PHOTOINITIATORS FUNCTIONED AS BOTH INITIATORS AND NANOFILLERS

    公开(公告)号:US20180222929A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:US15752866

    申请日:2016-08-17

    Abstract: This invention relates to a photoinitiator compound comprising: a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) moiety and a photoinitiator moiety, wherein the photoinitiator compound having the structure according to formula (I): [R—SiO1.5]n (I), wherein n is 6, 8, 10 or 12 and R is independently selected from the group consisting of H, linear or branched (hetero)alkyl, linear or branched (hetero)alkenyl, (hetero)aryl, (hetero)alkyl aryl, (hetero)aryl alkyl and a photoinitiator moiety, wherein at least one R is a photoinitiator moiety and the photoinitiator compound is a nanoparticle. The present invention also relates to a method for the production of the photoinitiator compound of the invention, a photopolymerizable composition comprising the photoinitiator compound of the invention, the use of the photoinitiator compound of the invention for photopolymerization. The present invention is further related to a coated substrate comprising the photopolymerizable composition of the invention.

    SENSING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A LEVEL OF AN ANALYTE, METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20180149608A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-31

    申请号:US15577266

    申请日:2016-05-30

    CPC classification number: G01N27/122 G01N27/12 G01N27/4167

    Abstract: There is provided a sensing device for measuring a level of an analyte. The sensing device includes a sensing element configured to sense the analyte and produce an electrical output which is variable based on the level of the analyte sensed, a measurement circuit including a reference element for providing an electrical property, the measurement circuit being connected to the sensing element and configured to provide a measurement output signal based on the electrical property of the reference element and the electrical output of the sensing element, whereby the measurement output signal indicates the level of the analyte sensed with respect to the electrical property of the reference element. There is also provided a corresponding method of fabricating the sensing device.

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