Quantum yield of conversion of the dental photoinitiator camphorquinone

Yin-Chu Chen; Jack L. Ferracane; Scott A. Prahl

doi:10.1117/12.634627

22 June 2005 Quantum yield of conversion of the dental photoinitiator camphorquinone

Yin-Chu Chen, Jack L. Ferracane, Scott A. Prahl

Proceedings Volume 5771, Saratov Fall Meeting 2004: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine VI; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.634627
Event: Saratov, Russia, 2004, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

The primary absorber in dental resins is the photoinitiators, which start the photo polymerization process. We studied the quantum yield of conversion of camphorquinone (CQ), a blue light photoinitiator, using 3M FreeLight LED lamp as the light curing unit. The molar extinction coefficient, ε₄₆₉, of CQ was measured to be 46±2 cm^-1/(mol/L) at 469 nm. The absorption coefficient change to the radiant exposure was measured at three different irradiances. The relationship between the CQ absorption coefficient and curing lamp radiant exposure was the same for different irradiances and fit an exponential function: μ_a469(H)= μ_ao exp(-H/H_threshold), where μ_ao is 4.46±0.05 cm^-1, and H_threshold=43±4 J/cm². Combining this exponential relationship with CQ molar extinction coefficient and the absorbed photon energy (i.e., the product of the radiant exposure with the absorption coefficient), we plotted CQ concentration [number of molecules/cm³] as a function of the accumulated absorbed photons per volume. The slope of the relationship is the quantum yield of the CQ conversion. Therefore, in our formulation (0.7 w% CQ with reducing agents 0.35 w% DMAEMA and 0.05 w% BHT) the quantum yield was solved to be 0.07±0.01 CQ conversion per absorbed photon.

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Yin-Chu Chen, Jack L. Ferracane, and Scott A. Prahl "Quantum yield of conversion of the dental photoinitiator camphorquinone", Proc. SPIE 5771, Saratov Fall Meeting 2004: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine VI, (22 June 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.634627

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