Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-45l2p Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T06:34:19.712Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Synthesis of Hybrid Materials by the Blending of Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxanes into Organic Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Rusty L. Blansky ,
Shawn H. Phillips ,
Kevin Chaffee ,
Joseph Lichtenhan ,
Andre Lee  and
Hei Ping Geng
Rusty L. Blansky
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSM 10 E. Saturn Blvd. Edwards AFB, CA 93524.
Shawn H. Phillips
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSM 10 E. Saturn Blvd. Edwards AFB, CA 93524.
Kevin Chaffee
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSM 10 E. Saturn Blvd. Edwards AFB, CA 93524.
Joseph Lichtenhan
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSM 10 E. Saturn Blvd. Edwards AFB, CA 93524. Current Address: Hybrid Plastics, Fountain Valley CA 92708
Andre Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Rm 3514 Engineering Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824.
Hei Ping Geng
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Rm 3514 Engineering Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824.
Get access

Abstract

The study of organic/inorganic hybrid materials has become an increasingly widespread research focus. The advantage derived from such materials is the combining of two very different compounds which may result in something that bridges the performance gap between the two systems. We have previously reported such hybrid systems prepared by incorporating polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes (POSS™) into traditional organic polymers by the copolymerization of POSS™ monomers and organic monomers. This presentation will discuss a more convenient method of incorporating POSS™ into a polymer: the blending of POSS™ into organic polymers. The research discussion will focus on the development of the POSS™ macromers used in our studies as well as the POSS™ polymer blends synthesized. One important property enhancement observed is the increase in surface hardness for a POSS™/poly styrene sample.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 628: Symposium CC – Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Materials , 2000 , CC6.2
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Reviews on recent progress in hybrid materials are: (a) Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Composites, ACS Symposium Series, ed. Mark, J. E., Lee, C. Y-C. and Bianconi, P. A., Vol., 585 (1995).Google Scholar
(b) Better Ceramics Through Chemistry VII: Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, MRS Symposium Proceedings, ed. Coltrain, B. K., Sanchez, C., Schaefer, D. W. and Wilkes, G. L., Vol., 435 (1996).Google Scholar
(c) Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, MRS Symposium Proceedings, ed. Laine, R. M., Sanchez, C., Brinker, C. J., Giannelis, E., Vol., 519 (1998).Google Scholar
(d) Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials II, MRS Symposium Proceedings, ed. Klein, L. C., Francis, L. F., De Guire, M. R., Mark, J. E., Vol., 576 (1999).Google Scholar
2. (a) Lichtenhan, J.D.; Vu, N.Q.; Carter, J.A.; Gilman, J.W.; Feher, F. J., Macromolecule. 1993, 26, 2141.Google Scholar
(b) Lichtenhan, J.D. Comments Inorg. Chem. 1995, 17, 115.Google Scholar
(c) Haddad, T.S.; Lichtenhan, J.D. Macromolecule. 1996, 29, 7302.Google Scholar
3. Feher, F. J., et al, manuscript in preparation.Google Scholar