Abstract
Abstract Amphipathic hyperbranched polymeric thioxanthone (TX) photoinitiators (AHPTXs) were synthesized by introducing TX, and polyethylene glycol monoethylether glycidyl ether (E-PEO), which contained short poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO) chain, into periphery of hyperbranched poly(ethylene imine) (HPEI), as well as low-molecular weight analogue 2-(2-hydroxy-3-(methyl(2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexyl)amino)propoxy) thioxanthone (MGA-TX). AHPTXs possess UV–vis absorption spectra similar to TX derivatives, and weaker fluorescence emission in comparison to low-molecular weight analogues. AHPTXs can be not only dispersed easily in many solvents and acrylate monomers, but also are soluble in water. AHPTXs are very efficient in photopolymerization of acrylamide (AM), poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) and 2,2-bis[4-(acryloxypolyethoxy)phenyl] propane (A-BPE-10). In comparison to low-molecular weight analogues photoinitiator systems 2-(2,3-epoxypropyloxy) thioxanthone/triethylamine (ETX/TEA) and MGA-TX/TEA, AHPTX1 is very efficient for photoinitiation of A-BPE-10 and AM in aqueous solution
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