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Thesis (PhD) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002. / "A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." "A thesis submitted in the School of Science, Food and Horticulture, University of Western Sydney." "June 2002" Bibliography: leaves 303 - 305.

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Charge transfer (CT) complexes have been used in a number of radiation polymerisation processes including grafting and curing. The complexes studied include donor (D) monomers like vinyl ethers and vinyl acetate (VA) with acceptor (A) monomers such as maleic anhydride (MA). Both UV and EB have been utilised as radiation sources. The complexes are directly grafted to these substrates in the presence of radiation. The complexes yield novel copolymers when radiation cured with concurrent grafting improving the properties of the finished product. The term cure grafting has been proposed for this concurrent grafting process. Studies in basic photografting work to complement the cure grafting have been proposed. The role of solvent in grafting is discussed, particularly the effect of aromatics in photografting to naturally occurring trunk polymers like wool and cellulose. The effect of the double bond molar ratio (DBMR) of the DA components in grafting is examined. The ultraviolet (UV) conditions for gel formation during photografting, hence the importance of homopolymer yields in these processes is reported. A plausible mechanism to explain the results from this photografting work is proposed. The significance of these photografting studies in the related field of curing, especially in UV and ionising radiation (EB) systems, is discussed. EB curing and cure grafting of charge transfer (CT) monomer complexes is investigated. The EB results are compared with UV curing and cure grafting of the same complexes. The work has been extended to include EB/UV curing and cure grafting of thiolene systems. The significance of these results in the potential commercial application of these complexes is discussed. Variables affecting the UV/EB curing and cure grafting of thiolenes on cellulose have been studied. These include effect of varying the type of olefin, increasing the functionality of the thiol, use of acrylate monomers and oligomers in hybrid systems, altering the surface structure of the cellulose and finally the role of air in these processes particularly with EB. Photopolymerisation of the thiol-enes in bulk has also been investigated. The thesis content is based on the published work of 14 research papers over the course of the project. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2008. / Thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Natural Sciences, in fulfilment of the requirements for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliography.

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Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2015-04-10T14:21:53Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-10T14:21:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / O alto nível de poluição gerado pelo descarte inadequado de materiais poliméricos vem motivando pesquisas por sistemas e técnicas ambientalmente corretos, tais como a aplicação de polímeros biodegradáveis e a substituição dos sistemas de pintura à base de solventes por aqueles com alto teor de sólidos, à base de água ou, praticamente isentos de compostos orgânicos voláteis (VOCs) e curáveis por radiação. Todavia, os revestimentos poliméricos curados são insolúveis e infusíveis, aumentando o grau de complexidade do seu reprocessamento, da sua reciclagem e da degradação desejável. Assim, este trabalho apresenta, como objeto de contribuição científica, a obtenção de tintas modificadas com agentes pró-degradantes, curadas por reações químicas induzidas por radiação ultravioleta ou feixe de elétrons (UV/EB), para impressão em embalagens plásticas, biodegradáveis ou não, para produtos de baixa vida útil. Foram estudadas combinações de seis revestimentos, sendo um verniz não pigmentado e cinco tintas nas cores amarela, azul, branca, preta e vermelha; três agentes pró-degradantes (estearatos de cobalto, cério e manganês), cinco substratos poliméricos (Ecobras®, polietileno de baixa densidade e suas respectivas modificações com os agentes pró-degradantes). Os revestimentos foram aplicados nos substratos e curados por radiação UV ou EB, resultando em 180 amostras. Estes materiais foram, então, expostos ao envelhecimento acelerado em câmara tipo QUV e à compostagem em ambiente natural. De modo a se compreender o efeito dos revestimentos poliméricos no processo de degradação das amostras, foram selecionadas aquelas com valores extremos de grau de conversão, a saber: amarela e preta, as quais foram expostas à compostagem em ambiente controlado via respirometria, reduzindo de 180 para 16 o número de amostras. O composto orgânico gerado pelo processo de biodegradação foi analisado por testes de ecotoxicidade. Foi observado que a camada de revestimento atua como barreira que inibe a degradação do plástico quando exposto às intempéries. Adicionalmente, constatou-se que quanto maior o grau de conversão das formulações pigmentadas pastosas em sólidas durante a cura por radiação ultravioleta, maior foi sua mineralização em ambiente de compostagem. As amostras curadas por EB apresentaram menor taxa de biodegradação do que as curadas por UV. Isso se deu em virtude da rede de ligações cruzadas entre as cadeias poliméticas, geradas na cura por EB. A adição dos agentes pró-degradantes promoveu uma aceleração no processo de degradação, ocasionando, inclusive, a migração do íon metálico para o meio, porém sem afetar a qualidade do meio de compostagem. / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Le point clé des polymérisations radicalaires et/ou cationiques réside dans la génération des radicaux et/ou des cations qui amorcent la réaction. Ces derniers sont formés par transformation, via absorption de lumière, d'un composé photosensible. Puisque la majorité des réactions de polymérisation se produisent en système ouvert, on conçoit l'importance de trouver des solutions aux inconvénients liés à la présence de l'air lors de la réticulation. Durant ce travail, de nouvelles séries de molécules de type silanes, germanes, complexes boranes ... ont été examinées. On va s'intéresser aussi aux systèmes d'amorçage de type I et II. Nous nous intéresserons aussi à la polymérisation induite par la lumière visible ou solaire. Notre objectif consiste à développer des systèmes dont la sensibilité spectrale s'étend vers de grandes longueurs d'onde. Les molécules étudiées au cours de ce travail semblent être très favorables en tant que photoamorceurs ou co-amorceurs pour la polymérisation radicalaire ainsi que pour la polymérisation cationique. La plupart de ces structures se sont montrées plus efficaces que les références utilisées. Le travail de cette thèse s'articule autour de deux grandes parties : La première partie relative à la polymérisation radicalaire contient également une étude bibliographique et se divise en trois chapitres. La deuxième partie relative à la polymérisation cationique se divise en sept chapitres. Une annexe sera donnée à la fin de ce manuscrit et regroupe les différentes techniques expérimentales.

Le point clé des polymérisations radicalaires et/ou cationiques réside dans la génération des radicaux et/ou des cations qui amorcent la réaction. Ces derniers sont formés par transformation, via absorption de lumière, d’un composé photosensible. Puisque la majorité des réactions de polymérisation se produisent en système ouvert, on conçoit l’importance de trouver des solutions aux inconvénients liés à la présence de l’air lors de la réticulation. Durant ce travail, de nouvelles séries de molécules de type silanes, germanes, complexes boranes ... ont été examinées. On va s’intéresser aussi aux systèmes d’amorçage de type I et II. Nous nous intéresserons aussi à la polymérisation induite par la lumière visible ou solaire. Notre objectif consiste à développer des systèmes dont la sensibilité spectrale s’étend vers de grandes longueurs d’onde. Les molécules étudiées au cours de ce travail semblent être très favorables en tant que photoamorceurs ou co-amorceurs pour la polymérisation radicalaire ainsi que pour la polymérisation cationique. La plupart de ces structures se sont montrées plus efficaces que les références utilisées. Le travail de cette thèse s’articule autour de deux grandes parties : La première partie relative à la polymérisation radicalaire contient également une étude bibliographique et se divise en trois chapitres. La deuxième partie relative à la polymérisation cationique se divise en sept chapitres. Une annexe sera donnée à la fin de ce manuscrit et regroupe les différentes techniques expérimentales. / The key point of radical and/or cationic polymerization is the generation of radicals and/or cations that initiate the reaction. These are formed by transformation via light absorption of a photosensitive compound. Since the majority of polymerization reactions occur in an open system, we can understand the importance of finding solutions to the disadvantages associated with the presence of air during the crosslinking. During this work, new series of molecules of silanes, germanes, boranes ... were examined. Were also interested by the polymerization induced by visible light. Our objective is to develop systems whose spectral sensitivity extends to longer wavelengths. This work consists in two main parts: The first part on the radical polymerization also contains a literature review and is divided into three chapters. The second part on the cationic polymerization is divided into seven chapters. An appendix will be given at the end of this manuscript and includes the various experimental techniques.