Silsesquioxanes (SQs) as nanostructured materials have a wide range of potential applications including low-k dielectrics, drug delivery, hydrogen storage, and catalyst substrates, however active and responsive materials with varied functional properties are less developed. Herein we describe the synthesis and characterization of partially crystalline and amorphous hydrophobic porous network materials capable of organic solvent/oil uptake, photo-release and photo-healability for capture and release media. The development of various photo-active cross-linkers will be described as well as the simple fluoride catalyzed synthesis methodologies used to make materials with surface areas &gt;800 m<sup>2</sup>/g.

Nanoporous photo-responsive silsesquioxane based network vopolymers made by TBAF catalysis

256th National Meeting (2018)

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