Facile synthesis of hydrophobic fluoroalkyl functionalized silsesquioxane nanostructures.

Authors :: Scott T. Iacono
Ashwani Vij
Wade Grabow
Dennis W. Smith Jr.
Joseph M. Mabry
Source :: Chemical Communications; Nov2007, Vol. 2007 Issue 47, p4992-4994, 3p
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: New fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (F-POSS) structures possessing a high degree of hydrophobicity have been prepared via a facile corner-capping methodology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: NANOSTRUCTURES
NANOSTRUCTURED materials
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MICROSTRUCTURE

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