Fluoride recovery in degradable fluorinated polyesters
Christoph Fornacon-Wood1, Merlin R Stühler2, Alexandre Millanvois2
1Makromolekulare Chemie 1, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany. alex.plajer@uni-bayreuth.de.
Abstract:
We report a new class of degradable fluorinated polymers through the copolymerization of tetrafluorophthalic anhydride and propylene oxide or trifluoropropylene oxide which show up to 20 times quicker degradation than the non-fluorinated equivalents and allow for fluoride recovery.


