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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Duane L. Simonson, Brandywine, MD (US);
R. Andrew McGill, Lorton, VA (US);
Bernadette A. Higgins, Alexandria, VA (US);
Michael Papantonakis, Washington, DC (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a composition having a plurality of particles of a filler material and crosslinking units having the formula —(SiR—CH—CH—CH)—. The silicon atom in the crosslinking unit is directly or indirectly bound to the filler material. Each R is alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, methyl, ethyl, allyl, halogen, chloro, or bromo. Also disclosed herein is a filler material having the silicon atom of a silacyclobutane group is directly or indirectly bound thereto. Also disclosed herein is a method of crosslinking silacyclobutane groups bound to a plurality of particles of a filler material. The silicon atom of the silacyclobutane group is directly or indirectly bound to the filler material. Also disclosed herein is a composition including a plurality of fibers of a polymer having reactive oxygen atoms and siloxane groups. Coordination bonds are formed between the oxygen atoms and the silicon atoms of the siloxane groups of separate fibers.