Photopolymerization quantum yields in two reactive diacetylenes, 3BCMU and 4BCMU, and relation to γ-ray induced polymerization

Chemical Physics

Volumn 333, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 246-253

  Schott, Michel ^a   Spagnoli, Sylvie ^b   Weiser, Gerhard ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b LIPHY   (France)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diacetylene crystals; Initiation yields; Photopolymerization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947208897     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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