UV-Curing: New Option for Light Transmission

Advances in UV Curing for Medical Applications

Sunscreen for Fish: Co-Option of UV Light Protection for Camouflage

Many animals change their body pigmentation according to illumination of their environment. In aquatic vertebrates, this reaction is mediated through aggregation or dispersion of melanin-filled vesicles (melanosomes) in dermal pigment cells (melanophores). The adaptive value of this behavior is usually seen in camouflage by allowing the animal to visually blend into the background. When exposed...

UV - LED Overview Part II — Curing Systems

Te ch ni ca l P ap er UV-LED Overview Part II — Curing Systems By Jennifer Heathcote This article is the second installment in a three-part series designed to consolidate key principles and technical information regarding the science and engineering behind ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs). If you have not yet read “Part I— Operation and Measurement” in the July/August 2010 issue, you...

Characterizing the Efficiency of UV LED Curing

This paper examines the effects of some key operating parameters of UV sources on the curing of various UV inks, coatings and adhesives. The effects of peak UV wavelength and peak intensity are quantitatively evaluated using FT-IR. The data are helpful in guiding both formulators, raw material suppliers and end users to better understand the impact of the UV sources, especially UV LED sources, ...

UV-LED Curing Efficiency of Wood Coatings

Ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) have attracted great interest in recent years. They can be used to polymerize coatings, such as those used for prefinished wood flooring. In this project, two lamps were compared for their suitability to be used on a wood flooring finishing line: a UV-microwave and a UV-LED lamp. Low heat emission was found for the UV-LED lamp compared to the UV-micro...