High efficiency synthesis of octavinylsilsesquioxanes and its high performance hybrids based on bismaleimide‐triazine resin

Abstract

An improved method is developed to synthesize octavinylsilsesquioxanes (VPOSS) with shorter time and higher yield, and then VPOSS is used to prepare new hybrids based on bismaleimide‐triazine (BD/CE) resin, coded as VPOSS/BD/CE. The effect of the content of VPOSS on the key properties including curing behavior, thermal, mechanical, and dielectric properties as well as water resistance of VPOSS/BD/CE hybrids were systematically discussed. Compared with BD/CE resin, hybrids show similar curing behavior but different chemical structures and thus macro‐performance. These key properties of hybrids are dependent on the content of VPOSS, all hybrids show significantly improved dielectric properties, water resistance, and dimensional stability; moreover, the hybrids with suitable content of VPOSS have bigger impact strengths. Specifically, with the addition of 7 wt% VPOSS to BD/CE resin, the dielectric constant decreases from 3.7 to 3.2, the dielectric loss decreases 55%, and the coefficient of thermal expansion reduces 23%; moreover, the glass transition temperature and initial decomposition temperature increase about 15°C. The attractive integrated properties suggest that VPOSS/BD/CE hybrids have great potential to be used as structural and functional materials for many cutting‐edge fields. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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