Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires; Institut Charles Gerhardt - 8, Rue de l'Ecole Normale, F-34296 Montpellier Cedex (France)
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Date: Friday, 29 November 2013

Time: 11:30 - 12:30

Venue: The Avogadro (3.22), Chemistry Building

Fluorinated polymers are remarkable because of their thermal, chemical and oxidative stability making them useful in specific applications such as non-sticky paints and coatings, chemically resistant O-rings and seals, membranes for fuel cells, separators and binders for lithium ion batteries, wires and cable insulation, and so on. They are mainly synthesized by radical (co)polymerization of fluoroalkenes. Among fluorinated polymers, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) is one the most often used since it can be synthesized according to usual radical pathways, just like VDF containing–copolymers that lead to many applications