ABOUT QCR SOLUTIONS CORP
QCR Solutions Corp helps product developers and manufacturers identify, evaluate, and source functional dyes, pigments, inks, and additives for technical applications.
Our product areas include ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared absorbing dyes; thermochromic and photochromic materials; security and optical materials; and specialty additives for coatings, plastics, inks, films, adhesives, and related systems.
We start with the finished application—not simply a requested product. By understanding the material system, process, thickness or optical path, functional target, durability requirements, and validation method, QCR Solutions helps identify realistic starting materials and the next useful evaluation step.
Our Approach
- We begin with the customer’s finished product, process, and required result.
- We identify realistic starting materials using available product data, application experience, and supplier or manufacturing input.
- We clearly separate what is known from what remains uncertain or must be tested.
- Final compatibility and performance must be validated in the customer’s actual formulation, process, and finished article.
Chemical & Manufacturing Support
- Specialty absorbing dyes and related functional materials spanning the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions.
- Evaluation-scale and production-scale quantities, depending on the product and project requirements.
- Toll manufacturing and qualified custom development for projects with defined technical requirements and commercial objectives.
- Chemistry experience includes cyanine and polymethine dyes, porphyrins, filter dyes, laser dyes, and tris- and tetrakis-aminium absorbers.
Analytical Capabilities
- UV/visible absorption spectroscopy
- High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Fluorescence spectroscopy
- Melting-point analysis
- Access to additional university analytical and research resources for qualified projects