Fluorinated Compounds and Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 594
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fluorine forms the strongest single bond with carbon in organic chemistry, and it also has the smallest hindrance as a substituent, with the exception of hydrogen. Due to these properties, it is possible to hypothesize for any hydrocarbon compound the progressive substitution of all the hydrogen atoms with fluorine atoms, up to the synthesis of the perfluorinated homolog. After the synthesis of the first fluorinated organic compound, methyl fluoride, CH3F, by Dumas and Péligot in 1835, the pioneers of fluorine chemistry soon noticed this wide synthetic opportunity, which, supported by the study of the C–F bond, later led to the discovery of numerous new materials with unique properties, such as excellent thermostability, high chemical inertness, UV resistance, low refractive index, low friction coefficient, water and oil repellency, low surface energy, and anti-stick properties. Therefore, it was already foreseen that many new and useful fluorine-based products would become available, such as dyes, plastics, drugs, lubricants, tannery products, metal fluxes, fumigants, insecticides, fungicides, germicides, fire extinguishing products, solvents, flame retardants, heat transfer media, and several materials for energy conversion. Progressively increasing the number of the applications, some features of fluorinated compounds, however, resulted in some adverse cases for the environment, and the more evident environmental issues are, for instance, the ozone layer depletion due to chlorofluorocarbons, the global warming ascribable to many fluorinated volatile organic compounds, and the water contamination with persistent and bioaccumulative perfluorinated carboxylic acids. Today, the chemical reactivity of elemental fluorine and of many fluorinated compounds is well understood and fairly predictable, also taking into consideration their environemtal impact. Thus, the research is driven by a precise and organized strategy, typically planned in advance. Many of these topics will be discussed in this Special Issue.
Dr. Maurizio Sansotera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fluoropolymers
- fluoromonomers
- elemental fluoride
- hypofluorites
- perfluoropolyethers
- graphite fluorides
- perfluorinated carboxylic acids
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