NEW SILICA-BASED POLYMER USED AS E.G. FIRE RETARDANT COATING, INCLUDES MATERIAL COMPRISING SILOXANE BRIDGES-INTERCONNECTED SILICATE OLIGOMER, AND WHICH IS LONG-RANGE ORDERED OR LOCALLY ORDERED KU Leuven
The present invention relates to a new synthesis procedure for a family of silica based polymer materials synthesized through the interconnection of silicate oligomers with reactive silanes. By using this synthesis it is possible to generate novel silica based polymer materials. The present invention thus also relates to the members of this group of ordered silica based polymer materials whereby silicate oligomers are interconnected trough siloxane bridges and with empirical formulae Abx, whereby A presents the silicate oligomer, b the siloxane bridge and x the ratio between the number of ...