I-PTFE (i-polytetrafluoroethylene) ukusebenza: ilungele inkqubo yamanzi kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-solvents eziphilayo, ezichasene nazo zonke i-solvents, i-solubility ephantsi. Uneempawu zokungena komoya kunye nokungabi namanzi, ukuhamba komoya okukhulu, izinga eliphezulu lokugcinwa kwamasuntswana, ukumelana nobushushu obulungileyo, ukuchasana ne-acids eqinile, i-alkali, i-solvents ye-organic kunye ne-oxidants, ukuchasana nokuguga, ukungazinzi, ukuvutha, ukungabi netyhefu, kunye ne-biocompatibility. Iimveliso zayo ezinxulumene nazo zisetyenziswa kakhulu kwiikhemikhali, kumachiza, kukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo, i-elektroniki, ukutya, amandla kunye nezinye iinkalo.