Two-photon absorption and polymerization ability of intramolecular energy transfer based photoinitiating systems

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 28:(48):6540-2. doi: 10.1039/b808457b. Epub 2008 Nov 12.

Abstract

We design a new photoinitiating system where the two-photon absorption of a 2,7 bisaminofluorene moiety leads to the photoactivation of a camphorquinone subunit through a Förster-type intramolecular energy transfer: the application to a two-photon polymerization reaction is demonstrated.