Kinetics of Alkoxysilanes and Organoalkoxysilanes Polymerization: A Review.

ABSTRACT: Scientists from various different fields use organo-trialkoxysilanes and tetraalkoxysilanes in a number of applications. The silica-based materials are sometimes synthesized without a good understanding of the underlying reaction kinetics. This literature review attempts to be a comprehensive and more technical article in which the kinetics of alkoxysilanes polymerization are discussed. The kinetics of polymerization are controlled by primary factors, such as catalysts, water/silane ratio, pH, and organo-functional groups, while secondary factors, such as temperature, solvent, ionic strength, leaving group, and silane concentration, also have an influence on the reaction rates. Experiments to find correlations between these factors and reaction rates are restricted to certain conditions an

SUBMITTER: Issa AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6473841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature