Highly fluorinated molecular organised systems: strategy and concept

This paper presents recent efforts of our group in highly fluorinated organic synthesis which allow us to use the resulting compounds to elaborate molecular organised systems (MOSs). These MOSs can be considered either as organic materials such as artificial liposomes, oxygen carrier emulsions, liquid crystals,..., or as substrates for treatments of organic or inorganic materials, such as biocides or self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). In order to illustrate this work and the particular interests in the introduction of perfluorinated chains in these types of materials and compounds, recent results obtained in the fields of biotechnology, liquid crystals, self-assembled monolayers and polymers are presented. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.