Novel Photoinitiators and Photopolymerization Technology
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2025 | Viewed by 94
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Interests: functional dyes-synthesis, photophysics and photochemistry; sensitizers in the photopolymerization process; dyes as fluorescent probes; kinetics of photopolymerization
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Interests: organic synthesis; photochemistry; photoinitiating systems; photopolymerization; polymer materials
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Interests: photopolymerization; photocurable resins; functional polymers; self-healing coatings; cycloaddition reaction
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Interests: polymer chemistry; photopolymerization; photoinitiators; pressure-sensitive adhesives; photocurable coatings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The production of modern, functional polymers requires the continuous improvement of their production technologies. The development of innovative strategies for obtaining useful polymeric materials is an important challenge for scientists and technologist for future years.
Over several decades, interest in light-initiated polymerization processes has rapidly increased. Due to numerous advantageous properties, such as being of high efficiency, energy saving, economic, having the possibility of temporally and spatially controlling the process, having a fast reaction rate, and its limited organic solvents consumption, photopolymerization has became one of the key technologies of Industry 4.0.
Photopolymerization reactions are commonly used in the production of various type of coatings (e.g., paints, lacquers, inks), adhesives, dental fillings, hydrogels, and smart materials, as well as in electronics, optics, 3D printing, and many other applications. The potential for the further development of this technology is huge.
The key role in photopolymerization is that of the photoinitiator. This compound undergoes a photochemical reaction after light absorption and forms reactive species that initiate the polymerization. Although there are many commercially available photoinitiators, the development of novel, highly effective initiators is still very important.
The scope of this Special Issue, titled “Novel Photoinitiators and Photopolymerization Technology”, is to present recent advances in the design of novel photoinitiating systems and the improvement of photopolymerization technology.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Janina Kabatc
Dr. Alicja Balcerak-Woźniak
Dr. Paulina Bednarczyk
Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Czech
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photoinitiator
- photoinitiating system
- photopolymerization
- kinetics
- polymerizable composition
- polymer materials
- applications
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