Hassan HAYEK

Dr. Hassan HAYEK


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 January 2024 in Molecules
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TNThi-Thanh-Tam Nguyen
Thi-Thanh-Tam Nguyen
LBLouise Breloy
Louise Breloy
Agustin Rios de AndaAgustin Rios de Anda
Agustin Rios de Anda
HHHassan HAYEK
Hassan HAYEK
Annalisa ChiapponeAnnalisa Chiappone
Annalisa Chiappone
DVDavy-Louis Versace
Davy-Louis Versace
In this investigation, a multifunctional visible-light TX-based photosensitizer containing a siloxane moiety (TXS) was designed with a good overall yield of 54%. The addition of a siloxane moiety enabled the incorporation of a TX photosensitizer into a siloxane network by photoinduced sol–gel chemistry, thus avoiding its release. Both liquid 1H and solid-state 29Si NMR measurements undeniably confirmed the formation of photoacids resulting from the photolysis of the TXS/electron acceptor molecule (Iodonium salt), which promoted the photoinduced hydrolysis/condensation of the trimethoxysilane groups of TXS, with a high degree of condensation of its inorganic network. Notably, the laser flash photolysis, fluorescence, and electron paramagnetic resonance spin-trapping (EPR ST) experiments demonstrated that TXS could react with Iod through an electron transfer reaction through its excited states, leading to the formation of radical initiating species. Interestingly, the TXS/Iod was demonstrated to be an efficient photoinitiating system for free-radical (FRP) and cationic (CP) polymerization under LEDs@385, 405, and 455 nm. In particular, whatever the epoxy monomer mixtures used, remarkable final epoxy conversions were achieved up to 100% under air. In this latter case, we demonstrated that both the photoinduced sol–gel process (hydrolysis of trimethoxysilane groups) and the cationic photopolymerization occurred simultaneously.