DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. REACTIVITY RATIOS OF ISOBUTYL POSS-STYRENE AND STYRENE MONOMERS

Abstract

Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) are nanoparticles that are used to enhance the thermal and mechanical properties of polymeric systems. There has been extensive research in understanding how POSS affects these properties.1-15 POSS macromers can be blended with polymers o