| Abstract: | Fluoropolymers have many properties that are desirable in coatings. However, because of their poor solubility, formulating coatings containing fluoropolymers can be very difficult. Fluorine-based polymers that have been modified to increase their solubility have been used in a number of resin systems to bring the properties of fluoropolymers to the final coating. Typically these systems have fluorine throughout the entire resin and consequently have a high total fluorine level. We have found that by designing fluorinated molecules that stratify to the surface in the wet coating, we can deliver systems with the excellent surface properties of fluoropolymers but at very low total fluorine levels. |
