Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane dendrimers

Figure 10.6 Cole-Hamilton s dendrimer based on a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes core.

All of the chapters of the first edition were updated and 11 entirely new chapters added. Four of them focus on novel polymeric structures, specifically dendrimers, polyrotaxanes, foldamers, and supramolecular polymers in general. Another group of chapters covers reinforcing phases in polymers, including carbon black, silica, clays, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), carbon nanotubes, and relevant theories. The final new chapter describes experiments on single polymer chains. 

Cole-Hamilton and coworkers [132] anchored trialkylphosphines on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) (Scheme 2.37). The dendrimer-bound phosphines were placed on the periphery of the dendrimer either by radical addition of secondary phosphines to vinyl groups or by reaction of Si-Cl bonds... 

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