Vedran Durasevic Email & Phone Number

Essen, Nrw, De

Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Essen Area, Germany

Broadstairs

FUJIFILM Speciality Ink Systems' core skill is ink design, with an unmatched understanding of ink chemistry, print applications, media, printheads and UV curing. Fujifilm’s design capability encompasses R&D resources, a legacy of ink formulation and vast manufacturing experience.Continual investment in research and development enables Fujifilm to keep up with the rapid advances in inkjet printing technology and deliver ink systems that fuel some of the world's most powerful wide format printers.A high speed digital printer may have to place billions of droplets of ink accurately, every second in order to form a high resolution image at production speed. The demands on printheads and ink performance are very high and so formulations must meet precise performance specifications.When designing an ink, our chemists consider properties like printed finish, adhesion to the printed material, flexibility and finishing, while controlling particle size, viscosity and surface tension to produce inks that jet reliably.Inks are rigorously tested in the laboratory and in production environments where prints are tested for jetting reliability, print quality, production performance and weathering to ensure they meet Fujifilm’s stringent performance and quality assurance standards.A central research and development team is situated alongside the manufacturing facilities in Broadstairs, UK, supported by two facilities:The FUJIFILM Cambridge Engineering Facility in Cambridge, UK, is a wholly owned division of FSIS set up in 2011 as a centre of excellence to provide innovative printing solutions to the digital graphics industry.The Advanced Marking Research Centre in Tokyo, Japan supports FSIS with the development of fundamental technologies and materials.

Colour Science Department

-main researcher on an industrially funded R&D project aimed towards designing and formulating electrically conductive inks for smart textile applications- screening binders/resins, carbon based conductive fillers (carbon blacks, graphite, CNTs, graphene etc.) and auxiliaries for development of waterborne ink formulations- design, formulation and fabrication of electrically conductive waterborne inks with the aim of improving targeted properties such as electrical conductance and durability - liaising and collaborating with both UK and internationally based distributors, sales representatives and expert teams of major industrial companies in chemical and textile sector- use of complex pigment dispersion machinery and design of "ladder series" in the aim of optimizing and stabilizing dispersion systems - design of patterns for electrically conductive coatings and prints - use of semi-automated flat-bed screen printers (Roku Print SD05, DEK 248)- testing and analyses of results (electrical conductivity, wash-fastness, rub resistance, fastness to perspiration, SEM, spectral analysis)- report write-up and dissemination of results- training PhD, MSc students and other research staff

Faculty Of Textile Technology

- development of photochromic and thermochromic systems for applications to textile substrates- development of dispersion techniques for photochromic dyes for dyeing from aqueous baths and waterborne printing ink formulations- development of sensors, security and anti-counterfeit systems based on photo and thermochromism- development of apparatus that aid measurement of fabricated security systems including UV chamber for photochromics and temperature controlled stage for thermochromics- analysis and graphical representation of spectrophotometric properties of developed systems- teaching and laboratory exercises for grad and postgrad students including the dyeing and printing principles and mechanisms associated with conventional and novelty textile finishing processes- publication of peer-reviewed papers and conference attendance, including 8 oral presentations- collaboration with companies from the field of textile industry in the form of resolving process problems - active participation at ALUMNI organisation- Treatment of colour rich textile dye-house effluents via lab-scaled CW- Analysis of treatment potential of different filter media for CW applications including cellulose based materials- Analysis of treated textile wastewater effluents including COD, BOC5 and colour index- Active participation on following projects:  Constructed Wetlands for Treating Textile dyes FP7; TPOT: Unlocking the Croatian Textile Research Potentials Application of Fuzzy Logic in the Processes of Dyeing and Colour Measurement Dyes and Dyestuff in the process of Ecologically Acceptable Sustainable Development T2Net Flemish-Croatian Textile Training Network