Modification of the surface properties of polyimide films using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane deposition and oxygen plasma exposure

Topographically rich surfaces were generated by spray-coating organic solutions of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, octakis(dimethylsilyloxy)silsesquioxane (POSS), on Kapton^® HN films and exposing them to radio frequency generated oxygen plasma. Changes in both surface chemistry and topography were observed. High-resolution scanning electron microscopy indicated substantial modification of the POSS-coated polyimide surface topographies as a result of oxygen plasma exposure. Water contact angles varied from 104° for unexposed POSS-coated surfaces to ∼5° for samples exposed for 5 h. Modulation of the dispersive and polar contributions to the surface energy was determined using van Oss Good Chaudhury theory. Changes in surface energy are related to potential adhesive interactions with lunar dust simulant particles.     

Light paths with an odd number of vertices in polyhedral maps

Let P _k be a path on k vertices. In an earlier paper we have proved that each polyhedral map G on any compact 2-manifold with Euler characteristic contains a path P _k such that each vertex of this path has, in G, degree . Moreover, this bound is attained for k = 1 or k 2, k even. In this paper we prove that for each odd , this bound is the best possible on infinitely many compact 2-manifolds, but on infinitely many other compact 2-manifolds the upper bound can be lowered to .     

Synthesis,Characterization and Self‐Assembly of Novel Amphiphilic Block Copolymers with a Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Moiety Attached at the Junction of the Two Blocks

A novel well‐defined amphiphilic block copolymer, with the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) moiety at the junction of the two blocks of polystyrene and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), was designed and synthesized. First, a macroinitiator containing a POSS moiety and a PEO chain was prepared and then atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene was carried out in the presence of the macroinitiator in bulk. The polymerization results show that the process bears the characteristics of controlled/living free radical polymerizations. The structure and molecular weight of the polymers were characterized by GPC, ¹H NMR, and FT‐IR spectroscopy. The self‐assembly behaviors of the polymers was investigated by TEM and SEM. It was observed that the polymers can self‐assemble into vesicles in aqueous solution.

     

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes as functional monomer to prepare hybrid monolithic columns for capillary electrochromatography and capillary liquid chromatography

A simple approach to fabricate hybrid monolithic column within the confines of fused-silica capillaries (75 μm i.d.) was introduced. A polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) reagent containing a methacrylate group was selected as functional monomer, and copolymerized with bisphenol A dimethacrylate (BPADMA) or ethylene dimethacrylate (EDMA) in the presence of porogenic solvents via thermally initiated free radical polymerization. After optimization of the preparation conditions, two POSS-containing hybrid monoliths were successfully prepared and exhibited good permeability and stability. By comparison of the separation efficiencies of the resulting poly(POSS-co-BPADMA) and poly(POSS-co-EDMA) monoliths in capillary electrochromatography (CEC) and capillary liquid chromatography (cLC), it was indicated the former has better column efficiencies for alkylbenzenes, phenols, anilines and PAHs in CEC and cLC than the latter. Particularly, the hybrid poly(POSS-co-BPADMA) monolith is more suitable for separation of PAHs due to π–π interaction between the analytes and aromatic rings in the surface of monolithic stationary phase.     

A rapidly convergent five-point algorithm for univariate minimization

This paper presents an algorithm for minimizing a function of one variable which uses function, but not derivative, values at five-points to generate each iterate. It employs quadratic and polyhedral approximations together with a safeguard. The basic method without the safeguard exhibits a type of better than linear convergence for certain piecewise twice continuously differentiable functions. The safeguard guarantees convergence to a stationary point for very general functions and preserves the better than linear convergence of the basic method.This paper is dedicated to Phil Wolfe on the occasion of his 65th birthday.Research sponsored by the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique, Rocquencourt, France, and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force System Command, USAF, under Grant Number AFOSR-83-0210.Research sponsored, in part, by the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique, Rocquencourt, France.     

含POSS侧基的非环二烯烃易位聚合及离子型杂化聚合物表征

基于七异丁基-胺丙基-多面体低聚倍半硅氧烷(POSS-NH₂)与溴丁烯或溴代十一烯反应, 一步法合成了含POSS侧基的两种杂化二烯烃. 以钌卡宾络合物为催化剂的非环二烯烃易位(ADMET)聚合, 短链二烯烃未能发生, 而长链二烯烃能顺利实现. 将杂化二烯烃转变为离子型杂化二烯烃, 其ADMET聚合活性较高, 随着反应时间延长, 聚合物分子量明显增大, 分子量分布变窄, 体现了逐步聚合的特征. 核磁共振分析揭示了聚合物的不饱和结构和聚合反应的变化过程. 主链不饱和的无定形聚合物, 经氢化作用转变为饱和的离子型杂化聚乙烯, POSS基团精确地连接在聚乙烯骨架的侧位上, 且POSS基团和聚乙烯骨架均表现出较强的结晶能力. 这种离子型杂化聚乙烯具有球形的单分子或聚集形态, 可直接构筑纳米尺度的聚合物材料.     

Group IV M‐POSS (M=Zr,Hf) Coordination Polymers

The synthesis and characterization of Zr‐POSS and Hf‐POSS coordination polymers were reported. The IR data and the solid‐state ²⁹Si MAS NMR indicated the existence of Si? O? M linkage. The polarized optical microscopy images and the XRD data suggested their crystalline nature.     

Synthesis of peptide dendrimers with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cores via click chemistry

Inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) was used as the core for the synthesis of poly(Llysine) peptide dendrimer via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne click chemistry. The inorganic/organic composite dendrimer was characterized by MS, 1H NMR, FTIR, GPC and DLS.     

Three-dimensional configurations of organic/inorganic hybrid nanostructural blocks (I). A quantum mechanical investigation for ladder-like structure of vinylsilsesquioxane

Silsesquioxanes (SSO) or polyhedral oligomericsilsesquioxanes (POSS) are generally prepared frommolecular precursors using the hydrolytic condensa-tion of trialkoxysilane, RSi(OR')3. They are organic/inorganic hybrid nanostructural blocks with theircomplete general formula Tn(T = RSiO1.5, n = 1,2, …), and the incomplete generic formula is Tn-(OH)x(OR')y[x, y = 0, 1, 2, …, T= RSiO1.5 ?(x+y)/2n][1,2].Each VSSO, possessing a certain structural formulaand molecular weight, may h…