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A new role of curcumin: as a multicolor photoinitiator for polymer fabrication under household UV to red LED bulbs

Jiacheng Zhao, Jacques Lalevée, Hongxu Lu, Rowan W. MacQueen, Scott H. Kable, Timothy W. Schmidt, Martina H. Stenzel, Pu Xiao

Polymer Chemistry · 2015 · 121 citations · 40 references

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Curcumin can act as a multicolor photoinitiator in free radical photopolymerization under air upon exposure to household LED bulbs.

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Photophysics, photochemistry and photobiology of curcumin: Studies from organic solutions, bio-mimetics and living cells

K. Indira Priyadarsini · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews · 2009 · 654 citations

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Visible light sensitive photoinitiating systems: Recent progress in cationic and radical photopolymerization reactions under soft conditions

Pu Xiao, Jing Zhang, Frédéric Dumur et al. · Progress in Polymer Science · 2014 · 562 citations

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Green Bulb Light Source Induced Epoxy Cationic Polymerization under Air Using Tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) and Silyl Radicals

Jacques Lalevée, Nicolas Blanchard, Mohamad‐Ali Tehfe et al. · Macromolecules · 2010 · 252 citations

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Effect of Solvent on the Excited-state Photophysical Properties of Curcumin¶

Sujata M. Khopde, K. Indira Priyadarsini, Dipak K. Palit et al. · Photochemistry and Photobiology · 2000 · 233 citations

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