The polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) was irradiated with X-rays produced by a nonmonochromatic (MgKα) source and the structural and electronic PVDF surface modifications were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Changes in the shape and intensity of the C1s and F1s lines show that a PVDF degradation consisting of the polymer defluorination takes place.
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Duca et al. (1998) studied this question.