This review addresses trends in the development of high performance polyurethane (PU)
and its subclass coatings. Changes in the understanding the technical requirements and …

Polysilsesquioxanes (RSiO1. 5) n are organic–inorganic hybrid materials that have an array
of properties and synergistic features and are considered to be robust materials in the family …

Silica or silica-precursor systems are attractive for the protection of wood against biotic and
abiotic damages and for improvement of the fire resistance. Alkali metal silicate solutions …

Transition-metal catalysts are essential to realize a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC)
system based on reversible hydrogenation and dehydrogenation. To attain comparable …

Understanding the synthesis-structure-properties relationship of hybrid organic-inorganic
materials is an important and fundamental task to develop a new generation of highly …

Polymerization of methyltrimethoxysliane (MTMS) results in methylsilsesquioxane (MSQ),
which has found important applications in recent years including use as low-k dielectric …

Transparent polyurethane hybrid containing an inorganic open cage polyhedral oligomeric
silsesquioxane was synthesized for thin film applications. The resulting material was …

Abstract Nowadays, poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) hydrogels are being studied for several
biomedical applications such as joint replacement, wound dressings and controlled drug …

We extend our sol-gel methodology of one-pot sequences of reactions with opposing
reagents to an enzyme/metal-complex pair. Sol-gel entrapped lipase and sol-gel entrapped …

Effects of the structure of an alkoxysilane on the early reaction kinetics of sol− gel
polymerization are investigated in basic and acidic conditions. Six silanes, including …