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James V. (Jim) Crivello

October 26, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 42

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Credit: Courtesy of Ann Crivello
Photo of James V. (Jim) Crivello.
Credit: Courtesy of Ann Crivello

Crivello, 74, died on Feb. 26 in Clifton Park, N.Y.

“One of his key accomplishments was the development of a new class of protic acid ­photogenerators, also known as ‘Crivello salts,’ for inducing cationic polymerization of epoxy resins, which opened the door for the first wave of additive manufacturing systems. Three-dimensional printing with epoxy-based photopolymers still uses his ­materials and methodology, as does epoxy coating technology. Chemically amplified photoresists, the sine qua non of the high-density microelectronics industry, also depend on his discoveries.”—Leonard V. Interrante, colleague at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute

Most recent title: professor of chemistry, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute; editor of Chemistry of Materials

Education: B.S., chemistry, Aquinas College, 1962; Ph.D., organic chemistry, University of Notre Dame, 1966

Survivors: wife, Ann, and daughters, Sara Bednarz and Leah Valvo

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