Semi-interpenetrating polymer networks by cationic photopolymerization: Fluorinated vinyl ether chains in a hydrogenated vinyl ether network
Résumé
Semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (semi-IPNs) were obtained by the cationic
photoinduced polymerization of a hydrogenated difunctional vinyl ether (DVE3) and a
fluorinated monofunctional vinyl ether (FVE). By analyzing the kinetics of polymerization
and the thermal properties of the crosslinked networks, it was demonstrated that the
molecular architecture of the photopolymers could be tuned by varying the amount of
the fluorinated additive. When the weight content of FVE exceeded 15 wt.%, the monofunctional
fluorinated monomer homopolymerized forming linear chains that were dispersed
in the hydrogenated matrix composed by the DVE3 crosslinked network, thus generating
a semi-IPN structure. Both bulk and surface properties of the resulting photopolymers were
influenced by the addition of the fluorinated product. Fluorinated semi-IPNs were biphasic,
displayed good thermal resistance both in air and under nitrogen (T10 > 200 C,
T50 > 380 C) and showed a surface energy as low as 26 mN m1.