Abstract: A multifunctional coating composition comprising a fluorocarbon polymer, an epoxy resin and a fluorinated curing agent resulting in a fluorinated epoxy resin network with improved properties of corrosion resistance and hydrophobicity.

Abstract: An epoxy fluorocarbon coating composition in the presence of a curing agent and, wherein the fluorocarbon polymer is about 5 to about 24 percent of the total weight of the coating composition and has a particle size less than 500 microns which has excellent corrosion resistance.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a process for the deposition of an oxygen-containing high fluoropolymer thin film onto an approxpriate substrate comprising loading the substrate in an enclosed reactor; evacuating the reactor; charging the reactor with an inert carrier gas and an oxygen-containing fluorocarbon monomer feed gas; and plasma-polymerizing the feed gas such that a thin film of polymerized monomer is deposited onto the substrate.The invention further relates to an insulation material comprising the fluoropolymer thin film recited above, a plasma polymerized thin film of an oxygen-containing fluoropolymer, and the use of a polymerization precursor monomer for such thin films that is an oxygen-containing fluorocarbon monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for coating an ultrafiltration/microfiltration membrane with a thin protective thin film comprising:(a) loading the ultrafiltration/microfiltration membrane in an enclosed reactor;(b) evacuating the reactor;(c) charging the reactor with an inert carrier gas and a gaseous nitrogen-containing organic monomer; and(d) plasma-polymerizing the organic monomer such that a thin-film protective coating of the polymerized monomer is deposited on the entire effective surface of the membrane.The present invention further relates to a nonfouling membrane comprising an ultrafiltration/microfiltration membrane substrate on which is deposited an anti-fouling polymerized nitrogen-containing organic monomer thin film protective coating.

Abstract: Novel catalyst for the photochemical conversion and storage of radiant energy through the conversion of strained cyclic non-conjugated carbon containing compounds to their corresponding conjugated forms comprises ionically bonding a transition metal complex having a square planar geometry and multiple sites of coordination with an anion-exchange resin. A method is provided for the preparation of the novel catalyst and comprises forming an acid salt derivative of the transition metal complex and mixing it together with an anion-exchange resin. A process wherein the novel catalyst is added to a strained cyclic non-conjugated carbon containing compound resulting in the release of heat energy through the conversion of the non-conjugated carbon containing compound to its conjugated form. A process and sealed container means wherein the non-conjugated carbon containing compound and the catalyst are in compartments and are separated until heat energy is required.

Abstract: Novel catalyst for the photochemical conversion and storage of radiant energy through the conversion of strained cyclic non-conjugated carbon containing compounds to their corresponding conjugated forms comprises ionically bonding a transition metal complex having a square planar geometry and multiple sites of coordination with an anion-exchange resin. A method is provided for the preparation of the novel catalyst and comprises forming an acid salt derivative of the transition metal complex and mixing it together with an anion-exchange resin. A process wherein the novel catalyst is added to a strained cyclic non-conjugated carbon containing compound resulting in the release of heat energy through the conversion of the non-conjugated carbon containing compound to its conjugated form. A process and sealed container means wherein the non-conjugated carbon containing compound and the catalyst are in compartments and are separated until heat energy is required.

Abstract: A process is provided for the capture and storage of radiant energy in highly strained carbon containing ring structures of isomerizable compounds. The process includes exposing a photocatalyst containing a compound of a metal selected from Re, Ir, Rh, Ru, Os, Pt, Pd and mixtures thereof, to radiant energy in the presence of an isomerizable compound capable of forming strained intramolecular ring structures.