Assessment of a patient with probable allergic contact dermatitis caused by a tattoo ink is a difficult task, because regulations regarding the substances used as tattoo inks continue to be limited, and ink component information is difficult to access (1). Moreover, in most cases, patch testing with the culprit ink is often of little benefit. We report a case in whom patch testing with the ink ...

We propose an extension of the cellular Yule-Nielsen spectral Neugebauer model accounting for ink spreading of each ink within each subdomain. Characterization of the ink spreading within a given subdomain is performed by fitting the mid-range weights of subdomain node reflectances with the goal of minimizing the sum of square differences between predicted and measured mid-range reflectances. W...

“ b h o f t M d c 0 o t t p t d t d bstract. The Yule–Nielsen modified spectral Neugebauer model YNSN) enhanced for accounting for ink spreading in the different nk superposition conditions requires a spectrophotometer to meaure the reflectances of halftone calibration patches in order to comute the ink spreading curves mapping nominal ink surface coverge to effective ink surface coverage. Inst...

Tattooing has long been practised in various societies all around the world and is becoming increasingly common and widespread in the West. Tattoo ink suspensions unquestionably contain pigments composed of nanoparticles, i.e., particles of sub-100 nm dimensions. It is widely acknowledged that nanoparticles have higher levels of chemical activity than their larger particle equivalents. However,...

In a previous paper we proposed a model of uniaxial extension to describe the viscous deformation of an offset-ink film on paper during ink-on-paper tack measurement as analysed on the Ink-Surface Interaction Tester (ISIT) (Gane et al., Proceedings Tappi IP&GA 2000, Savannah). This now forms the subject for direct experimental confirmation. An optical reflection device based on a diode laser be...

This paper presents how inkjet colour is affected by firstly the substrate and secondly exposure to light and the combination of both. The research uses both pigmented and dye based inks printed onto coated and uncoated fine art papers, and are subjected to light conditions that are constantly changing through out the day and consequently the year. Although benchmark conditions and standards as...

Graphene ink is a commercialized product in the graphene industry with promising potential application in electronic device design. However, the limitation of the graphene ink is its low electronic performance due to the ink preparation protocol. In this work, we proposed a simple post-treatment of graphene ink coating via electrochemical oxidation. The electronic conductivity of the graphene i...

The implications arising from the distribution of offset ink components in a paper coating structure are presented. The work focuses on two mechanisms causing differential distribution of ink constituents, namely (a) adsorption chromatography, resulting from coating pigment chemistry and morphology variables, and (b) latex-oil diffusional interaction. Adsorption chromatographic fractionation an...