Photocrosslinked PVDF-based star polymer coatings: an all-in-one alternative to PVDF/PMMA blends for outdoor applications

Gerald Lopez (1) , Marc Guerre (1) , Bruno Ameduri (1) , Jean-Pierre Habas (1) , Vincent Ladmiral (1)

1 ICGM - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier

A 4-arm star PVDF was synthesized as an appealing alternative to PVDF/PMMA blends since it provides crosslinked PVDF transparent coatings via photocrosslinking. The process is very fast and versatile, the resulting coating displays very good adhesion properties to a metal surface, and the surface energy and the water contact angle are easily tunable.

Keywords: 4-arm star; PVDF; blends; potocrosslinking; surface energy; tetraxanthate

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Polymers

Gerald Lopez, Marc Guerre, Bruno Ameduri, Jean-Pierre Habas, Vincent Ladmiral. Photocrosslinked PVDF-based star polymer coatings: an all-in-one alternative to PVDF/PMMA blends for outdoor applications. Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 8, pp.3045-3049. ⟨10.1039/c7py00580f⟩. ⟨ujm-01527828⟩