Perfluoropolyether Potting Material Low-Temperature Flexibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing curable compositions used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment are unsuitable for low-temperature applications as they lose rubber properties and may decompose at high temperatures, posing contamination risks.

Innovation Solution

A curable composition comprising a compound with two or more alkenyl groups and a perfluoro(poly)ether group, combined with an organosilicon compound having multiple silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and a catalyst, which forms a cured product with low elastic modulus at low temperatures and high thermal stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a conventional fluoropolyether-based composition is used, then water-repellency and oil-repellency are improved, but the cured product loses rubber properties at low temperatures and may decompose at high temperatures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelow-temperature usabilityVSAvoidthermal stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the chemical structure parameters of the fluoropolyether compound by introducing specific perfluoroalkyl groups (C2F5, C3F7, C4F9) at defined positions in the polymer chain. This structural modification alters the thermal and mechanical properties, enabling the cured product to maintain rubber properties at low temperatures while achieving high-temperature stability without decomposition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite molecular structure by combining the fluoropolyether backbone with specific perfluoroalkyl side groups. This composite approach integrates the beneficial properties of both the polyether chain (flexibility, rubber properties) and the perfluoroalkyl groups (thermal stability, chemical resistance), resolving the contradiction between low-temperature usability and high-temperature stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Stability of the object's composition

If the composition is designed for high-temperature stability, then decomposition resistance is improved, but low-temperature flexibility and rubber properties deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresistance to decompositionVSAvoidlow-temperature flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality modification by placing specific perfluoroalkyl groups (C2F5, C3F7, C4F9) at particular positions within the polymer chain rather than uniformly throughout. This localized structural enhancement provides thermal stability where needed while preserving the overall flexibility and rubber properties of the cured product at low temperatures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent modifies the molecular structure parameters by introducing fluorine atoms at specific positions along the polymer chain, creating a gradient of chemical properties. This parameter change enables the material to exhibit both high-temperature stability and low-temperature flexibility simultaneously, as the fluorine substitution ratio and positioning are optimized to balance these opposing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The composition forms a cured product with improved low-temperature usability and resistance to high-temperature decomposition, maintaining rubber properties and reducing contamination risks.

Implementation Method 1

a curable composition comprising (A) a compound which is a compound having two or more alkenyl groups and a perfluoro(poly)ether group in one molecule

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHydrosilylation: Chemical Bonding

Data Source

PatentEP3705527B1Use of a curable composition for forming a potting material or a sealing material
Publication Date: 2023.12.13 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD
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AI summary

A curable composition including (A) a compound which is a compound having two or more alkenyl groups and a perfluoro(poly)ether group in one molecule, wherein the perfluoro(poly)ether group is a group represented by formula: - (OC6F12)a-(OC5F10)b-(OC4F8)c-(OC3X106)d-(OC2F4)e-(OCF2)f-, wherein a, b, c and d are each independently an integer of 0 or more and 30 or less, e and f are each independently an integer of 1 or more and 200 or less, the sum of a, b, c, d, e and f is at least 5 or more, the occurrence order of the respective repeating units in parentheses with the subscript a, b, c, d, e or f is not limited in the formula, a ratio of e to f is 1.0 or more, and each X10, at each occurrence, is independently a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom, (B) an organosilicon compound which has two or more hydrogen atoms each bonding to a silicon atom, in one molecule, and (C) a catalyst.