Camphorquinone–amines photoinitating systems for the initiation of free radical polymerization

• Published in: Polymer (Guilford) Vol. 44; no. 18; pp. 5219 - 5226
• Main Authors: Jakubiak, J., Allonas, X., Fouassier, J.P., Sionkowska, A., Andrzejewska, E., Linden, L.Å., Rabek, J.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Camphorquinone–amine; Electron–proton transfer; Exact sciences and technology; Photoinitiated polymerization; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymerization; Polymers and radiations; Camphorquinone–amine; Photoinitiated polymerization; Electron–proton transfer; Substituent effect; Camphorquinone-amine; Methacrylate polymer; Bulk polymerization; Quinone; Priming activity; Bifunctional compound; Experimental study; Reaction rate; Photoinitiator; Electron-proton transfer; Photopolymerization; Piperidine derivatives; Crosslinked polymer; Kinetics
• ISSN: 0032-3861; 1873-2291
• DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(03)00568-8

Results of the camphorquinone/hindered piperidines, visible-light photoinduced polymerization of triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate are presented. The effectiveness of piperidines as a coinitiator is compared with a few aliphatic amines and aromatic amines. The main objective in this research was to study the mechanism of photoinitiation of polymerization. Reactive radicals that initiate the polymerization are formed by a mechanism of hydrogen atom abstraction by the triplet state of camphorquinone, mediated by photoinduced electron transfer. The different efficiencies of the aliphatic amines and of the aromatic amines affecting photopolymerization are explained on the basis of the different quenching reactivities of the excited states of camphorquinone.