Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: Trends in Dye Photosensitized Radical Polymerization Reactions -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A brief overview of dye-based PISs -- 1.2.1. Dye one-component systems -- 1.2.2. Dye two-component systems -- 1.2.3. Dye three-component systems -- 1.3. A discussion on specific or recent developments in dye-based photoinitiating systems -- 1.3.1. Dyes for use with polychromatic visible lights -- 1.3.2. Dyes for blue, green and red laser light-induced polymerizations -- 1.3.3. Dyes as part of PISs in the medical area -- 1.3.4. Dyes in controlled radical photopolymerization reactions -- 1.3.5. Photoinitiation under soft irradiation conditions: novel three-componentsystems -- 1.3.6. Dyes with red-shifted absorptions and high molar extinction coefficients -- 1.3.7. Performances of novel three-component PISs in low-viscosity matrices under LEDs/laser diodes and low-intensity household devices -- 1.3.8. Recoverable dyes: the concept of photoinitiator catalysts -- 1.3.9. Metal-based dyes: recent perspectives -- 1.3.10. Dyes under sunlight exposure -- 1.3.11. Dye-based PISs as a source of mediator radicals: application to FRPCP -- 1.3.12. Dyes exhibiting a dual radical/cationic behavior: application to concomitant radical/cationic photopolymerizations -- 1.3.13. Dyes in thiol-ene photopolymerizations -- 1.3.14. Dyes for the manufacture of photopolymerizable panchromatic films -- 1.3.15. Dyes for polymerization of in situ nanoparticle containing films -- 1.4. Dye-based photoinitiating systems: properties, efficiency and reactivity -- 1.5. Trends and perspectives -- 1.6. Bibliography -- 2: Sensitization of Cationic Photopolymerizations -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Photosensitization of onium salts -- 2.3. Synthesis of long wavelength absorbing photoinitiators.

2.4. Photosensitization of onium salt cationic photoinitiators -- 2.5. Early dye sensitization studies -- 2.6. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives -- 2.7. Phenothiazine photosensitizers -- 2.8. Carbazole photosensitizers -- 2.9. Thioxanthone photosensitizers -- 2.10. Curcumin as a photosensitizer -- 2.11. Quinoxaline photosensitizers -- 2.12. Miscellaneous electron-transfer photosensitizers -- 2.13. Free-radical-promoted photosensitization -- 2.14. Conclusions -- 2.15. Bibliography -- 3: Controlled Photopolymerization and Novel Architectures -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Photoinitiated controlled radical polymerizations -- 3.2.1. Photoiniferter -- 3.2.2. Photoinitiated nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization -- 3.2.3. Photoinitiated atom transfer radical polymerization -- 3.2.4. Photoinitiated RAFT polymerization -- 3.3. Photoinitiated living ionic polymerization -- 3.3.1. Living cationic photopolymerization -- 3.3.2. Living anionic photopolymerization -- 3.4. Acknowledgments -- 3.5. Bibliography -- 4: Applied Photochemistry in Dental Materials: From Beginnings to State of the Art -- 4.1. Photoinitiated free radical polymerization -- 4.1.1. Introduction: from ultraviolet to visible light curing -- 4.1.2. The camphorquinone/amine system -- 4.1.3. Acyl phosphine oxides -- 4.1.4. Various other photoinitiator systems -- 4.2. Cationic photopolymerization -- 4.3. Conclusion -- 4.4. Bibliography -- 5: Photoinitiated Cross-linking in OLEDs: An Efficient Tool for Addressing the Solution-Processed Devices Elaboration and Stability Issues -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Cross-linking of light-emitting materials -- 5.2.1. Polymer-based light-emitting materials -- 5.2.1.1. Conjugated polymers -- 5.2.1.2. Non-conjugated polymers -- 5.2.2. Small-molecule-based light-emitting materials -- 5.3. Cross-linking of charge-transport materials.

5.3.1. Polymer-based hole-transport materials -- 5.3.2. Polymer-based electron-transport/injection materials -- 5.3.3. Small-molecule-based hole-transport materials -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 5.5. Bibliography -- 6: Polymers as Light-Harvesting Dyes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Characterization of DSSC devices -- 6.3. Poly(3-thiophenylacetic acid)-based polymers -- 6.4. Phenylenevinylene-based polymers -- 6.5. Triphenylamine-based polymer -- 6.6. Fluorene-based polymers -- 6.7. Dye polymers with acceptor-donor structure -- 6.8. Polymer containing metal complexes -- 6.9. Conclusion -- 6.10. Bibliography -- 7: NIR-Dyes for Photopolymers and Laser Drying in the Graphic Industry -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Computer to plate systems -- 7.2.1. Technical remarks -- 7.2.2. Photochemical aspects of photoinitiation using NIR lasers -- 7.2.3. Importance of thermal deactivation -- 7.2.4. Contrast materials and color on demand -- 7.2.5. Sensitivity -- 7.3. Laser-drying and offset-printing -- 7.3.1. Principle of laser-drying -- 7.3.2. Chemical systems -- 7.4. Conclusions and outlook -- 7.5. Acknowledgments -- 7.6. Bibliography -- 8: Dyes and Photopolymers -- 8.1. Photopolymer -- 8.2. Dye study of the photopolymer materials -- 8.3. Conclusion -- 8.4. Bibliography -- 9: Advanced Strategies for Spatially Resolved Surface Design via Photochemical Methods -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Inorganic surfaces -- 9.3. Bio and bioinspired surfaces -- 9.4. Cross-linking -- 9.5. Conclusion -- 9.6. Bibliography -- 10: Photosynthesized High-Performance Biomaterials -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Surface photografting methodology -- 10.2.1. Photoinduced "grafting-from" method -- 10.2.2. Benzophenone and derivatives -- 10.2.3. Ketones and derivatives -- 10.2.4. Photo-oxidation process -- 10.2.5. Photoiniferters for living/controlled surface photografting.

10.2.6. Triarylsulfonium salts -- 10.3. Photoinduced "grafting-to" procedure -- 10.3.1. Aryl azides chemistry -- 10.3.2. Anthraquinone-derived monomers -- 10.4. Achievements and biomedical applications of the photosynthesized materials -- 10.4.1. Achievements -- 10.4.1.1. Wettability -- 10.4.2. Stimuli-responsive materials -- 10.4.3. Modification of membranes -- 10.4.4. Biomedical applications -- 10.4.4.1. Antibacterial properties -- 10.4.5. Enzymes and proteins immobilization -- 10.4.6. Cell adhesion and compatibility -- 10.5. Conclusion -- 10.6. Bibliography -- 11: Light-cured Luminescent Coatings for Photovoltaic Devices -- 11.1. Photovoltaics: technology, devices and spectral management -- 11.1.1. Energy demand and photovoltaic converters -- 11.1.2. Spectral management for photovoltaics: principles, materials and applications -- 11.2. Photocurable luminescent downshifting layers and dye-sensitized solar cells -- 11.3. Luminescent solar concentrators -- 11.4. Bibliography -- 12: Polymers with Photoinduced Self-healing Properties -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Healing based on photo-reversible cycloadditions -- 12.3. Healing based on photoinduced homolytic dissociations of covalent bonds -- 12.4. Photoinduced healing in supramolecular polymers and related systems -- 12.5. Healing based on photothermally induced phase transitions or photo-isomerizations -- 12.6. Conclusion and perspectives -- 12.7. Bibliography -- List of Authors -- Index.