Siloxane-containing polymers

In this chapter we consider the two general methods of ROP of cyclosiloxanes (i) the equilibrium polymerization, which is commonly used when the polymer yield at equilibrium is relatively high and (ii) the non-equilibrium polymerization, which is quenched before equilibrium is attained. Moreover, both anionic and cationic processes-the mechanisms of which are quite complex-can be used for the ROP of cyclosiloxanes, and are treated independently here. A special emphasis is placed on both cationic and anionic polymerizations of cyclosiloxanes in aqueous media throughout the chapter, as this represents an original and sustainable 

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Some general details related to the synthesis of PDMS are first presented (independent of publication date), followed by details of more recent fundamental studies that were conducted within the past decade but not included in two recent reviews [13,14]. 

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Kawakami, Y. Imae, I. Synthesis and Characterization of Siloxane-Containing Polymers Obtained by Dehydrocoupling Polymerization. In Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials Clarson, S. J., Fitzgerald, J. J., Owen, M. J., Smith, S. D., Van Dyke, M. E., Eds. ACS Symposium Series 838 American Chemical Society Washington, DC, 2003 pp 61-71. 

Originality Isobomyl-siloxane containing polymers useful as cosmetics having high... 

Cyclic siloxane-containing polymer was synthesized by the reaction of Bu2Sn(OCH3)2 with dimethyl hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane as shown in Fig. 52 [175],... 

Certain polymers can not be successfully burned off of the support and alternative methods must be used to determine loading. For example, soxhlet extractions must be used for most siloxane containing polymers. Multiple specimens must be tested to get the error in loading to less than 1% for most calculations. 

Halogenated Siloxane-Containing Polymers via Hydrosilylation Polymerization... 

Omega-SLllyl polycarbonates have been hydrosilated with either tertiary silanes or ym-tetramethyldisiloxane to yield silylated polycarbonates or polycarbonate-disiloxane-polycarbonate triblock copolymers.The siloxane-containing polymers exhibit relatively lower Tg and higher thermooxidative stability compared with bisphenol A polycarbonate. Hydrosilation of allyl-terminal poly(alkyleneoxide-co-sulfone) in 1 1 or 2 1 ratio with hydride-terminal polysiloxane leads to ABC and (AB)2C type block-terpolymers, respectively. DSC studies indicate microphase separation, while TGA data point to higher thermal stability for the siloxane... 

I 3 Siloxane-Containing Polymers Table 3.8 Core-shell polymerization with PDMS prepared in situ. 

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