title: Synthesis of Fluorinated Polymers and Evaluation of Wettability.
abstract: Two kinds of fluorinated polymers were synthesized: an acrylate polymer having a fluorinated triethylene glycol as a pendant group (2a) and a fluoroalkyl acrylate polymer (2b). The contact angle of these fluorinated polymers against water, non-fluorinated alcohols and fluorinated alcohols were evaluated. As compared with the fluoroalkyl polymer (2b), fluoroethylene glycol polymer (2a) showed smaller contact angle against water and non-fluorinated alcohols. This supports the proposition that changing the alkyl chain into the ethylene glycol-type chain gave some interaction between etheric oxygen and water or non-fluorinated alcohols. In addition, fluoroalkyl acrylate polymer (2b) showed remarkably low values of critical surface tension.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan. s12ds051@mail.saitama-u.ac.jp.|Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. s12ds051@mail.saitama-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tamami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan. maria@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Maria Carmelita
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan. hatanaka@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. koji@fms.saitama-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D004987:Ethers / Q000737:chemistry; D005465:Fluorocarbon Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D054879:Halogenation; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D013499:Surface Properties; D013500:Surface Tension; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D000438:Alcohols; D004987:Ethers; D005465:Fluorocarbon Polymers; D014867:Water; C036658:acrylic acid
keywords: contact angle; critical surface tension; fluorinated polymers; fluorous; wettability