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Surface Photopolymerization of Vinyl and Diene Monomers

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WHITE has shown that gaseous 1,3-butadiene in contact with metallic substrates polymerizes under the influence of ultra-violet light1. In contrast to surface photopolymerization induced by electron beams2–5 or in glow discharges6–10, little has been published about the process induced by photons. I have obtained results on deposition from butadiene and on the extension of this method for surface polymerization from the gas to other monomers, with concomitant formation of novel materials in thin film form.

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WRIGHT, A. Surface Photopolymerization of Vinyl and Diene Monomers. Nature 215, 953–955 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215953a0

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