Poly(HEMA)는 소프트 콘택트렌즈의 재료로써 널리 사용되어 왔다. $phSiH_3$, $phMeSiH_2$, $ph2SiH_2$와 같은 다양한 hydrosilane들과 hydroxyethyl methacrylate(HEMA)와의 열중합은 Phenylsilyl 말단기를 포함하는 poly(HEMA)를 생성시켰다. 열중합 반응 동안에는 Phenylsilane의 농도가 증가함에 따라 고분자의 분자량과 고분자 수득률이 감소됨을 보였으며 광중합 반응에서 보다 중합 수득률, 고분자의 분자량, TGA 잔여 수율 등이 더 높았다.
Poly(HEMA)s have been used as the optometric material for the preparation of soft contact lens. The bulk thermal polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) with various hydrosilanes such as $phSiH_3$, $phMeSiH_2$, and $ph2SiH_2$ were performed to produce poly(HEMA)s containing phenylsilyl end moeity. It was found for thermal polymerization that while the polymerization yield and polymer molcular weights decreased as the relative phenylsilane concentration increases, the TGA residue yields and the relative intensities of SiH IR stretching bands increased as the relative hydrosilane concentration increases over HEMA. The polymerization yield, molecular weight, and TGA residue for the thermal polymerization were higher than those for the photo polymerization. Thus, the hydrosilanes significantly influence on the polymerization as both chain-initiation and chain-transfer agents.
