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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
George G. I. Moore, Afton, MN (US);
Michael A. Yandrasits, Hastings, MN (US);
Jay F. Schulz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Richard M. Flynn, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Described is a compound having at least one acrylate monomer, said monomer including at least one pendant group of the structure —O—CH(R )(R ′), wherein R is a straight chain or branched perfluoroalkyl group with five or less carbon atoms, and R ′ is a branched perfluoroalkyl group with three to five carbon atoms; and a method of reducing the surface tension of a liquid by adding a compound of the invention to the liquid. Also described is a composition that includes a compound of the invention in an aqueous solution or dispersion; a method of treating a substrate to render it oil- and/or water-repellent that includes treating a substrate with a composition of the invention; a method of coating an electrical device that includes applying a composition of the invention; a method of coating optical fibers that includes applying a composition of the invention; and an article that includes a substrate treated with a composition of the invention.