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Cure Monitoring of Hydrosilation-Curable Silicones by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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Author(s)

Y Hotta, K Komatsu, Francis W. Wang

Abstract

Cure monitoring of hydrosilation is needed to control the fabrication of medical devices from hydrosilation-curable silicones. The fluorescence spectrum of a probe with one or more unsaturated bonds in its chromophore changes when the probe reacts with a hydrosilating agent. If the probe's hydrosilation rate is comparable to that for a hydrosilation-curable silicone, the cure of the silicone can be monitored by measuring the change in the fluorescence spectrum of the probe. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a fluorescent probe for cure monitoring of hydrosilation-curable silicones. A fluorescent probe [9,10-bis-(phenylethynyl)anthracene, BPEA] was dissolved in a hydrosilation-curable silicone, and the change in the fluorescence spectrum of the probe was measured during the cure of the silicone. The change in the elastic modulus of the silicone was also measured and compared with the change in the fluorescence spectrum.
Citation
Society for Biomaterials
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

9, 10-bis-(phenylethynyl)anthracene, cure monitoring, fluorescence spectroscopy, hydrosilation, mechanical properties, polymerization, silicone

Citation

Hotta, Y. , Komatsu, K. and Wang, F. (2021), Cure Monitoring of Hydrosilation-Curable Silicones by Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Society for Biomaterials (Accessed November 3, 2025)

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Created October 12, 2021
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