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Novel organic/inorganic hybrid star polymer was prepared dually crosslinked within inner-core via divinylbenzene (DVB) and outer-surface via octafunctional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). Core cross-linked star polymers bearing dialkynyl-terminated polystyrene arms, (dialkynyl-PS)n-CCL, were synthesized at first by the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of DVB using α,α-dialkynyl-terminated PS macroinitiator, followed by the subsequent fractionation. Under high dilution conditions, (dialkynyl-PS)n-CCL was subjected to surface cross-linking with octa(3-azidopropyl) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, POSS-(N3)8, via click reaction, affording POSS-functionalized hybrid polymer doubly cross-linked within core and surface regions, SCL-(PS)n-CCL. FT-IR, 1H NMR, GPC, and elemental analysis results revealed that on average, the obtained hybrid polymer possesses a cross-linked PDVB inner core, ∼14 linear PS arms (the Mw per arm of 5.1 kDa), and ∼4-5 POSS moieties at outer surface. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) thermograms and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed that after surface cross-linking the thermal stability of SCL-(PS)n-CCL is considerably improved. This work provides a proof-of-concept example for the preparation of dually cross-linked hybrid star polymer, which represents a novel category of organic/inorganic composite materials with unique chain architectures.
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Acknowledgments: The financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (21004001, 51773190, 51690150, 51690154, and 21674103), College Quality Engineering Project of Anhui Province (2016gxk028), Anhui Provincial Natural Scientific Foundation (1508085QB43), and Natural Scientific Foundation of Anhui Provincial Education Department (KJ2016JD15 and XJ2019001101) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Zhang, J., Si, D., Wang, S. et al. Novel Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Star Polymer Surface-Crosslinked with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane. Macromol. Res. 28, 152–158 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-020-8021-4
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