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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2009
Ming-hong Hung, Wilmington, DE (US);
Bruno Ameduri, Montpellier, FR;
Georgi Kostov, Burgas, BG;
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a crosslinked fluoropolymer network formed by the free radical initiated crosslinking of a diacrylate fluoropolymer The diacrylate copolymer is of formula CH═CR'COO—(CH)—R—(CH)—OOCR′═CH, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of i) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether), ii) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, iii) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether), and iv) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene and a hydrocarbon olefin, R′ is H or —CH, n is 1-4 and wherein said oligomer has a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 25,000 daltons. The source of the free radicals may be a photoinitiator or an organic peroxide.