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Direct fluorination of polymers is a widely utilized technique for chemical modification. Such introduction of fluorine into the chemical structure of polymeric materials leads to laminates with highly fluorinated surface layer. The physicochemical properties of this layer are similar to those of perfluorinated polymers that differ by a unique combination of chemical resistance, weak adhesion, low cohesion, and permittivity, often barrier properties, etc. Surface modification by elemental fluorine allows one to avoid laborious synthesis of perfluoropolymers and impart such properties to industrial polymeric materials. The current review is devoted to a detailed consideration of wetting by water, energy characteristics of surfaces, adhesion, mechanical and electrical properties of the polymers, and composites after the direct fluorination.

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The nanofiltration of the water-ethanol mixture of different compositions at three pressure drops through a nanoporous membrane based on poly(1 trimethylsilyl 1 propyne) has been experimentally and theoretically studied. A mathematical model of the onset of flow has been proposed, and the percolation threshold depending on the physicochemical and geometrical characteristics of the membrane system has been found. The model suggests gradual membrane pore opening with an increase in pressure and alcohol concentration in the mixture and can take account of the distribution of alcohol molecules over the cross sec tion of the membrane pores. The theoretical results agree well with the experimental data.