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Surface-modified Zirconium Oxide Clusters and their Use as Components for Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
Pre-formed transition metal oxide clusters with methacrylate ligands were polymerized in the presence of organic co-monomers to form inorganic-organic hybrid polymers. The number of polymerizable ligands and thus the crosslinking density of the hybrid polymers can be varied for a given cluster type by partially exchanging the methacrylate ligands for non-reactive ones. The properties of the hybrid polymers can also be varied by adjusting the conditions of the polymerization reaction, especially by a pre-polymerization procedure. It is shown that the thermal stability of polystyrene crosslinked by Zr6O4(OH)4(OMc)12 is thus greatly improved.
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