The research results of inks optical constants obtained using the spectral method of attenuated total internal reflection are presented. Ink optical properties are useful for paper documents investigation by the optical coherence microscopy methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Presently, we contemplate the merger of paper and electronics in different forms. There is a great desire to further explore this twinning of the information displaying features of printed papers and electronic inks. Here, we report a full-color paperboard display technology comprised of thermochromic and static inks combined with a patterned heater foil. Black and full-color thermochromic ink dots were screen-printed adjacent to, and on top of, static ink dots using a zero-angle mesh and template pattern orientation. As the heater is turned on and off, the display alter its content in between two predefined four-color pictures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]