Structural characterization of sol-gel derived siloxane-oxide materials
- Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France)
- Univ. di Trento (Italy)
Sol-gel processing of hybrid siloxane-oxide materials is currently widely investigated due to a large amount of potential applications for these systems. They are usually based on silicon alkoxides and derivatives. Various new materials have been prepared combining a modified silicon alkoxide, diethoxydimethylsilane (DEDMS) and a transition metal alkoxide, M(OR){sub n} with M=Ti and Zr. Transparent monolithic pieces or thick films can be obtained over a wide range of compositions. The hydrolysis process of various preparations was followed by {sup 29}Si liquid NMR, and indicates the formation of Si-O-M bonds. The structure of the final gels was essentially characterized by solid state NMR ({sup 1}H, {sup 13}C and {sup 29}Si) and X-ray absorption spectroscopies (Ti K-edge), and leads to propose structural models for these gels. This study points out that titanium and zirconium alkoxides does not only act as cross linking agents, such as silicon alkoxides, but behave as catalysts for the formation of polydimethylsiloxane chains within the materials.
- OSTI ID:
- 141584
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930304-; TRN: 93:003688-1265
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 205. American Chemical Society national meeting, Denver, CO (United States), 28 Mar - 2 Apr 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of 205th ACS national meeting; PB: 1951 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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