TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-linked porous polyurethane materials featuring dodecaborate clusters as inorganic polyol equivalents
AU - Jung, Dahee
AU - Raffan-Montoya, Fernando
AU - Ramachandran, Roshini
AU - Zhang, Yuanyuan
AU - Islamoglu, Timur
AU - Marin, Gustavo
AU - Qian, Elaine A.
AU - Dziedzic, Rafal M.
AU - Farha, Omar K.
AU - Stoliarov, Stanislav I.
AU - Spokoyny, Alexander M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We report the discovery that a perhydroxylated dodecaborate cluster ([B12(OH)12]2-) can act as an inorganic polyol, serving as a molecular cross-linker in the synthesis of polyurethane-based materials. We further demonstrate how the inherent robustness of the utilized boron cluster can effectively enhance the thermal stability of the produced polyurethane materials incorporating [B12(OH)12]2- building blocks compared to analogous polymers made from carbon-based polyols. Ultimately, this approach provides a potential route to tune the chemical and physical properties of soft materials through incorporation of polyhedral boron-rich clusters into the polymer network.
AB - We report the discovery that a perhydroxylated dodecaborate cluster ([B12(OH)12]2-) can act as an inorganic polyol, serving as a molecular cross-linker in the synthesis of polyurethane-based materials. We further demonstrate how the inherent robustness of the utilized boron cluster can effectively enhance the thermal stability of the produced polyurethane materials incorporating [B12(OH)12]2- building blocks compared to analogous polymers made from carbon-based polyols. Ultimately, this approach provides a potential route to tune the chemical and physical properties of soft materials through incorporation of polyhedral boron-rich clusters into the polymer network.
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U2 - 10.1039/c9cc03350e
DO - 10.1039/c9cc03350e
M3 - Article
C2 - 31187812
AN - SCOPUS:85069777589
SN - 1359-7345
VL - 55
SP - 8852
EP - 8855
JO - Chemical Communications
JF - Chemical Communications
IS - 60
ER -