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Effect of cyclic acetals structure on efficiency of photoinitiation
Author(s) -
Wang Kemin,
Han Jing,
Shi Suqing,
Nie Jun
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.1453
Subject(s) - photoinitiator , photopolymer , benzophenone , polymerization , reactivity (psychology) , polymer chemistry , kinetics , materials science , photochemistry , double bond , chemistry , polymer , monomer , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics
Cyclic acetals were proposed as free radical polymerization photoinitiators or co‐initiators. The photopolymerization kinetics was recorded by real‐time infrared spectroscopy (RTIR). 2‐proply‐1,3‐benzodioxole (PBDO) and 2‐hexyl‐1,3‐benzodioxole (HBDO) were efficient photoinitiators for the polymerization of 1,6‐hexanedioldiacrylate (HDDA). Polymerization occurred at the highest rate with 1,3‐benzodioxolane (BDO) as a co‐initiator. When 1.82 wt % benzophenone (BP) was used as a photoinitiator, the addition of PBDO increased the rate of polymerization ( R p ) and the final double bond conversion (DC f ) of HDDA, and an optimum cure rate (0.982 min −1 ) was obtained at 1.64 wt % of PBDO. Combination of p ‐chlorobenzophenone (CBP) and PBDO had the highest initiating reactivity. Cyclic acetals were inefficient co‐initiators for isopropylthioxanthone (ITX). Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.