Conjugated copolymers that shouldn't be

J Guan, Z Sun, R Ansari, Y Liu, A Endo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple studies have explored using cage silsesquioxanes (SQs) as backbone elements in
hybrid polymers motivated by their well‐defined structures and physical and mechanical …

Unconventional conjugation in macromonomers and polymers

RM Laine - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiple reviews have been written concerning conjugated macromonomers and polymers
both as general descriptions and for specific applications. In most examples, conjugation …

Thiol‐ene polymerization of double‐decker‐shaped phenyl‐substituted silsesquioxanes and thiol monomers

N Watanabe, H Imoto, K Matsukawa… - Journal of Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymers incorporating double‐decker‐shaped phenyl‐substituted silsesquioxane (DDSQ)
into the main chain are expected to exhibit excellent thermal stability and significantly …

Hydroxyalkyl-substituted double-decker silsesquioxanes: effective separation of cis and trans isomers

A Władyczyn, A Gągor, K Ślepokura… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we report the preparation, isolation, and characterization of a family of double-
decker silsesquioxane architectures starting from the previously reported DDSQ-Me2H2 …

A convergent growth approach to electroactive ferrocene rich carbosilane-and siloxane-based dendrons, dendrimers, and dendronized polymers

S Bruña, J Perles, I Cuadrado - Dalton Transactions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The construction of the first members of a novel family of structurally well-defined, ferrocenyl
rich, dendritic macromolecules based on carbosilane skeletons and siloxane linkages has …

Double-decker silsesquioxanes self-assembled in one-dimensional coordination polymeric nanofibers with emission properties

J Duszczak, K Mituła, A Santiago-Portillo… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The urgent needs for photoactive materials in industry drive fast evolution of synthetic
procedures in many branches of chemistry, including the chemistry of silsesquioxanes …

Conjugation in polysiloxane copolymers via unexpected Si-O-Si dπ-pπ overlap, a second mechanism?

JJR Arias, Z Zhang, M Takahashi, P Mahalingam… - Polymer Journal, 2024 - nature.com
We previously reported that functionalized phenyl-and vinyl-silsesquioxanes (SQs) and
[RSiO1. 5] 8, 10, 12 (R= Ph or vinyl) exhibited redshifted absorption and emission …

AIE-derived fluorescent silsesquioxane-based hybrid aerogel for light-enhanced gold recovery

M Zhang, H Liu - Desalination, 2025 - Elsevier
In this work, two aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active organic fluorescent monomers
(TPV, TPC) were synthesized by Knoevenagel reaction of 2, 2′-([1, 1′-biphenyl]-4, 4 …

Further Proof of Unconventional Conjugation via Disiloxane Bonds: Double Decker Sesquioxane [vinylMeSi(O0.5)2(PhSiO1.5)8(O0.5)2SiMevinyl] Derived …

Z Zhang, J Guan, R Ansari, J Kieffer, N Yodsin… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we report the synthesis of DD SQ terpolymers with alternating biphenyl/terphenyl/
stilbene and thiophene/hexylthiophene/bithiophene/thienothiophene linkers. These …

Unexpected and frustrating transformations of double-decker silsesquioxanes

M Rzonsowska, K Mituła, J Duszczak… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we disclose an unexpected Si–O–Si cage reorganization that was observed during
the standard hydrolytic condensation procedure of tetrasilanol double-decker …