title: Characterization of silsesquioxanes by size-exclusion chromatography and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
abstract: Liquid chromatography in combination with spectroscopic methods like matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful method to characterize silsesquioxanes and silsesquioxane mixtures. As new examples, the formation of silsesquioxyl-substituted silsesquioxanes [(n-octyl)(7)(SiO(1.5))(8)](2)O and [(n-octyl)(7)(SiO(1.5))(8)O](2)[(n-octyl)(6)(SiO(1.5))(8)] as well as the cage rearrangement of octa-[(n-heptyl)silsesquioxane] to larger structures [(n-heptyl)SiO(1.5))](n) up to n=28 are shown.
authors.affiliation: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falkenhagen
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jancke
authors.forename: Ralph-Peter
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: Eckhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rikowski
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schulz