Processes in Photoreactive Polymers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Photoreactive Polymers: History and State of the Art

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Asphalt as the World’s First Photopolymer—Revisiting the Invention of Photography

      • Jean-Louis Marignier

      Pages 3-33

   3. Recent Developments in Radiation Curing Chemistry

      • Christian Decker

      Pages 34-55

3. Processes in Photoreactive Polymers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Time Resolved Laser Spectroscopy of Excited State Processes in Photoimaging Systems

      • Jean-Pierre Fouassier

      Pages 59-89

   3. Hexaarylbiimidazolyl: The Choice Initiator for Photopolymers. History of Synthesis and Investigation of Photochemical Properties

      • Koko Maeda

      Pages 90-110

   4. Visible Light Photoinitiation Systems Based on Electron and Energy Transfer Processes

      • Tsuguo Yamaoka, Kazuhiko Naitoh

      Pages 111-169

   5. Investigation of Electron Transfer Between Hexaarylbiimidazole and a Visible Sensitizer

      • Yi Lin, Andong Liu, Alexander D. Trifunac, Vadim V. Krongauz

      Pages 170-184

   6. Diffusion in Polymer Matrix and Anisotropic Photopolymerization

      • Vadim V. Krongauz

      Pages 185-259

   7. Benzoin Ether Photoinitiators Bound to Acrylated Prepolymers

      • Kwang-Duk Ahn

      Pages 260-277

   8. Photosensitive Liquid Crystalline Polymers

      • Carolyn Bowry

      Pages 278-304

4. Photoreactive Polymers in Advanced Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

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   2. Holographic Recording Materials

      • Roger A. Lessard, Rupak Changkakoti, Gurusamy Manivannan

      Pages 307-367

   3. Photoresists and Their Development

      • Nigel P. Hacker

      Pages 368-403

5. Back Matter

   Pages 405-409

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The development of photosensitive materials in general and photoreactive polymers in particular is responsible for major advances in the information, imaging, and electronic industries. Computer parts manufacturing, information storage, and book and magazine publishing all depend on photoreactive polymer systems. The photo-and radiation-induced processes in polymers are also active areas of research. New information on the preparation and properties of com­ mercially available photosensitive systems is constantly being acquired. The recent demand for environmentally safe solvent-free and water-soluble materials also motivated changes in the composition of photopolymers and photoresists. The interest in holographic recording media for head-up displays, light scanners, and data recording stimulated development of reconfigurable and visible light sensitive materials. Photoconductive polymerizable coatings are being tested in electrostatic proofing and color printing. The list of available initiators, poly­ meric binders, and other coating ingredients is continually evolving to respond to the requirements of low component loss (low diffusivity) and the high rate of photochemical reactions.

• chemistry
• computer
• crystal
• liquid
• material
• polymer
• polymerization
• preparation
• reaction
• Resol
• spectroscopy

• DSM Desotech, Inc., Elgin, USA

  V. V. Krongauz

• Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA

  A. D. Trifunac

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