Preparation of hydrogels by photopolymerization of acrylates in the presence of Type I and one-component Type II photoinitiators

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Karaca, Nurcan ^a   Temel, Gokhan ^a   Karaca Balta, Demet ^a   Aydin, Meral ^a   Arsu, Nergis ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Free radical polymerization; Hydrogel; Photopolymerization; Type II photoinitiator

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249104304     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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