Macromolecules

Selective alteration of polymer surfaces by thermal cleavage of fluorinated side chains

A Böker, T Herweg, K Reihs

Index: Boeker, Alexander; Herweg, Thomas; Reihs, Karsten Macromolecules, 2002 , vol. 35, # 13 p. 4929 - 4937

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Abstract

We have synthesized a series of fluorinated side chain block copolymers based on either a hydroborated polystyrene-b-polyisoprene or a poly (methyl methacrylate)-b-poly (2- hydroxyethyl methacrylate) backbone. Through polymer-analogous reactions, perfluorinated ester, fluorinated urethane, and fluorinated carbonate side chains were attached to the pendant hydroxyl groups. Their selective thermal degradation behavior was investigated ...