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Polyalkylsilynes: Synthesis and Properties of “Two-Dimensional” Silicon-Silicon Bonded Network Polymers.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Patricia A. Biancon
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 07974.
Timothy W. Weidman
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 07974.
Frederic C. Schilling
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 07974.
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Abstract

The synthesis of the first soluble silicon-silicon bonded network polymers, the polyalkylsilynes [RSi]n was accomplished using high-intensity ultrasound to effect the reductive condensation of alkyltrichlorosilanes with liquid sodium-potassium alloy. The resulting polymers remain hydrocarbon-soluble and may be cast into transparent films. Spectroscopic data indicate a structure consisting of tetrahedral alkylsilicon units assembled via silicon-silicon bonds into amorphous networks. Films or solutions of the polysilynes exhibit an intense UV absorption which tails into the visible, blue-shifted but similar in shape and intensity to that of amorphous silicon. The photoreactivity and pyrolysis properties of these materials will be described.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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