title: POSS as building-blocks for the preparation of polysilsesquioxanes through an innovative synthetic approach.
abstract: A novel solvent-free solid-state synthesis was used to prepare a non-crystalline polysilsesquioxane sample, with a peculiar viscous form. The material was synthesized through direct self-condensation of a partially condensed polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and its physico-chemical properties, in terms of composition/structure, thermal stability and hydrophobicity, were investigated.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Centro Interdisciplinare NanoSistemi, Universita` del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro", Viale Teresa Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy. enrico.boccaleri@unipmn.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carniato
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palin
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boccaleri