Preparation and Surface Properties Study of Novel Fluorine-Containing Methacrylate Polymers for Coating

A new structural fluorine-containing methacrylate monomer CH2=C(CH3)COOC–(CF3)2CF2CF2CF3 (5) was synthesized derived from perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentene (D2). A homopolymer of 5 and copolymers of 5 and methacrylate with different alkyl chain length (chain length n = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18) were obtained. These new fluorinated acrylate polymers showed excellent water and oil repellency. The contact angle of the films of the homopolymer and part of the copolymers were similar with the corresponding polymers prepared from CH2=CHC(O)OCH(C3F7)(CF(CF3)2), but greater than that of the C6F13(CF3)CHOC(O)CH=CH2 homopolymer. The structure-property relationship research indicated that the copolymers’ hydrophobicity decreased first and then increased with the increase of alkyl chain length. Td of all the polymers were greater than 220 °C and Tg fluctuated within the range of −51~103.8 °C. Contact angle and Tg could be adjusted by controlling the feed ratio of monomer to meet the requirements of technical indicators in the practical applications. The outstanding liquid repellency and thermal stability make monomer 5 a promising alternative to perfluorinated long-chain fluorosurfactants.


Introduction
The fluorine-containing acrylate polymer is an excellent coating film material whose side chains are usually composed of perfluorinated chains. In practical applications, the fluoroalkyl chain will migrate to the surface of the film, which endows it with excellent abrasion resistance, corrosion resistance, weather resistance, water and oil repellency [1][2][3]. It is regarded as the mainstream of today's high-grade coating materials, which has been widely used in textiles, coatings, leather, paper and other fields [4].
Generally, the long perfluoroalkyl chain (C6-C12) exhibits excellent performance of coating, and the most widely used coating is C8 perfluoroalkyl chain consider of cost and performance [5]. However, upon the strengthening of environmental protection awareness, these compounds have been listed as one of the most difficult organic pollutants to degrade [6,7]. Because when organisms ingest perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, C 7 F 15 COOH) or perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS, C 8 F 17 SO 3 X, with X = K, Na, H), they are difficult to decompose through metabolism due to their inherent dried. 2,2-Azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) was recrystallized from ethanol. All chemical reagents were of AR grade quality. Solvents were of AR grade quality and dried by the standard methods before use.

Synthesis of Monomer 5
2.2.1. Synthesis of Perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentanol (4) 5 g (0.86 mol) of dry KF was added to 100 mL three-necked flask and the system was purged for three times. Then, 50 mL of N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA C ) and 17.13 g (0.0571 mol) of D 2 were added in order. The reaction system was stirred in an ice-salt bath (keep the temperature below −7 • C) for 1 h while N 2 O 4 (10.9 g, 0.118 mol) was introduced under a slight flow of O 2 . A condenser at 78 • C (dry ice-ethanol bath) was used to prevent the overflow of N 2 O 4 due to the exothermic effect of system. Immediately after addition the reaction system turned dark green, NMR spectra showed that 2 was generated. D 2 reacted completely, and the dark green disappeared after 18 h. O 2 was slowly introduced at room temperature for 48 h. NMR spectra showed the formation of Compound 3, whereupon the reaction system gradually turned pale yellow. 0.62 g of H 3 PO 3 and 40 mL of water were added to the mixture. A small amount of sulfamic acid was slowly added dropwise to the system to remove excess NO 2 . The mixed system was distilled at atmospheric pressure. Excess KOH was added to the fraction, and it was subjected to vacuum distillation at atmospheric pressure. A small amount of undissolved fraction was distilled into −78 • C of trap, and then the remaining fractions was acidified with H 2 SO 4 (1 mol/L). The liquid was separated, mixed with 5 mL of H 2 SO 4 (98%). Compound 4 (12.129 g, yield = 65.7%, purity of 99%) was distilled by vacuum pump into a dry ice cooled trap [35]. 1  The 50-mL jacketed reaction flask was purged for three times using Ar. Then, 4 g (11.9 mmol) of Compound 4, 2.64 mL (14.75 mmol) of triethylamine and 10 mL of ether were added by sequence. The mixture was stirred in the dry ice-ethanol bath for 2 h, followed by the addition of 1.49 g (14.28 mmol) of methacryloyl chloride at about 0.5 h. The reaction was performed at room temperature overnight. The mixture was filtrated, which was washed by 3% of KHCO 3 , 5 mol/L of hydrochloric acid and saturated NaCl solution for several times. The organic phase was dried by sodium sulfate and the solvent was removed. The mixture was distilled under pressure (8 kPa, 72 • C) to give the target fraction 5 (4.71 g, yield = 98.17%, purity of 99.5%) as colorless liquid. 19

Synthesis of Homopolymer (6)
In a 10-mL sealed tube, 7.5 mg (0.01 eq) of AIBN and 1 g (7.8 mmol, 1.0 eq) of Compound 5 were added. The oxygen in the system was purged with argon and sealed. The reaction was placed at 80 • C for 24 h. Then, the system was poured into methanol and repeatedly sedimented to precipitate the solid. The final product was filtered and dried to give the white powdery Product 6 (0.792 g, yield = 79.2%) Analytical calculated for C 10

Synthesis of Copolymers
Free-radical polymerization of the monomers was performed using AIBN as initiator in toluene at 80 • C. The equal amounts of monomers, solvents and initiators were loaded into the polymer tube and then immersed in a Dewar bottle containing liquid nitrogen. After three rounds of freezing and thawing under Ar, the tube was sealed and placed in an oil bath at 80 • C for 48 h. The polymer was purified twice by precipitation into methanol and dried in vacuum.

Preparation of Polymer Film
Glass slides of 15 mm × 15 mm × 1 mm were cleaned three times with ultrasonic wave in acetone solvent. Then, each piece was soaked in 1% hydrochloric acid solution for 30 min, rinsed with distilled water for 10 min, washed with absolute ethanol three times and dried. The polymer was dissolved in trichlorotrifluoroethane to prepare the coating solution of 3 wt % concentration and allowed to stand for 1 h. The pretreated clean glass slides were placed in the coating solution for a moment, then slowly and smoothly removed from the solution and placed at room temperature for 48 h. The solvent naturally evaporated to form the film. Six diaphragms were prepared for each solution to measure the contact angle of water and hexadecane. Every sample was measured three times and averaged.

Characterization
Molecular weight (M n ) and molecular weight distribution (M w /M n ) were determined by WATERS515 (GPC, Agilent, Palo Alto, CA, USA) using tetrahydrofuran (THF) as the eluent at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, and 19 F NMR spectra were determined on a Brucker AC 400 spectrometer (Bruker, Madison, MA, USA), using CDCl 3 as a solvent. IR spectra were measured using Nicolet 380FT-IR instrument (Nicolet, Madison, MA, USA) and was reported in wave-numbers (cm −1 ). LRMS was performed on Agilent 5973 N mass instrument (EI, Agilent, Palo Alto, CA, USA). HRMS was performed on Waters Micromass GTC Premier (EI, Waters, Milford, MA, USA).
The glass transition temperature (T g ) of polymers was measured using a DSC 2920 module (TA Instruments, Delaware, New Castle, DE, USA) with the TA (thermal analyser) Instrument 5100 system, with a scan rate of 10 • C/min. T g was taken in the second heating scan as the midpoint of the heat capacity transition between the upper and lower points of deviation from the extrapolated liquid and glass lines.
A simultaneous DSC-TGA instrument (Netzsch, Bayern, Germany) and was used to characterize the decomposing temperature (T d ). The temperature range was from 20 to 600 • C at a heating rate of 15 • C/min with N 2 protection.
Contact angles were measured on a Drop Shape Analysis System DSA100 (Krüss GmbH, Bayern, Germany) at room temperature.
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images were taken by a Bruker Dimension FastScan Veeco DI MultiMode SPM (Bruker, Madison, MA, USA) in the tapping mode of the film on the glass substrate.

Synthesis Analysis
The synthesis of perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentanol (4) was shown in Scheme 1. Perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentanol was carried out by a one-pot method from an inexpensive starting material (D 2 ) and Materials 2018, 11, 2258 5 of 14 common reagents. Then, fluorinated alcohol was converted into an unsaturated ester (monomer 5) by a condensation reaction with methacryloyl chloride. All the reactions were mild, easy-handled and cheap. Besides, the target product had low cost and high yield, which was promisingly applied to the industrial production. Homopolymer of 5 was successfully synthesized under neat conditions (Scheme 2). This route was environmentally friendly and economical. However, homopolymers were insoluble in conventional solvents, so GPC characterization data cannot be obtained. For oil-and water-repellent applications, compounds should be most conveniently used in an aqueous composition. In order to improve the solubility of polymers, methacrylate 7 with different alkyl chain length (chain length n = 1, 2, 4, 6,8,12,18) were chosen to copolymerize with 5. In previous studies, our group found that when the following polymerization conditions were selected: 20% solution in toluene, 0.03 equiv. of AIBN, and 2 h, a high yield and low Mw/Mn of copolymers were obtained [17]. Under this optimized reaction condition, we synthesized a series of fluorine-containing methacrylic polymers (Scheme 3).

GPC, 1 H-NMR, FT-IR, Elemental Analysis Results of Polymers
The ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate was varied to study the effect of the amount of 5 in the copolymers on the yield of polymerization and properties of the products (Mn, Mw/Mn, Tg, Td, θwater, θBioctyl, mol % and F %); the results are shown in Table 1 (the key spectras and images of contact angles were presented in Figures S1-S75 and Tables S1-S35 in the Supplementary Materials). The experimental results demonstrated that, with the variation of molar ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate ranged from 1:1 to 1:8 in the case of the same monomer, the degree of polymerization and Mw/Mn of the product tend to increase commonly. The Mn of each copolymer was up to 10000, Mw/Mn of most copolymers were near 2.00 and the yield of every sample was more than 59%. Homopolymer of 5 was successfully synthesized under neat conditions (Scheme 2). This route was environmentally friendly and economical. However, homopolymers were insoluble in conventional solvents, so GPC characterization data cannot be obtained. Homopolymer of 5 was successfully synthesized under neat conditions (Scheme 2). This route was environmentally friendly and economical. However, homopolymers were insoluble in conventional solvents, so GPC characterization data cannot be obtained.

Scheme 2. Preparation of homopolymer 6.
For oil-and water-repellent applications, compounds should be most conveniently used in an aqueous composition. In order to improve the solubility of polymers, methacrylate 7 with different alkyl chain length (chain length n = 1, 2, 4, 6,8,12,18) were chosen to copolymerize with 5. In previous studies, our group found that when the following polymerization conditions were selected: 20% solution in toluene, 0.03 equiv. of AIBN, and 2 h, a high yield and low Mw/Mn of copolymers were obtained [17]. Under this optimized reaction condition, we synthesized a series of fluorine-containing methacrylic polymers (Scheme 3).

GPC, 1 H-NMR, FT-IR, Elemental Analysis Results of Polymers
The ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate was varied to study the effect of the amount of 5 in the copolymers on the yield of polymerization and properties of the products (Mn, Mw/Mn, Tg, Td, θwater, θBioctyl, mol % and F %); the results are shown in Table 1 (the key spectras and images of contact angles were presented in Figures S1-S75 and Tables S1-S35 in the Supplementary Materials). The experimental results demonstrated that, with the variation of molar ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate ranged from 1:1 to 1:8 in the case of the same monomer, the degree of polymerization and Mw/Mn of the product tend to increase commonly. The Mn of each copolymer was up to 10000, Mw/Mn of most copolymers were near 2.00 and the yield of every sample was more than 59%.

Scheme 2. Preparation of homopolymer 6.
For oil-and water-repellent applications, compounds should be most conveniently used in an aqueous composition. In order to improve the solubility of polymers, methacrylate 7 with different alkyl chain length (chain length n = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18) were chosen to copolymerize with 5. In previous studies, our group found that when the following polymerization conditions were selected: 20% solution in toluene, 0.03 equiv. of AIBN, and 2 h, a high yield and low M w /M n of copolymers were obtained [17]. Under this optimized reaction condition, we synthesized a series of fluorine-containing methacrylic polymers (Scheme 3). Homopolymer of 5 was successfully synthesized under neat conditions (Scheme 2). This route was environmentally friendly and economical. However, homopolymers were insoluble in conventional solvents, so GPC characterization data cannot be obtained.

Scheme 2. Preparation of homopolymer 6.
For oil-and water-repellent applications, compounds should be most conveniently used in an aqueous composition. In order to improve the solubility of polymers, methacrylate 7 with different alkyl chain length (chain length n = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18) were chosen to copolymerize with 5. In previous studies, our group found that when the following polymerization conditions were selected: 20% solution in toluene, 0.03 equiv. of AIBN, and 2 h, a high yield and low Mw/Mn of copolymers were obtained [17]. Under this optimized reaction condition, we synthesized a series of fluorine-containing methacrylic polymers (Scheme 3).

GPC, 1 H-NMR, FT-IR, Elemental Analysis Results of Polymers
The ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate was varied to study the effect of the amount of 5 in the copolymers on the yield of polymerization and properties of the products (Mn, Mw/Mn, Tg, Td, θwater, θBioctyl, mol % and F %); the results are shown in Table 1 (the key spectras and images of contact angles were presented in Figures S1-S75 and Tables S1-S35 in the Supplementary Materials). The experimental results demonstrated that, with the variation of molar ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate ranged from 1:1 to 1:8 in the case of the same monomer, the degree of polymerization and Mw/Mn of the product tend to increase commonly. The Mn of each copolymer was up to 10000, Mw/Mn of most copolymers were near 2.00 and the yield of every sample was more than 59%.

GPC, 1 H-NMR, FT-IR, Elemental Analysis Results of Polymers
The ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate was varied to study the effect of the amount of 5 in the copolymers on the yield of polymerization and properties of the products (M n , M w /M n , T g , T d , θ water , θ Bioctyl , mol % and F %); the results are shown in Table 1 (the key spectras and images of contact angles were presented in Figures S1-S75 and Tables S1-S35 in the Supplementary Materials). The experimental results demonstrated that, with the variation of molar ratio of fluorinated monomer and alkyl methacrylate ranged from 1:1 to 1:8 in the case of the same monomer, the degree of polymerization and M w /M n of the product tend to increase commonly. The M n of each copolymer was up to 10000, M w /M n of most copolymers were near 2.00 and the yield of every sample was more than 59%. by GPC; e : T g As determined by DSC; f : T d As determined by TGA; g : Contact angles of water and n-hexadecane on polymer film (θ water and θ Bioctyl ); h : Molar ratios of 5 and 7 in the copolymer was determined by 1 H NMR spectroscopy; i : As determined by elemental analysis.
The composition of poly(5-co-7) (the polymers was copolymers of 5 and 7) was calculated from elemental analysis and 1 H-NMR. Figure 1 shows the 1 H NMR spectrum of poly(5-co-BMA). The proton signal laid at 3.92 ppm (Positon a) which was assigned to the -OCH 2 -group in BMA was easy to be identified from the NMR spectrum. The proton signals laid from 0.52 to 2.25 ppm (Positon b) represented the remaining CH 3 -and -CH 2 -groups in the copolymer. So, the molar ratio of the fluorinated monomer 5 in the polymer could be calculated as 0.204 according to the Fineman-Ross method [36]. Elemental analysis showed that the fluorine content of poly(5-co-BMA) with feed molar radio of 5 to 7 equal to 1:6 was 22.96% which was consistent with 1 HNMR results (23.51%). Figure 2 showed the FTIR spectrum of poly(5-co-BMA) with feed molar ratio of 5 to BMA was 1:1, homopolymer 6, BMA and monomer 5. In the curve of poly(5-co-BMA), the wide absorption band from 1805 cm −1 (-C=O of homopolymer) to 1730 cm −1 (-C=O of BMA) indicated lots of 5 and BMA were introduecd into coploymer molecule. Comparing the curves of homopolymer 6 and poly(5-co-BMA) with that of monomer 5 and BMA, the disappearance of the wide band from 1640 to 1620 cm −1 (-C=C-of BMA and 5) indicated that BMA had reacted with 5 and self-polymerization of 5 had occurred at the site of the double bond.

Thermal Properties Analysis
TGA curves of homopolymer 6 and Td of copolymers are shown in Figure 3 and Table 1. It could be observed that the initial degradation temperature of 6 was about 220 °C and the homopolymer degraded completely at 400 °C. With the increase of the ratio of alkyl methacrylate 7, the decomposition temperature tends to increase. All copolymers had excellent thermal stability, degradation temperatures of copolymers with different molar ratio of 5 to 7 were all about 220-250 °C except those for poly(5-co-SMA), which indicated that the amount of 5 in the copolymer had less of an effect on the thermal stability of polymers. However, the degradation temperature of poly(5-co-

Thermal Properties Analysis
TGA curves of homopolymer 6 and Td of copolymers are shown in Figure 3 and Table 1. It could be observed that the initial degradation temperature of 6 was about 220 °C and the homopolymer degraded completely at 400 °C. With the increase of the ratio of alkyl methacrylate 7, the decomposition temperature tends to increase. All copolymers had excellent thermal stability, degradation temperatures of copolymers with different molar ratio of 5 to 7 were all about 220-250 °C except those for poly(5-co-SMA), which indicated that the amount of 5 in the copolymer had less of an effect on the thermal stability of polymers. However, the degradation temperature of poly(5-co-

Thermal Properties Analysis
TGA curves of homopolymer 6 and T d of copolymers are shown in Figure 3 and Table 1. It could be observed that the initial degradation temperature of 6 was about 220 • C and the homopolymer degraded completely at 400 • C. With the increase of the ratio of alkyl methacrylate 7, the decomposition temperature tends to increase. All copolymers had excellent thermal stability, degradation temperatures of copolymers with different molar ratio of 5 to 7 were all about 220-250 • C except those for poly(5-co-SMA), which indicated that the amount of 5 in the copolymer had less of an effect on the thermal stability of polymers. However, the degradation temperature of poly(5-co-SMA) was significantly higher than other polymers and was increased with the increasing of molar ratio of 5 to 7.
From Table 1, it was found that the value of T g gradually approached that of homopolymer of 7 as the content of 5 decreased and T g of the polymer tended to that of homopolymer 6 as the content of monomer 5 increased in case of the same monomers [37]. T g tended to decrease as the length of the hydrocarbon chain increased when the monomers were different. The reason might be that the fluorine-containing side chain hindered the rotation and the motion of the molecular chain [38], which affected T g of the copolymer. As shown in Table 1, T g of the polymer fluctuated in the range of −51~103.8 • C. T g can be adjusted by controlling the feed ratio of different monomers to adapt to the technical specifications of different applications. SMA) was significantly higher than other polymers and was increased with the increasing of molar ratio of 5 to 7.
From Table1, it was found that the value of Tg gradually approached that of homopolymer of 7 as the content of 5 decreased and Tg of the polymer tended to that of homopolymer 6 as the content of monomer 5 increased in case of the same monomers [37]. Tg tended to decrease as the length of the hydrocarbon chain increased when the monomers were different. The reason might be that the fluorine-containing side chain hindered the rotation and the motion of the molecular chain [38], which affected Tg of the copolymer. As shown in Table1, Tg of the polymer fluctuated in the range of −51~103.8 °C. Tg can be adjusted by controlling the feed ratio of different monomers to adapt to the technical specifications of different applications.

Surface Properties Analysis
The film of homopolymer 6 had strong water and oil repellency ( Figure 4). The contact angle of water on the film of homopolymer 6 (113.84°) were similar with that of ((CF3)2CF)(C3F7)CHOC(O)CH2=CH2 homopolymer (about 117°), but greater than that of C6F13(CF3)CHOC(O)CH=CH2 homopolymer (about 107°) at the same concentration. The contact angle of n-hexadecane on the homopolymer's film (65.55°) was slightly smaller than that of C6F13(CF3)CHOC(O)CH=CH2 homopolymer (about 74°), but close to that of ((CF3)2CF)(C3F7)CHOC(O)CH2=CH2 homopolymer (about 68°) [8]. As can be seen from Table 1, the contact angles of water and n-hexadecane increased with the increase of fluorine content because the water and oil repellency of the polymer are caused by the fluorine-containing group. From Table 1, we knew that the contact angle decreased linearly with the decrease of 5 at the beginning, and then decreased at a subdued pace for most copolymers. The reason may be that the fluorinated polymethacrylate, as the side chain of the copolymer, moved to the
ratio of 5 to 7.
From Table1, it was found that the value of Tg gradually approached that of homopolymer of 7 as the content of 5 decreased and Tg of the polymer tended to that of homopolymer 6 as the content of monomer 5 increased in case of the same monomers [37]. Tg tended to decrease as the length of the hydrocarbon chain increased when the monomers were different. The reason might be that the fluorine-containing side chain hindered the rotation and the motion of the molecular chain [38], which affected Tg of the copolymer. As shown in Table1, Tg of the polymer fluctuated in the range of −51~103.8 °C. Tg can be adjusted by controlling the feed ratio of different monomers to adapt to the technical specifications of different applications.

Surface Properties Analysis
The film of homopolymer 6 had strong water and oil repellency ( Figure 4). The contact angle of water on the film of homopolymer 6 (113.84°) were similar with that of ((CF3)2CF)(C3F7)CHOC(O)CH2=CH2 homopolymer (about 117°), but greater than that of C6F13(CF3)CHOC(O)CH=CH2 homopolymer (about 107°) at the same concentration. The contact angle of n-hexadecane on the homopolymer's film (65.55°) was slightly smaller than that of C6F13(CF3)CHOC(O)CH=CH2 homopolymer (about 74°), but close to that of ((CF3)2CF)(C3F7)CHOC(O)CH2=CH2 homopolymer (about 68°) [8]. As can be seen from Table 1, the contact angles of water and n-hexadecane increased with the increase of fluorine content because the water and oil repellency of the polymer are caused by the fluorine-containing group. From Table 1, we knew that the contact angle decreased linearly with the decrease of 5 at the beginning, and then decreased at a subdued pace for most copolymers. The reason may be that the fluorinated polymethacrylate, as the side chain of the copolymer, moved to the As can be seen from Table 1, the contact angles of water and n-hexadecane increased with the increase of fluorine content because the water and oil repellency of the polymer are caused by the fluorine-containing group. From Table 1, we knew that the contact angle decreased linearly with the decrease of 5 at the beginning, and then decreased at a subdued pace for most copolymers. The reason may be that the fluorinated polymethacrylate, as the side chain of the copolymer, moved to the surface easily during the formation of the film. When the content of fluoromonomer decreased, the movement of fluorine-containing segments might be restricted, thus the contact angle decreased at a linear rate [39]. Besides, the water repellency was significantly reduced when the fluorine content of the copolymer was less than 20% while the oil repellency was significantly reduced when the monomer molar ratio of 7:5 was more than 6. When n (R = C n H 2n+1 ) ≥ 8, the hydrophobic properties of the copolymer can also be better than those of C 6 F 13 (CF 3 )CHOC(O)CH=CH 2 homopolymer. We speculate that when the lengths of alkyl chains are 8 and 12, alkyl chains and fluorine chains can play a synergistic role for the water repellency of copolymers, since alkyl chains also have certain hydrophobicity. The same reason can be extended to the curve increases as the molar ratio of monomer 7 increases. However, the hydrophobicity decreases with the increase of the monomer 7 when the alkyl chain length is 18, which may be due to the long alkyl chain covering part of the fluorocarbon chain. At the same time, as the alkyl chain is lipophilic, the oil repellency decreases with the increase of the alkyl chain length [40].
The static wettability of a solid surface can be investigated and characterized through measuring the liquid equilibrium contact angle (CA). For a flat and chemically homogeneous surface, the CA (θ e ) is only determined by the surface free energy of the solid substrate and given by the classical Young's equation (Equation (1)): cos θ e = (γ sv − γ sl )/γ lv (1) where γ is the surface tension, and sv, sl, and lv are solid-air, solid-liquid, and liquid-air interfaces. For a rough surface where air pockets are trapped underneath the liquid, the CA (θ c ) can be described by the equation from Cassie and Baxter (Equation (2)) [41]: where f s is the liquid/solid contact area divided by the projected area, and f v is the liquid/vapor contact area divided by the projected area. Equation (2) indicates that apparent CAs (θ c ) depends on two factors: surface free energy (θ e ) and surface geometrical structure (f s and f v ). Surface free energy of poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) and homopolymer 6 was determined and compared by measuring CAs (θ e ) of their films for different test liquids (calculated by the method Wu). The corresponding CAs of poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) and homopolymer 6 with water, and n-hexadecane as well as the surface free energy were shown in Table 1. Homopolymer 6 had a very low surface energy. The extremely low surface free energy of homopolymer 6 may originate from the unique structure of the polymer with the branched fluorocarbon chain, which endows the treated glass with excellent oil repellency [42]. In addition, the surface free energy of poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) was apparently higher than that of homopolymer 6. The water contact angles of poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) kept in 113.23 • , which indicated that the surface roughness was the major influencing factor (Equation (2)).
The surface profiler step tester and SEM were used in the analysis of the surface of poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15), homopolymer of LMA and homopolymer 6 films. The results of the step tester showed that there was a thin film with a thickness of about 350 nm on the surface of glass substrate, and the thicknesses of the three polymer films were similar. It can be seen from SEM that the homopolymer 6 film and homopolymer of LMA film were smooth ( Figure 5A,C) and their molecular distribution was even ( Figure 5C,D). The surface of poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) film was out-of-flatness ( Figure 5B) in the section and its surface roughness was large ( Figure 5E). However, it can be seen that the thickness of the films was about 350 nm, which was consistent with the results of the step tester. It was further verified that the introduction of methacrylate caused the surface roughness of the film to increase.
In order to further characterize the surface morphology of the material surface, Bruker Dimension FastScan was employed to measure the film surface roughness, and films were coated on glass slides as described above. R q (root-mean-squared roughness) is the most common roughness parameter to give useful information about the sample surface, i.e., larger values mean greater topographical variation in the image. From the height image in Figure 6, we can see that as alkyl methacrylate was introduced, the roughness of the surface increased. The surface roughness played a significant role in surface properties, the increase of surface roughness led to a similar contact angle of water between poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) and homopolymer 6. So, the surface roughness of the membrane had a great influence on the hydrophobicity and oil thinning, and the surface roughness increased with the hydrophobicity. Besides, according to the relevant literature [43], the phase diagram showed that the brighter regions represent the harder materials. As you can see from the graph, the brightness area of Figure 6A was dense. The introduction of methacrylate increased the hardness of the films, thereby enhancing the wear resistance of the coating material. In order to further characterize the surface morphology of the material surface, Bruker Dimension FastScan was employed to measure the film surface roughness, and films were coated on glass slides as described above. Rq (root-mean-squared roughness) is the most common roughness parameter to give useful information about the sample surface, i.e., larger values mean greater topographical variation in the image. From the height image in Figure 6, we can see that as alkyl methacrylate was introduced, the roughness of the surface increased. The surface roughness played a significant role in surface properties, the increase of surface roughness led to a similar contact angle of water between poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) and homopolymer 6. So, the surface roughness of the membrane had a great influence on the hydrophobicity and oil thinning, and the surface roughness increased with the hydrophobicity. Besides, according to the relevant literature [43], the phase diagram showed that the brighter regions represent the harder materials. As you can see from the graph, the brightness area of Figure 6A was dense. The introduction of methacrylate increased the hardness of the films, thereby enhancing the wear resistance of the coating material. XPS was utilized in this work to investigate the chemical composition of the polyacrylate films on glass substrates and results are shown in Figure 7. The signals at 688, 529, 283 eV were assigned to the F 1s, O 1s and C 1s, respectively [44,45]. The atomic percentages of F atoms of two different  In order to further characterize the surface morphology of the material surface, Bruker Dimension FastScan was employed to measure the film surface roughness, and films were coated on glass slides as described above. Rq (root-mean-squared roughness) is the most common roughness parameter to give useful information about the sample surface, i.e., larger values mean greater topographical variation in the image. From the height image in Figure 6, we can see that as alkyl methacrylate was introduced, the roughness of the surface increased. The surface roughness played a significant role in surface properties, the increase of surface roughness led to a similar contact angle of water between poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) and homopolymer 6. So, the surface roughness of the membrane had a great influence on the hydrophobicity and oil thinning, and the surface roughness increased with the hydrophobicity. Besides, according to the relevant literature [43], the phase diagram showed that the brighter regions represent the harder materials. As you can see from the graph, the brightness area of Figure 6A was dense. The introduction of methacrylate increased the hardness of the films, thereby enhancing the wear resistance of the coating material. XPS was utilized in this work to investigate the chemical composition of the polyacrylate films on glass substrates and results are shown in Figure 7. The signals at 688, 529, 283 eV were assigned to the F 1s, O 1s and C 1s, respectively [44,45]. The atomic percentages of F atoms of two different films measured from XPS. The poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) contained 2.3% fluorine theoretically, while the XPS was utilized in this work to investigate the chemical composition of the polyacrylate films on glass substrates and results are shown in Figure 7. The signals at 688, 529, 283 eV were assigned to the F 1s, O 1s and C 1s, respectively [44,45]. The atomic percentages of F atoms of two different films measured from XPS. The poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) contained 2.3% fluorine theoretically, while the experimental value was 16.55%, indicating that the organic fluorinated segment tended to migrate onto the surface and occupied it during the formation of the latex film, thus can effectively reduce the surface free energy of the film. But it was much lower than that of homopolymer 6 (56.86%), the introduction of methacrylate can improve the roughness, but reduced the content of fluorine-containing segments. When the fluorine content was lower than a certain value, the oil-thinning property decreased. Because the surface tension of n-hexadecane is very low, maintaining a higher contact angle on the solid surface requires a lower surface free energy, that is, a higher fluorine content. onto the surface and occupied it during the formation of the latex film, thus can effectively reduce the surface free energy of the film. But it was much lower than that of homopolymer 6 (56.86%), the introduction of methacrylate can improve the roughness, but reduced the content of fluorinecontaining segments. When the fluorine content was lower than a certain value, the oil-thinning property decreased. Because the surface tension of n-hexadecane is very low, maintaining a higher contact angle on the solid surface requires a lower surface free energy, that is, a higher fluorine content. In view of the above results, it is not difficult to realize water repellency because of the high surface tension of water (~72 mN/m) [46]. Hydrophobic surfaces achieved by the combination of surface roughening and lowering the surface free energy have been widely reported [47][48][49][50][51]. When the molar ratio of 5 to LMA is 1:15, the hydrophobicity of poly(5-co-LMA) can reach that of homopolymer 6 because of its high roughness. So, it can be used as a potential hydrophobic material. However, in order to achieve oil repellency, the surface free energy of a substrate lower than 20 mN/m is necessary because typical surface tensions of oils are 20-30 mN/m [42,[51][52][53][54]. The high fluorine content of homopolymer 6 gives it low surface free energy, and it is a potential oil displacement material.

Conclusions
A novel fluorine-containing methacrylate monomer 5 was successfully prepared by two steps from perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentene. All the reactions were easy and of mild conditions, low cost and high yields, which could be promisingly applied to the industrial production. Homopolymer 6 was obtained in high yields without solvent; 6 had excellent repellent properties which were similar with polymers containing ((CF3)2CF)(C3F7)CHOC(O)CH2=CH2, but superior to polymers containing primarily straight-chain perfluorohexyl (C6F13-) moieties. Nevertheless, since 6 was insoluble in conventional solvents, its application was limited.
In this paper, methacrylates with different alkyl chain length were copolymerized with 5 to achieve a series of copolymers. The structure of copolymer was confirmed by GPC, elemental analysis and 1 H-NMR and FT-IR. The Mn of each copolymer was up to 10,000, and Mw/Mn of the copolymers were near 2.00 when the radio of 7 to 5 was less than 6. The contact angle and Tg could be adjusted by controlling the monomer feed ratio to meet the technical requirements of different practical applications. It was found that as the content of monomer 5 increased, Tg of the polymer tended to that of homopolymer 6. By changing the ratio of feeding, Tg fluctuated within the range of −51~103.8 °C. All the polymers had stable thermal decomposition performance. The contact angle of water and nhexadecane increased with the increase of fluorine content. Water repellency remarkably decreased when the fluorine content of the copolymer was less than 20%, while oil repellency remarkably decreases when the monomer molar ratio of 7 to 5 was more than 6.
In summary, the homopolymer and copolymers we produced can be used as low surface energy materials to impart repellency and thermal properties of various substrate films. Poly(5-co-LMA = In view of the above results, it is not difficult to realize water repellency because of the high surface tension of water (~72 mN/m) [46]. Hydrophobic surfaces achieved by the combination of surface roughening and lowering the surface free energy have been widely reported [47][48][49][50][51]. When the molar ratio of 5 to LMA is 1:15, the hydrophobicity of poly(5-co-LMA) can reach that of homopolymer 6 because of its high roughness. So, it can be used as a potential hydrophobic material. However, in order to achieve oil repellency, the surface free energy of a substrate lower than 20 mN/m is necessary because typical surface tensions of oils are 20-30 mN/m [42,[51][52][53][54]. The high fluorine content of homopolymer 6 gives it low surface free energy, and it is a potential oil displacement material.

Conclusions
A novel fluorine-containing methacrylate monomer 5 was successfully prepared by two steps from perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentene. All the reactions were easy and of mild conditions, low cost and high yields, which could be promisingly applied to the industrial production. Homopolymer 6 was obtained in high yields without solvent; 6 had excellent repellent properties which were similar with polymers containing ((CF 3 ) 2 CF)(C 3 F 7 )CHOC(O)CH 2 =CH 2 , but superior to polymers containing primarily straight-chain perfluorohexyl (C 6 F 13 -) moieties. Nevertheless, since 6 was insoluble in conventional solvents, its application was limited.
In this paper, methacrylates with different alkyl chain length were copolymerized with 5 to achieve a series of copolymers. The structure of copolymer was confirmed by GPC, elemental analysis and 1 H-NMR and FT-IR. The Mn of each copolymer was up to 10,000, and M w /M n of the copolymers were near 2.00 when the radio of 7 to 5 was less than 6. The contact angle and T g could be adjusted by controlling the monomer feed ratio to meet the technical requirements of different practical applications. It was found that as the content of monomer 5 increased, T g of the polymer tended to that of homopolymer 6. By changing the ratio of feeding, T g fluctuated within the range of −51~103.8 • C. All the polymers had stable thermal decomposition performance. The contact angle of water and n-hexadecane increased with the increase of fluorine content. Water repellency remarkably decreased when the fluorine content of the copolymer was less than 20%, while oil repellency remarkably decreases when the monomer molar ratio of 7 to 5 was more than 6.
In summary, the homopolymer and copolymers we produced can be used as low surface energy materials to impart repellency and thermal properties of various substrate films. Poly(5-co-LMA = 1:15) and homopolymer 6 can be used as potential water repellent and oil repellent materials. By introducing other functional monomers, this kind of copolymers containing the -C(CF 3 ) 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 3 group can be synthesized for specific use.