{"title":"Studies of the development of scintillation characteristics of plastic scintillators during manufacture","authors":"D.J.S. Birch, R.E. Imhof, K. Davidson, I. Soutar","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90033-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90033-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 209-214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90033-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76971058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Norman S. Allen , Alfonso Chirinos-Padron , John H. Appleyard
{"title":"Photostabilising action of Ni(II) bis(1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-decanoyl-5-pyrazolate), sanduvor NPU, in a polypropylene matrix","authors":"Norman S. Allen , Alfonso Chirinos-Padron , John H. Appleyard","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90041-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90041-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The photostabilising action of the metal chelate nickel(II) bis(1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-decanoyl-5-pyrazolate) in polypropylene is examined using normal and second-order derivative ultraviolet, infrared and phosphorescence spectroscopic techniques and hydroperoxide analysis. Although the chelate quenched the phosphorescence emission of a powerful sensitiser, benzophenone, there was no photoprotective action when the samples containing the chelate and the sensitiser were irradiated. In the case of anthraquinone there was no quenching and no photoprotection. Processing history plays a major role in controlling the photostabilising performance of the chelate. The effect of photosensitised oxidation with 365 nm light is examined. While the initial hydroperoxide concentration appears to control the onset of carbonyl growth in the polymer, the rate of photodecomposition of the chelate shows no dependence on hydroperoxide concentration. Furthermore, the rates of photooxidation under polychromatic irradiation follow the same trends as those obtained under monochromatic irradiation. The results are explained in terms of hydroperoxide inhibition during processing, stabiliser consumption during photooxidation and macroalkyl radical (P·) scavenging.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 333-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90041-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82290906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary photochemical processes in UV-irradiated poly(vinyl chloride) and chlorinated PVC","authors":"C. Decker, M. Balandier","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90037-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90037-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The kinetics of the photodegradation of poly(vinyl chloride) and of chlorinated PVC films were studied both in the presence and in the absence of oxygen and quantum yields Φ of the major photochemical processes were determined. Dehydrochlorination develops more intensively in chlorinated PVC than in PVC, leading to long polyene sequences which are responsible for the rapid discoloration of the irradiated film. Φ values indicate that only a small fraction of the photons absorbed induces the polymer degradation. In the photooxidation of PVC and of chlorinated PVC two radicals play a predominant role: (1) the β-chloro-alkyl radical which, by splitting off the β chlorine, initiates the zip-dehydrochlorination, and (2) the γ-chloroperoxy radical which is responsible for the production of carbonyl and hydroperoxide groups as well as for the chain scissions and crosslinks. The reasons for the higher photosensitivity of chlorinated PVC are discussed and an overall reaction scheme is suggested for each polymer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 267-282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90037-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87786123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photodegradation of 1-naphthyl methacrylate-butyl methacrylate copolymers in benzene solution. III. Comparison with the thermal and radiation-induced degradations","authors":"S. Nishimoto, K. Yamamoto, T. Kagiya","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90035-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90035-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photodegradation characteristics of 1-naphthyl methacrylate (1NMA) homopolymer and 17·1 mol% 1NMA-containing copolymer with butyl methacrylate (BMA) were compared with their thermal and γ-ray-induced degradation behaviour. The TG-DSC analyses under N<sub>2</sub> showed that both the poly(1NMA) and poly(1NMA-co-BMA) powders degrade at 300–400°C. Heating of the copolymer up to 380°C under deaerated conditions produced 1NMA and BMA monomers. These polymers underwent main-chain scission simultaneously with a Fries rearrangement of the pendant 1-naphthyl ether groups by γ-radiolysis of the deaerated benzene solutions. The <em>G</em>-value of the main-chain scission was evaluated as 0·14 independent of the 1NMA content. The <span><math><mtext>M</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>w</mn></msub><mtext>M</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>n</mn></msub></math></span> ratio decreased and approached 2·0 asymptotically upon increasing the irradiation dose. On photoirradiation (>286 nm) of the deaerated benzene solution, the apparent rate constant for the main-chain scission of poly(1NMA-co-BMA) was larger by 1·4 times than that of poly(1NMA). Although the <span><math><mtext>M</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>w</mn></msub><mtext>M</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>n</mn></msub></math></span> ratio of the copolymer decreased monotonously to 2·0, that of the homopolymer increased initially and then decreased with photoirradiation time. The characteristic change in the intensity of excimer emission relative to monomer emission with photoirradiation time was also observed for the homopolymer system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 231-242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90035-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81205679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-radiative excitation energy transfer from a statistic copolymer to acceptor in fluid solutions","authors":"K Sienicki, C Bojarski","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90054-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90054-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The measurements of the efficiency of non-radiative energy transfer (NET) from a statistic copolymer styrene-methyl methacrylate (donor) to 1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene (acceptor) were carried out in 1,2-dichloroethane to investigate dependence on the acceptor concentration. Marked increase in the transfer efficiency, η, with growing styrene content (f<sub><em>M</em></sub>) in a copolymer was observed, this being evidence of the energy migration along copolymer chain. The drop in efficiency η observed in systems with f<sub><em>M</em></sub>>0·7 was accounted for by the presence of intramolecular excimers. Good agreement was found between the experimental results and the proposed model for NET in the systems investigated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"4 6","pages":"Pages 435-450"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90054-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84774474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photochemistry in solid matrices: Laser flash photolysis of benzophenone in polymethyl-methacrylate and polystyrene matrices","authors":"Ali Salmassi, Wolfram Schnabel","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90034-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90034-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Benzophenone triplets were produced in matrices of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polystyrene (PSt) at concentrations up to ca. <span><math><mtext>6 × 10</mtext><msup><mi></mi><mn>−4</mn></msup><mtext>m</mtext></math></span> upon irradiation with single flashes of 347 nm light. With PMMA matrices a single triplet decay mode following first-order kinetics was observed at T ≤ 150 K and at T ≥ 410 K. Two distinct modes of triplet decay were observed in the temperature range in between: a fast first-order process, the lifetime (ca. 4 μs at 295 K) being independent of the initial triplet concentration [T]<sub>0</sub>, and a slow second-order process, the first half-life being proportional to [T]<sub>0</sub><sup>−1</sup>. Similar results were obtained with PSt matrices. At temperatures between 180 and 350 K two modes of triplet decay were also observed, a fast first-order and a slow second-order process. From these results it is concluded that T-T annihilation is an important deactivation route between the glass temperature range and <em>T</em><sub><em>γ</em></sub>, where the rotation of α-methyl groups (PMMA) and of phenyl groups (PSt), respectively, commences. Above <em>T</em><sub><em>g</em></sub>, deactivation processes involving matrix molecules become dominant. Hydrogen abstraction, evidenced by the absorption spectrum of ketyl radicals, occurs to some extent here. Moreover energy transfer from vibronically excited triplet levels to chromophores of the matrix is feasible at elevated temperatures.</p><p>On the basis that T-T annihilation is a diffusion-controlled process, the application of Smoluchowski's equation yields, for the temperature range between <em>T</em><sub><em>γ</em></sub> and <em>T</em><sub><em>g</em></sub>, diffusion constants much higher than expected. This indicates a strong reduction of the micro-viscosity of the matrix if benzophenone is admixed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 215-230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90034-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90840149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of additives on photodegradation of polymers: Photosensitized crosslinking of poly(vinyl chloride)","authors":"T.A. Skowronski, J.F. Rabek, B. Rånby","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90023-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90023-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The photosensitized crosslinking of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) by the sensitizers hexachlorobenzene, 4-chloro-benzophenone and 2-chloro-anthraquinone was investigated. Free radicals formed from the photolysis of these sensitizers abstract mainly hydrogen from tertiary carbons, which are the result of the presence of internal irregularities (branching, double bonds, oxygen-containing groups) in commercial samples of PVC. Secondary reactions observed are crosslinking, chain scission and oxidation in which different types of polymer alkyl, polymer oxy and polymer peroxy radicals are involved. All of these reactions are accompanied by HCl evolution.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 77-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90023-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85442928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Excimer formation and energy transfer in vinyl(aromatic polymers)","authors":"D. Phillips, G. Rumbles","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90029-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90029-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper reviews the results of many time-resolved fluorescence measurements upon vinyl(aromatic polymers) in dilute solution excited by picosecond lasers. The complex kinetics of excimer formation and decay in such polymers revealed by these measurements are discussed, and some preliminary results on the models for these polymers, the dinaphthyl propanes, presented.</p><p>The kinetics of population and decay of a phenyl oxazole trap in poly(styrene) have been studied and results interpreted in terms of energy migration within the poly(styrene) system. Support for this contentious proposal is gained from measurements of nanosecond time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 153-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90029-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77933629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photolysis of poly(4,4-dimethyl-1-penten-3-one)","authors":"Ikuo Naito, Kenji Imamura, Hisato Shintomi, Kazuyuki Okamura, Akihiro Kinoshita","doi":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90071-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0144-2880(84)90071-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photodegradation of poly(4,4-dimethyl-1-penten-3-one) (PBVK) by 313 nm irradiation was studied in benzene and in dioxane at 30°C. The photolysis of PBVK was found to proceed through both the Type I and Type II mechanisms via the triplet state. The quantum yield of main-chain scission (<em>φ</em><sub>cs</sub>) of PBVK was determined to be 1·3 × 10<sup>−2</sup> in benzene and 1·8 × 10<sup>−2</sup> in dioxane. <em>φ</em><sub>cs</sub> for the Type II reaction was estimated to be about 7 × 10<sup>−3</sup>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101036,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Photochemistry","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 149-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0144-2880(84)90071-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79650083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}