Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane meets “click” chemistry: Rational design and facile preparation of functional hybrid materials

Polymer

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 303-329

  Li, Yiwen ^a   Dong, Xue Hui ^b   Zou, Yuan ^a   Wang, Zhao ^c   Yue, Kan ^b   Huang, Mingjun ^c   Liu, Hao ^c   Feng, Xueyan ^c   Lin, Zhiwei ^c   Zhang, Wei ^c   Zhang, Wen Bin ^d   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c University of Akron   (United States)

^d Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Functional hybrid materials; Hierarchical structures; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane; Click chemistry

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

FUNCTIONAL HYBRID MATERIALS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE UP; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 85027721349     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.08.008     Document Type: Review

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