Volume 60, Issue 12 pp. 2279-2288
Article

Sol–gel formation of heteropolysiloxanes from diethylphosphatoethyltriethoxysilane and tetraethoxysilane

Antonio Cardenas

Antonio Cardenas

Laboratoire des Matériaux et Procédés membranaires, CNRS UMR 9987, ENSCM 8 rue Ecole Normale, 34053 Montpellier Cédex 1, France

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Nadine Hovnanian

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Nadine Hovnanian

Laboratoire des Matériaux et Procédés membranaires, CNRS UMR 9987, ENSCM 8 rue Ecole Normale, 34053 Montpellier Cédex 1, France

Laboratoire des Matériaux et Procédés membranaires, CNRS UMR 9987, ENSCM 8 rue Ecole Normale, 34053 Montpellier Cédex 1, France===Search for more papers by this author
Monique Smaihi

Monique Smaihi

Laboratoire des Matériaux et Procédés membranaires, CNRS UMR 9987, ENSCM 8 rue Ecole Normale, 34053 Montpellier Cédex 1, France

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Abstract

Transparent monolithic gels were prepared from the cohydrolysis of diethylphosphatoethyltriethoxysilane (OC2H5)2P(O)CH2CH2Si(OC2H5)3 (SiP) and tetraethoxysilane Si(OC2H5)4 (TEOS) in various ratios, under acidic conditions. The hydrolysis and initial polycondensation of SiP were studied by high-resolution 29Si-NMR. Based on signal intensities, singnals due to the following oligomers were identified: R(OH)2SiOSi(OH)(R)OSi(OH)2, R(OH)2SiOSi(OH)2, R(OH)(OEt)SiOSi(OH)2R, R(OH)(OEt)SiOSi(OH)2R, R(OH)2SiOSi(OH)(R)OSi(OH)2R and [R(OH)SiO-]-3. 29Si NMR Quantitative analysis was performed on SiP–TEOS mixtures during the hydrolysis-condensation reactions and on the final gels. This provided information on the formation of the gels molecular structure. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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