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An Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Two Kinds of Silicone Resins Containing Ladder Segments by Chemical
Alexei V Kalinin1, Vjacheslav V Zuev2,3
1S.V. Lebedev State Institute of Synthetic Rubber, 1, Gapsalskaya St. 1, 198035 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
We suggest a new method for postsynthesis modification of silicones containing silanol groups. It was found that trimethylborate is an effective catalyst for dehydrative condensation of silanol groups with the formation of ladder-like blocks. The utility of this approach was demonstrated on postsynthesis modification of poly-(block poly(dimethylsiloxane)-block ladder-like poly(phenylsiloxane)) and poly-(block poly((3,3',3″-trifluoropropyl-methyl)siloxane)-block ladder-like poly(phenylsiloxane) with a combination of linear and ladder-like blocks having silanol groups. The postsynthesis modification leads to a 75% increase in tensile strength and 116% elongation on break in comparison with the starting polymer.
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