Fluorinated Telomers
Telomers or oligomers are (1) addition polymers, usually of low molecular weight, in which the growth of molecules is terminated by a radical-supplying chain transfer agent. (2) Low molecular weight polymers in which the terminal group on the end of the chain-like molecule is not the same as the side group. (3) Also used synonymously with oligomer, meaning simply polymers with very few (two to ten) repeating units. About.com Composites /Plastics
Recent Journal Articles
12/3/2010
Synthesis and characterization of functional fluorinated telomers
( 82–92) Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 49 #1 (2011)
Durand et al developed fluorinated telomers based on vinylidene fluoride (VDF) by iodine transfer polymerization. These telomers were prepared in the presence of ω-iodoperfluorinated functional chain transfer agents, C6F13I or C4F9I. ITPs were initiated by thermal decomposition of bis(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate (BBCHPDC), in solution (in the presence of acetonitrile). (RDC 12/9/2010)