Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.9, 876-877, 2009
A Novel Method to Prepare Polysilsesquioxane Nanoparticles Possessing Bromoalkyl Groups
A novel method to prepare siloxane-based nanoparticles possessing bromoalkyl groups, which are reactive functional groups, by bromoalkoxylation and bromination of poly(vinylsilsesquioxane) nanoparticles using N-bromosuccinimide and 1-butanol was developed. No shape distortion or fusion of nanoparticles after the chemical reaction was observed by transmission electron microscopy,