Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid block copolymers containing a fully condensed ladder-like polyphenylsilsesquioxane

摘要

A series of inorganic-organic hybrid block copolymers were synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization using a fully condensed, ladder-like structured polyphenylsilsesquioxane end-functionalized macroinitiator. The inorganic portion, ladder-like polyphenylsilsesquioxane, was synthesized in a one-batch, base-catalyzed system, whereas organic hard and soft monomers, styrene, and n-butyl acrylate, were polymerized and copolymerized on the ends of the linear, inorganic backbone. Synthesized hybrid diblock, triblock, and random copolymers were characterized by ~1H NMR, ~(29)Si NMR, gel permeation chromatography, static light scattering, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. Hybrid block copolymers were well-defined with low polydispersity (<1.4) and exhibited enhanced thermal properties in the form of increased glass transition and degradation onset temperatures over their organic analogues.