Preparation and Physicochemical Properties of Functionalized Silica/Octamethacryl-Silsesquioxane Hybrid Systems

Table 6

Dispersive and morphological characteristics of hybrid fillers obtained after silica surface modification with (3-isocyanatopropyl)triethoxysilane and Methacryl POSS Cage Mixture in different amounts.

			Zetasizer Nano ZS		Mastersizer 2000
Sample no.	Amount of modifier; (weight parts by mass)
			Particle diameter	Polydispersity index	Particle diameter (μm)				TEM microphotographs
	Isocyanate silane	Methacryl POSS	(nm)	(PdI)	𝑑 (0.1)	𝑑 (0.5)	𝑑 (0.9)	𝐷[4.3]
1C		3	106–295	0.852	3.62	14.97	53.57	30.48
			3090–6440
2C	3	5	220–459	0.203	3.58	13.17	38.88	17.72
3C		10	190–615	0.596	4.09	21.00	55.16	25.77
4C		3	106–342	0.523	4.12	19.54	62.69	32.81
5C	5	5	106–396	0.483	3.81	16.80	58.10	30.96
6C		10	91–164	1.000	4.11	19.49	60.78	33.25
7C		3	164–396	0.416	3.73	13.60	36.87	17.46
8C	10	5	122–396	0.678	4.04	18.95	51.70	23.91
9C		10	58–122	101.000	103.70	1017.81	1052.53	23.67
			102670–6440