Abstract
Arylene- and alkylene-bridged polysilsesquioxanes were prepared by sol-gel processing of bis(triethoxysilyl)-arylene monomers 1-4, and alkylene monomers 5-9. The arylene polysilsesquioxanes were porous materials with surface areas as high as 830 m2/g (BET). Treatment with an inductively coupled oxygen plasma resulted in the near quantitative removal of the arylene bridging groups and a coarsening of the pore structure. Solid state 29Si NMR was used to confirm the conversion of the sesquioxane silicons (T) to silica (Q). The alkylene-bridged polysilsesquioxanes were non-porous. Oxygen plasma treatment afforded silica gels with mesoporosity. The porosity in the silica gels appears to arise entirely from the oxidation of the alkylene spacers.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 825-829 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings |
| Volume | 346 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1994 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Apr 4 1994 → Apr 8 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering