Author : Sahar Amiri,Mohammad Ali Semsarzadeh,Sanam Amiri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319092256
Silicon Containing Copolymers by Sahar Amiri,Mohammad Ali Semsarzadeh,Sanam Amiri Pdf
Silicones have unique properties including thermal oxidative stability, low temperature flow, high compressibility, low surface tension, hydrophobicity and electric properties. These special properties have encouraged the exploration of alternative synthetic routes of well defined controlled microstructures of silicone copolymers, the subject of this Springer Brief. The authors explore the synthesis and characterization of notable block copolymers. Recent advances in controlled radical polymerization techniques leading to the facile synthesis of well-defined silicon based thermo reversible block copolymers are described along with atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), a technique utilized to develop well-defined functional thermo reversible block copolymers. The brief also focuses on Polyrotaxanes and their great potential as stimulus-responsive materials which produce poly (dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) based thermo reversible block copolymers.