Inorganic-organic hybrid polymers precursors

In the field of composite materials, inorganic-organic hybrid polymers offer great promise as precursors to ceramic matrix materials. In these applications, high purity ceramics are often not necessary and preceramic polymers allow the introduction of inorganic elements such as silicon and boron in quantities which can be directed by polymer structure and stoichiometry. 

Multiscale microlens arrays can be directly fabricated on a hydrophobic flat surface by a simple inkjet printing technique (20). Inorganic/organic hybrid precursor polymers based on silicones are used. These structures are modified with organic structures that can be eventually crosslinked (21). 

Our research efforts have focused on the synthesis of hybrid inorganic-organic diacetylenic polymers as precursors to materials with high thermal and oxidative Corresponding author... 

Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers with Nanoscale Building Blocks Precursors, Processing, Properties and Applications , K.-H. Haas and K. Rose, Rev. Adv. Mater. Sci. 5, 47-52 (2003). 

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