Altay, Luby, Teke, and Bachmann co-author study on sustainable printing inks

Bilge Altay, assistant professor in the Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science; Anthony Luby, doctoral student; Ayyüce Güzide Teke, postdoctoral researcher; and Charles Bachmann, Wiedman Professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, published “Addressing Carbon Black Challenge: Preliminary Near-Infrared Optical Screening of Bio-Derived Black Flexography Ink,” in ACS Sustainable Resource Management. The study examines the near-infrared optical properties of inks combining biochar, an alternative to conventional carbon black, with a PFAS-free, zero-VOC biopolymer binder, and their potential applications in sustainable printing and packaging designed with recycling in mind.