Photoinitiator Free Polymerization of Maleimides and Vinyl Ethers

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Department

Polymers and High Performance Materials

Abstract

The photopolymerization of mixtures of maleimides and vinyl ethers is shown to be an efficient, rapid process in the absence of external photoinitiators. Polymerization proceeds both in the presence and absence of oxygen. Films produced by the photopolymerization of maleimide/vinyl ether systems exhibit little absorbance at wavelengths greater than 300 nm. The thermal stability of these films are also excellent.

Publication Title

Photopolymerization: Fundamentals and Applications

Volume

673

First Page

133

Last Page

149

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