Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering

Phosphazenes provide a wide range of research opportunities in inorganic chemistry because of their structural characteristics and various applications. Therefore, it is a rapidly developing subject in inorganic chemistry. The reticulated polyphosphazenes are cyclomatrix type polyphosphazene compounds that contain excess crosslinking. One of the cyclophosphazenes, octachlorocyclotetraphosphazene (tetramer) is of great importance as it is used as the main component of many phosphazene compounds. A distinct class of polymers noted for its remarkable mechanical strength, chemical versatility, and thermal stability are cyclomatrix polyphosphazenes. The biologically active amines octopamine and isoprenaline were selected as the organic monomers to investigate their effects on the structural and functional characteristics of the resultant polyphosphazenes.In this study, octopamine and isoprenaline monomers were used in a reaction with cyclic linker compound octachlorocyclotetraphosphazene (tetramer) to create various cyclomatrix polyphosphazenes. The produced cyclomatrix polyphosphazene nano/microspheres were characterized.utilizing SEM, FT-IR, 31P-NMR, XRD and TGA techniques.