Partially Fluorinated Poly-p-xylylenes Synthesized by CVD Polymerization

✍ Scribed by Yaseen Elkasabi; Himabindu Nandivada; Hsien-Yeh Chen; Srijanani Bhaskar; John D'Arcy; Lidija Bondarenko; Joerg Lahann

• Book ID: 102134436
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 486 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0948-1907
• DOI: 10.1002/cvde.200806749

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper describes partially fluorinated poly‐p‐xylylenes prepared by CVD polymerization. The synthesis, characterization, and surface modification of two partially fluorinated polymer coatings, namely poly(4,12‐dibromo‐1,1,9,9‐tetrafluoro‐p‐xylylene) (2) and poly(4‐heptadecafluorononanoyl‐p‐xylylene‐co‐p‐xylylene) (4), is described. Polymer 2 is synthesized from 4,12‐dibromo‐1,1,9,9‐tetrafluoro[2.2]paracyclophane (1), which is fluorinated at the aliphatic bridge, while 4‐heptadecafluorononanoyl[2.2]paracyclophane (3), which contains a perfluorinated keto group at the aromatic ring, is used to synthesize polymer 4. Furthermore, the keto‐functionalized polymer 4 introduces both extreme hydrophobicity and surface reactivity towards hydrazide‐containing ligands.