Siloxane-Based Polymers

• Main Author: Blanco, Ignazio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; ceramizable silicone rubber; halloysite; encapsulant; drug delivery; fillers; ultraviolet (UV) curable coatings; PDMS etching; nanoparticles; roughness; methacryl POSS; composite; chlorogenic acid; hydrophilic; surface free energy; theranostics; 29Si-NMR; borate; dental resin; morphology; surface; fabrication; polydimethylsiloxane; recessed electrode; swelling; MAPOSS; X-ray (Micro-CT) microtomography; mechanical properties; plateau-shaped electrode; hybrid hydrogel; hardness; sugar templating process; bioactivity; amphiphilic; high molecular weight; low surface energy materials; PDMS; quartz microcrystal; 3D porous network; fluorinated siloxane resin; mortar; surface modification; poly(dimethylsiloxanes); scratch resistance; multielectrode array (MEA); non-releasable; sol-gel; topology of polysiloxane chains; cross-linking; FTIR; diethyl carbonate; poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG); TG-FTIR; organosilane; anti-bioadhesion; carbon content; nanomedicine; thermal stability; hybrids; underexposure; nanosilica; hyperbranched poly(methylhydrosiloxanes); spinal cord signal recording; ceramizable mechanism; coatings; TG; silicon; polysiloxanes; basalt fibre; refractive index; drug release; thermal conductivity; hydrolytic polycondensation; shrinkage; polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
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This book, a collection of 12 original contributions and 4 reviews, provides a selection of the most recent advances in the preparation, characterization, and applications of polymeric nanocomposites comprising nanoparticles. The concept of nanoparticle-reinforced polymers came about three decades a...