Silicones and silicone rubbers are omnipresent in household and industrial products such
as lubricants, coatings, sealants, insulators, medical devices, etc. This plethora of …

Organotin compounds find a bigger range of technological and industrial applications than
the organic compounds of any other metal. Many of these applications involve catalysis or …

There is a strong imperative to synthesize polymers with highly controlled structures and
narrow property ranges. Silicone polymers do not lend themselves to this paradigm because …

Herein, a family of thiourea containing silicone-based photoresins suitable for creating
silicone objects with excellent elasticity was developed for use in conventional digital light …

Although there are many benefits associated with thermoplastic elastomeric silicones, very
few examples exist: silicone elastomers are normally thermoset materials. We have …

Silicone elastomers, as good sealants and adhesives, have been widely applied in
protective coatings, architectural decoration, electronic packaging, and other fields …

Tris (pentafluorophenyl) boron B (C6F5) 3 is an effective catalyst for the hydrosilylative
reduction of tertiary and N-phenyl secondary amides. It allows for the mild reduction of a …

Lignin, the second most abundant naturally occurring organic polymer on earth, is normally
used only as a source of fuel because of the difficulties in processing it for other applications …

Tris (pentafluorophenyl) borane (TPFPB) is a unique Lewis acid that catalyzes the
condensation between hydrosilanes (Si-H) and alkoxysilanes (Si-OR), leading to the …

Paper-based microfluidic devices exhibit many advantages for biological assays. Normally,
the assays are restricted to certain areas of the paper by hydrophobic barriers comprised of …