perfluoropolyether

English

Etymology

From per- +‎ fluoro- +‎ polyether.

Noun

perfluoropolyether (plural perfluoropolyethers)

1. (organic chemistry) Any polyether in which every carbon atom has been replaced by fluorine.
   • 2015 July 14, “Improved Visualization of Cartilage Canals Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The specimens were immersed in perfluoropolyether to ensure a proton-free and susceptibility matched background and oriented with the femoral shafts approximately along B 0 .

Synonyms

• PFPE