The invention pertains to a method of removing a layer of a lift-off fluoropolymer layer from a substrate using a particular stripping solvent, and to a lithographic process using said combination of lift-off fluoropolymer and stripping solvent, in particular for the manufacture of OLED devices.

The invention pertains to a method of removing a layer of a lift-off fluoropolymer layer from a substrate using a particular stripping solvent, and to a lithographic process using said combination of lift-off fluoropolymer and stripping solvent, in particular for the manufacture of OLED devices.

The disclosure provides an improved process for preparing oleophobic fluoropolymers. The resulting fluropolymers were found to be effective in imparting hydrophobic and oleophobic properties to porous polymeric membranes such as PTFE. The treated PTFE membrane can reach an oleophobic level of 6 or above, (according to the AATCC-118-1997 oil repellency test method) with a low air flux loss.

Copolymers of one or more halogenated olefins and one or more halogenated co-monomers selected from the group consisting of halogenated alkenyl ethers, halogenated alkenyl esters, and halogenated (meth)acrylates are useful in various end-use applications wherein the presence of halogen (e.g., fluorine) in the copolymer imparts one or more desirable properties, as compared to analogous copolymers not containing halogen.

Provided are a novel polymer having a structure derived from 1,2-difluoroethylene, and a production method thereof. A fluorine-containing polymer including a structural unit represented by a following general formula (1) partly or as a whole, and having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or more;

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To provide a method for producing a fluorinated polymer which does not require an emulsifier as an essential component while an aqueous medium with little environmental burden is used. A method for producing a fluorinated polymer, which comprises polymerizing at least one fluorinated polymer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene and vinylidene fluoride, in an aqueous medium in the presence of a specific polymer having at least one type of units selected from units based on a compound represented by the formula (1) and units based on a compound represented by the formula (2) to produce a fluorinated polymer (provided that when tetrafluoroethylene is polymerized, tetrafluoroethylene is polymerized so that the content of units based on tetrafluoroethylene in the fluorinated polymer becomes less than 99 mass % to all units in the fluorinated polymer):

CXY═CR.sup.1—COO-(L-O).sub.n—R.sup.2  formula (1):

CXY═CR.sup.3—(O).sub.m—CH.sub.2—Z—R.sup.4  formula (2):

A polymer composition of cross-linked fluoropolymers is provided, that is generated using a fluoropolymer compatibilizer. The cross-linked fluoropolymers have excellent mechanical and dielectric characteristics at high temperatures, making them useful for such applications as insulation for automotive communications cables and PCB laminates.

A polymer composition of cross-linked fluoropolymers is provided, that is generated using a fluoropolymer compatibilizer. The cross-linked fluoropolymers have excellent mechanical and dielectric characteristics at high temperatures, making them useful for such applications as insulation for automotive communications cables and PCB laminates.

Methods for forming a laminate are provided. The method provides a highly aligned block copolymer without orientation defects, coordination number defects distance defects and the like on a substrate, thereby providing a laminate which can be effectively applied to the production of various patterned substrates, and a method for producing a patterned substrate using the same.

The present disclosure provides tunable fluoropolymers and methods for making them.