Polymers (Jan 2022)

Star-Shaped Polydimethylsiloxanes with Organocyclotetrasilsesquioxane Branching-Out Centers: Synthesis and Properties

  • Yulia S. Dyuzhikova,
  • Anton A. Anisimov,
  • Alexander S. Peregudov,
  • Mikhail I. Buzin,
  • Galina G. Nikiforova,
  • Viktor G. Vasil’ev,
  • Sergey A. Kostrov,
  • Alexander I. Buzin,
  • Alexei A. Stupnikov,
  • Yulia N. Malakhova,
  • Olga I. Shchegolikhina,
  • Aziz M. Muzafarov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020285
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 2
p. 285

Abstract

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New non-crystallizable low-dispersity star-shaped polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) containing stereoregular cis-tetra(organo)(dimethylsiloxy)cyclotetrasiloxanes containing methyl-, tolyl- and phenyl-substituents at silicon atoms and the mixture of four stereoisomers of tetra[phenyl(dimethylsiloxy)]cyclotetrasiloxane as the cores were synthesized. Their thermal and viscous properties were studied. All synthesized compounds were characterized by a complex of physicochemical analysis methods: nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), FT-IR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), viscometry in solution, rheometry, and Langmuir trough study.

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