Interpenetrated polymer network formed by UV curable modified epoxyacrylates using dual curing polymerization

The materials and methods used for the preparation of interpenetrated polymer network (IPN) by UV curing processes are reported. In particular, recent developments on the formation and characterization of some sequential IPN based on mixtures of commercially available diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) epoxy resins and UV curable epoxy-dimethacrylate resins are discussed. Finally, the photopolymerization kinetic behavior and thermal properties of some UV curable mixtures based on the modified epoxydimethacrylate resins for the preparation and characterization of a grafted sequential IPN are described