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Spatial control of curing kinetics in thiol-ene-systems through antagonistic photoreactions

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  • Rita Johanna Höller

    (Institute of Chemistry of Polymeric Materials, Technical University of Leoben)

  • Dmitry Sivun

    (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

  • Georgii Gvindzhiliia

    (Institute of Applied Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz)

  • Stefanie Monika Müller

    (Institute of Chemistry of Polymeric Materials, Technical University of Leoben)

  • Lukas Haiden

    (Institute of Materials Science and Testing of Polymers, Technical University of Leoben)

  • Thomas A. Klar

    (Institute of Applied Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz)

  • Jaroslaw Jacak

    (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

  • Sandra Schlögl

    (Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH)

  • Thomas Griesser

    (Institute of Chemistry of Polymeric Materials, Technical University of Leoben)

Abstract

The use of two wavelengths to activate different photoreactions in a resin system has recently attracted much attention in the scientific community. Here, wavelength orthogonal photochemistry was used to spatially control the curing kinetics of the thiol-ene photopolymerization reaction. Antagonistic photochemical control is successfully applied to thiol-ene polymerization. In the investigated resin (pentaerythritol-tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionat); PETMP and triallyl-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione; TATO) system, radical curing is activated by a type II photoinitiator at 450 nm, while light at 365 nm is used to photorelease a base, resulting in an inhibition of the curing reaction. The antagonistic nature of these photoreactions is demonstrated in laser writing with minimum feature sizes below 0.5 µm as well as in grey scale patterning experiments. Spatially controlled inhibition and retardation of the thiol-ene curing reaction on a sub-micron scale have potential applications in advanced large area lithography, e.g. interference lithography.

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  • Rita Johanna Höller & Dmitry Sivun & Georgii Gvindzhiliia & Stefanie Monika Müller & Lukas Haiden & Thomas A. Klar & Jaroslaw Jacak & Sandra Schlögl & Thomas Griesser, 2025. "Spatial control of curing kinetics in thiol-ene-systems through antagonistic photoreactions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-63407-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63407-0
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