| Introduction | |
| The Nature of Light | p. 1 |
| The Energy of Radiation | p. 2 |
| Reaction of Light with Organic Molecules | p. 3 |
| Energy Transfer Process | p. 12 |
| Electron Transfer Process | p. 16 |
| The Charge Transfer Processes in Polymeric Materials | p. 17 |
| The Antenna Effect in Polymers | p. 21 |
| Photosensitizers and Photoinitiators | |
| Photosensitizers | p. 23 |
| Photoinitiators | p. 26 |
| Free-Radical Photoinitiators | p. 27 |
| Aromatic Ketone Photoinitiators | p. 28 |
| Initiators Based on Maleimide and Similar Compounds | p. 43 |
| Two-Component Photoinitiators | p. 47 |
| Multicomponent Photoinitiating Systems | p. 63 |
| Photoinitiators Designed for Water Borne Systems | p. 69 |
| Oligomeric and Polymeric Photoinitiators | p. 71 |
| Photoinitiators Designed for Use with Visible Light | p. 77 |
| Miscellaneous Free-Radical Photoinitiators | p. 86 |
| Photoinitiators for Ionic Polymerization | p. 87 |
| Anionic Photoinitiators | p. 87 |
| Cationic Photoinitiators | p. 89 |
| Diazonium Salts | p. 89 |
| Onium Salts | p. 90 |
| Organometallic Cationic Photoinitiators | p. 106 |
| Photoinitiators Capable of Initiating Simultaneously Cationic and Free-Radical Polymerizations | p. 109 |
| Photoinitiators for Two-Photon-Induced Polymerizations | p. 110 |
| Chemistry of Photocurable Compositions | |
| Basic Background of Photocurable Materials | p. 123 |
| Compositions that Cure By Free-Radical Mechanism | p. 124 |
| Photocuring by Free-Radical Chain Growth Polymerization | p. 125 |
| Monomers used in Photocuring | p. 125 |
| Oligomers and Prepolymers | p. 132 |
| The Mechanism of Free-Radical Photopolymerization | p. 142 |
| The Initiation Reaction | p. 142 |
| The Propagation Reaction | p. 147 |
| The Termination Reaction | p. 152 |
| Effect of Oxygen | p. 155 |
| Depth of Cure | p. 156 |
| Effect of Pigments | p. 156 |
| Compositions that Are Based on Thiol-Ene Reactions | p. 157 |
| Compositions that Cure by Cationic Mechanism | p. 168 |
| Compositions that Utilize Diazonium Salts | p. 168 |
| Compositions that Utilize Onium Salts | p. 169 |
| Hybrid Systems | p. 177 |
| Mechanism and Kinetic Aspects of Cationic Photocuring | p. 178 |
| Investigations and Monitoring of the Photocuring Process | p. 180 |
| Use of Infrared Spectroscopies | p. 182 |
| Use of Optical Pyrometry and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography | p. 185 |
| Electron Proton Resonance with Near Infrared Spectroscopy | p. 186 |
| Microwave Dielectric Measurements | p. 186 |
| Fourier Transfer Mechanical Spectroscopy | p. 187 |
| Differential Photocalorimetry | p. 187 |
| Some Examples of Light Curable Coating Compositions | p. 190 |
| Photocrosslinkable Polymers | |
| Polymers that Photocrosslink by Formation of Cyclobutane Rings | p. 201 |
| Polymers with Pendant Cinnamoyl Functional Groups | p. 203 |
| Polymers with Functional Chalcone Groups | p. 212 |
| Polymers with Functional Groups Similar to Cinnamates | p. 214 |
| Polymers with Functional Furan Groups | p. 215 |
| Polymers with Functional Maleimide Groups | p. 217 |
| Polymers with Pendant Uracil, Thymene, Pyridinium, and Quinolinium Moieties | p. 218 |
| Polymers with Pendant Abietate and Dibenzazepine Groups | p. 220 |
| Polymers that Crosslink by Dimerization of Nitrenes and by Other Combinations of Free-Radicals to Form Covalent Bonds | p. 223 |
| Polymers with Pendant Azide Groups | p. 224 |
| Polymers with Pendant Thiadiazole and Episulfide Groups | p. 227 |
| Polymers with Acrylic Functionality | p. 230 |
| Ketone Containing Polymers | p. 232 |
| Miscellaneous Photocrosslinkable Polymers | p. 233 |
| Polymers Designed to Crosslink Upon Irradiation with Laser Beams | p. 235 |
| Polymeric Materials that Crosslink by an Ionic Mechanism | p. 236 |
| Polymers with Pendant Cyclic Ether Groups | p. 236 |
| Polymers with Pendant Alkyne Groups | p. 238 |
| Metallopolymers | p. 240 |
| Photoresponsive Polymers | |
| Polymer for Harvesting Sun's Energy | p. 246 |
| Polymers with Norbornadiene Moieties | p. 246 |
| Polymers with Pendant Spiropyran Groups | p. 249 |
| Novel Approaches to Light Energy Harvesting Polymers | p. 250 |
| Photoisomerization Reactions in Polymeric Materials | p. 253 |
| Photoisomerization of the Olefinic Group | p. 254 |
| Photoisomerization of the Azo Group | p. 255 |
| Changes in Viscosity and Solubility of Polymeric Solutions | p. 261 |
| Sol-Gel Reversible Conversions | p. 265 |
| Changes in Birefringence and Dichroism | p. 268 |
| Application to Optical Data Storage | p. 273 |
| Changes in Contact Angle of Water | p. 276 |
| Changes in Optical Activity | p. 277 |
| Liquid Crystalline Alignment | p. 278 |
| Photonic Crystals | p. 289 |
| Photoconducting Polymers | p. 289 |
| Photoconductive Polymers Based on Carbazole | p. 291 |
| Photoconductive Polymers that Are Not Based on Carbazole | p. 296 |
| Proton or Electron Transfer in the Excited State | p. 300 |
| Reversible [beta]-Sheet Transitions | p. 302 |
| Polymers that Shed Small Molecules, Ions, or Free-Radicals Upon Irradiation | p. 303 |
| Color Changes | p. 304 |
| Photoresponsive Gas Barrier Films | p. 307 |
| Photoisomerizable Rotaxanes | p. 307 |
| Photoresponsive Shape Changes | p. 307 |
| Photorefractive Polymers for Nonlinear Optics | |
| Photorefractive Materials | p. 316 |
| Chromophores for Nonlinear Optics | p. 319 |
| Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optics | p. 327 |
| Crosslinked Polymeric Materials | p. 327 |
| Polymers Crosslinked by the Diels-Alder Reaction | p. 328 |
| Polyurethanes | p. 328 |
| Epoxy Crosslinked Polymers | p. 333 |
| Crosslinked Polyesters | p. 334 |
| Polymeric Materials with High Second Order Transition Temperature | p. 334 |
| Polyimides and Polyamides | p. 334 |
| Polycarbonates | p. 341 |
| Highly Aromatic Polyquinolines | p. 342 |
| Polynaphthalenes | p. 343 |
| Fluorinated Poly(arylene ethers) | p. 345 |
| Polysiloxanes | p. 346 |
| Polyacetylenes | p. 348 |
| Polymers with Carbazole Structures in the Backbone | p. 349 |
| Liquid Crystal Polymers | p. 350 |
| Acrylic Polymers | p. 353 |
| Polyphosphazenes | p. 355 |
| Miscellaneous Materials | p. 356 |
| Index | p. 365 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
