Pu Xiao

TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent progress in applications of photoinitiators and sensitive photo-initiating systems under visible lights is reported, and their relative efficiencies in the photopolymerization of different monomers are exemplified and discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the recent developments in LED technology, allowing the design of novel and efficient light sources for the free radical and cationic photopolymerization of various monomers, the synthesis of interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) or thiol-ene photopolymers, and the development of novel photoinitiators and photo-initiating systems specifically adapted for LED excitation.

TL;DR: In this paper, commercial photoinitiators and monomers/oligomers applicable for 3D printing are presented, and newly developed photo-initiator and monomer-based materials with various properties and the application in 3D bio-printing are also demonstrated.

TL;DR: In this article, seven naphthalimide derivatives with different substituents have been designed as versatile photoinitiators (PIs), and some of them when combined with an iodonium salt or an amine (and optionally chlorotriazine) are expected to exhibit an enhanced efficiency to initiate the epoxides and the free radical polymerization of acrylates under different irradiation sources.

TL;DR: In this article, three copper complexes (E1, G1, and G2) with different ligands in combination with an iodonium salt and optionally another additive were used to generate radicals upon soft visible light exposure.