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. 2024 Jul 16;60(58):7479-7482.
doi: 10.1039/d4cc02513j.

Fluoride recovery in degradable fluorinated polyesters

Christoph Fornacon-Wood  1 , Merlin R Stühler  2 , Alexandre Millanvois  2 , Luca Steiner  2 , Christiane Weimann  3 , Dorothee Silbernagl  3 , Heinz Sturm  3 , Beate Paulus  2 , Alex J Plajer  1
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Fluoride recovery in degradable fluorinated polyesters

Christoph Fornacon-Wood et al. Chem Commun (Camb). .

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.

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