Abstract: A photocurable dental impression material comprising: (a) a mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds each having two or more polymerizable (meth)acrylate groups, said mixture having a dynamic viscosity at 25° C. of from 1 to 100 Pas; (b) a filler; (c) a photo initiator system, wherein the mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds comprises based on the total weight of the mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds (a) 10 to 90 percent by weight of high-molecular polymerizable silicone compounds having a molecular weight in the range of from more than 4000 up to 10.000; and (b) 90 to 10 percent by weight of polymerizable silicone compounds having a molecular weight in the range of from 300 to 4000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new photo-initiating composition for red and near infrared-induced photopolymerization, method of using same in photopolymerization reactions and polymers obtained by such method.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a dental composition comprising: (a) at least one polymerizable monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group; (b) a radical initiator system comprising (i) a photosensitizer having an absorption maximum ranging from 400 nm to 800 nm; (ii) a coinitiator; and (iii) a compound of the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-6 alkoxy group; R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a C1-6 alkyl group, or R3 and R4 may represent a bond so that the carbon atoms to which R3 and R4 are bonded are linked by a double bond; R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a C1-6 alkyl group, or R5 and R6 may represent a bond so that the carbon atoms to which R5 and R6 are bonded are linked by a double bond; L represents a single bond or a group —CRH—, wherein

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions thermally curable on demand by red to near infrared irradiation, method of using same for thermal amplification of free radical polymerizations, and articles obtained by such method. The invention also relates to the use of a heat-generating dye in association with a thermal initiator for controlling the onset of thermal free radical polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions (self-thermally) curable on demand under the triggering action of UV-visible to near-infrared irradiation of moderate intensity, method of using same for accelerated photopolyaddition of cyclic ether-amine resins or ultrafast dark curing of cyclic ether-amine resins, and articles obtained by such method. The invention also relates to a resin casting, film or coated substrate, and an adhesive layer or bonding agent, comprising acyclic ether-amine resin obtained by an accelerated curing process according to the invention. The invention additionally relates to the use of a composition of the invention for increasing the delamination strength of laminated composite materials.

Abstract: Dental composition comprising (a) a homogeneous phase comprising monomer combinations (i) and (ii), (i) and (iii), (ii) and (iii), or (i), (ii) and (iii), or comprising monomer (iii), wherein (i) represents one or more compounds having one or more radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds; (ii) represents one or more compounds having one or more cationically polymerizable groups; and (iii) represents one or more compounds having a combination of one or more radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds and one or more cationically polymerizable groups; (b) an initiator system comprising (iv) one or more radical polymerization initiator of the following formula (I): wherein M is Ge or Si; R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different, independently represent an organic group, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an organic or organometallic group; provided that when R4 is a hydrogen atom, the initiator system further comprises a sensitizer compound having a light absorption maximum in the rang

Abstract: A photocurable dental impression material comprising: (a) a mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds each having two or more polymerizable (meth)acrylate groups, said mixture having a dynamic viscosity at 25° C. of from 1 to 100 Pas; (b) a filler; (c) a photo initiator system, wherein the mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds comprises based on the total weight of the mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds (a) 10 to 90 percent by weight of high-molecular polymerizable silicone compounds having a molecular weight in the range of from more than 4000 up to 10.000; and (b) 90 to 10 percent by weight of polymerizable silicone compounds having a molecular weight in the range of from 300 to 4000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions thermally curable on demand by red to near infrared irradiation, method of using same for thermal amplification of free radical polymerizations, and articles obtained by such method. The invention also relates to the use of a heat-generating dye in association with a thermal initiator for controlling the onset of thermal free radical polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental composition comprising a specific polymerization initiator system comprising a compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermanyl-group. The present invention also relates the use of the compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermanyl group for the preparation of a dental composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental composition having a polymerization initiator system with an aromatic tertiary phosphine compound. Further disclosed is the use of the aromatic tertiary phospine compound for the preparation of a photocurable dental compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental composition comprising an initiator system comprising a sensitizer compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermyl-group and a specific coinitiator compound. The present invention also relates to an initiator system consisting essentially of the sensitizer compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermyl-group and a coinitiator compound wherein a C—H bond dissociation energy is less than 95 Kcal/mol. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this initiator system for the preparation of a dental composition.

Abstract: Dental composition comprising (a) a homogeneous phase comprising monomer combinations (i) and (ii), (i) and (iii), (ii) and (iii), or (i), (ii) and (iii), or comprising monomer (iii), wherein (i) represents one or more compounds having one or more radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds; (ii) represents one or more compounds having one or more cationically polymerizable groups; and (iii) represents one or more compounds having a combination of one or more radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds and one or more cationically polymerizable groups; (b) an initiator system comprising (iv) one or more radical polymerization initiator of the following formula (I): wherein M is Ge or Si; R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different, independently represent an organic group, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an organic or organometallic group; provided that when R4 is a hydrogen atom, the initiator system further comprises a sensitizer compound having a light absorption maximum in the rang

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental composition comprising a specific polymerization initiator system comprising a compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermanyl-group. The present invention also relates the use of the compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermanyl group for the preparation of a dental composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental composition comprising an initiator system comprising a sensitizer compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermyl-group and a specific coinitiator compound. The present invention also relates to an initiator system consisting essentially of the sensitizer compound having an acylsilyl- or acylgermyl-group and a coinitiator compound wherein a C—H bond dissociation energy is less than 95 Kcal/mol. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this initiator system for the preparation of a dental composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental composition having a polymerization initiator system with an aromatic tertiary phosphine compound. Further disclosed is the use of the aromatic tertiary phospine compound for the preparation of a photocurable dental compositions.