Naphthalimide‐phthalimide derivative based photoinitiating systems for polymerization reactions under blue lights

Naphthalimide‐phthalimide derivatives (NDPDs) have been synthesized and combined with an iodonium salt, N‐vinylcarbazole, amine or 2,4,6‐tris(trichloromethyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine to produce reactive species (i.e., radicals and cations). These generated reactive species are capable of initiating the cationic polymerization of epoxides and/or the radical polymerization of acrylates upon exposure to very soft polychromatic visible lights or blue lights. Compared with the well‐known camphorquinone based systems used as references, the novel NDPD based combinations employed here demonstrate clearly higher efficiencies for the cationic polymerization of epoxides under air as well as the radical polymerization of acrylates. Remarkably, one of the NDPDs (i.e., NDPD2) based systems is characterized by an outstanding reactivity. The structure/reactivity/efficiency relationships of the investigated NDPDs were studied by fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry, laser flash photolysis, electron spin resonance spin trapping, and steady state photolysis techniques. The key parameters for their reactivity are provided. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015 , 53, 665–674     

Photochemical attachment of polymers on planar surfaces with a covalently anchored monolayer of a novel naphthyl ketone photochemical radical generator

A monolayer of covalently anchored, novel, binaphthyl ketone is used as a surface‐confined photochemical radical generator (PRG) for anchoring a variety of polymers to silicon surfaces. The precursor PRG is synthesized by the application of a facile and novel method for the oxidation of sterically hindered benzylic hydrocarbons to carbonyl compounds. Oxidation was carried out with a stoichiometric amount of potassium peroxydisulfate, in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper sulfate in an acetonitrile/water mixture. The PRG synthesized is characterized by ¹H NMR, UV, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). The covalently attached monolayers are characterized by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ellipsometry, and water contact angle measurements. The method developed is applicable to the preparation of a monolayer of a variety of polymers on a wide range of substrates carrying surface hydroxyl groups. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 5413–5423, 2004     

Dark cure studies of cationic photopolymerizations of epoxides: Characterization of kinetic rate constants at high conversions

The effective propagation rate constant (k_p; averaged over all the propagating active centers) was characterized for solvent‐free cationic photopolymerizations of phenyl glycidyl ether over the entire range of conversions, including the high conversion regime in which mass transfer limitations become important. The profile for the k_p as a function of conversion was found to exhibit a constant plateau value at low to intermediate conversions, followed by a monotonic increase above a threshold value of conversion. To explain this trend, it is proposed that at high conversion the diffusional mobility of the photoinitiator counterion is reduced whereas the mobility of the cationic active center remains high because of reactive diffusion. Therefore, with increasing conversion, the average distance between the active centers and counterions may increase, resulting in an increase in the propagation rate constant. The profiles for the k_p values were investigated as a function of the temperature, photoinitiator anion, and photoinitiator concentration. As the photoinitiator concentration was increased, the plateau value of the effective propagation rate constant decreased whereas the threshold conversion increased. All of the experimental trends are consistent with the proposed increase in ion separation at high conversions. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4409–4416, 2004     

CC14法合成α—羟基—α—甲基苯丙酮的研究

α 羟基 α 甲基苯丙酮 (ＰＨＭＰ)是一种性能优良的新型光引发剂 ,具有引发效率高、热稳定性好、耐黄变、无异味等优点[1,2 ] 。现有合成方法步骤多 ,产率低 ,后处理麻烦 ,操作复杂[3,4] ,且在反应过程中会产生ＨＣ1或ＨＢｒ等有毒副产物。本文研究了在相转移催化剂的作用下[5,6 ] ,ＣＣｌ4直接氯化水解生成α 羟基 α 甲基苯丙酮的新方法。该方法不仅减少了反应步骤 ,简化了操作 ,而且提高了产品质量。1　实验部分1 .1　仪器与试剂傅立叶红外光谱仪Ｐｅｒｋｉｎ Ｅｌｍｅｒ 1 71 0 ,ＷＸＳ 1型阿贝折光仪。异丁酸 ,ＳＯＣｌ2 ,苯 ,四氯化…     

Use of α‐diketones as visible photoinitiators for the photocrosslinking of waterborne latex paints

The efficiency of several α‐diketones as visible light photoinitiators for the crosslinking of waterborne latex dispersions in the presence of acrylic monomers was evaluated. Among the eight α‐diketones studied, camphorquinone allows the fastest curing speed, and the curing of the acrylic waterborne coating is not affected by the presence of oxygen. The properties of the sunlight‐cured volatile organic compound (VOC)‐free pigmented paints prepared from the waterborne latex are as good or better than the equivalent conventional paint containing VOCs. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 3171–3181, 2002     

Highly efficient water‐soluble visible light photoinitiators

The monoacylphosphineoxide (MAPO) salts Na‐TPO and Li‐TPO and the bisacylphosphineoxide (BAPO) salts BAPO‐ONa and BAPO‐OLi define an important and in the latter case a new class of water‐soluble photoinitiators (PIs) for radical polymerization. These compounds showed excellent water‐solubility of at least 29 g/L for Na‐TPO and up to 60 g/L for BAPO‐ONa in deionized water, thus exceeding the solubility of the state of the art PI for water‐based systems Irgacure 2959 ( I2959 ) 6‐ to 12‐fold. However, biocompatibility, storage stability, and reactivity were equally important to replace the state of the art compounds. Concerning these properties, the MAPO and BAPO salts were at least in the same range (biocompatibility, stability) or showed even better results (reactivity) and had the additional advantage of visible light initiation. Na‐TPO and Li‐TPO achieved double bond conversions of an aqueous solution of N‐acryloylmorpholine over 97% with broad band irradiation (320–500 nm), Li‐TPO showed additionally very good biocompatibility (LC₅₀ = 3.1 mmol/L) and BAPO‐OLi showed highest reactivity with visible light irradiation. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 473–479     

含倍半硅氧烷的大分子光引发剂的合成及其光引发性能

通过笼型八氯丙基倍半硅氧烷(POSS-Cl)与4-羟基二苯甲酮(HBP)的反应得到一种新型夺氢型大分子光引发剂(POSS-HBP),利用磁共振谱和红外光谱对其分子结构进行表征.通过实时红外光谱比较研究了光引发剂HBP与POSS-HBP在紫外光照下引发1,6-已二醇二丙烯酸酯(HDDA)的聚合性能.同时,分别考察了POSSHBP和供氢体N,N-二甲基苯胺(DMA)的浓度对HDDA光聚合速率的影响,当POSS-HBP的质量分数为1.0%(以HBP计),供氢体(DMA)的质量分数为3.0%时,HDDA的光聚合只需要8s,较相同情况下HBP光引发聚合缩短了4s.同时,该聚合材料还具有抗黄变及基本无气味等优点.     

Holographic property of photopolymers with different amine photoinitiators

Holographic parameters and photobleaching kinetics of the photopolymers with five different amine photoinitiators are studied. The maximum values of diffraction efficiency, photobleaching coefficient and quantum yield follow the sequence: Triethanolamine (TEA)> Diethanolamine (DEA)> Ethanolamine (EA)> Triethylamine (TETN)> Diethylamine (DETN). The holographic capabilities of photopolymer performances are determined by the number of functional groups in the amine molecular structure. There is an optimum proportion of the photoinitiator, the photosensitizer and the monomer in the test of holographic parameters with different amine concentrations. The maximum diffraction efficiency is 59.26\%, sensitivity is 1.72\times 10^{ - 3}~cm^{2}/mJ, and the maximum refractive modulation index is 4.64\times 10^{ - 4}.     

Synthesis and characteristics of photopolymerized benzophenone

Photopolymerization is extensively used in today's industrial field due to its advantages of rapid reaction, environmental friendly, energy saving and economical. Benzophenone is a most common photoinitiator (PI) using in photopolymerization because of its superior ability to initiate acrylate monomers. However, the intrinsic nature of initiator molecules is that they migrate out of polymer network, which limits its application, especially in the domain of food packaging materials. A polymerizable PI 4‐methylbenzophenone acrylate (MBPAc) was synthesized by a facile procedure and characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and MS analyses. A systematic study of the photopolymerization kinetics of MBPAc was explored by the Real‐Time Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer. The results show that the final conversion and photopolymerization rate of acrylate monomers are closely related to the factors of their chemical structure, viscosity, functionality and light intensity, which means MBPAc is an efficient PI. Ultraviolet‐visible Spectrophotometer and vitro cytotoxicity measurement results indicate that the noncytotoxic MBPAc shows significantly lower migration than its analogue. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 313–320