Functionalized Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane (POSS) Macromers: New Graftable POSS-Hydride, POSS-Alpha-Olefin, POSS-Epoxy, and POSS-Chlorosilane Macromers and POSS-Siloxane Triblocks

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Hybrid organosilica membranes and processes: Status and outlook

“…A recent, novel and promising preparation method for organosilica hybrid membranes is that of interfacial polymerization [109], in which extensive hydrocarbon links are formed between polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes [110]. More research is required to show that this preparation technique can be as successful as the sol-gel method.…”

Thermal and mechanical properties of POSS-Cyanate ester/epoxy nanocomposites

“…Unlike silica, silicones, and other fillers, POSS molecules contain nonreactive organic substituents and one or more covalently bonded reactive functionalities suitable for grafting, polymerizing or blending with common organic polymers. Furthermore, if the polymerizable functional groups are selected properly [5][6][7][8][9] to control the cross-linking density about the cube, the segment distances between the cross links, the packing of individual cubes with respect to one another, and the stability of the cube organic bond. The incorporation of POSS reagents that contain reactive groups into organic polymer systems creates the possibility of nanoscale reinforcement, with POSS bound to the polymer chain through chemical bonds.…”

Polyaromatic hydrocarbon inner-structured carbon nanodots for interfacial enhancement of carbon fiber composite

“…3B) and previous reports. 49,50 The XRD main peaks of previously reported CNDs usually vary from 17 to 26 , indicating the different distances between the adjacent carbon atomic planes of the CNDs. 15,[51][52][53][54] These XRD results do not indicate a graphite or graphene structure carbon atomic plane directly, because of similar results in polymer research.…”