Surfactant-free emulsion polymerization of vinylidene fluoride mediated by RAFT/MADIX reactive poly(ethylene glycol) polymer chains
Mathieu Fuentes-Exposito, Sébastien Norsic, Thibaut Février, Pierre‐Yves Dugas, Salima Boutti, Samuel Devisme, Anthony Bonnet, Franck D’Agosto, Muriel Lansalot
Abstract
Vinylidene fluoride (VDF) emulsion polymerization is conducted in the presence of xanthate-end functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)s leading to stable PVDF latexes.
Topics & Concepts
XanthateEmulsion polymerizationPolymer chemistryChain transferRaftEthylene glycolEmulsionPolymerizationPulmonary surfactantPolymerFluorideChemistryReversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizationAddition polymerMaterials scienceRadical polymerizationOrganic chemistryInorganic chemistryBiochemistryAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials