The present invention includes ultraviolet curable compositions preferably containing discrete, crystalline zirconia nanoparticles with reactive, or copolymerizable, surface modification, in a polymerizable monomer/oligomer resin mixture. It is believed that copolymerizable surface modification provides a functional group that enables the functionalized particle to co-polmerize with the reactive monomers, oligomers, and crosslinkers in the formulation. Relative to surface modifation of the nanoparticles, acrylate functionality is preferred over methacrylate functionality. On the other hand, methacrylate functionality is preferred over non-reactive, or nonpolymerizable, functionality. As the nanocomposite cures, the resultant network is heavily crosslinked by selection of raw materials with substantial acrylate functionality.
                            本发明包括紫外线固化组合物,最好是在可聚合单体/低聚物
树脂混合物中含有离散的、具有反应性或可共聚表面改性的结晶
氧化锆纳米颗粒。据信,可共聚的表面改性提供了一个官能团,使官能化颗粒能够与配方中的反应性单体、低聚物和
交联剂共聚。相对于纳米颗粒的表面改性,
丙烯酸酯官能团比
甲基丙烯酸酯官能团更受欢迎。另一方面,
甲基丙烯酸酯官能度优于非反应性或不可聚合官能度。当纳米复合材料固化时,通过选择具有大量
丙烯酸酯官能度的原材料,所形成的网络会发生严重交联。