Quantum Dots (QDs) have emerged as a class of initiators for photopolymerization, which usually relies on photoinduced charge transfer from QDs to molecular co-additives. Here the authors report efficient photopolymerization of acrylates using QDs alone without any co-additives, triggered by energy transfer from photoexcited QDs to the triplet excited-states of acrylates on sub-nanosecond timescales.
- Yongshun Lyu
- Heran Nie
- Kaifeng Wu
