A two-photon active chevron-shaped type I photoinitiator designed for 3D stereolithography†
Ruchun Zhou,Jean-Pierre Malval,Ming Jin,Arnaud Spangenberg,Haiyan Pan,Decheng Wan,Fabrice Morlet-Savary,Stephan Knopf
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 05/02/2019 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C9CC02923K
Abstract

We present herein the properties of a highly reactive type I photoinitiator with significant 2PA cross-sections (δ720nm ∼ 90 GM). We demonstrate that this new type of photocleavable system exhibits very efficient two-photon polymerization abilities with performances amplified by more than two orders of magnitude with regards to those of a commercially available type I photoinitiator (Lucirin TPO-L) which is extensively employed for multiphoton 3D stereolithography.

Graphical abstract: A two-photon active chevron-shaped type I photoinitiator designed for 3D stereolithography