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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Mater.
Sec. Polymeric and Composite Materials
Volume 12 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fmats.2025.1544162
This article is part of the Research Topic Photoinduced Reactions Leading to Polymeric and Composite Materials View all 3 articles
Synthesis of PVA-Based Macromolecular Photoinitiators Through Esterification with TXOCH₂COOH and Cysteine, and Investigation of Their Photophysical Properties: In Situ Fabrication of Flexible Nanocomposite Films
Provisionally accepted- 1 Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
- 2 Graduate School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
2-(Carboxymethoxy) thioxanthone (TX-OCH₂COOH), a thioxanthone derivative, was utilized for the esterification of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to synthesize a macromolecular photoinitiator, both in the absence and presence of Cysteine (Cys). The covalent attachment of the thioxanthone (TX) group to PVA through esterification enabled the exploration of the photophysical properties of the resulting macromolecular photoinitiators (TXOCH₂COO-PVA and TXOCH₂COO-PVA-Cys) via UV-Vis and fluorescence studies.UV-Vis absorption spectrum of TXOCH₂COO-PVA confirmed the covalent bonding of TX, marked by a characteristic absorption peak at 397 nm corresponding to the thioxanthone chromophore. Fluorescence lifetimes were recorded as TXOCH₂COO-PVA was cast into a mold and air dried, resulting in a flexible form of PVA esterified with TXOCH₂COOH. In-situ synthesis of both silver and selenium nanoparticles was carried out using both TXOCH₂COO-PVA and TXOCH₂COO-PVA-Cys macromolecular initiators, successfully yielding nanocomposite flexible polymeric films.
Keywords: Photoinitiator, Flexible Polymeric Films, Thioxanthones (TX), Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), esterification reaction, Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)
Received: 12 Dec 2024; Accepted: 07 Jan 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Nergis Arsu, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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