Surface Modification and Processing Techniques
Coating techniques
- Blade coating (R2R)
- Reverse gravure coating (R2R)
- Gravure offset coating (R2R)
- Knife coating (R2R)
- Rod coating (batch)
- Slot die coating (batch & R2R)
- Patterned slot die coating (batch & R2R)
- Spin coating (batch)
- KSV dip coater
Printing techniques
- Inkjet printing (Dimatix 2830, PiXDRO LP50)
- Flexography & offset lithography printing (IGT Global Standard Tester 2)
- Electrophotographic wax printing (Xerox ColorQube 8580)
- Soft lithography
- Screen printing
- Custom built functional materials R2R hybrid printer: flexography, inkjet(Xaar 128 & 1001 printing heads), corona treatment, reverse gravure and spray coating
- 3D printing: UP Plus 3D material printer, Allevi 2 bioprinter, Makerbot replicator 1 & 2, Sigma 3D printer, Procusini food printer
Surface energy control
- Ultra violet treatment (batch/R2R)
- Corona treatment (R2R)
- Plasma treatment (batch)
Grafting and molecular monolayers
- Electron beam grafting (with living free radical polymerization)
- Self-assembled monolayer deposition
Additional surface modification techniques available through existing co-operation with external partners
- Atomic layer deposition
- Plasma coating
- Chemical vapor deposition
* R2R = Roll-to-roll processing