%0 Journal Article
%T Photopolymerization Reactions: On the Way to a Green and Sustainable Chemistry
%A Mohamad Ali Tehfe
%A Fanny Louradour
%A Jacques Lalev¨Ĥe
%A Jean-Pierre Fouassier
%J Applied Sciences
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/app3020490
%X The present paper reviews some aspects concerned with the development of green technologies in the photopolymerization area: use of visible light sources (Xe and Hg-Xe lamps, diode lasers), soft irradiation conditions (household lamps: halogen lamp, fluorescence bulbs, LED bulbs), sunlight exposure, development of very efficient photoinitiating systems and use of renewable monomers. The drawbacks/breakthroughs encountered when going on the way of a greener approach are discussed. Examples of recent achievements are presented.
%K cationic photopolymerization
%K radical photopolymerization
%K photoinitiators
%K visible light sources
%K soft irradiation conditions
%K sunlight exposure
%K LED
%K laser diodes
%K household lamps
%K halogen lamps
%K renewable monomers
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/3/2/490