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Low surface energy material
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1993-11-22
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Granted: 1996-01-02
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Expires: 2013-11-22
Abstract
Abstract A low surface energy material comprising a volume grafted elastomer which is a substantially uniform integral interpenetrating network of a hybrid composition of a fluoroelastomer and a polyorganosiloxane, said volume graft having been formed by dehydrofluorination of said fluoroelastomer by a nucleophilic dehydrofluorinating agent, followed by a hydrosilation reaction, addition of a hydrogen functionally terminated polyorganosiloxane and a hydrosilation reaction catalyst.
Inventors
- 👤 Santokh S. Badesha
- 👤 George J. Heeks
- 👤 Arnold W. Henry
- 👤 David H. Pan
- 👤 Louis D. Fratangelo
- 👤 Robert M. Ferguson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 23:02
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D183/00; C09D183/10; C08; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/42; C08G77/442; G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/20; G03G15/2003; G03G15/2014; G03G15/2017; G03G15/2025; G03G15/2053; G03G15/2057
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A low surface energy material comprising an elastomer composition which is a substantially uniform integral interpenetrating network of a hybrid composition of a fluoroelastomer and a polyorganosiloxane, said elastomer composition having been formed by dissolving said fluoroelastomer in a solvent and by dehydrofluorination of said fluoroelastomer by a nucleophilic dehydrofluorinating agent to increase the number of double bond sites, followed by a hydrosilation reaction by the addition of a hydrogen functionally terminated polyorganosiloxane and a hydrosilation reaction catalyst, wherein the polyorganosiloxane is grafted to the dehydrofluorinating agent subjected fluoroelastomer at the double bond sites.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A low surface energy material comprising an elastomer composition which is a substantially uniform integral interpenetrating network of a hybrid composition of a fluoroelastomer and a polyorganosiloxane, said elastomer composition having been formed by dissolving said fluoroelastomer in a solvent and by dehydrofluorination of said fluoroelastomer by a nucleophilic dehydrofluorinating agent to increase the number of double bond sites, followed by a hydrosilation reaction by the addition of a hydrogen functionally terminated polyorganosiloxane and a hydrosilation reaction catalyst, wherein the polyorganosiloxane is grafted to the dehydrofluorinating agent subjected fluoroelastomer at the double bond sites.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The low surface energy material of claim 1 wherein said fluoroelastomer is selected from the group consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
The low surface energy material of claim 1 wherein said polyorganosiloxane has the formula: ##STR4## where R is hydrogen or an alkyl, alkenyl or aryl having less than 19 carbon atoms or an aryl group substituted with member selected from the group consisting of amino, hydroxy, mercapto, alkyl, and alkenyl, wherein the alkyl or alkenyl group contains less than 19 carbon atoms and n is 2 to 350.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
The low surface energy material of claim 1 wherein said dehydrofluorinating agent is selected from the group consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary aliphatic and aromatic amines where the aliphatic and aromatic groups have from 2 to 15 carbon atoms and aliphatic and aromatic diamines and triamines having from 2 to 15 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The low surface energy material of claim 4 wherein said amine dehydrofluorinating agent is selected from the group consisting of N-(2 aminoethyl-3-aminopropyl)-trimethoxy silane, 3-(N-styrylmethyl-2-aminoethylamino) propyltrimethoxy silane hydrochloride and (aminoethylamino methyl) phenethyltrimethoxy silane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The low surface energy material of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is a platinum catalyst.
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