The Application of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in Modification of PVDF-based Fluoropolymer

Fluorinated polymers are important materials that are widely used in many areas as taking the advantage of inertness to chemical corrosion, prominent weather resistance, low flammability, and good thermal stability. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) based fluoropolymers is the most common type of commercial fluoropolymer especially used as dielectric materials. However, there are always some shortcomings in practical applications, so it is necessary to modify PVDF-based fluoropolymers for better application. Controlled/living radical polymerization (CRP) and related techniques have become a powerful approach to tailoring the chemical and physical properties of materials and have given rise to great advances in modification of PVDF-based fluoropolymers.

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Fluorinated polymers, such as Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), are widely used due to their inertness, weather resistance, low flammability, and thermal stability. However, modifications using Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization (CRP) have been necessary to improve practical applications of PVDF-based fluoropolymers.