Structural Analysis of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Coated SiC Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Thermoset Polymers

Figure 1

XRD pattern of (a) SiC, (b) OI-POSS, (c) OI-POSS coated SiC (1 : 1), (d) OI-POSS coated SiC (1 : 2), and (e) physical mixture of OI-POSS and SiC (1 : 1).

(a) Neat SiC

(b) POSS OI neat

(c) SiC : OI = 1 : 1

(d) SiC : OI = 1 : 2

(e) Physical mixture of SiC : POSS OI = 1 : 1