Review
Fluoropolymers: The Right Material for the Right Applications
Dr. Bruno Ameduri,
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Dr. Bruno Ameduri
Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires, Institut Charles Gerhardt, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (UMR5253-CNRS), UM, 240 rue Emile Jeanbrau, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Bruno Ameduri,
Corresponding Author
Dr. Bruno Ameduri
Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires, Institut Charles Gerhardt, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (UMR5253-CNRS), UM, 240 rue Emile Jeanbrau, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Finding places for fluorine: This review provides several recent innovative achievements from fluoropolymers: aerospace materials, thermoplastic elastomers, components for energy, coatings, optically and transparent films. An overview of the synthesis, properties, and applications of fluoropolymers is presented, firstly summarizing conventional strategies as well as RDRP (especially ITP, RAFT and CMRP) of fluorinated alkenes and secondly their design and applications as macromolecular materials.
Abstract
An overview on the synthesis, properties, and applications of fluoropolymers (PFs) is presented. First, a non-exhaustive summary on the homopolymers from conventional radical polymerization of fluoromonomers is proposed. FPs are interesting materials thanks to their outstanding properties such as thermal, oxidative and chemical resistances, low dissipation factor, refractive index, permittivity, and water absorptivity, as well as excellent durability and weatherability. Various strategies of synthesis are proposed, especially on recent studies on radical (co)polymerization of fluoroalkenes, just like their properties and applications ranging from coatings and energy-related materials (e.g. fuel cell membranes, components for lithium ion batteries, electroactive devices, and photovoltaics) to original fluorinated elastomers, surfactants, thermoplastic elastomers, thermostables, and optical devices.
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