Study of visible light activated polymerization in BisGMA-TEGDMA monomers with Type 1 and Type2 photoinitiators using Raman spectroscopy

摘要

OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to characterize the efficiency of polymerization of Type 1 and Type 2 initiators for visible light cure of a BisGMA-TEGDMA monomer mixture. METHODS: Raman spectroscopy was used to follow conversion during polymerization of a BisGMA-TEGDMA mixture using a Type I photoinitiator diphenyl(2,4,6 dimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide (TPO) and a Type II photoinitiator camphorquinone (CQ) and an amine, both initiators at 0.5wt.%. Different light exposure times and storage times after light curing were used as variables.