...Yonggui Wang; Xuejian Zhu; Anrui Zhou; Jianqiao Wu; Xu Zhang Purpose This paper aims to prepare a kind of the UV-curable waterborne polyurethane ( UVWPU ) and its application in volatility organic compound ( VOC )-free advanced water-based varnish. Design/methodology/approach In this paper...

...Anand Dixit; Kunal Wazarkar; Anagha S. Sabnis Purpose Epoxy acrylate which is commercially utilized for UV curable coatings although has excellent adhesion, flexibility, hardness and chemical resistance, they lack in antimicrobial properties. Citric acid (CA) is economical as well as a bio-based...

...Tao Zhang; Kairui Zhang; Tao Li; Chaoxia Wang; Fan Yang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to prepare waterborne UV-curable pigment pastes for cotton fabric printing. Design/methodology/approach – O/W (oligomer-in-water) emulsions of polyurethane acrylate (PUA) oligomer in sodium...

...Desmond Teck Chye Ang; Seng Neon Gan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop palm oil‐based alkyds as ultraviolet (UV) curable coatings and investigate the parameters that affect the coating performances. Design/methodology/approach Alkyds were formulated from palm stearin, glycerol...