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SUMMARY:Soft Matter for Hard Copy - Dr Andrew Howe\, Kodak European Resear
 ch\, 332 Science Park\, Milton Road\, Cambridge CB4 0WN
DTSTART:20080229T141500Z
DTEND:20080229T151500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Kalin Dragnevski
DESCRIPTION:Hard-copy images can be produced by a range of methods\, from 
 the one-off such as painting to the multiple-millions via offset printing.
   \n\nKodak has a long history of enabling both individuals and businesses
  to produce images\, usually in hard-copy form.  These images invariably c
 ontain polymers\, particles and surfactants.  The polymers act as binders 
 and rheology modifiers\, the particles as colourants or to modify mechanic
 al properties\, while surfactants stabilise bulk and dispersed interfaces 
 or are used to control wetting processes.  The various components are comb
 ined in a liquid medium (preferably water!) and then deposited in a precis
 e manner on a substrate\, which is usually a polymer film.  Deposition may
  be as either a continuous film (conventional photography) where a further
  process will generate the image or as a pattern (inkjet printing) that fo
 rms the image itself. \n\nIn this presentation\, the science behind some o
 f the applications of soft matter in Kodak’s European Reseach Laboratori
 es will be described.  The application areas range from conventional silve
 r halide technology to coatings for inkjet papers.  The scientific topics 
 include rheology\, polymer-surfactant interactions\, multilayer thin-film 
 coating\, physical and chemical gelation\, and particle stabilisation.\n
LOCATION:IRC in Superconductivity Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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