The photochemical and photophysical properties of new polymeric photoinitiators (PPIs) containing pendant thioxanthone (TX) and amine moieties are studied. The PPIs are synthesized by copolymerization of tert-butyl 2-((9-oxo-9H-thioxanthen-2-yloxy)methyl)acrylate (TX1) with N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEM) at two different ratios using free radical polymerization. UV-vis spectra indicate that PPIs possess similar absorption characteristics to TX1 in the violet range (400 nm; absorption red-shift 20 nm). The photochemical mechanisms are studied by electron spin resonance (ESR), steady state photolysis, laser flash photolysis, and cyclic voltammetry. ESR studies indicate formation of two different aminoalkyl radicals on the hydrogen donor amine. The triplet state
Two novel water soluble polymeric photoinitiators (PPIs) (PEI-I2959 and PEI-I2959-Ts) for free radical polymerization have been synthesized by introducing 2-hydroxy-4’-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylpropiophenone (Irgacure 2959 or I2959) functionality into the branched poly(ethyleneimine) (Mw...
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