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Single- and two-photon recording of holograms at combined cationic and free-radical polymerization photoinitiated by thioxanthenone derivatives

Polymer Journal volume 52, pages 1279–1287 (2020)Cite this article

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Single- and two-photon holographic recordings were performed in a photopolymer material consisting of two types of monomers: an acrylamide (1,4-bis(acryloyl)piperazine) and an epoxide ((bis(4-oxiran-2-ylmethoxy)phenyl) sulfide). Thus, cationic ring-opening polymerization and free-radical polymerization of the monomers were simultaneously initiated. The arylsulfonium salt (2-(N,N,N-triethylammonium)methyl-9-oxo-10-(4-heptyloxyphenyl)-9H-thioxanthenium dihexafluorophosphate) was chosen as the photoinitiator. Effective photopolymerization conditions were found for both (single- and two-photon) photoinitiation modes depending on the recording light intensity. The concentrations of the components (monomers and photoinitiator) in the photopolymer was optimized, and a refractive index change of as much as 0.0015 was achieved.

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Authors would like to acknowledge the Multi-Access Chemical Research Center SB RAS for spectral and analytical measurements.

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This research was partially funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (the project number is № AAAA-A17-117053110007-0).

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    Evgeny V. Vasilyev, Vladimir V. Shelkovnikov, Natalia A. Orlova & Vladimir A. Loskutov

  2. Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090

    Ilya Sh. Steinberg

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Vasilyev, E.V., Shelkovnikov, V.V., Orlova, N.A. et al. Single- and two-photon recording of holograms at combined cationic and free-radical polymerization photoinitiated by thioxanthenone derivatives. Polym J 52, 1279–1287 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-020-0381-2

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