Chemists have been seeking for novel synthetic routes to synthesize functional polymers. Microfluidic approach has taken a great attention due to specific advantages, which can't be achieved from conventional synthesis. In this work, we will present the designs and operations of microfluidic reactors designed for synthesis of highly fluorinated polymers for coating applications. The use of microfluidic reactors/mixers offers us a number of advantages over existing technology. For example, chemical reactions run in microfluidic reactors have shown aggressive reaction conditions for resulting in high product yields. Additionally, high chemical homogeneity, especially for particle synthesis can be also achieved by mixing multiple components at the micro-scale in microfluidic reactors. The micro-reactors can be coupled to additional processing steps and product transported directly for integration into active devices. The overall object is to carry out the entire operations normally performed in a chemical laboratory including synthesis, processing, mixing, purification and analysis on micro-scaled reactors efficiently using small amounts of reagents for fluorinated polymers with photocurable functionality to produyce novel fluoropolymers for coating applications.

Microfluidic synthesis of highly fluorinate polymers for coating applications

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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