Mechanistic studies of thioxanthone-carbazole as a one-component type II photoinitiator

Karaca N., Balta D., Ocal N., ARSU N.

JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, cilt.146, ss.424-429, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 146
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.10.011
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.424-429
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carbazole, Free radical polymerization, One component Type II initiator, Photoinitiator, Thioxanthone, FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, DERIVATIVES, ANTHRACENE, ACID
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A mechanistic study concerning photoinitiated free radical polymerization using Thioxanthone-Carbazole (TX-Cz) as a one-component Type II photoinitiator was performed. TX-Cz presented visible initiator characteristics with absorptions at 434 and 414 nm where the molar absorption coefficients were 2014 and 1754 L mol(-1) cm(-1), respectively. Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectroscopy, as well as laser flash photolysis was employed to study the photophysical properties of TX-Cz. In addition, photopolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) showed that TX-Cz is efficient photoinitiator. To explain the initiation mechanism of TX-Cz, fluorescence and phosphorescence emission spectra of poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) were also taken to see whether the initiator covalently bonded to the polymer. The postulated mechanism is based on inter- molecular reaction of the triplet, (3)(TX-Cz)* with the carbazole moiety at ground state, TX-Cz. The photoinitiation efficiency of TX-Cz during gelation of multifunctional acrylates was also investigated by Photo-Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Photo-DSC) technique and high polymerization rates were obtained. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.