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A Molecular Building-Block Approach to the Synthesis of Ceramic Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

W. G. Klemperer ,
V. V. Mainz  and
D. M. Millar
W. G. Klemperer
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, Urbana, IL 61801
V. V. Mainz
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, Urbana, IL 61801
D. M. Millar
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

Ceramic materials are generally prepared from structurally simple starting materials, with the consequence that structural properties are difficult to control on a molecular level. This difficulty might be addressed by following the approach taken in polymer chemistry in which molecular building blocks are first prepared and then polymerized in a subsequent step. In the present case, the polysilicic acid esters [Si2O](OCH3)6, [Si3O2](OCH3)8, and [Si8O12](OCH3)8 are prepared and then polymerized by hydrolysis/condensation. Silicon-29 solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is used to estimate the extent to which the molecular frameworks of these monomers are retained during the course of hydrolysis and condensation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 73: Symposium H – Better Ceramics Through Chemistry II , 1986 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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