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Recent findings in (Ti)POSS-based polymer systems

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Novel polymer hybrids based on a Ti-containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane—(Ti)POSS—and two polymer matrices—polyamide 6 (PA6) and a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer (PSMA)—have been prepared by different approaches (namely, in situ polymerization, melt blending, grafting) in order to investigate the dispersion level of (Ti)POSS within the organic polymer matrices in view of potential in situ catalytic activity of the metal. The chemical characterization of the prepared hybrid systems, performed by infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance, and their morphological analysis, evaluated by electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, have shown that it is possible to homogeneously distribute and finely disperse (Ti)POSS at nanometric level within PA6 and PSMA. In this manner, an easy incorporation of metal functionalities into the above polymer matrices has been achieved and extension to other polymer systems can be foreseen.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Fabio Carniato for the discussion and the support. Funds from MIUR-PRIN 2006 (national coordinator: Leonardo Marchese) are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146, Genoa, Italy

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  2. Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Torino, sede di Alessandria, Viale T. Michel 5, 15121, Alessandria, Italy

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Saverio Russo—Invited Lecture at the 6th International ECNP Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites, Madrid (Spain), April 28–30, 2010.

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Ullah, A., Alongi, J. & Russo, S. Recent findings in (Ti)POSS-based polymer systems. Polym. Bull. 67, 1169–1183 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-011-0445-8

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