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Published in final edited form as: J Biomim Biomater Tissue Eng. 2009 Dec 1;4:1–12. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JBBTE.4.1

Table 2.

Components of the light-cure (LC), chemical-cure (CC) and dual-cure (DC) systems and their content (mass faction %) in the resin

Type of the
polymerization
initiation
Component Acronym Mass
fraction
%

Light-cure (LC)
LC1 Camphorquinone
Ethyl-4-N,N-dimethylamino benzoate
CQ
4EDMAB
0.2
0.8
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LC2 -Bis(2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)-2,4,4-
trimethylpentyl phosphine oxide &
1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone
1850
IRGACURE

1.0
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LC3 -
Camphorquinone
Ethyl-4-N,N-dimethylamino benzoate
Diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)
phosphine oxide & 2-hydroxy-2-
methyl-1-phenyl-1- propanone
2-Benzyl-2-(dimethylamino)-1-(4-
(4-morpholinyl)phenyl)-1-butanone
CQ
4EDMAB
4265
DAROCUR

369
IRGACURE
0.4
0.4

0.8

1.5

Chemical-cure (CC)
CC1 Benzoyl peroxide
2,2′-Dihydroxyethyl-p-toluidine
BPO
DHEPT
2.0
1.0
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CC2 -
L(+) ascorbic acid
t-Butyl perbenzoate
AA
TBPB
0.5
1.0

Dual-cure (DC)
DC1 Bis(2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)-2,4,4-
trimethylpentyl phosphine oxide &
1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone
Benzoyl peroxide
2,2′-Dihydroxyethyl-p-toluidine
1850
IRGACURE

BPO
DHEPT

1.0

2.0
1.0
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DC2 -
Bis(2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)-2,4,4-
trimethylpentyl phosphine oxide &
1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone
L(+) ascorbic acid
t-Butyl perbenzoate
1850
IRGACURE

AA
TBPB

1.0

0.5
1.0