Facile synthesis of hydrophobic fluoroalkyl functionalized silsesquioxane nanostructures

摘要

New fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (F-POSS) structures possessing a high degree of hydrophobicity have been prepared via a facile corner-capping methodology. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds, comprised of a functionalized silicon-oxygen core framework, have received much interest as robust nanometer-sized building blocks for the development of high performance materials.