Figure 5.
Photopolymerization of the sol–gel precursor thin film under DUV irradiation followed by FTIR (C=C conversion calculated from the decrease of the 1638 cm−1 band). Thickness 450 ± 20 nm, irradiation with LC8 lamp (70 mW/cm2), no MNP. (a) Influence of the Ti complex concentration on the photopolymerization kinetic (Si/Ti = 3/1 to 20/1). (b) Comparison of Ti and Zr complexes (Si/Zr or Ti = 6/1). (c) Influence of the ligands in the Ti complex (Si/Ti = 6/1). (d) Simplified mechanism for a free radical photopolymerization mechanism of the organic part of the hybrid sol–gel precursor.