Migratory Chemicals in Consumer Products
Migratory chemicals are those chemical compounds which tend to migrate from the bulk phase of a material to its surface over time and under exposure...
Colloidal Emulsions in Inks and Adhesives
Polymeric colloidal emulsions are amongst the most popular choice of polymeric binder systems to be used in the inks, coatings, and adhesive industries. But still,...
Polyethylene (PE) replacement Barrier coatings
Need for replacing Polyethylene (PE) The aim is to reduce the use of petroleum-based plastics. To enhance moisture resistance and grease resistance, paper-based packaging is...
UV Curing and EB Technology
Drying or curing of dyes, printing inks, coatings and adhesives using ultraviolet radiation (UV) is a technology whose use is increasing in many areas of...
Blister Coatings: Heat Seal and Cold Seal
One can commonly find blister packs in the consumer market today for packaging of toothbrush, medicines, batteries, chocolates, toys, stationaries, cosmetics etc. Though the product...
Understanding Dynamic Surface Tension in Coating Formulations
Solvent borne formulations, with their naturally lower surface tensions, wet readily and transfer well onto most substrates. The increasing shift to waterborne formulations, due to...
Basics of Surface Tension: Key Property for Developing Coatings
Surface tension is involved in almost every way in coatings technology. There is no denial in saying that surface tension is amongst the key decisive...
Increasing Stickiness with Tackifiers
Tackifiers are low molecular weight component used in adhesive formulations, especially in tacky adhesives such as hot melt adhesives and pressure sensitive adhesives. As the...
Consumer friendly adhesive – Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are permanently tacky products which adhere to substrates under the application of slight pressure (this may also be referred to as...
Diving into Functional Coatings: Self-Cleaning & Self-Healing coatings
The term “functional coatings” has been used as a buzz word in the industry just like “smart phones” in the tech industry. Functional coatings can...