Quantitative Comparison of Five Different Photosensitizers for Use in a Photopolymer

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Component</td><td align="center">Function</td><td align="left">Amount per 100 ml</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Poly-vinylalcohol (PVA)</td><td align="center">Binder</td><td align="left">70 cm<sup>3</sup> of 10% sol.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Acrlyamide (AA)</td><td align="center">Monomer</td><td align="left">2.4 g</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Bis-acrylamide</td><td align="center">Cross-linker</td><td align="left">0.8 g</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Xanthene dyes/Methylene Blue</td><td align="center">Dye</td><td align="left">16 cm<sup>3</sup> of 1.25 × 10<sup>−4</sup> M for Xanthene dyes and 16 cm<sup>3</sup> of 2 × 10<sup>−4</sup> M for Methylene Blue</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Triethanolamine (TEA)</td><td align="center">Electron Donor (<i>ED</i>)</td><td align="left">8 cm<sup>3</sup></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Composition of AA/PVA photopolymer material.

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Table 1: Quantitative Comparison of Five Different Photosensitizers for Use in a Photopolymer 