Inorganic and organometallic photoinitiators

The intent of this chapter is to provide an overview of the properties and applications of inorganic and organometallic photoinitiators. The contents have been organized along the following lines: First, some basic structural and bonding features of coordination complexes are described and definitions of commonly used terms are provided. Next, the various types of electronic excited states in these complexes are identified along with their characteristic reaction pathways. Finally, a fairly comprehensive survey of reported inorganic and organometallic photoinitiators is presented. 150 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab