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Appl. Sci. 2012, 2, 558-565; doi:10.3390/app2020558 OPEN ACCESS applied sciences ISSN 2076-3417 /journal/applsci Editorial Special Feature Organo-Fluorine Chemical Science Helmut Martin Hügel * and Neale Jackson Health Innovations Research Institute School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001 Australia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: helmut.hugel@.au; Tel.: +61-3-9925-2626; Fax: +61-3-9925-3747. Received: 25 May 2012 / Accepted: 25 May 2012 / Published: 4 June 2012 1. Inventing the Fluorine Future Fluorine is the 13th most abundant element and, with other fluorine containing functional groups, is a most effective element in biological substances, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, liquid crystals, dyes, polymers and a wide range of consumer products. This reflects its resistance to metabolic change due to the strength of the C-F bond providing biological stability and the application of its nonstick-interfacial physical characteristics. Its introduction often remains a synthetic challenge. The widespread use of organofluorines has increased the demand for the development of practical and simple reagents and experimental strategies for the incorporation of fluorine into all types of molecular structures and this was the reasoning behind this special feature on Organo-Fluorine Chemical Science. The contributed articles belong to two broad groups: (i) preparation of fluorine materials, polymers; (ii) the synthesis/applications of organo-fluorine molecules. 2. Fluo