Applications of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes
The commercial availability and decreasing cost of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes in recent years has opened up the field to everybody who wishes to apply these unique properties in their own technologies. This is the first book to provide a compre
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ADVANCES IN SILICON SCIENCE VOLUME 3 Series Editor:
JANIS MATISONS School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia.
Advances in Silicon Science is a book series which presents reviews of the present and future trends in silicon science and will benefit those in chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering, and materials science. It is aimed at all scientists at universities and in industry who wish to keep abreast of advances in the topics covered. Series Editor Professor Janis Matisons, Nanomaterials Group, Chair of Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Volume 3 Applications of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Volume Editor Claire Hartmann-Thompson Michigan Molecular Institute Midland, MI USA
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ISBN 978-90-481-3786-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3787-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3787-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword: The Re-Birth of Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane Chemistry Frank J. Feher
Fundamental research is a wonderful example of chaos. Each researcher makes individual choices about which fields to pursue, which experiments to do and how to do them, how to interpret their data and the data of others, where to seek funding, who to consult or collaborate with, and where to present or publish their work. The end results from fundamental research are deterministic because they are ultimately governed by universal Laws of Nature, but the path to discovery is impossible to predict and the order in which Nature’s secrets are unlocked depends greatly on seemingly trivial decisions. In many ways, fundamental research seems analogous to the situation described by Lorenz [1], where the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can set off a tornado in Texas. When I was asked to write the foreword to this book, I was struck by the enormous progress made with polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes (POS) over the past two decades. Numerous researchers have made important contributions to the field, and it is truly remarkabl
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