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Photo-Reaction Of Copolymers With Pendent Benzophenone, Scott Kenneth Christensen
Photo-Reaction Of Copolymers With Pendent Benzophenone, Scott Kenneth Christensen
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This dissertation aims to both deepen and broaden our understanding of copolymers with pendent benzophenone (BP) in relation to both established applications and novel directions in materials science. Photo-reaction of these BP copolymers is explored in attempts to achieve three distinct goals: (1) robust and efficiently photo-crosslinkable solid polymer films, (2) photo-reacted polymer blends with disordered bicontinuous nanostructures, and (3) photo-patterned hydrogel materials with environmental UV stability. We begin by investigating the fundamental gelation behavior of solid polymer films, finding BP copolymers to be particularly effective crosslinkable materials. Gelation efficiency can be tuned according to comonomer chemistry, as BP hydrogen …