TY - BOOK AU - Ravve,A. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Light-Associated Reactions of Synthetic Polymers SN - 9780387364148 U1 - 541.2254 23 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York KW - CHEMISTRY KW - CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC KW - POLYMERS KW - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING KW - SURFACES (PHYSICS) KW - POLYMER SCIENCES KW - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY KW - INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY/CHEMICAL ENGINEERING KW - SURFACES AND INTERFACES, THIN FILMS KW - MATERIALS SCIENCE N1 - Photosensitizers and Photoinitiators -- Chemistry of Photocurable Compositions -- Photocrosslinkable Polymers -- Photoresponsive Polymers -- Photorefractive Polymers for Nonlinear Optics N2 - Photo associated reactions and light responsive materials have great potential to improve existing industrial processes, including liquid crystal alignment and capturing solar energy. This book presents a range of reactions and materials with some of the most exciting current and future applications. It includes a brief introduction to photochemistry; in-depth discussion of photosensitizers, photoinititiators, and the processes of light curing and crosslinking; listing of light responsive polymers and their uses; and a discussion of polymeric materials for use in non-linear optics UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36414-5 ER -