Synthesis and characterization of novel room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubbers using octa[(trimethoxysilyl)ethyl]-POSS as cross-linker
Abstract\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tA novel cross-linker octa[(trimethoxysilyl)ethyl]-POSS (OPS) based on a Vinyl-POSS derivative was firstly prepared via hydrosilylation chemistry. The novel POSS cross-linker was applied to hydroxyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane (HPDMS) matrix to prepare a series of novel RTV silicone rubbers. The chemical incorporation of novel POSS cross-linker into PDMS by hydrolytic condensation reaction was verified by attenuated total reflection (ATR) infrared spectroscopy.