Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymeric Materials

Presents the state of the technology, from fundamentals to new materials and applications

Today's electronic devices, computers, solar cells, printing, imaging, copying, and recording technology, to name a few, all owe a debt to our growing understanding of the photophysics and photochemistry of polymeric materials. This book draws together, analyzes, and presents our current understanding of polymer photochemistry and photophysics. In addition to exploring materials, mechanisms, processes, and properties, the handbook also highlights the latest applications in the field and points to new developments on the horizon.

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymer Materials is divided into seventeen chapters, including:

• Optical and luminescent properties and applications of metal complex-based polymers

• Photoinitiators for free radical polymerization reactions

• Photovoltaic polymer materials

• Photoimaging and lithographic processes in polymers

• Photostabilization of polymer materials

• Photodegradation processes in polymeric materials

Each chapter, written by one or more leading experts and pioneers in the field, incorporates all the latest findings and developments as well as the authors' own personal insights and perspectives. References guide readers to the literature for further investigation of individual topics.

Together, the contributions represent a series of major developments in the polymer world in which light and its energy have been put to valuable use. Not only does this reference capture our current state of knowledge, but it also provides the foundation for new research and the development of new materials and new applications.

Preface vii

Contributors xiii

1 Energy Transfer and Electronic Energy Migration Processes 1
Li-Juan Fan and Wayne E. Jones Jr.

2 Optical Properties of Polyelectrolytes 41
Linda Swanson

3 Chemiluminescence Processes in Polymeric Materials 93
Teresa Corrales, Carmen Peinado, Concha Abrusci, Norman S. Allen, and Fernando Catalina

4 Nonlinear Optical Polymeric Materials 137
Mirko Faccini, David N. Reinhoudt, and Willem Verboom

5 Metallodendrimers: Photophysical Properties and Related Applications 185
Grégory Franc and Ashok K. Kakkar

6 Photochromic Polymers for Optical Data Storage: Azobenzenes and Photodimers 209
Avtar S. Matharu and P.S. Ramanujam

7 Optical and Luminescence Properties and Applications of Metal Complex-Based Polymers 235
Joe A. Crayston and Joanne R. Ritchie

8 Photovoltaic Polymer Materials 271
Hazel Assender and Aaron Barkhouse

9 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes 309
Sebastien Forget, Sebastien Chenais, and Alain Siove

10 Photoinitiators for Free Radical Polymerization Reactions 351
Jean Pierre Fouassier, Xavier Allonas, Jacques Lalevée, and Céline Dietlin

11 Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization: Reactivity and Mechanistic Aspects 421
Muhammet U. Kahveci, Ali Gorkem Yilmaz, and Yusuf Yagci

12 Photoimaging and Lithographic Processes in Polymers 479
Marius Gabriel Ivan and Juan Cesar (Tito) Scaiano

13 Photografting of Polymeric Materials 509
Ali Ekrem Muftuoglu, Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, and Yusuf Yagci

14 Photoablation of Polymer Materials 541
Lukas Urech and Thomas Lippert

15 Photodegradation Processes In Polymeric Materials 569
Jean-Luc Gardette, Agnes Rivaton, and Sandrine Therias

16 Photodegradable Polymers 603
Sahar Al-Malaika, C. Hewitt, and H.H. Sheena

17 Photostabilisation of Polymer Materials 627
Pieter Gijsman

Index 681

"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Advanced upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, polymer chemists, and materials scientists." (Choice, 1 August 2011)

Norman S. Allen, PhD, DSc, is Professor and Chair of Applied Chemistry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Professor Allen has published some 600 papers, articles, books, and book chapters. He is the founder and a member of the editorial board of the journal Dyes and Pigments. He is also founder of the journal Polymer Photochemistry and is on the editorial board of Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology and Polymer Degradation and Stability. Professor Allen is also Editor in Chief of the Open Materials Science Journal. From 1978–2007 he was the specialist reporter for the section on "Polymer Photochemistry" in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Photochemistry series. Presents the state of the technology, from fundamentals to new materials and applications

Today's electronic devices, computers, solar cells, printing, imaging, copying, and recording technology, to name a few, all owe a debt to our growing understanding of the photophysics and photochemistry of polymeric materials. This book draws together, analyzes, and presents our current understanding of polymer photochemistry and photophysics. In addition to exploring materials, mechanisms, processes, and properties, the handbook also highlights the latest applications in the field and points to new developments on the horizon.

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymer Materials is divided into seventeen chapters, including:

• Optical and luminescent properties and applications of metal complex-based polymers

• Photoinitiators for free radical polymerization reactions

• Photovoltaic polymer materials

• Photoimaging and lithographic processes in polymers

• Photostabilization of polymer materials

• Photodegradation processes in polymeric materials

Each chapter, written by one or more leading experts and pioneers in the field, incorporates all the latest findings and developments as well as the authors' own personal insights and perspectives. References guide readers to the literature for further investigation of individual topics.

Together, the contributions represent a series of major developments in the polymer world in which light and its energy have been put to valuable use. Not only does this reference capture our current state of knowledge, but it also provides the foundation for new research and the development of new materials and new applications.