Cage-like organosiloxanes have proven to be ideal 3D building blocks for constructing
unique classes of covalently-linked hybrid porous polymers with tunable structures and …

This review is devoted to non-hydrolytic sol-gel chemistry. During the last 25 years, non-
hydrolytic sol-gel (NHSG) techniques were found to be attractive and versatile methods for …

The “greening” of silicon chemistry is fundamentally important for the future of the field.
Traditional methods used to make silicon-based materials rely on carbon rich processes that …

Tris (pentafluorophenyl) borane (TPFPB) is a unique Lewis acid that catalyzes the
condensation between hydrosilanes (Si-H) and alkoxysilanes (Si-OR), leading to the …

Octa (dimethylsiloxy) silica cages (Q8M8H) undergo rapid self-polymerization in the
presence of a fluoride catalyst to form complex 3D porous structural network materials with …

The synthesis and mechanical properties of photoswitchable silsesquioxane/azobenzene
hybrid 3D‐polymers (“dynamic sponges”) are presented and discussed. The hybrid is …

A novel method was developed for constructing cross-linked silsesquioxane, utilizing Q-type
H-POSS as a precursor. The Piers-Rubinsztajn (P–R) like reaction of Q-type H-POSS was …

Bottom-up synthesis of siloxane-based nanoporous materials from siloxane oligomers is
promising for constructing well-defined structures at a molecular level. Herein, we report the …

We report here a method of synthesizing self-reinforced epoxy resin nanocomposites via
oxysilylation that avoids the use of polyamines. Nanocomposites with three-dimensional (3 …

The breadth of utility of a commercially available and stable strong Lewis acid catalyst, tris
(pentafluorophenyl) borane, has been explored, highlighting its use towards a wide range of …