Karstedt s catalyst xylene solution

Isotactic polypropylene (iPP), Moplen HP456J grade, was purchased from BasellOrlen Polyolefins (Poland). The chemicals were purchased from the following sources: Tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), chlorodimethylsilane, chlorodimethylvinylsilane, isobutyltrimethoxysilane, tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) 25% methanol solution from ABCR, (R)-(+)-limonene, allyl-glycidyl ether, toluene, chloroform-d, Karstedt’s catalyst xylene solution from Aldrich, P₂O₅ from Avantor Performance Materials Poland S.A. (Gliwice, Poland). Toluene was degassed and dried by distilling it from P₂O₅ under argon atmosphere. Silsesquioxane and spherosilicate compounds were prepared according to literature reports provided in Table 1.

Polylactide (PLA) type Ingeo 2003D was purchased from NatureWorks (Minneapolis, MN, USA). The chemicals were purchased from the following sources: Tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), chlorodimethylsilane, tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) 25 wt% methanol solution from ABCR, vinyltrimethoxysilane, octadec-1-ene from Linegal Chemicals (Warsaw, Poland) chloroform-d, 2 wt% Karstedt’s catalyst xylene solution from Aldrich (Poznan, Poland), P2O5, toluene, from Avantor Performance Materials Poland S.A. (Gliwice, Poland). Toluene was degassed and dried by distilling it from P2O5 under an argon atmosphere.

Polylactide (PLA) type Ingeo 2003D was purchased from NatureWorks (Minnetonka, MN, USA). The chemicals were purchased from the following sources: Tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) from Unisil (Poland), chlorodimethylsilane, tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) 25% methanol solution from ABCR, (R)-(+)-limonene, toluene, chloroform-d, Karstedt’s catalyst xylene solution from Aldrich, P₂O₅ from Avantor Performance Materials Poland S.A. toluene was degassed and dried by distilling it from P₂O₅ under argon atmosphere.