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Transparent inorganic/organic copolymers by the Sol-Gel process: Copolymers of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), vinyl triethoxysilane (VTES) and (meth)acrylate monomers

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Vinyl triethoxysilane (VTES) and (meth)acrylate monomers were mixed to create covalently bonded inorganic/organic copolymers, with and without tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS). Vinyl groups underwent free radical polymerization along with copolymerization with (meth)acryl groups of the monomer. For the two-monomer system, (meth)acrylate monomer and VTES, polymerization resulted in mechanically strong copolymers with flexure strengths greater than 40 MPa. Three-component materials obtained by polymerization of (meth)acrylate monomer, VTES and TEOS were homogeneous, highly transparent, with flexure strengths similar to those for silica xerogels, about 20 Mpa.

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    Anna B. Wojcik & Lisa C. Klein

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Wojcik, A.B., Klein, L.C. Transparent inorganic/organic copolymers by the Sol-Gel process: Copolymers of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), vinyl triethoxysilane (VTES) and (meth)acrylate monomers. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 4, 57–66 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00486703

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