Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials

Preface ; 1. Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials: A Concise Overview ; SYNTHESIS ; 2. Controlled Synthesis of All Siloxane-Functionalized Architectures by Ring-Opening Polymerization ; 3. Novel Methods of Catalyzing Polysiloxane Syntheses ; 4. Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of cis-2,4,6-Trimethyl-2',4',6'-triphynel Cyclotrisiloxane (cis-P[3) in Cyclohexane ; 5. Ru-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation Polymerization: An Overview of RuH[2(CO)(PPh[3)[3-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation Copolymerizations of *a,*w-Dihydrido-oligo-dimethylsiloxanes and Polymerizations of *w-Dimethylsilyloxy Ketones ; 6. Synthesis and Characterization of Siloxane-Containing Polymers Obtained by Dehydrocoupling Polymerization ; 7. Synthesis of Linear Copolysiloxanes with Regular Microstructures and Synthesis of Soluble Polysiloxanes with Trifunctional RSiO[3[/[2 (T) or Tetrafunctional SiO[4[/[2 (Q) Units ; 8. Polysiloxanes in Compressed Carbon Dioxide ; CHARACTERIZATION ; 9. Neutron Scattering Studies of Cyclic and Linear Poly(dimethylsiloxanes) ; 10. Photoexcitation and Photoemission Spectra of Phenyl-Substituted Cyclosiloxanes ; 11. Measuring the Size and Shape of Silicones: The Utilization of Chemometrics and Spectroscopy ; 12. Thermally Stable Siloxane Polymers for Gas Chromatography ; ELASTOMERS AND REINFORCEMENT ; 13. The Effect of Thermal Aging on the Non-Network Species in Room Temperature Vulcanized Polysiloxane Rubbers ; 14. Prediction of the Elastomeric Modulus of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks Formed by Endlinking ; 15. Structure-Property Relationships for Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks In Situ Filled Using Titanium 2-Ethylhexoxide and Zirconium n-Butoxide ; 16. Modulus Reduction Mechanism of Trimethylsiloxy Silicates in a Polyorganosiloxane ; 17. NMR Spin Relaxation, Self-Diffusion and Viscosity Studies of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)s Blended with Silicate Nanoparticles ; SURFACES AND INTERFACES ; 18. Investigating the Energetics of Bioadhesion on Microengineered Siloxane Elastomers: Characterizing the Topography, Mechanical Properties, and Surface Energy and Their Effect on Cell Contact Guidance ; 19. Exploiting Favorable Silicone-Protein Interactions: Stabilization against Denaturation at Oil-Water Interfaces ; 20. Association of Siloxane Polymeric Surfactants in Aqueous Solution ; COPOLYMERS ; 21. Poly(amidoamine organosilicon) Dendrimers and Their Derivates of Higher Degree of Structural Complexity ; 22. Surfactant Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Containing Block Copolymers from Living Radical Polymerization ; 23. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Polysiloxanes and Polysilsesquioxanes Using Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization ; 24. Preparation and Properties of Silicone-Urea Copolymers Doped with Cobalt(II) Chloride ; 25. Block and Graft Copolymers Containing Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Poly(4-vinyl-pyridine) Segments by Free Radical Polymerization ; 26. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-graft- oligo(hexafluoropropeneoxide) Via Ring-Opening Polymerization ; 27. Silicone Graft Copolymers with Acrylonitrile, Chloroprene, Styrene, Methylmethacrylate, and an Olefin ; 28. Synthesis and Properties of Poly(butylene terephthalate)-Poly (dimethylsiloxane) Block Copolymers ; 29. The Synthesis of Vinyloxyacetate-Siloxane Copolymer and Its Absorption onto E Glass Fibers ; REINFORCING FILLERS ; 30. Silicification and Biosilicification: Part 2. Silicification at pH 7 in the Presence of a Cationically Charged Polymer in Solution and Immobilized on Substrates ; 31. Diffusion-Controlled Titanate-Catalyzed Condensation of Alkoxysilanes in Nonpolar Solvents ; Author Index ; Subject Index