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Frontispiece: Recent Advances in Germanium‐Based Photoinitiator Chemistry
Author(s) -
Haas Michael,
Radebner Judith,
Eibel Anna,
Gescheidt Georg,
Stueger Harald
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201883362
Subject(s) - photoinitiator , photopolymer , context (archaeology) , polymerization , nanotechnology , germanium , chemistry , polymer science , photochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , silicon , history , monomer , archaeology
Photopolymerization has witnessed a tremendous increase of interest in the last couple of years. In this context acylgermanes were found to be highly efficient photoinitiating systems. Advances in the design and application of acylgermanes as visible‐light photoinitiators for free radical polymerization are highlighted in the Minireview article by G. Gescheidt, H. Stueger et al. on page 8258 ff. with a strong emphasis on recently introduced tetraacylgermanes. The most common synthetic strategies are summarized along with a concise overview of the related photochemical reactivities.