Patterned colouring via variable-speed single stretching

• Main Authors: Wu, Xuelian, Tiwari, Vishwa Mohan, Suryarao, Kimaya Prasad, Tan, Richard, Xiao, Rui, Lv, Haibao, Zhang, Yilei, Wang, Zhifeng, Huang, Wei Min
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Pattern; Colouring
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168817
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We demonstrate a cost-effective, highly reliable/stable and environmentally friendly approach for the patterned colouring of a commercial transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET). We show that different colour patterns (transparent, white/translucent, complete white/silver and different combinat...