Printing on polymers / Joanna Izdebska, Sabu Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izdebska, Joanna, author.

Thomas, Sabu, author.

Series:

Plastics Design Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymers--Surfaces.

Polymers.

Printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : William Andrew, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Printing on Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications is the first authoritative reference covering the most important developments in the field of printing on polymers, their composites, nanocomposites, and gels.The book examines the current state-of-the-art and new challenges in the formulation of inks, surface activation of polymer surfaces, and.

Contents:

Front Cover

Series Page

PRINTING ON POLYMERS

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

1 - Printing on Polymers: Theory and Practice

1.1 Introduction-The Impact of Printing

1.2 Printing Techniques

1.2.1 Flat Printing

1.2.2 Relief Printing

1.2.3 Gravure Printing

1.2.4 Stencil Printing

1.2.5 Digital Printing

1.2.6 Three-Dimensional Printing

1.2.7 Hybrid Printing

1.2.8 Various Printing Techniques for Polymer Decoration

1.3 Printing Bases

1.3.1 Films

1.3.2 Multilayer Films

1.3.3 Semirigid and Rigid Plastic Sheets

1.3.4 Injection Molded Products

1.3.5 Synthetic Papers and Polymer-Coated Boards

1.4 Printability

1.5 Surface Wettability

1.5.1 Surface Tension of Inks

1.5.2 Surface Free Energy of Printing Substrates

1.5.2.1 Devices for Measurement of the Contact Angle

1.5.2.2 Measurement Liquid, Pens, etc.

1.6 Print Quality

1.6.1 Factors of Printing Processes Influencing the Print Quality

1.6.2 Impact of Ink and Substrate Properties on the Print Quality

1.6.3 Parameters Used in Quality Assessment

1.7 Plastic Printing Industry

References

2 - Polymeric Materials-Structure, Properties, and Applications

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Structure of a Polymer

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Configuration

Conformation

2.2.1 Classification of Polymers

2.2.1.1 Crystalline and Amorphous Polymers

2.2.1.2 Thermoplastics and Thermosetting Plastics

2.2.1.3 Homopolymers and Copolymers

2.2.1.3.1 Block Copolymer

2.2.1.3.2 Graft Copolymer

2.2.1.3.3 Random Copolymer

2.2.2 Designing the Structure of Polymers

2.3 Properties of Polymers

2.3.1 Thermal Properties

2.3.1.1 Thermal Transitions of Polymers

2.3.1.2 Thermal Stability of Polymers

2.3.1.3 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Thermal Conductivity

2.3.2 Mechanical Properties.

2.3.3 Electrical Properties of Polymers

2.3.4 Polymer Blends

2.3.5 Polymer Composites

2.3.6 Polymer Nanocomposites

2.4 Application of Polymers

2.4.1 Application of Commodity Polymers

2.4.1.1 Polyethylene

2.4.1.2 Polypropylene

2.4.1.3 Polyvinylchloride

2.4.1.4 Polystyrene

2.4.2 Applications of Engineering Polymers

2.4.2.1 Polyamides

2.4.2.2 Polybutylene Terephthalate

2.4.2.3 Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

2.4.2.4 Polyoxymethylene or Polyacetals

2.4.3 Polymers for Specialty Applications

2.4.3.1 Polymers in Electronic Applications

2.4.3.2 Biomedical Applications

2.4.3.3 Polymers in Sensor Applications

2.5 Conclusion

3 - Printing Ink Formulations

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Individual Ink Components

3.2.1 Pigments

3.2.2 Polymers/Resins

3.2.3 Solvents

3.2.4 Additives

3.3 Inks Manufacture

3.4 Selected Inks for Individual Printing Processes

3.4.1 Inkjet Ink

3.4.2 Flexographic Inks

3.5 Functional Inks

3.6 Summary

4 - Additives for Ink Manufacture

4.1 Definition of an Additive

4.2 Surfactants: Wetting and Dispersing Agents

4.2.1 Antifoaming Agents

4.3 Adhesion Promoters

4.4 Waxes

4.5 Driers

4.6 Rheology Modifier

4.7 Other Additives

4.7.1 Antioxidants and Antiskinning Agents

4.7.2 Alkalis

4.7.3 Biocides and Fungicides

4.7.4 Chelating Agents

4.7.5 Deodorants

4.8 Additives for Radiation-Curing Inks

4.9 Performance Additives

4.9.1 Ionic Liquids

4.9.2 Hyperbranched Polymers

5 - Advanced Nanoscale Materials for Ink Manufacture

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Nanoscale Materials for Ink Manufacture

5.2.1 Functional Polymer Inks

5.2.1.1 Monodispersed Polymer Nanoparticle Latexes

5.2.1.2 Semiconductive and Conductive Polymer Suspensions

5.2.2 Inorganic Nonmetallic Inks.

5.2.2.1 Ceramic Nano-Inks

5.2.2.2 Semiconductor Quantum Dot Inks

5.2.2.3 MOF Inks

5.2.2.4 Carbon Family Nano-Inks

5.2.3 Metal Nanomaterials

5.2.3.1 Metal Nanoparticle Inks

5.2.3.2 Metal Nanowire Inks

5.3 Conclusions and Outlook

6 - Rheology of Printing Inks

6.1 Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids

6.1.1 Newtonian Fluids

6.1.2 Non-Newtonian Fluids

6.1.2.1 Shear-Thinning Flow Behavior

6.1.2.2 Shear-Thickening Flow Behavior

6.1.2.3 Power-Law Model

6.1.2.4 Shear Viscosity

6.1.2.5 Thixotropy

6.1.2.6 Viscoelasticity

6.1.3 Measurements of Flow Behavior

6.1.3.1 Flow Time

6.1.3.2 Flow Curve

6.1.3.3 Rational Rheometers with Concentric Cylinder Geometry

6.1.3.4 Rational Rheometers with Cone to Plate Geometry

6.1.4 Tack of Paste Inks

6.1.5 Low-Viscosity Printing Inks

6.1.5.1 Flexographic Printing Inks

6.1.5.2 Gravure Printing Inks

6.1.5.3 Inkjet Printing Inks

6.1.6 Paste Inks

6.1.6.1 Offset Printing Inks

6.1.6.2 Screen Printing Inks

6.1.6.3 Pad Printing Inks

6.1.7 Flow Behavior and Printability

7 - Low-Pressure Plasma-Assisted Polymer Surface Modifications

7.1 Low-Pressure Oxygen Plasma

7.2 Reactive Plasma Species and their Interaction with Polymers for Printing

7.2.1 UV Radiation

7.2.2 Free Electrons and Negatively Charged Ions

7.2.3 Positively Charged Molecular and Atomic Ions

7.2.4 Neutral Oxygen Atoms

7.2.5 Metastables and Ozone

7.2.6 Fluxes of Reactive Particles onto Polymer Surface

7.3 Flowing Afterglow

7.4 Peculiarities of Particular Polymers

7.4.1 Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)

7.4.2 Polystyrene (PS)

7.4.3 Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE)

7.4.4 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

7.4.5 Polyamide (PA6)

7.5 Etching, Nanostructuring, and Wettability

7.6 Concluding Remarks

References.

8 - Corona Treatment

8.1 Corona Discharge Treatment: Introduction

8.1.1 Treatment

8.1.2 Factors Influencing the Course and Effectiveness of Treatment

8.1.3 Changes in the Upper Layer

8.1.4 Methods Controlling the Correctness of the Upper Layer Modification

8.2 Surface Changes, Film Wettability, and Printability

8.2.1 Topography and Morphology

8.2.2 Surface Chemistry

8.2.3 Contact Angle

8.2.4 Printability

8.3 Peculiarities of Particular Polymers

8.3.1 Polypropylene

8.3.2 Polyethylene

8.3.3 Polyethylene Terephthalate

8.3.4 Polyvinyl Chloride

8.3.5 Ethylene Vinyl Acetate

8.3.6 Polystyrene

8.3.7 Polylactide

8.4 Aging Process of Corona-Treated Films

8.5 Concluding Remarks

9 - Polymer Surface Modifications by Coating

9.1 Organic Modifications of Polymer Surface

9.1.1 Photo-Grafting Polymerizations by Photo-Initiators

9.1.2 Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition

9.1.3 UV-Curable Polymer Coating

9.1.4 Photo-Grafting Polymerization from the Layer of Photo-Iniferters

9.1.5 Applications of Organic Modifications

9.2 Inorganic Coating

9.2.1 Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

9.2.2 Magnetron Sputtering

9.2.3 Diamond-Like Carbon, SiOx, and Oxide Coatings

9.2.4 Wettability and Other Properties for the Industrial Applications

9.3 Metallurgical Coating

9.3.1 Chemical Electro-Less Plating Techniques

9.3.2 Vapor Plating Techniques

9.3.3 Additional Properties by Metallurgical Coatings on Polymers

10 - Other Methods of Polymer Surface Modifications

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Laser Beam Processing for Polymer Surface Modifications

10.2.1 Femtosecond Laser Textured PMMA Surfaces for Wettability Modification

10.2.1.1 Laser-Induced Surface Hydrophilicity and Hydrophobicity

10.2.1.1.1 Wettability Modification.

10.2.1.1.2 Mechanism of Laser-Induced Wettability Modification

10.2.1.2 Laser-Induced Wettability Modification of Microfluidic Channels for Fluid Flow Control

10.2.1.2.1 Fabrication of Microchannels with Varied Surface Wettability

10.2.1.2.2 Effect of Laser-Induced Various Wettability on Liquid Flow

10.2.2 Ar+ Laser-Induced Surface Relief Gratings on Azo-Polymers

10.2.3 Laser Micromachining Silicon Surface for Replication on Polymer Surface

10.3 Micromachining

10.3.1 Conventional CNC Micromachining

10.3.2 Ultra-Precision Micromachining

10.4 Other Energy Beam Processing Techniques

11 - Flexographic Printing

11.1 Fundamentals of Flexographic Printing

11.1.1 Basic Principle

11.1.2 Printing Plates

11.1.3 Anilox Rollers

11.1.4 Printing Units

11.1.5 Printing Machines

11.2 Production Materials

11.2.1 Inks

11.2.1.1 Water-Based Ink

11.2.1.2 Solvent-Based Ink

11.2.1.3 UV-Curable Ink

11.2.2 Plastic Substrates

11.2.2.1 Films

11.2.2.2 Laminates

11.2.3 Requirements for the Plastic Substrate

11.3 Flexographic Printing Benefits

11.4 Flexographic Market and its Future

12 - Gravure Printing

12.1 Market of Gravure Printing

12.2 Printing Process

12.3 Gravure Printing Inks

12.4 Gravure Cylinder Manufacturing

12.4.1 Electromechanical Engraving

12.4.2 Direct Processing of Copper with a Pulsed Laser

12.4.3 Direct Laser System with a Zinc Layer

12.4.4 Cylinder Manufacturing with Etching, with Laser-Made Masks

12.5 Structure of Gravure Printing Presses

12.6 Applications and Further Developments

13 - Offset Printing

13.1 Fundamentals of Offset Printing

13.1.1 Basic Principle

13.1.2 Conventional Wet Offset Printing

13.1.3 Waterless Offset Printing

13.1.4 Offset Printing Plates.

13.1.4.1 Structure of Offset Printing Plates.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

0-323-37500-6

OCLC:

922323915