Functional fluoropolymers for fuel cell membranes

R Souzy, B Ameduri - Progress in Polymer Science, 2005 - Elsevier
Various routes to synthesize functional fluoropolymers used in membranes for fuel cell
applications are presented. They can be separated into three main families of alternatives …

Synthesis and (co) polymerization of monofluoro, difluoro, trifluorostyrene and ((trifluorovinyl) oxy) benzene

R Souzy, B Ameduri, B Boutevin - Progress in polymer science, 2004 - Elsevier
The synthesis of aromatic fluoromonomer compounds functionalized by halogen atoms,
organic functions or acid groups prepared and characterized by different methods, are …

Optical characterization of infrared emitting rare-earth-doped fluoride nanocrystals and their transparent nanocomposites

GA Kumar, CW Chen, J Ballato… - Chemistry of …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystalline LaF3: Nd and CaF2: Er with rare-earth concentrations ranging from 0.5 to
16.7 mol% and dispersible particle sizes less than 100 nm were synthesized by …

Optimizing infrared to near infrared upconversion quantum yield of β-NaYF4: Er3+ in fluoropolymer matrix for photovoltaic devices

A Ivaturi, SKW MacDougall… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The present study reports for the first time the optimization of the infrared (1523 nm) to near-
infrared (980 nm) upconversion quantum yield (UC-QY) of hexagonal trivalent erbium doped …

Perfluorocyclobutyl-based polymers for functional materials

J Zhou, Y Tao, X Chen, X Chen, L Fang… - Materials Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB)-based polymers exhibit attractive properties, including good
thermal and chemical stability, high hydrophobicity and transparency, and good insulating …

Crosslinked poly (methyl methacrylate) with perfluorocyclobutyl aryl ether moiety as crosslinking unit: thermally stable polymer with high glass transition temperature

Y Li, H Guo - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Crosslinked poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) with high glass transition temperature (Tg)
and thermal decomposition temperature was prepared by simple thermal crosslinking of …

Science and technology of perfluorocyclobutyl aryl ether polymers

ST Iacono, SM Budy, J Jin… - Journal of Polymer …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This article highlights the preparation of perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) aryl ether polymers for a
multitude of commercial technologies that are of academic and commercial global interest …

Optical properties of perfluorocyclobutyl polymers

J Ballato, S Foulger, DW Smith Jr - Journal of the Optical Society of …, 2003 - opg.optica.org
As the interest in utilizing fluoropolymers in a greater number of value-added photonic
applications continues to grow, so does the necessity for accurate and broadband …

Synthesis and electronic factors in thermal cyclodimerization of functionalized aromatic trifluorovinyl ethers

BK Spraul, S Suresh, J Jin… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A series of 19 p-substituted aromatic trifluorovinyl ether compounds were prepared from
versatile intermediate p-Br C6H4 O CF CF2 and underwent thermal radical mediated …

Highly fluorinated trifluorovinyl aryl ether monomers and perfluorocyclobutane aromatic ether polymers for optical waveguide applications

S Wong, H Ma, AKY Jen, R Barto, CW Frank - Macromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
A series of novel trifunctional and tetrafunctional trifluorovinyl aryl ether monomers and
perfluorocyclobutane (PCFB) aromatic ether polymers have been synthesized and …