Liquid Crystallinity: Medium Effects on Photopolymerization Rates
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-1992
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
Ordering of the medium in which free radical polymerization is conducted can, under appropriate circumstances, alter the kinetics of the chain-growth process, resulting in enhanced rates. Since in many systems medium changes occur at higher conversion, it is important to take into account any alterations in the polymerization rate induced by such phenomena. We have found that exotherms initiated by individual laser pulses can be useful in identifying and providing detailed information concerning rate acceleration in liquid crystalline systems. From measurements of the pulse intensities in the sample cell, estimates of the quantum efficiency and kinetic chain length have been made directly from the integrated areas of the exotherm curves. Recent refinements in our sample geometry have allowed us to generate reproducible efficient data as a function of the degree of conversion and order in the polymerization medium.
Publication Title
Polymer Engineering and Science
Volume
32
Issue
20
First Page
1490
Last Page
1493
Recommended Citation
Hoyle, C. E.,
Kang, D.,
Chawla, C.,
Griffin, A.
(1992). Liquid Crystallinity: Medium Effects on Photopolymerization Rates. Polymer Engineering and Science, 32(20), 1490-1493.
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