Some Interesting Things about Polysiloxanes
- 21 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Accounts of Chemical Research
- Vol. 37 (12), 946-953
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ar030279z
Abstract
Poly(dimethylsiloxane) [−Si(CH3)2O−] is by far the most studied of the polysiloxanes and is known to exhibit some intriguing physical properties, in particular very high permeability to gases. Simulations are underway in an attempt to understand some of these peculiarities. In addition, other symmetrically substituted polysiloxanes exhibit mesophases that are not understood at all. In the case of cross-linked polysiloxanes, there have been many important developments, including (i) elastomers undergoing strain-induced crystallization through control of chain stiffness or stereochemical structure, (ii) model elastomers (including dangling-chain networks), (iii) possible thermoplastic elastomers, (iv) bimodal network chain-length distributions, and (v) cross linking in solution. Interesting elastomeric composites include those with (i) in-situ-generated ceramiclike particles, (ii) ellipsoidal fillers, (iii) claylike-layered fillers, (iv) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) particles, (v) porous fillers, (vi) controlled particle−elastomer interfaces, and (vii) elastomeric domains generated within ceramic phases. Also of interest are some new techniques that have been used to characterize polysiloxane networks.Keywords
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