High strength polymeric networks derived from (meth) acrylate resins with organofluorine content and process for preparing same

A multifunctional moiety with pendant methacrylate groups selected from the group consisting of moieties of Formulas II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IV:

• wherein J is a member of the group consisting of H and F, and m is an integer from 1 to 12,
• in Formulas II and IV, n ranges from 2 to sufficient to provide prepolymers having a weight average molecular weight of about 5000-30,000 and the end groups (not shown) are selected from the group consisting of acrylate, methacrylate, isocyanato (methacrylics, fumarates and maleates;
• in Formulas II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IV, X is selected from the group consisting of moieties V and VI:
• R and R′ are selected from the group consisting of moieties VII, VIII, IX, and X:
• wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of H and Br,
• —CH2—(CF2)x—CH2— IX,
• wherein x is an integer from 1 to 12, and
• group Y of moiety VII is selected from the group consisting of —H and —(CF2)xF, wherein x is an integer from 1 to 12,
• R″ is selected from the group consisting of moieties XV, XVI, and XVII:
• —CH2—(CF2)x—E XV,
• wherein x is an integer from 1 to 16 and E is H or F,
• wherein A is H or —CH3,
• R′″ is selected from the group consisting of moieties XVIII, XIX, XX, XXa, XXI, XXII, XXIIa, and XXIIb:
• wherein x is an integer from 1 to 12,
• the polymerizable fluorinated acrylate and methacrylate prepolymers, moieties II, III, and IV contain 15 to 65% by mass fluorine;
• moieties II and IV may have weight average molecular weights from about 5000 up to about 30,000,
• R″″ is selected from the group consisting of:
• [Parenopenst]CH2[Parenclosest]mH IIIe,
• wherein m is an integer from 1 to 18,