Electron beam exposure of organic materials: radiation curing of perfluorinated acrylates

Abstract

This study is divided into two parts: the first involves electron beam exposures on CO2 isolated in rare gas solids to investigate the role of an inert solvent on radiation chemistry; further experiments were conducted on diazoketones mixed into polymers to investigate the role of reactive solvents. The second part of the study deals with electron beam exposure of fluorinated acrylates. These studies reveal that highly fluorinated acrylates, when mixed with non-fluorinated acrylic monomers, may be used to produce radiation cured films with a broad range of contact angles for a variety of coating applications.