Fluorohydrocarbon monomers

Although to-date the emphasis has been on plasma polymerized films produced from hydrocarbon based systems, this trend in more recent times has swung towards fluorocarbons in an attempt to produce polymers of similar properties to conventionally prepared linear fluoropolymers. However, it will become clear from the account to follow that in many respects plasma polymerized fluorocarbons differ significantly from their linear counterparts. It is to the plasma polymerization of organic monomers containing solely carbon and fluorine therefore that we shall devote our attention in this section with only brief references to hydrocarbon and fluorohydrocarbon polymers for comparison purposes. 

It should be noted that the conclusion, drawn here, that (CF2)n species are the most Important in the plasma polymerization of these perfluorlnated monomers is in contrast to that reported for hydrocarbon and fluorohydrocarbon systems where acetylenic species are thought to dominate (9,2A). 

Fluorohydrocarbon resin n. Any resin polymerized from an olefinic monomer composed of carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen... 

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