Bio-based polyester itaconates as binder resins for UV-curing offset printing inks

UV-curing inks have several economic and environmental advantages compared with standard printing inks, such as high printing velocities, low VOC emissions and good adhesion to nonabsorbing substrates. However, there are also some drawbacks, such as residual monomers, pungent odor and allergic poten...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:JCT research 2019-05, Vol.16 (3), p.689-697
Main Authors: Robert, Tobias, Eschig, Steven, Biemans, Toine, Scheifler, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acrylic acid
Acrylic resins
Acrylics
Adhesives
Catalysis
Catalysts
Chemistry and Materials Science
Corrosion and Coatings
Curing
Formulations
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Ink & ink industry
Inks
Materials Science
Monomers
Offset printing
Polyester resins
Polymer Sciences
Polymers
Prepolymers
Printing
Renewable resources
Substrates
Surfaces and Interfaces
Thin Films
Tribology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:UV-curing inks have several economic and environmental advantages compared with standard printing inks, such as high printing velocities, low VOC emissions and good adhesion to nonabsorbing substrates. However, there are also some drawbacks, such as residual monomers, pungent odor and allergic potential of monomers and prepolymers derived from acrylic acid. In addition, only few examples of UV-curing inks derived from renewable resources are known. Herein, acrylate-free UV-curing polyester itaconates with a renewable content up to 100% and their application as binder resins in UV-curing offset ink formulations are presented. In order to obtain a high renewable content in the polyester resins, Zn(OAc) 2 had to be used as polycondensation catalyst, as standard Brønsted acid catalyst led to undesired side reactions. The resins obtained with this synthetic protocol were tested on their reactivity, which was slightly lower than a commercial polyester acrylate. Printing inks formulated from these polyester itaconates showed interesting properties despite the fact that no acrylic acid was incorporated in the resins.
ISSN:1547-0091
1935-3804
2168-8028
DOI:10.1007/s11998-018-0146-4