Polyethylene glycol/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as an in situ photocrosslinkable polymeric nanohybrid

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)/poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) biodegradable nanohybrids were synthesized in which modified POSS was chemically incorporated into the polymer chain as reinforcing nanoparticles during a blue light photocuring process. First, POSS diacrylate (POSSA) was prepared by the simple reaction of POSS with acryloyl chloride and the product obtained was identified by Fourier transform infrared...