N-Substituent Effect of Maleimides on Acrylate Polymerization Initiated by Three-Component Systems

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2003

Department

Polymers and High Performance Materials

Abstract

In this paper, the relative photopolymerization efficiency for polymerization of a difunctional acrylate initiated by various N-substituted maleimides in the presence of amine and benzophenone are compared on the basis of a photo-differential scanning calorimetry (photo-DSC) study. The trends in the polymerization rates were obtained from the photopolymerization profiles and expressed in terms of a photoinitiation index, I-p. An N-substituent index, I-s, which indicates whether each N-substituent plays either a positive (when I-s > 1) or a negative (when I-s < 1) role in the initiation process relative to MI (unsubstituted maleimide), was determined. (C) 2003 Society of Chemical Industry.

Publication Title

Polymer International

Volume

52

Issue

11

First Page

1701

Last Page

1710

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