A curable composition containing at least one of a haloalkyl ether (meth)acrylate or a haloalkenyl ether (meth)acrylate and, optionally, one or more different types of co-monomers is cured to provide a polymer having advantageous properties as a result of the incorporation of halogenated functionality derived from the haloalkyl/haloalkenyl ether (meth)acrylate monomer.

A method of preparing a fluorinated polycaprolactone membrane includes the following steps: (1) reacting a polycaprolactone with an aminoalcohol compound to prepare a hydroxyl-terminated polycaprolactone; (2) reacting the hydroxyl-terminated polycaprolactone with an anhydride to prepare a carboxyl-terminated polycaprolactone; (3) reacting an ethylene glycol bromoisobutyrate with a fluorinated acrylate to prepare a hydroxyl-terminated fluoro-acrylate polymer; (4) reacting the carboxyl-terminated polycaprolactone with the hydroxyl-terminated fluoro-acrylate polymer to prepare a fluorinated polycaprolactone; (5) at room temperature, dissolving the fluorinated polycaprolactone in an organic solvent to prepare a solution; then naturally drying the solution at room temperature to prepare the fluorinated polycaprolactone membrane.

This disclosure describes compositions including a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) bottlebrush polymer, optionally blended with other fluoropolymers. The compositions may be disposed on an article, including, for example, a porous filtration media, to form a fluoropolymer-containing article. This disclosure further describes methods of making fluoropolymer-containing articles and methods of using the fluoropolymer-containing articles.

Provided is a fluorine-containing polymer which has no perfluoroalkyl group of 4 or more carbon atoms and which, when formed together with a photoacid generator into a film, shows water repellency after film formation, but becomes hydrophilic by the action of an acid generated under light irradiation, and thus serves as a pattern forming material capable of forming a film with high sensitivity and resolution. A fluorine-containing polymer according to the present invention has a repeating unit of the formula (1) ##STR00001##
where R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkyl group; R.sup.2 to R.sup.5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkyl group; X is a single bond or a divalent group; Y is a C.sub.1-C.sub.3 fluoroalkyl or carboxylate (—COOR) group; R is a C.sub.1-C.sub.3 fluoroalkyl group; and seven or less of hydrogen atoms contained in the substituent group may be substituted with fluorine.

The present invention is directed to a purification method for purifying a fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer of the formula (1), in which the fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer is purified by distillation in the coexistence of a phenolic compound A such as 6-tert-butyl-2,4-xylenol and a phenolic compound B such as 2,2′-methylene-bis(4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol).

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By the combined use of the phenolic compound A and the phenolic compound B, it is possible to significantly suppress polymerization or oligomerization of the fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer even during industrial-production-scale distillation and efficiently purify the fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer by distillation.

A functional polymer including at least two different types of side chains, having the general formula (1),

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wherein A is an at least monosubstituted alkylene or arylene group; B is an amide, ester or ether group and n is 0 or 1; F is selected from: an ester, secondary amine, amide, ether, thio ether, thio ester, and may be the same or different for the different side chains; D is a side chain intended to reversible bind to a substrate or has a coating function; E is a side chain intended to irreversible bind to a substrate, the side chain E and polymer includes 1 to 10 different side chains D and 1 to 10 different side chains E, but at least one of each, and includes a plurality of each type, whereby the different types of side chains are randomly or regularly distributed in the polymer.

A functional polymer including at least two different types of side chains, having the general formula (1),

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wherein A is an at least monosubstituted alkylene or arylene group; B is an amide, ester or ether group and n is 0 or 1; F is selected from: an ester, secondary amine, amide, ether, thio ether, thio ester, and may be the same or different for the different side chains; D is a side chain intended to reversible bind to a substrate or has a coating function; E is a side chain intended to irreversible bind to a substrate, the side chain E and polymer includes 1 to 10 different side chains D and 1 to 10 different side chains E, but at least one of each, and includes a plurality of each type, whereby the different types of side chains are randomly or regularly distributed in the polymer.

The present invention relates to novel fluorine containing polymers, compositions comprising the polymers, the use of the polymers in coatings, especially in water and dirt repellent coatings, and products coated with polymer containing coatings.

A method of preparing a fluorinated polycaprolactone membrane includes the following steps: (1) reacting a polycaprolactone with an aminoalcohol compound to prepare a hydroxyl-terminated polycaprolactone; (2) reacting the hydroxyl-terminated polycaprolactone with an anhydride to prepare a carboxyl-terminated polycaprolactone; (3) reacting an ethylene glycol bromoisobutyrate with a fluorinated acrylate to prepare a hydroxyl-terminated fluoro-acrylate polymer; (4) reacting the carboxyl-terminated polycaprolactone with the hydroxyl-terminated fluoro-acrylate polymer to prepare a fluorinated polycaprolactone; (5) at room temperature, dissolving the fluorinated polycaprolactone in an organic solvent to prepare a solution; then naturally drying the solution at room temperature to prepare the fluorinated polycaprolactone membrane.

A method of treating a material to achieve at least one of reducing surface wettability of the material or reducing fluid transport through the material includes exposing the material to a composition including a solution of a polymer portion and carbon dioxide for a period of time. The polymer portion includes at least one of a polyfluoroacrylate or a copolymer of a fluoroacrylate and a comonomer. A pressure of the composition is maintained above the cloud point of the polymer portion at a concentration thereof in the carbon dioxide for the period of time.