Synergistic effect of hydroxyl-containing acrylates in epoxide-acrylate hybrid photopolymerisations

摘要

It has been previously reported that the hybrid acrylate/epoxide system can mitigate oxygen inhibition and moisture problems that affect acrylate and epoxide systems respectively. However, hybrid epoxy-acrylate systems tend to suffer from low conversions and slow curing rates, since the acrylate system forms first and limits the epoxide polymerisation.