Structure-property studies were carried out on a number of different hybrid sol·gel materials. Multifunctional silicon ethoxides were prepared and studied by solid state ²⁹Si NMR and Raman spectroscopy to determine the type of silicate structures formed and the degree of conversion attained by the sol-gel process under previously established reaction conditions. New procedures were developed to incorporate titaniumisopropoxide as well as Al, Zr and Zn acetylacetonates into functlonalized polyltetramethylene oxide) modified sol-gel systems. The physical properties of titanium containing poIy(tetramethyIene oxide) modified sol-gel materials were studied in detail and correlated to morphological and structural information gained from dynamic mechanical analysis, small angle x-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy. The incorporation of titanium was found to increase the measured Young’s modulus and stress at break relative to comparable materials based solely on TEOS. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/54327 |
| Date | January 1988 |
| Creators | Glaser, Raymond Hans |
| Contributors | Materials Engineering Science, Wilkes, Garth L., Davis, Mark E., McGrath, James E., Taylor, Larry T., Zallen, Richard H. |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | xv, 278 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 19258077 |
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