Patent ID: 7157535

Claim:
A siloxane-linked photoinitiator having the following structure: wherein Q is a polymer, Ar is selected from the group consisting of: R is independently a linear or branched alkyl group, cycloalkyl, alkylenoxy, alkenyl or aryl group, an alkyl group containing a heteroatom, or H, R 1 is independently a linear or branched alkyl group, cycloalkyl, alkylenoxy, alkenyl or aryl group, or an alkyl group containing a heteroatom or a carbonyl group, R 2 is independently a linear or branched alkyl group, cycloalkyl, alkylenoxy, alkenyl or aryl group, an alkyl group containing a heteroatom, a carbonyl group, H, OR, NR 2 , SR, F, Cl, Br or I, X is O, NR, S, PR, or SiR 2 , n=0–2, and m=0 or 1, and y=1–100.