The invention concerns coating composition comprising hydrophobic polymer for use as a photoreactive basecoat for a medical device or implant comprising a polymer made from monomers comprising: (a) 1 to 12 mol % of at least one photoactive monomer that is a hydrogen atom abstracter and (b) 99 to 88 mol % of one or more of acrylamides, methacrylamides, acrylates, methacrylates, and N-vinylpyrrolidone; wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 40° C.

The invention concerns coating composition comprising hydrophobic polymer for use as a photoreactive basecoat for a medical device or implant comprising a polymer made from monomers comprising: (a) 1 to 12 mol % of at least one photoactive monomer that is a hydrogen atom abstracter and (b) 99 to 88 mol % of one or more of acrylamides, methacrylamides, acrylates, methacrylates, and N-vinylpyrrolidone; wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 40° C.

The present application provides a photopolymerization initiator having one or more ethylenic unsaturated bonds and one or more photopolymerization initiating functional groups in the molecule has been found. One or more kinds selected from an acrylamide group, an acrylate group, a vinyl group, an allyl group, a maleimide group, and the like can be suitably used as the ethylenic unsaturated bond, and a benzophenone compound having a specific structure can be suitably used as the photopolymerization initiating functional group.

A compound including two or more constituent units derived from a monomer M having a radical polymerizable group and having a radical polymerizable group A at the terminal, in which the monomer M includes a monomer m having a structure that generates an active species by photoexcitation.

A compound including two or more constituent units derived from a monomer M having a radical polymerizable group and having a radical polymerizable group A at the terminal, in which the monomer M includes a monomer m having a structure that generates an active species by photoexcitation.

The present disclosure provides polymerizable monomers which may be used as reactive diluents in additive manufacturing. The polymerizable monomers may have low vapor pressures and may be compatible with a range of low glass transition temperature oligomers.

The present disclosure provides polymerizable monomers which may be used as reactive diluents in additive manufacturing. The polymerizable monomers may have low vapor pressures and may be compatible with a range of low glass transition temperature oligomers.

The invention relates to a method for preparing keto-functionalized aromatic (meth)acrylates.

The invention relates to a method for preparing keto-functionalized aromatic (meth)acrylates.

Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, and telechelic block polymers and methods of using such polymers in curable compositions to produce medical devices such as orthodontic appliances comprising the polymeric compositions comprising the telechelic block polymers.