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

Table 7

Dispersive and morphological characteristics of hybrid fillers obtained after silica surface modification with N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane 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
	Aminosilane	Methacryl POSS	(nm)	(PdI)	𝑑 (0.1)	𝑑 (0.5)	𝑑 (0.9)	𝐷[4.3]
1D		3	122–712	0.633	3.79	17.94	50.73	23.18
2D	3	5	190–531	0.873	3.99	23.21	60.93	28.24
3D		10	220–825	0.376	5.23	36.37	83.44	40.78
4D		3	295–825	0.243	3.67	18.78	53.88	24.33
5D	5	5	164–342	0.328	3.71	19.17	56.68	25.33
6D		10	255–712	1.000	3.81	22.59	61.07	27.92
7D		3	396–712	0.779	3.86	19.25	69.92	97.04
8D	10	5	190–396	0.844	3.86	21.50	74.41	101.78
9D		10	58–106	0.898	3.75	22.17	80.38	101.47
			142–190
			2670–6440