Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane group

Ryu, H.-S. Kim, D.-G. Lee, J.-C., Polysiloxanes Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Groups in the Side Chains Synthesis and Properties. Polymer 2010,51, 2296-2304. 

A methacrylic monomer with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (FM-28) as a pendant group can be polymerized with 1-24 (X = Br)/CuBr/L-32 in toluene (.MJMn = 1.14).326 Block and star copolymers of this partially inorganic monomer with MA and nBA are expected to function as new hybrid materials. 

Perfluoroalkyl groups are also introduced into block copolymers with methacrylates, acrylates, and styrene (B-46 to B-53), which can be synthesized in scCC>2 or in the bulk.95,315 Amphiphilic block copolymers based on glycopolymer segments (B-54 and B-55) are synthesized by copper-catalyzed polymerizations.321,322 Comonomers with a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane unit afforded hybrid polymers between organic and inorganic components (B-56 and B-57).326... 

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) has been described as a three-dimensional "cage-shaped molecule composed of a silicon-oxygen framework bonded to organic groups that make it compatible with a polymer matrix. Unlike conventional nanofillers that must be dispersed and exfoliated to be useful, POSS molecules formulated in the resin are induced by shear to "self-assemble ... 

Polysilsesquioxanes are a class of compounds having the emperical formula [RSi(0)3/2] , in which three oxygen atoms and one alkyl or aryl group are attached to the silicon atom. These compounds are formed under various reaction conditions and can take various three-dimensional structures. They can be random, ladder, or even cage. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) is usually abbreviated as T , in which n indicates the number of silicon atoms in the frame structure. 

Nanocomposites from (poly[2,2 -(p-oxidiphen-ylene)-5,5 -bibenzimidazole]) and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) with a pendant phenyl group have been prepared by an in situ polymerization of 4,4 -dicarboxydiphenyl ether and 3,3 -diaminobenzidine in the presence of POSS [21]. The PBI chains were successfully attached to the phenyl group of the POSS by aFriedel-Crafls reaction. 

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... 

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs) could be used as building blocks for multifunctional composite solids and for hierarchical inorganic/organic hybrid architectures. These compounds may include inert hydrocarbon moieties, reactive groups, and... 

ATRP from Silsesquioxane Initiators. In addition to silsesquioxanes with vinyl based monomeric units attached to corner silicon atoms, other species can be bonded to the cubes. One such example is the silsesquioxane shown in Scheme 7. Termed benzyl chloride functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (benzyl chloride-POSS), the molecule contains seven cyclopentyl groups, which provide increased solubility in organic solvents, and one benzyl chloride moiety which can serve as an initiator for ATRP. Studies of such initiators may be of interest due to the bulky nature of the initiating species. Furthermore, the high temperature stability of the inorganic cubes may lend some interesting thermal properties to polymers initiated from it. 

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