ABSTRACT:Fluoroalkanoyl peroxide [R F -C(=O)OO(O=)C-R F ] decomposes homolytically through concerted three bond radical fission to afford fluoroalkyl radical (R F . ) selectively, although the corresponding alkanoyl peroxide ]. This decomposition of fluoroalkanoyl peroxide was applied to the direct fluoroalkylation of two end-sites of vinylsilane oligomers and (meth)acrylate oligomers. Fluoroalkyl end-capped trimethoxyvinylsilane oligomers [R F -(CH 2 CHSi(OMe) 3 ) n -R F ] thus obtained were applied to the surface modification on glass and traditional organic polymers such as PMMA and rubbers to exhibit not only strong hydrohobicity but good oleophobicity imparted by fluorine with extremely higher adhesive property on their surface. Fluoroalkyl end-capped actylate and methacrylate oligomers exhibited surface active properties imparted by fluorine, the same as for low-molecular weight fluorinated surfactants, and these fluorinated cooligomers formed the nanometer size-controlled self-assembled molecular aggregates in aqueous and organic media. These fluorinated molecular aggregates interacted with a variety of guest molecules such as low molecular biocides, fullerenes, and carbon nanotubes to afford the corresponding fluorinated oligomers/guest molecules nanocomposites. These fluorinated oligomers were applied to the preparation of fluorinated oligomers/silica gel nanocomposites and cross-linked fluorinated oligomeric nanoparticles.[doi:10.1295/polymj.PJ2006242] KEY WORDS Fluoroalkanoyl Peroxide / End-capped Fluoroalkyl Group / Carbon-carbon Bond Formation / Oligomer / Aggregation of Fluorine / Self-assembly / Oleophobicity / Surface Modification / Nanoparticle / Randomly fluoroalkylated macromolecules such as acrylated, methacrylated and acrylamide polymers containing longer perfluoroalkyl groups exhibit interesting characteristics imparted by fluorine that set them apart from the usual alkylated macromolecules. 1 Such randomly perfluoroalkylated polymers have in general relatively lower solubility in most solvents and are poor surfactants.2 Therefore, the exploration of surface active fluoroalkylated polymers leading to relatively high solubility in both water and common organic solvents including non-polar solvents should open a new route to the development of new functional materials, particularly new amphiphilic fluorinated polymeric materials. A considerable interest has been devoted in recent years to block copolymers containing fluoroalkyl groups owing to exhibiting the low surface energy and the self-assembled polymeric aggregates resembling micelle in aqueous and organic media, which cannot be achieved in the corresponding randomly fluoroalkylated copolymers.3 These longer perfluoroalkylated block copolymers have high potential for application to new fluorinated polysoaps. New fluorinated block copolymers have been recently prepared through RAFT (Reversible-Addition-Fragmentation-Transfer) and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) techniques. 4 However, in the longer fluoroalkylated polysoaps,...