Surface Engineering of Fluoropolymer Films via the Attachment of Crown Ether Derivatives Based on the Combination of Radiation-Induced Graft Polymerization and the Kabachnik-Fields Reaction

Masaaki Omichi; Shuhei Yamashita; Yamato Okura; Ryuta Ikutomo; Yuji Ueki; Noriaki Seko; Ryohei Kakuchi

doi:10.3390/polym11081337

Surface Engineering of Fluoropolymer Films via the Attachment of Crown Ether Derivatives Based on the Combination of Radiation-Induced Graft Polymerization and the Kabachnik-Fields Reaction

Polymers (Basel). 2019 Aug 12;11(8):1337. doi: 10.3390/polym11081337.

Authors

Masaaki Omichi¹, Shuhei Yamashita^{2

3}, Yamato Okura³, Ryuta Ikutomo³, Yuji Ueki², Noriaki Seko², Ryohei Kakuchi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Advanced Functional Materials Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) 1233 Watanuki-machi, Takasaki 370-1292, Gunma, Japan. omichi.masaaki@qst.go.jp.
² Department of Advanced Functional Materials Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) 1233 Watanuki-machi, Takasaki 370-1292, Gunma, Japan.
³ Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu 376-8515, Gunma, Japan.
⁴ Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu 376-8515, Gunma, Japan. kakuchi@gunma-u.ac.jp.

Abstract

In this manuscript, we present the successful attachment of crown ether moieties onto fluoropolymer surfaces, via the combination of radiation-induced graft polymerization and a subsequent surface Kabachnik-Fields three-component reaction. The obtained crown ether-tethered fluoropolymer films exhibited an ammonium cation capturing ability, owing to the host-guest interactions (i.e., hydrogen bonding) between the surface-anchored crown ethers and the guest ammonium cations.

Keywords: crown ethers; multi-component reaction; radiation-induced graft polymerization.

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