Solvent Effect on Photoinitiator Reactivity in the Polymerization of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Solvent</td><td align="center">Relative fluorescence intensity at 520 nm</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Water</td><td align="center">100.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ethanol</td><td align="center">87.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Methanol</td><td align="center">86.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Acetonitrile</td><td align="center">84.1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Fluorescence intensity of 1 × 10<sup>−5</sup> M RF in water and organic solvents.

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Table 2: Solvent Effect on Photoinitiator Reactivity in the Polymerization of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate 