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tional group and within the scope of the invention are presented below: 

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[0095] As is well known to those skilled in the polymer art, an ethylenically unsaturated compound undergoes free radical polymerization to afford a polymer having a repeat unit that is derived from the ethylenically unsaturated com› pound. Specifically, ethylenically unsaturated compound having structure: 

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[0096] are described above with regard to copolymer (al). 

[0097] The fluoropolymer having at least one fluoroalco› hol group (c) is selected from the group consisting of: 

[0098] (cl) a fluorine-containing polymer compris› ing a repeat unit derived from at least one ethyleni› cally unsaturated compound containing a fluoroal› cohol functional group having the structure: 

-C(Rf)(Ri)OH 

[0099] wherein Rf and Rf’ are as described above; 

[0100] (c2) a fluorine-containing copolymer com› prising a repeat unit derived from at least one eth› ylenically unsaturated compound characterized in that at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound is cyclic or polycyclic, at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound contains at least one fluorine atom covalently attached to an ethylenically unsat› urated carbon atom, and at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound is comprised of a fluoroalco› hol functional group having the structure: 

-C(R,,)(R,,’)OH 

[0101] wherein Rf and Rf’ are as described above; 

[0102] (c3) a fluorine-containing copolymer com› prising: 

[0103] (i) a repeat unit derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound containing at least three fluorine atoms covalently attached to two ethylenically unsaturated carbon atoms; and 

[0104] (ii) a repeat unit derived from an ethyl- enically unsaturated compound comprised of a fluoroalcohol functional group having the struc› ture: 

---C(R,:)(Ri)OH 

[0105] wherein Rf and R/ are as described above. 

[0106] (c4) a fluorine-containing copolymer com› prising a repeat unit derived from at least one eth› ylenically unsaturated compound containing a fluo› roalcohol functional group having the structure: 

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[0107] wherein Rf and R/ are as described above; and Z is an element selected from Group VA, and other Group VIA of the Periodic Table of the Elements (CAS Version). Typically X is a sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen or phosphorus atom; 

[0108] ( cS) a fluorine-containing polymer compris› ing the structure: 

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[0109] wherein each of R 40 , R 41 , R 42 , and R $^{43 }$indepen› dently is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a hydrocarbon group substituted with at least one 0, S, N, P or halogen and having 1 to 12 carbons atoms, for example, an alkoxy group, a carboxylic acid group, a carboxylic ester group or a functional group containing the structure: 

---C(R,:)(R,,’)OR 44 

[0110] wherein Rf and R/ are as describe above; R$^{44 }$is a hydrogen atom or an acid- or base-labile protecting group; v is the number of repeat units in the polymer; w is 0-4; at least one of the repeat units has a structure whereby at least one of R 40 , R 41 , R 42 , and R 43 contains the structure C(Rf)(R/)OR 44 , for example, R 40 , R $^{41 }$and R $^{42 }$are a hydro› gen atom and R$^{43 }$is CH$_{2}$ OCH$_{2}$C(CF$_{3}$ ) $_{2}$OCH$_{2}$ CO$_{2}$C(CH$_{3}$ ) 3 wherein CH$_{2}$CO$_{2}$ C(CH$_{3}$ ) $_{3 }$is an acid or base labile protecting group or R 43 is OCH$_{2}$ C(CF$_{3}$ ) $_{2}$OCH$_{2}$ CO$_{2}$C(CH$_{3}$ ) 3 wherein OCH CO$_{2}$ C(CH$_{3}$ ) $_{3 }$is an acid or base labile protecting group; and 2 

[0111] ( c6) a polymer comprising: 

[0112] (i) a repeat unit derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound containing a 

