Kim and Alec B. Scranton
Maleimides as Visible Light Photoinitiators
Chau Nguyen and Charles E. Hoyle
New Generation of Photoinitiators for UV Inks and Varnishes
André Fuchs, Thomas Bolle, Stephan Ilg, and Rinaldo Huesler
New Liquid Photoinitiators for Light and Dark Pigmented Ink Systems
Joseph R.C. Wang, PhD, Rhenda Yang, Lancelot Yang, and Chris Chiu
New Phosphine Oxide- Based Photoinitiator (POP)
Chris Chiu and Jimmy Huang
PHOTOINITIATORS II
Improved UV Curing of Offset Inks
Chau Nguyen, Charles Brady, and Wenfeng Kuang
The Influence of Hydroxyl Groups on Maleimide/Vinyl Ether Photopolymerization and Film Properties
Charles E. Hoyle, E. Sonny Jonnson, Sukhendu Hait & Emery Shier
Novel Tertiary Amine Synergist
Chau Nguyen, Charles Brady, and Wenfeng Kuang
Photoinitiation of Multifunctional Acrylates via Ferrocene-Alkyl Chloride Charge Transfer Complexes
T. Brian Cavitt, Evan Hardgrove, Julie A. Anderson, and Perry C. Reeves
RAW MATERIALS
A Comparison of Maleimide Oligomers with Acrylate Oligomers
Chau K. Nguyen, Charles A. Brady and Wenfeng Kuang
Comparison of Performance of Acrylate and Methacrylate Aliphatic Urethanes
Marla deLombard-Watts
Novel Multifunctional Vinylester Monomers: A New Class of Monomer for Reduced Oxygen Inhibition in UV Curing
Tai Yeon Lee and Charles E. Hoyle
Photoinitiation and Photopolymerization of Novel Self-Initiating Monomers
Charles E. Hoyle
Synthesis and Evaluation of Biologically Derived Diacids in UV/EB Curable Acrylates for Coating and Inks Applications
T. Hegge, L. Scott, R. Narayan, A. Natesh, and S. Shah
UV-Cured and Elastomeric Coatings - A Contradiction?
Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Erhard Lühmann, and Diethelm Rappen
WATERBORNE
Novel Waterborne Hyperbranched Aliphatic Polyesters Used for UV-Curable Coatings
Wenfang Shi, Anila Asif, and Wenfang Shi
Pigmented UV Curing Aqueous Coatings for Furniture
Christoph Irle, Martin Bayona, Michael Dvorchak, Bob Wade
A Ready-to-Use Photoinitiator Formulation for Water-borne UV Curable Systems
M. Cattaneo and M. Visconti
Waterbased Radiation-Curable Polyurethane Acrylate Coatings
Yvonne Heischkel, Menzel E. Beck, K. O. Sass, C. A. Glotfelter, F. Masson, C. Decker, and R. Schwalm
POSTERS
Comparative Study of Novel Thiol-Ene Resins and Composites
Kalena D. Stovall, Charles E. Hoyle, and Joshua U. Otaigbe
Cure Monitoring of UV-Curable Free Radical and Cationic Systems by Using In-Situ Dielectric Analysis and Real-Time FT-Infrared Spectroscopy
K. Zahouily, C. Decker, E. Kaisersberger, M. Gruener
Dual Cured Silicone Conformal Coatings
Khris Alvarez, Glenn Gordon and Jim Tonge
Effect of Thickness, Exposure Time, Photoinitiator Level, and UV Irradiance on the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Properties of UV-Curable Formulations
Jannie Marie Dilber and Byron K. Christmas
Effects of Very Low Levels of UV Energy Density and Peak Irradiance on the Thermomechanical Properties of UV-Polymerized Films
Janeth Sanchez, Jannie Dilber and Byron K. Christmas
Low Color Liquid Acylphosphine Oxide Photoinitiators Blends for UV Coating Applications
E. V. Sitzmann, W. Peter, D. Bramer, J. Jankauskas, G. Losapio, J.-P. Wolf and S. Huguenard
An Overview of Oxygen Inhibition in Photocuring
Charles E. Hoyle
Thermal Behavior and Degradation Mechanism of Phosphate Di/triacrylate Used for UV Curable Flame-Retardant Coatings
Baojun Qu and Hongbo Liang
Urethane Acrylates – Additives for Energy Curable Lithographic Inks
Rosalyn Waldo
