Abstract
Fluoroacrylic polymers with inherent micro/nanoporosity are promising media for incorporation of fluorescent molecules and following application as pressure-sensitive paints (PSPs), and UV photostability of PSPs is critically important for their long-term performance. Although photodegradation mechanisms of fluoroacrylic polymers have been studied previously in solutions, they have never been addressed in practically relevant for PSPs solid-state porous films. In this work we combined continuous wave (CW) and time-resolved (TR) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to study UV photodegradation of thin porous films of a few representative fluoroacrylic polymers. Different types of spectra were detected using CW and TR EPR and assigned to the species formed on the inner surface of the pores and in the bulk of the polymer, respectively. The radical pairs formed in the bulk are short-lived, as is evidenced by TR EPR, and most likely recombine back to the initial polymer. On the contrary, the radicals formed o...
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