General conditions and experimental design of sustained frontal photopolymerization in photopolymerizable liquid compositions

• Published in: Polymer Science. Series A Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 291 - 298
• Main Authors: Chesnokov, S. A., Treushnikov, V. M., Chechet, Yu. V., Cherkasov, V. K., Mamysheva, O. N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.03.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Polymer Sciences; Polymerizations; Synthesis; Polymer Science Series; Monomer Conversion; Photopolymerization; Polymer Layer; Front Propagation

It has been shown that, in order to accomplish frontal photopolymerization in the mode of a self-sustained travelling wave, it is necessary to use compositions that are optically transparent behind the front and experience the onset of gelling at a minimal degree of polymerization, e.g., systems bas...