Hybrid Plastics Inc

Registered trademark 2,548,048 of Hybrid Plastics Inc. http //www.hybridplastics.com/. Hybrid Plastics supply a wide range of POSS products. 

Major commercial supphers of POSS are Hybrid Plastics Inc., Hattiesburg, MS, USA. Distributors of POSS are Sigma-Aldrich Inc., Gelest and Toyotsu Chemiplas Corporation. Some POSS types are available in R D amounts from Mayaterials Inc. 

Suppliers of POMS are Hybrid Plastics Inc., Hattiesburg, MS, USA, Hybrid Catalysis BV. 

Hybrid Plastics Inc. technical information http //www.hybridplastics. com/pdf/user-v2.06.pdf. 

Fig. 11 Chemical structures of POSS (a), incorporated POSS in polymer matrix (b), hybrid nature of POSS give rise to materials with hybrid properties (c). Taken from [107]. Copyright 2009, Hybrid Plastics, Inc.

Proceedings ofPOSS (Hybrid Plastics, Inc.) Nanotechnology Conference, Huntington Beach, Calif, Sept. 2002. 

POSS have been used to develop modem reinforced thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers. These materials are commercially manufactured by Hybrid Plastic, Inc. [15]. The company offers POSS-based nanofillers and polymers, which are nano reinforced (e.g. PPE, PEEK, PEI, PP, PA6). Nanostructured POSS chemicals can be used not only in plastics industry applications, but also in the whole technological area. These nanostractures have shown significant promising usage as catalyst supports and in biomedical applications [7]. 

All materials were used as received unless otherwise mentioned. An unfilled and non-lubricated grade of nylon 6 homopolymer (Capron 8202 NL) was purchased from BASF. Two different types of POSS, closed cage octaisobutyl POSS (Oib-POSS) and an open cage trisilanolphenyl POSS (Tsp-POSS), were provided by Hybrid Plastics Inc., MS. Stractures of Oib and Tsp-POSS are shown in Figure 1. 

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