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In this study, researchers have found that scanning UV light through a slit can enhance the efficiency of photopolymerization reactions, resulting in polymers with higher molecular weight. This strategy promotes molecular diffusion in reactants, leading to the formation of longer polymer chains while saving significant amounts of energy. This discovery has the potential to make polymer synthesis more sustainable and efficient.
Scanning ultraviolet (UV) light through a slit can boost the efficiency of photopolymerization reactions and produce polymers with higher molecular weight, scientists reveal. This straightforward strategy induces molecular diffusion in the reactants that ultimately favor the formation of longer polymer chains while also saving massive amounts of energy, paving the way to more sustainable and efficient polymer synthesis.