R.G. Jones, W. Ando, J. Chojnowski (Eds.

Silicon-Containing Polymers
The Science and Technology of Their Synthesis and Applications

BACKGROUND Polysiloxanes have chains constructed of alternately arranged silicon and

oxygen atoms with organic groups attached to the silicon atoms. This structure gives
them a unique combination of properties that hold great interest for a host of practical
applications. Although they have been known and manufactured for many years, their
applications continue to expand rapidly and this boosts progress in the generation of
new and modified polysiloxanes. Polysiloxanes constitute the oldf'"' known class of
silicon-based polymers and the broadest one when viewed in terms of the variety of
structures differing in topology and the constitution of organic substituents. There are
also many and various types of siloxane copolymers, some of purely siloxane structure
and others of siloxane-organic composition. There is no doubt that polysiloxanes are
the most technologically important silicon-based polymers. The broad class of model
materials known as silicones is based on polysiloxanes. They are also the best known, as
most research in the area of silicon polymers has for many years been directed towards
the synthesis of new polysiloxanes, to understanding their properties and to extending
their applications.
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