Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture

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PATENT NO 6423784
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09464337

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Methods are provided to make acid functional fluoropolymers by: a) dehydrofluorinating a starting fluoropolymer with a dehydrofluorinating agent to form an unsaturated fluoropolymer; b) adding an acidifiable nucleophilic functionalizing agent to a double bond of the unsaturated fluoropolymer; and c) acidifying the added acidifiable function. Acid functional fluoropolymers and ion conducting membranes thereof are also provided, including acid functional fluoropolymer having pendent groups according to the formula: --X--Ar--A.sub.n, wherein X is selected from O, S or NR, where R is selected from H and C1-C30 alkyl or aryl, which are optionally substituted, wherein Ar is a C6-C30 aromatic group, which is optionally substituted, wherein A is an acidic function or salt thereof, wherein a can be independently chosen to be 1, 2 or 3.

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  • 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hamrock, Steven J Stillwater, MN 71 1204
Hardy, L Charles Saint Paul, MN 11 540
Jing, Naiyong Woodbury, MN 256 4578
Mao, Shane S Woodbury, MN 12 299

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