Cationic photopolymerization of p-methylstyrene initiated by phosphonium and arsonium salts

  • Ideisan I. Abu-Abdoun*
  • , Aale-Ali
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Phenacyl benzyl phosphonium, and arsonium salts are useful photoinitiators for cationic polymerization of p-methylstryene (PMS); photosensitization of phenacyl triphenyl phosphonium salt by pyrene or N-methylphenothiazine enhances the rate of polymerization. Triphenylphosphine and triphenylarsine inhibits the polymerization of PMS. The effects of photolysis time, light intensity, initiator and sensitizer chemical structure on the rate of polymerization by salts of the above cations with hexafluoroantimonate (SbF6) or hexafluorophosphate (PF6-) is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1439-1443
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Polymer Journal
Volume29
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry

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