A new method for reducing the viscosity of common epoxy acrylate oligomers.  The method, developed over several years by undergraduates at the University of Houston's Downtown campus, involves using deionized water (DI H2O) as a diluent.

Deionized water was found to be more effective in reducing the viscosity of oligomers than the two most effective functional acrylate monomers, octyl/decyl acrylate (ODA) and 1, 6-hexadiol diacrylate (HDODA).  At a mass ratio of only 2%, the viscosity resulting from deionized water is significantly lower than that of either monomer at 4%!