Silicones and silicone rubbers are ubiquitous in our daily lives, being used in a broad range
of applications ranging from consumer products and adhesives to medicinal and electronic …

Silicones and silicone rubbers are omnipresent in household and industrial products such
as lubricants, coatings, sealants, insulators, medical devices, etc. This plethora of …

Most traditional methods for silicone elastomer preparation involve catalysts whose
incomplete removal can result in compromised thermal stability of the product elastomers …

There is a strong imperative to synthesize polymers with highly controlled structures and
narrow property ranges. Silicone polymers do not lend themselves to this paradigm because …

This review presents the main achievements in the use of the thiol-ene reaction in the
chemistry of silicones. Works are considered, starting from monomers and ending with …

Silicone polymers are produced commercially mainly from methylchlorosilanes prepared by
direct synthesis. The yield and selectivity of this synthetic process depend not only on …

Silicones are mostly utilized for their stability to a range of vigorous environmental
conditions, which arises, in part, from the lack of functionality in finished products. The …

Testing the functional tolerance of the Piers–Rubinsztajn reaction: a new strategy for
functional silicones - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C0CC00369G …

Silicones in industry usually refer to linear polydimethylsiloxanes. A combination of
properties such as their backbone flexibility, low intermolecular interactions, low surface …

Precise silicone networks are difficult to prepare from multiple starting materials because of
poor spatial control over crosslink location, competing side reactions, and incompatible …