Visible Light Curable Restorative Composites for Dental Applications Based on Epoxy Monomer

A cationic photo-curable cycloaliphatic epoxy resin has been investigated as reactive monomer in blue light crosslinking process. We have demonstrated that camphorquinone is able to abstract labile hydrogen from the epoxy monomer, giving rise to the formation of carbon-centered radicals that are oxi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Materials 2014-01, Vol.7 (1), p.554-562
Hauptverfasser:	Vitale, Alessandra, Sangermano, Marco, Bongiovanni, Roberta, Burtscher, Peter, Moszner, Norbert
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cationic Conversion Crosslinking Curing Dental materials Formations Free radicals Hydrogen Investigations Light Monomers Polymerization Radicals Resins
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Zusammenfassung:	A cationic photo-curable cycloaliphatic epoxy resin has been investigated as reactive monomer in blue light crosslinking process. We have demonstrated that camphorquinone is able to abstract labile hydrogen from the epoxy monomer, giving rise to the formation of carbon-centered radicals that are oxidized by the onium salt; a complete epoxy group conversion was reached after 50 s of irradiation. The presence of water up to 1 wt% was tolerated without any important detrimental effect on the kinetics of light-curing. The presence of the inorganic filler up to 65 wt% did not significantly influence the curing process.
ISSN:	1996-1944 1996-1944
DOI:	10.3390/ma7010554