美国和日本的化学家们已发明合成结构确定的线型和带支链型齐聚硅氧烷的方法。尽管这类反应早已为人所知,但经化学家们综合并选择性地制造出合理设计的无机结构却是第一次。这种合成方法的首次论证是合成高分枝的枝状物分子,表明此法能用于研究无机大分子的“建筑术”。 Chemists in the United States and Japan have devised methods for the synthesis of linear and branched oligomeric silicones with defined structures. Although such reactions have long been known, it is the first time that chemists have synthesized and selectively fabricated properly engineered inorganic structures. The first demonstration of this synthetic method is the synthesis of highly branched dendrimers, indicating that this method can be used to study the “architecture” of inorganic macromolecules.