Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymeric Materials

Presents the state of the technology, from fundamentals to new materials and applications Today's electronic devices, computers, solar cells, printing, imaging, copying, and recording technology, to name a few, all owe a debt to our growing understanding of the photophysics and photochemistry of polymeric materials. This book draws together, analyzes, and presents our current understanding of polymer photochemistry and photophysics. In addition to exploring materials, mechanisms, processes, and properties, the handbook also highlights the latest applications in the field and points to new developments on the horizon. Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymer Materials is divided into seventeen chapters, including: Optical and luminescent properties and applications of metal complex-based polymers Photoinitiators for free radical polymerization reactions Photovoltaic polymer materials Photoimaging and lithographic processes in polymers Photostabilization of polymer materials Photodegradation processes in polymeric materials Each chapter, written by one or more leading experts and pioneers in the field, incorporates all the latest findings and developments as well as the authors' own personal insights and perspectives. References guide readers to the literature for further investigation of individual topics. Together, the contributions represent a series of major developments in the polymer world in which light and its energy have been put to valuable use. Not only does this reference capture our current state of knowledge, but it also provides the foundation for new research and the development of new materials and new applications.

Preface vii Contributors xiii 1 Energy Transfer and Electronic Energy Migration Processes 1 Li-Juan Fan and Wayne E. Jones Jr. 2 Optical Properties of Polyelectrolytes 41 Linda Swanson 3 Chemiluminescence Processes in Polymeric Materials 93 Teresa Corrales, Carmen Peinado, Concha Abrusci, Norman S. Allen, and Fernando Catalina 4 Nonlinear Optical Polymeric Materials 137 Mirko Faccini, David N. Reinhoudt, and Willem Verboom 5 Metallodendrimers: Photophysical Properties and Related Applications 185 Grégory Franc and Ashok K. Kakkar 6 Photochromic Polymers for Optical Data Storage: Azobenzenes and Photodimers 209 Avtar S. Matharu and P.S. Ramanujam 7 Optical and Luminescence Properties and Applications of Metal Complex-Based Polymers 235 Joe A. Crayston and Joanne R. Ritchie 8 Photovoltaic Polymer Materials 271 Hazel Assender and Aaron Barkhouse 9 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes 309 Sebastien Forget, Sebastien Chenais, and Alain Siove 10 Photoinitiators for Free Radical Polymerization Reactions 351 Jean Pierre Fouassier, Xavier Allonas, Jacques Lalevée, and Céline Dietlin 11 Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization: Reactivity and Mechanistic Aspects 421 Muhammet U. Kahveci, Ali Gorkem Yilmaz, and Yusuf Yagci 12 Photoimaging and Lithographic Processes in Polymers 479 Marius Gabriel Ivan and Juan Cesar (Tito) Scaiano 13 Photografting of Polymeric Materials 509 Ali Ekrem Muftuoglu, Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, and Yusuf Yagci 14 Photoablation of Polymer Materials 541 Lukas Urech and Thomas Lippert 15 Photodegradation Processes In Polymeric Materials 569 Jean-Luc Gardette, Agnes Rivaton, and Sandrine Therias 16 Photodegradable Polymers 603 Sahar Al-Malaika, C. Hewitt, and H.H. Sheena 17 Photostabilisation of Polymer Materials 627 Pieter Gijsman Index 681