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UV‐curable coatings with nano‐TiO 2
Author(s) -
Li Fusheng,
Zhou Shuxue,
Gu Guangxin,
Wu Limin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.20601
Subject(s) - tmpta , materials science , coating , trimethylolpropane , photopolymer , nano , epoxy , acrylate , composite material , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , polymer , monomer , polyurethane , engineering
Nano‐TiO 2 particles were first milled into butyl acetate or trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) to obtain TSB and TST slurries, then embedded into epoxy acrylate to obtain UV‐curable coating. The influence of nano‐TiO 2 particles on the photopolymerization kinetics, tack free time, thermal and optical properties of UV‐curable coatings was investigated. It was found that TST‐based coating had a decreasing but TSB‐based coating had an increasing UV cured rate in comparison with the pristine epoxy acrylate. Nevertheless, the TST‐based coating occupied shorter tack free time, good thermal property and UV absorbance than their corresponding TSB‐based coating. POLYM. ENG. SCI. 46:1402–1410, 2006. © 2006 Society of Plastics Engineers.