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Synthesis and characterization of perfluorinated acrylate–methyl methacrylate copolymers
Author(s) -
Çanak Tuba Çakır,
Hamuryudan Esin,
Serhatlı İ. Ersin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.38128
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , acryloyl chloride , monomer , materials science , glass transition , differential scanning calorimetry , methyl methacrylate , acrylate , thermogravimetric analysis , methacrylate , radical initiator , thermal stability , methyl acrylate , gel permeation chromatography , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , physics , composite material , thermodynamics
A novel perfluorinated acrylic monomer 3,5‐bis(perfluorobenzyloxy)benzyl acrylate (FM) with perfluorinated aromatic units was synthesized with 3,5‐bis(perfluorobenzyl)oxybenzyl alcohol, acryloyl chloride, and triethylamine. Copolymers of FM monomer with methyl methacrylate (MMA) were prepared via free‐radical polymerization at 80°C in toluene with 2,2′‐azobisisobutyronitrile as the initiator. The obtained copolymers were characterized by 1 H‐NMR and gel permeation chromatography. The monomer reactivity ratios for the monomer pair were calculated with the extended Kelen–Tüdos method. The reactivity ratios were found to be r 1 = 0.38 for FM, r 2 = 1.11 for MMA, and r 1 r 2 < 1 for the pair FM–MMA. This shows that the system proceeded as random copolymerization. The thermal behavior of the copolymers was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The copolymers had only one glass‐transition temperature, which changed from 46 to 78°C depending on the copolymer composition. Melting endotherms were not observed in the DSC traces; this indicated that all of the copolymers were completely amorphous. Copolymer films were prepared by spin coating, and contact angle measurements of water and ethylene glycol on the films indicated a high degree of hydrophobicity. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013