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

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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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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 92066204, 52003214, 51773166 and 51603167), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (Nos. 2019M663699 and 2020T130507), Key Laboratory Construction Program of Xi’an Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (No. 201805056ZD7CG40), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK2020245), Suzhou Science and Technology Project (No. SYG202028), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. xzy012020035). The authors thank for the kind help of Instrument Analysis Center of Xi’an Jiaotong University during measurement process.

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Zhi-Cheng Zhang received his Ph.D. degree from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. Subsequently, he began to do his postdoctoral research at Pennsylvania State University from 2005 to 2008. And he joined School of Science of Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2008. Currently, Zhang’s group focuses on the topic of controllable radical polymerization methodology, synthesis of novel functional fluoropolymers, electroactive PVDF based fluoropolymers, synthesis of novel and high energy storage capacitor dielectrics, sensor based on P(VDF-TrFE), and flexible composite dielectrics with high energy density and high breakdown strength.

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Gong, HH., Zhang, Y., Cheng, YP. et al. The Application of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in Modification of PVDF-based Fluoropolymer. Chin J Polym Sci 39, 1110–1126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-021-2616-x

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