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Investigation on RAFT Polymerization of a Y-Shaped Amphiphilic Fluorinated Monomer and Anti-Fog and Oil-Repellent Properties of the Polymers

✍ Scribed by Yun Wang; Qibao Dong; Yanxue Wang; Hu Wang; Guang Li; Ruke Bai


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
245 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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Abstract

A Y‐shaped amphiphilic fluorinated monomer, 1‐(1__H__,1__H__,2__H__,2__H__‐perfluorodecyloxy)‐3‐(3,6,9‐trioxadecyloxy)‐propan‐2‐yl acrylate has been synthesized and its polymerization by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) homopolymerization has been investigated. The results show that the molecular weights of the polymers are controlled and all the molecular weight distributions are lower than 1.4. Well‐defined copolymers with 2‐(N,N‐dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate have been prepared by RAFT polymerization, and the surface properties of the block and random copolymers have been examined by contact angle measurement for water and hexadecane. It has been found that the surfaces of the block copolymers simultaneously exhibit excellent anti‐fog and oil‐repellent properties.

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