ABSTRACT
Academics unlimited The structure of a photoinitiator is designed to produce radicals under the influence of UV light. For commercial use, this process has to be as efficient as possible and most photoinitiators presently in use provide excellent cure. There are, however, many deactivating processes that inhibit the various photophysical and photochemical steps along the road to radical production. Academic studies have developed a good understanding of these processes and offer a means for the intimate study of the efficiency of a photoinitiator, remote from the normal testing procedures in widespread use industrially.
