A novel solvent-free solid-state synthesis was used to prepare a non-crystalline polysilsesquioxane sample, with a peculiar viscous form. The material was synthesized through direct self-condensation of a partially condensed polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and its physico-chemical properties, in terms of composition/structure, thermal stability and hydrophobicity, were investigated.
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