Blog

For today’s adhesive and coating formulators, enhanced adhesion is more than just a performance metric—it’s essential to product integrity, durability, and long-term value. Whether developing bonding materials or functional coatings, achieving reliable adhesion across a range of substrates is fundamental to ensuring a formulation performs as intended in real-world applications. From structural strength to resistance against environmental stressors, strong and stable adhesion is at the core of successful material design. In a recent study, Bomar chemists evaluated a selection of next-generation urethane acrylate oligomers for their adhesion capabilities across common industrial substrates. The results highlight promising new pathways for formulators.

With DPHA under global regulatory review, formulators need reliable alternatives that don’t compromise on performance. This study explores dendritic oligomer as a potential solution for UV flexography ink formulations.

How Bomar can assist you with oligomer synthesis and contract blending.

A large portion of UV-curing formulations cure through a free radical curing process. In this process, UV waves from a light source trigger a photoinitiator to release free radicals.

The need for increased productivity, regulatory concerns, and improved product performance continue to push companies towards evaluating UV-curable technology.

Oligomers provide a solid backbone for the formulation of coatings used throughout the graphics arts, consumer electronics, and automotive industries.

Oligomers are molecular complexes that make up polymers, each with varying characteristics and properties. 

Photoinitiators are the final step in the formulation process and can be supplemented with compounds like photosensitizers and co-initiators that enhance properties. 

In some oligomer and coating applications, high color or yellowing of a material can cause distortion of intended color on a part or result in an unappealing aesthetic.

Monomers can help to narrow oligomer characteristics to create a more specific formula development.