ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
photoinitiator
;
iodonium borate salts
;
photoinduced radical polymerization
;
fluorone dye
;
visible polymerization
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Iodonium butyltriphenylborate salts (A—I+—Ar′Ph3B-—R), (=Bu) were found to be more efficient than iodonium tetraphenylborate salts (R=Ph) when used as photoinitiators for the polymerization of acrylates. Relative photodecomposition rates were also different. It was found from a study of the photoreaction of iodonium borate salts with a model monomer, methyl methacrylate, that iodonium butyltriphenylborate salts simultaneously produce a butyl radical from the borate anion and an aryl radical from the iodonium cation upon irradiation. Both radicals initiate polymerization. Iodonium tetraphenylborate salts were found to release an aryl radical, but only from the iodonium cation. Iodonium borate salts exhibit strong absorption below 300 nm with a tail absorption above 400 nm. Thus, iodonium butyltriphenyl borate salts are efficient photoinitiators even when used with visible light. When a photosensitizer such as 5,7-diiodo-3-butoxy-6-fluorone is employed, iodonium butyltriphenylborate salts are rendered much more efficient for visible light photopolymerization. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 1667-1677, 1998
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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