Despite the advantages of photopolymerization reactions, difficulties often arise in the application of these processes due to mass transfer limitations. To address this problem, multiple forms of structured media have been proposed to enhance the proximity of polymerizable groups as a means of increasing polymerization rate and overall monomer conversion. Polymerizable ILs bearing acrylate, styrene and vinyl groups have been known for some time, but there has been little work done on understanding the polymerization dynamics and behaviors. Furthemore, coordination complexes resembling ILs)present a new type of (reversible) structured media, which are readily formed from the bistriflimide ([Tf2N]-) anion and coordination complexes composed of Mn+ cations with polar organic monomers such as 1-vinylimidazole, methyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, and acrylamide. Furthermore, this technique can be extended to crosslinkable species such as PEG-diacrylates and 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate. This talk will discuss our work to date on understanding the polymerization behaviors of these systems and utilizing this technique to produce new hybrid materials with controlled properties.

Photopolymerization behaviors of ionic liquid-based monomers

251st National Meeting (2016)

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