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This handbook covers radical and non-radical photoinitiating systems and describes the basic principles and applications of photopolymerization reactions within the fields of polymer and materials science. The book provides a complete survey of the respective photoinitiators and a thorough description of the mechanisms involved.

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Photoinitiating systems for polymerization reactions are largely encountered in a variety of traditional and high-tech sectors, such as radiation curing, (laser) imaging, (micro)electronics, optics, and medicine.

This book extensively covers radical and nonradical photoinitiating systems and is divided into four parts:

Basic principles in photopolymerization reactions
Radical photoinitiating systems
Nonradical photoinitiating systems
Reactivity of the photoinitiating system

The four parts present the basic concepts of photopolymerization reactions, review all of the available photoinitiating systems and deliver a
thorough description of the encountered mechanisms. A large amount of experimental and theoretical data has been collected herein. This
book allows the reader to gain a clear understanding by providing a general discussion of the photochemistry and chemistry involved.
The most recent and exciting developments, as well as the promising prospects for new applications, are outlined.

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Jean-Pierre Fouassier was a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse until October 2011. He was Head of a University/CNRS Laboratory, a Member of the Organizing Committees of many International Conferences, a Director of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse and a Member of the French National University Council. His research interests focused both on the excited-state processes in photoinitiatiors and photosensitizers and their application to photopolymerization reactions in various areas. He has published a total of around 600 research articles, book chapters, review papers, technical papers, proceedings, and patents, as well as authoring one book, one technical report and editing 6 books (14 volumes). Jacques Lalevée is a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse. His research interests are focused on free-radical chemistry and the design of efficient systems for photopolymerization processes. He has published a total of around 160 research articles, technical papers, proceedings, patents, review papers, and book chapters. He is also a Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (Paris).

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