Irem Ulku, Fabrice Morlet-Savary, Jacques Lalevée and Havva Yagci Acar
Polym. Chem., 2018,9, 828-833
DOI:
10.1039/C7PY02030A,
Communication
Luminescent ZnO/methacrylic acid was demonstrated as an active photoinitiator in the free radical polymerization of vinyl monomers in bulk and in organic solvent without a protic solvent or a co-catalyst, producing luminescent nanocomposites for the first time. Excitation between 320 and 390 nm provided the best results but PEGDA was also successfully initiated at 400–500 nm.
