photopolymerizationn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)pɒlᵻmərʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊpəˌlɪmərəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌpɑləmərəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌpɑləməˌraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry.
Polymerization brought about by the action of light; an instance of this.
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1920 Chem. Abstr. 14 Index 4427/1 Photopolymerization.
1924 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 46 1614 It is concluded that in the photopolymerization of anthracene, a single molecule is activated by absorption of blue light and then proceeds to react with an unactivated molecule to form the polymer.
1970 H. L. Needles in R. F. Reinisch Photochem. Macromolecules 129 Both oxygen and hydrogen donors effect riboflavin-sensitized photopolymerizations of aqueous acrylamide.
1991 Nature 26 Sept. 338/2 (caption) The light from a xenon arc lamp is focused into the illumination fibres to initiate photopolymerization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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